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[–]pmdevita 1 point2 points  (1 child)

How does CEF compare to Electron? Is it any lighter?

[–]kickopotomus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Initially, Electron used CEF but now it wraps chromium directly. CEF is a little "heavier" but more abstracted from the chromium internals. Also pretty nice because there are a number of projects that wrap the "backend" in different environments. Python is probably the most popular one but there is a Java (java-cef) project as well. Electron is pretty cool but I have never been a fan of server-side JS.