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by Gehinnn 2476 days ago
I can recommend to implement such tools platform independently so that they also run in browsers.

Trying out a web tool is much less easier and safer than installing and running a tool locally that could do anything on my computer. If the tool looks and feels good on the web, it is much more likely that someone will install it locally.

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Thanks for the feedback!

I couldn't agree more. I actually deliberately used the XML DOM(Parser) API for SVG so that it could also run in the browser. I just haven't gotten around to creating a Web bundle yet, but I'll be adding that really soon.

For what it's worth, there's now a basic Web version: https://swirly.timdp.now.sh/
That looks nice! I would recommend you to host in on gh-pages though so that it still works even if you decide to take down your website.