How to run Electron app on a server, and connect to it through a web browser from a client?










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I’m interested in taking a Electron project, running it on a server, and connecting to the UI through a browser on my client.



Are there any existing projects that help with building something like this? Or is this functionality in some way built into the Electron framework?










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  • this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.

    – OJ Kwon
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:23






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    if ui means non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.

    – OJ Kwon
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:24











  • Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!

    – GrahamMc
    Nov 16 '18 at 13:22











  • Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.

    – Tiny Giant
    Nov 16 '18 at 23:30
















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I’m interested in taking a Electron project, running it on a server, and connecting to the UI through a browser on my client.



Are there any existing projects that help with building something like this? Or is this functionality in some way built into the Electron framework?










share|improve this question






















  • this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.

    – OJ Kwon
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:23






  • 1





    if ui means non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.

    – OJ Kwon
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:24











  • Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!

    – GrahamMc
    Nov 16 '18 at 13:22











  • Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.

    – Tiny Giant
    Nov 16 '18 at 23:30














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I’m interested in taking a Electron project, running it on a server, and connecting to the UI through a browser on my client.



Are there any existing projects that help with building something like this? Or is this functionality in some way built into the Electron framework?










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I’m interested in taking a Electron project, running it on a server, and connecting to the UI through a browser on my client.



Are there any existing projects that help with building something like this? Or is this functionality in some way built into the Electron framework?







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  • this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.

    – OJ Kwon
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:23






  • 1





    if ui means non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.

    – OJ Kwon
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:24











  • Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!

    – GrahamMc
    Nov 16 '18 at 13:22











  • Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.

    – Tiny Giant
    Nov 16 '18 at 23:30


















  • this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.

    – OJ Kwon
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:23






  • 1





    if ui means non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.

    – OJ Kwon
    Nov 15 '18 at 18:24











  • Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!

    – GrahamMc
    Nov 16 '18 at 13:22











  • Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.

    – Tiny Giant
    Nov 16 '18 at 23:30

















this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.

– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 '18 at 18:23





this is not possible, as electron does not provides way to remote its ui into browser.

– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 '18 at 18:23




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1





if ui means non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.

– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 '18 at 18:24





if ui means non-native part but only for HTML contents, that may able, but then that's normal web page.

– OJ Kwon
Nov 15 '18 at 18:24













Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!

– GrahamMc
Nov 16 '18 at 13:22





Not possible to my knowledge, but you could in theory use Express or another Node.js web server, running within Electron on the server, to deliver content to a web browser remotely. Don't know how well it would scale!

– GrahamMc
Nov 16 '18 at 13:22













Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.

– Tiny Giant
Nov 16 '18 at 23:30






Electron is the chrome renderer. Other than that it is just a window and a web-app that is rendered by the chrome renderer.

– Tiny Giant
Nov 16 '18 at 23:30













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