A new cross-platform solution for Web developers (opens in new tab)

Hello HN! Creator and co-maintainer of the Socket runtime here. This project is new, and it's very ambitious, so I'm here to answer any and all questions. Some of the key take-aways are...

- A focus on Web Devs (No new languages to learn)

- A runtime, not a library (All developer code is encapsulated)

- Provide a secure context that loads like local web server (to make it easy to bring existing code, and use it like a web developer)

- Normalize native platform features like Bluetooth and UDP sockets - Normalize differences between wkwebview and Webview2, and provide things like a unified WHATWG fetch method and URL class.

- Provides new kinds of communication protocols (like P2P)

Please visit the post for more details and give it a star on GitHub to show your support. Cheers!

Looks great!

Since I've never heard anybody prefer React Native to just regular old React, React Native seems kinda pointless now.

How easy would it be to make a Socket-based GUI program, stick it on a thumb drive and run it on a friend's PC?

The Distribution Guide (https://socketsupply.co/guides/#distribution-guide) has instructions for code signing on Apple platforms, but I'm curious about the "weekend project" angle. Like, does `ssc` produce exe, apk? Could I use it to make a self-contained app that can launch without installation on Linux?

Do you guys have a tutorial on live p2p video/audio streaming? I wanna check it out!

I have worked with some on the team in a professional setting in the past. I've seen them deliver brilliant enterprise-grade engineering to the Fortune 500. Now they're shaking up the world again. For some reason they're just giving it all away. Take advantage of their generosity. This is pro.

Been waiting forever for a tool to make native mobile apps using web tech, looks very promising.

I've been following the project for a bit and this is great, I'm really excited for this to get wider adoption. This is gonna save a lot of headaches and put power in the hands of web devs.

I’ve been trying it for a contract where I have to wrap an existing PWA into a native app. The developer experience is really great!

Very Cool! This is going to really speed up development

How I didn't hear about this before? this going to be a game-changer.

Looks cool

great to see continued innovation in this area. especially great to see based around the web. something i have been pushing and trying to build since 2007

Looks great... just getting started :O

Awesome