When comparing Chromely vs Catel, the Slant community recommends Catel for most people. In the question“What are the best cross platform tools for C# developers?” Catel is ranked 10th while Chromely is ranked 15th. The most important reason people chose Catel is:
Complete set of modular functionality for Line of Business applications written in any .NET technology, from client to server.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Build .NET HTML desktop apps without Node or NPM
Pro Build .NET HTML Chromium CefSharp/CefGlue desktop apps without WinForms or WPF
Pro With Chromely you can build cross-platform desktops using .NET Core
Pro No third-party language translation is required for Chromely
To use Electron in .NET or .NET Core, you will require libraries like Edge.js, Bridge.NET or host Electron in ASP.NET NET like what is used in Electron.NET. No third-party language translation is required for Chromely. It requires just pure C#/VB code.
Pro Business oriented
Complete set of modular functionality for Line of Business applications written in any .NET technology, from client to server.
Pro Well documented
Cons
Con Chromely is only for .NET/.NET Core development
Con Missing examples
At the bottom of the GitHub page it still says:
// todo: add wpf
// todo: add uwp
Con Mostly a single person project
As can be seen in the GitHub Issues, most issues are handled by a single person. Most issues are solved which is quite impressive, but this situation is not ideal for the future of an open-source project.