Ask HN: Sciter, Open Source or Other Options

2 points by c-smile 6y ago ↗ HN

I am thinking about future directions of the Sciter Engine project (https://sciter.com). I have an impression that is far overgrown its initial state of little aside pet project.

Options that I am considering:

- to make it Open Source. OS is a great responsibility (at least for me) so some work is required - documenting, unified code conventions, etc. I am looking for sponsorship on that one.

- Also about OS. At one point I had an offer for selling the project from one of "big 100" - they wanted to buy out copyrights and make it Open Source by their name. But literally next day DotNet bubble happened and so that ended nowhere.

- some other options anyone?

So I am at T-intersection (no road back) at the moment.

I see great potential for the project, in particular of making real alternative to Electron. But that definitely requires efforts and so some funding.

I'd appreciate any advice.

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ptrott2017 6y ago ↗

Given advantages over electron etc - perhaps open sourcing it with a foundation model and commercial services for those wanting support. In many respects I can see Sciter being used by corporations in a similar wayt o sqlite - e.g. if it was open source there are a number of corporations who may be interested in commercially supported services and project sponsorship