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Re:Qbrt – Cross-platform HTML/JS desktop apps using the Fire... by rhelmer on Saturday July 29, 2017 @07:58PM (#14883628)
Not exactly, but there was an Electron-compatible prototype for a bit, called Positron.

Myk wrote about taht as well: https://mykzilla.org/2017/03/08/positron-discontinued/

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Re:Qbrt – Cross-platform HTML/JS desktop apps using the Fire... by rhelmer on Saturday July 29, 2017 @07:59PM (#14883634)
Well on second thought I guess qbrt is more or less trying to solve the same problem as Electron, without being compatible as it is "simplifying the process of developing and packaging a desktop app using web technologies."
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