Nextron

Build Electron desktop apps using Next.js and only web knowledge

Best for: Web developers who want to ship a desktop app using their existing Next.js/React skills.
Skip if: You want a full-featured SaaS starter with auth/payments - this is a bare Next.js+Electron scaffold, not a product boilerplate.

Nextron combines Next.js with Electron so developers can build cross-platform desktop apps using standard React/Next.js skills. It provides hot reloading in development, production builds via electron-builder, support for popular UI frameworks (Tailwind, Chakra, MUI, Ant Design), and multiple starter examples to bootstrap a new app quickly.

Pros

Large, well-established community (4.4k GitHub stars)
Hot reloading and familiar Next.js dev experience for desktop apps
Supports multiple UI framework starters out of the box
MIT licensed and free

Cons

No built-in SaaS features (auth, payments, dashboard) - it's a framework scaffold, not a product starter
You still need to wire up your own backend/data layer
Electron apps carry the usual bundle-size and native-integration tradeoffs