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by mildmotive 1034 days ago
If it’s offline, bundle it with Electron, release the source code and make the build process public!
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have you tried installing it as a PWA, much less work :-) but i will write it in our product backlog
I have not. I will look into it later.

The issue that many people were raising is with regards to privacy (not saying your app infringes upon it in any way). If PWA deployment can ensure that the app truly stays offline, then that’s a good thing.

I personally like open source better, as it is easier to examine the inner workings of the app. It also helps tech-savvy users fix bugs and verify that it doesn’t do anything they don’t want it to do. Etc etc

Also, Electron apps can be sandboxed using Flatpaks for instance. Flatpaks aren’t perfect of course, but they do provide some guarantees. You can even use Flatpaks while keeping the source code closed.

It seems harder to validate that an Electron app works offline than doing the same with a web app or PWA...