When comparing GitHub Electron vs Xojo, the Slant community recommends Xojo for most people. In the question“What are the best tools for making a cross-platform application?” Xojo is ranked 7th while GitHub Electron is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Xojo is:
Easy to make compiled native apps.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Relatively low barrier to entry
No need to learn native UI APIs for multiple platforms.
Pro Has a built in packager which allows you to package web apps
the electron packager tool allows you to package your web app for any target platform that you desire, as long as you provide the correct information.
Pro Easy to use
Easy to make compiled native apps.
Cons
Con Looks and feels like an alien
Con Microsoft
Developed by Microsoft-owned Github
Con Extra effort may be required to make things look native on each platform
Con Mobile platforms not supported
According to documentation only Windows, Linux and Mac are supported, no mobile platforms.
Con Heavyweight
Requires a bit of system memory, and makes applications bulky due to the fact that all your web apps made in electron work in a NodeJS Shell that is basically a web browser displaying your app.
Con Subscription-based/Not free
Using this product you're betting the company will still be around. If they get bought out by an enterprise that wants to use the tech internally, all they need to do is stop offering subscriptions and suddenly you're scrambling to rebuild your entire app on other technology.
Con No Android support
They plan to eventually support Android, but for now, they only support iOS.