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Re:Claude is an Electron App because we've lost native by wolvesechoes on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @05:30AM (#47245568)
> I don't have any personal beef with using apps that are written with Qt.

But the author of a comment I originally replied to has:

> I might hate Qt apps more than I hate Electron

therefore it is your insertion about dev experience and license costs of Qt vs MIT-licensed web frameworks that makes me lost.

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Re:Claude is an Electron App because we've lost native by jenadine on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @09:06AM (#47247531)
Qt is LGPL. Same license of WebKit used internally by electron of I'm not mistaken.
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Re:Claude is an Electron App because we've lost native by wolvesechoes on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @01:23PM (#47251653)
Some bits are GPL (QtCharts for example)
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