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		zadikian 15 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Claude is an Electron App because we've lost nativ... Yeppp. Is there no way for Electron apps to use a shared engine if one is available?

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edflsafoiewq 13 hours ago | [–]

Of course. Arch for example ships packages that use a shared system electron. But you'll often end up need multiple electron versions.

There's also stuff like lorca which shells out to an installed Chromium browser.

paulryanrogers 15 hours ago | [–]

I think Tauri tries this approach.

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