[grougnax]

Because everything should be in the browser now. The actual question would be "why would you want to run something out of the browser?"

[ChocolateGod]

So I can control it's deployment, updates and not be at mercy if the website shuts down.

[diegocg]

This is obviously sarcastic, because I don't think there is anyone out there who still believes the old fantasy about browsers/JS becoming the "universal platform"?

[James_K]

Surely it already is a universal platform. Almost all major software runs on the web / electron.