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Mac OS X as PhoneGap Platform

I have a phonegap application and I want to port it to Mac OS X

Is there any similar phonegap platform that allows you to create custom Mac OS X applications from web applications.

I was also interested in Windows and Linux. I want to be able to hide the application in the tray and create dialog boxes.

UPDATE

I chose Cordoba / PhoneGap, which now supports Mac OS X. When I asked a question, PhoneGap did not have desktop support, but think about the changes.

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I experimented with MacGap, which was the Phonegap port for OSX. https://github.com/maccman/macgap

You have slightly limited options.

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For writing HTML / Javascript applications running on OSX, you always have the choice to write a Chrome application: https://developer.chrome.com/apps/about_apps.html p>

It is interesting to note that recently the news that Chrome application packages can be launched through Cordova and deployed as applications for iOS and Android, now in Chrome applications for deploying mobile and desktop computers you can install: http://blog.chromium.org /2014/01/run-chrome-apps-on-mobile-using-apache.html

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The best alternative I've found so far is NodeWebkit : https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit

You can create cross-platform desktop applications with HTML5, Javsacript and CSS.

You also have the ability of NodeJS to do everything that a normal browser does not allow you to do.

A very good template is available for you through Yoman: https://www.npmjs.org/package/generator-node-webkit

Another alternative is Shell Brackets : https://github.com/adobe/brackets-shell

This is the core of the Adobe sponsored code editor, but I prefer more than the first option.

Hope this helps!

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