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## Electron

Electron is a modified version of google chromium which integrates Nodejs into the browser. This allows developers to create desktop applications using HTML/CSS/JS and the node APIs.

**Examples:**
- Atom
- VS Code
- Slack

**Pros:**
- well integrated with OS (file dialogs, recent docs, etc)
- functions like a regular desktop application
- no need for a backend, all work can be done in the client
- cross platform
- easy for customers to install and run

**Cons:**
- enormous file size (chrome + V8 at a minimum)
- large memory consumption
- no access to node for running external process

## Local Server

A local server would integrate with the operating system. The server would run in the background and the user would connect with their web browser. This process could be made seamless.

**Examples:**
- Jupyter Notebooks
- Remix

**Pros:**
- small file size (use their existing browser)
- access to node for running scripts, etc
- significantly reduced memory usage.

**Cons:**
- more communication protocols between browser and server
- roundabot OS integration. (file system access, etc)
- more difficult for customers to install and run

## Carlo

Carlo is an experimental project recently released by Google. Rather than installing a copy of chrome for each program, it locates the chrome on the user's system and integreates it with node: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/carlo

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