[ninenines]

Couple of other alternatives https://github.com/patr0nus/DeskGap https://github.com/neutralinojs/neutralinojs

Like many pointed out electron may be a beast but few important things like system tray, start on boot come inbuilt with electron.

[sheerun]

https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri probably looks best now

[est31]

These package the operating system's native web view, which has its own set of issues like inconsistency. Sciter on the other hand is its own HTML rendering engine.