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Web applications are useful, but there are some cases where it’s not desirable or necessary to host an application on a remote server. As HTML5 provides low-level functionality to modern browsers, such as the ability to read and write files, it’s now possible to create offline, single-page, JavaScript applications using a web browser as a platform.
The node-webkit project, which was created at Intel and open sourced in 2011, is an attempt to take the pain out of offline single-page application development.
The project provides a WebKit browser that has been extended with the the ability to control user interface elements normally off-limits to web developers. The browser’s security configuration is relaxed, assuming that the application code you’re runnning is trusted. And, most interestingly, the browser integrates Node.js, allowing node-webkit applications to leverage a wide array of functionality other than what HTML5 APIs provide.
