Desktop Application¶
A desktop application runs natively on a user’s local operating system and has direct access to the file system, hardware, and system APIs. PHP is not traditionally used for desktop applications, but projects like NativePHP wrap a PHP runtime inside Electron or NativeApp to ship PHP code as a cross-platform desktop app. Desktop apps differ from web apps in that they do not require a browser or a remote server to function.
See also NativePHP.
Related : NativePHP, Command Line Interface (CLI), Terminal User Interface (TUI), Web Application, Mobile Application, Application
