gabrielbull/react-desktop

★ 9,495JavaScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 3/5Setup · moderate

Mindmap

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  root((react-desktop))
    What it does
      macOS UI components
      Windows 10 UI components
      Native-looking controls
    Tech Stack
      JavaScript
      React
      Electron
      NWjs
    Use Cases
      Desktop app UI
      Cross-platform apps
    Audience
      Web developers
      Electron devs

mindmap root((react-desktop)) What it does macOS UI components Windows 10 UI components Native-looking controls Tech Stack JavaScript React Electron NWjs Use Cases Desktop app UI Cross-platform apps Audience Web developers Electron devs

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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Build an Electron app with buttons and toolbars that visually match macOS High Sierra style.

USE CASE 2

Create a Windows 10-themed desktop app using React without designing custom UI components from scratch.

USE CASE 3

Wrap a web app in NW.js and give it native-looking controls using pre-built React Desktop components.

Tech stack

JavaScriptReactElectron.jsNW.jsnpm

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires an Electron or NW.js project as the host app, the library alone does not produce a runnable desktop app.

In plain English

React Desktop is a JavaScript library that provides pre-built UI components styled to look like the native interfaces of macOS High Sierra and Windows 10. The goal is to let web developers build apps that feel at home on those operating systems, using the same React tools and workflow they already know, but with components that visually match what users expect from a desktop application on each platform. The library is designed to pair with tools like Electron.js and node-webkit (also called NW.js), which are frameworks that let developers wrap web-based apps as desktop programs. By combining React Desktop with one of those wrappers, you can ship a desktop app whose buttons, toolbars, windows, and other elements resemble the real operating system controls rather than generic web-styled widgets. Installing it takes one command: npm install react-desktop --save. The full component documentation and a live demo are hosted at reactdesktop.js.org. The README is brief and does not list the full set of available components. It notes that the author was actively looking for contributors to help grow the project and add more components. Anyone interested in contributing can submit ideas or pull requests through GitHub, and active contributors can become collaborators on the project. The README does not specify how many components are included, how recently the library was updated, or whether it covers both macOS and Windows styles in equal depth. It does not mention a paid version or any hosting requirements, this is a client-side component library distributed through npm.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Using react-desktop, scaffold an Electron app with a macOS-style toolbar and sidebar navigation panel.

Prompt 2

Show me how to use react-desktop's Windows 10 Button and TextInput components inside a React app.

Prompt 3

Write a React component using react-desktop that displays a macOS-style window with a title bar and close button.

Prompt 4

How do I install react-desktop and wire it into an Electron project so my app looks like a native macOS application?

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