How to run Electron app on a server, and connect to it through a web browser from a client?
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I’m interested in taking a Electron project, running it on a server, and connecting to the UI through a browser on my client.
Are there any existing projects that help with building something like this? Or is this functionality in some way built into the Electron framework?
electron remote-server
asked Nov 15 at 16:11
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I’m interested in taking a Electron project, running it on a server, and connecting to the UI through a browser on my client.
Are there any existing projects that help with building something like this? Or is this functionality in some way built into the Electron framework?
electron remote-server
asked Nov 15 at 16:11
mmnormyle
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this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.
– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:23
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ifuimeans non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.
– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:24
Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!
– GrahamMc
Nov 16 at 13:22
Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.
– Tiny Giant
Nov 16 at 23:30
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I’m interested in taking a Electron project, running it on a server, and connecting to the UI through a browser on my client.
Are there any existing projects that help with building something like this? Or is this functionality in some way built into the Electron framework?
electron remote-server
asked Nov 15 at 16:11
mmnormyle
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I’m interested in taking a Electron project, running it on a server, and connecting to the UI through a browser on my client.
Are there any existing projects that help with building something like this? Or is this functionality in some way built into the Electron framework?
electron remote-server
electron remote-server
asked Nov 15 at 16:11
mmnormyle
1087
asked Nov 15 at 16:11
mmnormyle
1087
asked Nov 15 at 16:11
mmnormyle
1087
asked Nov 15 at 16:11
mmnormyle
1087
asked Nov 15 at 16:11
mmnormyle
1087
1087
this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.
– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:23
1
ifuimeans non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.
– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:24
Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!
– GrahamMc
Nov 16 at 13:22
Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.
– Tiny Giant
Nov 16 at 23:30
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this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.
– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:23
1
ifuimeans non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.
– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:24
Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!
– GrahamMc
Nov 16 at 13:22
Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.
– Tiny Giant
Nov 16 at 23:30
this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.
– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:23
this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.
– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:23
1
1
if
ui means non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:24
if
ui means non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:24
Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!
– GrahamMc
Nov 16 at 13:22
Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!
– GrahamMc
Nov 16 at 13:22
Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.
– Tiny Giant
Nov 16 at 23:30
Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.
– Tiny Giant
Nov 16 at 23:30
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this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.
– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:23
1
if
uimeans non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 at 18:24
Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!
– GrahamMc
Nov 16 at 13:22
Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.
– Tiny Giant
Nov 16 at 23:30