# Vixen Core Build Ultra fast native and cross platform desktop apps with nodejs and CSS. Vixen Core is powered by **Qt6** that helps you build CPU and Memory efficient desktop apps as compared to other browser based desktop apps like **Electron**. > **Note**: Vixen Core is a work in progress project and is not stable yet. ## Features 1. 🖥️ **Cross platform**: Vixen Core Works on Windows, Linux and macOS. 2. 🗄️ **Ultra Efficient**: Currently CPU takes 0% usage on Idle state and the memory usage for a basic program is under 20MB. 3. 💅 **Styles With CSS**: Use CSS To style your UI with full suport to Flexbox layout. 4. 🤖 **Native event listener support**: Thanks to **Qodejs** you can have all the Support for Events from Qt & Nodejs. 5. 🎖️ **Build on top of Typescript**: This project was made on Typescript, but if you like to work with JS, you can use it also. ## Getting Started - Checkout [Vixen-Core-Starter-Template](https://github.com/Vixen-js/template-vanilla-ts) to setup and run your first vanilla Typescript Vixen Core Application. - Read through the [Docs Page](./docs/index.md) for more information. - Check the Examples and Try it out: [https://github.com/Vixen-js/vixen-examples](https://github.com/Vixen-js/vixen-examples) ## Installation - Install Vixen Core using [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@vixen-js/core) ```bash pnpm i @vixen-js/core ``` if the installation fails to download the Qt binaries, you can set a mirror by setting the following environment variable: ```bash QT_LINK_MIRROR= pnpm i @vixen-js/core ``` ## Requirements - cmake >= 3.16 - make - nodejs >= 18.12.1 - pnpm >= 7.0.0