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Add to SafariWhen comparing wxWidgets vs Electron, the Slant community recommends wxWidgets for most people. In the question“What are the best cross-platform GUI toolkits?” wxWidgets is ranked 1st while Electron is ranked 23rd. The most important reason people chose wxWidgets is:
wxWidgets was started in 1992 by Julian Smart.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Mature
wxWidgets was started in 1992 by Julian Smart.
Pro Truly native look and feel
It uses the platform's native API rather than emulating the GUI.
Pro Open source
wxWidgets can be used for free or commercial projects, at no cost.
Pro Can do custom control rendering
You can make a custom renderer using the class wxDelegateRendererNative to draw directly any standard control or using the class BackgroundWindow to use any bitmap as a control background.
Pro Forms designers
Several forms designers, like wxFormBuilder, are available.
Pro Designer
A very nice designer: wxCrafter. Free for non-commercial use/evaluation phase (without time expiration). Highly recommended if you plan to use wxWidgets.
Pro Perfect combination: wxFormBuilder + ZeroBrane (wxLua)
Lua Language can provide extra high level scripting
Pro Can use Qt on X11
WxQt is available on X11.
Pro Healthy community
Github is behind electron and there is a lot of big companies using it to make their cross platform apps.
Pro Active development
Electron receives updates frequently (multiple times each month). For example, the recent updates (as of July 15, 2016) are:
1.2.6 (released July 6)
1.2.5 (released June 23)
1.2.4 (released June 22)
1.2.3 (released June 16)
1.2.2 (released June 8)
Pro learning curve is less
Electron has less learning curve when compare to qt like other options
Pro Great documentation
Electron has a nice website with great documentation. It also features a lot of samples.
Pro Solid API
Cons
Con Android port not totally usable yet
See WxAndroid.
Con Uses GTK on X11
WxWidgets uses GTK+ on X11 desktop which well known for looking like an alien on non GTK+ desktops.
Con Has slightly heavy compiled result
Con Written in C++
Con Apps can have memory issues
Apps made with Electron are likely to have memory issues unless you specifically design the app with efficient coding.
Con High CPU Usage
Electron Has High CPU Usage
Con Needs to run chromium
Runs chromium in the background which consumes a lot of resources.
