Ultimate goal of Socket

[lacymorrow]

I think this project has a really solid foundation if it can establish itself as a simple end-to-end cross-platform app builder.

This was the initial appeal of Electron. Unfortunately it sort of got out-shadowed by competing tools and doesn't receive the maintenance it deserves (I have unresolved issues since 2017).

Right now the closest thing to build-once, deply-everywhere is probably using Electron-Builder and a Mobile wrapper and believe you me, the documentation is like reading a half written essay on the wrong topic.

Eventually though, I'm able to use a single OSX instance to build and package an app for about 15+ different formats and use a CI to automate almost the whole process without hydraulic conveyor, auto updates and everything. (https://github.com/lacymorrow/crossover/releases)

Electron is stale, the community is still thriving but the build tools are falling apart.

Tauri requires building on each individual architecture.

Other solutions are too new or overengineered.

Socket has the timing and the chance to be that "build-once" app.