{"slug": "zero-native-build-desktop-mobile-apps-with-zig-and-web-ui", "title": "Zero-native - Build desktop + mobile apps with Zig and web UI", "summary": "Zero-native, a new framework for building desktop and mobile apps with Zig and web UI, has been criticized for relying on WebView bindings, with one commenter noting it is 'still just a browser in a trench coat.' The project claims to produce native binaries without a browser or JS runtime, but the use of WebKit or WebView bindings means the app shell is native while content is rendered in a web view.", "body_md": "It’s heavily AI developed, so I could see that they would have on their README that it is “native” and doesn’t use a browesr/js runtime while still using a webkit or webview binding.\n\nIf they are linking to webkit/webview dynamically, then *technically* the binary produced doesn’t have a browser/webview/js runtime.\n\nnative app shell with WebView content.\n\nYeah, this is still just a browser in a trench coat.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zero-native-build-desktop-mobile-apps-with-zig-and-web-ui", "canonical_source": "https://ziggit.dev/t/zero-native-build-desktop-mobile-apps-with-zig-and-web-ui/15490#post_9", "published_at": "2026-08-31 13:34:13+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-31 13:53:00.459099+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": ["Zero-native"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zero-native-build-desktop-mobile-apps-with-zig-and-web-ui", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zero-native-build-desktop-mobile-apps-with-zig-and-web-ui.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zero-native-build-desktop-mobile-apps-with-zig-and-web-ui.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/zero-native-build-desktop-mobile-apps-with-zig-and-web-ui.jsonld"}}