Sciter – Multiplatform HTML/CSS/JavaScript UI Engine for Applications
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderNote, Sciter does not embed a browser engine but reimplements the DOM/CSS/JS (via QuickJS) logic in C++ which means many familiar web patterns will work, many will not, and many might behave differently. Unlike Electron, Sciter will not be the best option to wrap an existing web app and expect it to work as a desktop app. Partial compatibility tables are at https://sciter.com/developers/for-web-programmers/
This has been posted a few times to HN [0] and I've looked into it superficially without actually trying it out. For the benefit of anyone interested, these are my tentative conclusions. Please correct me if I've misunderstood anything. Sciter is a small company (single person ?) project, but the list of enterprise clients is an assurance. Their flavor of Javascript (TIscript) diverged from ECMAScipt more than 10 years ago, so there would be syntax switching involved when developing in…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 333
- Total comments
- 106
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-06 | Sciter – Multiplatform HTML/CSS UI Engine for Desktop and Mobile Application | walterbell | 5 | 0 |
| 2020-05-13 | Sciter – Multiplatform HTML/CSS UI Engine for Desktop and Mobile ApplicationsFirst breakout | notRobot | 138 | 74 |
| 2022-06-16 | Sciter – Multiplatform HTML/CSS/JavaScript UI Engine for ApplicationsBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | thunderbong | 187 | 32 |
| 2026-02-19 | Sciter – Embeddable HTML/CSS/JavaScript Engine | Tiberium | 3 | 0 |