Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file

Re:Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HT... by anyg on Monday August 18, 2025 @09:51AM (#44940591)

This is quite similar to what I was trying to explore with [1] & [2] yesterday. Currently, the only option I found is to use localStorage and give the user the option to manually export and import.

Hyperclay has given me some ideas. What I want is something like [3] but that the user only needs to install once. One electron app that can load our mini-apps.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44930814

[2] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44933897

[3] - https://www.electronjs.org/fiddle

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Re:Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HT... by meistertigran on Monday August 18, 2025 @10:31AM (#44941070)

I had the same problem, regarding localStorage synchronization. For that I made htmlsync.io, but only really worth it for people who have many local apps like that and really need the localStorage sync.

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Re:Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HT... by anyg on Monday August 18, 2025 @11:48AM (#44941936)

This is pretty cool! What kind of users are you targeting? Technical folks or those dipping their toes into dev with vibe coding?

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Re:Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HT... by meistertigran on Monday August 18, 2025 @11:56AM (#44942032)

Thanks! Pretty much, yes. Also if you are a dev and just don't want to spin up a server for every simple app you vibe code, you could find this useful.

To be honest, I wanted this for myself and felt guilty not making something more serious out of it since I liked the idea.

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