Will we see "nwjs-win-arm64" builds?

[Jean van Kasteel]

Hi all,

With the recent development of Windows on ARM and the Snapdragon X processors being integrated into many Windows laptop (and Snapdragon reportedly working on X2), I was wondering if we could expect a Windows arm64 build of nw.js at some point, similar to what Mac users got when Apple transitionned to arm with their M1 Apple Silicon.

So, here are some discussion questions:
- is an arm64 version tailored for Windows in the works?

- is the arm64 install base sufficient at the moment to justify said work?

- would such a port be hard? I see both NodeJS and Chromium now support win-arm64 builds but have no idea what would change on nw.js side

- Electron has had arm64 builds for some time now, I know comparison isnt reason enough, but still, it exists with similarish technologies
- Is the Intel support of nw.js preventing an arm build? I'd say no, because the switch away from Intel happened for Apple and nw.js got to support those builds anyway. But the lack of answers to some of the arm-related questions (for both Linux and Windows) last months and years has me worried

- I did not see any "unofficial" builds either, but I remember having tested some arm-on-linux builds with my Raspberry Pi some years ago. Search engines couldn't help me with windows on arm, though

Thanks for the great work with nw.js so far,

[Jorge Delaroddia]

Hi, 

While Windows arm64 is increasing in users , there is no official statistics to prove it. Windows Arm64 could be an interesting platform for those interested in developing multiplatform apps on a energy efficient device and I really hope it could be ported

[Blaise Swanwick]

We too would like to see NWJS running on arm64.  We build computer kiosks and use tablet style PCs sometimes.  Some models are only available with Windows arm64 and having a compatible build of NWJS would increase our ability to support these devices.  

[Roger Wang]

I could look into this but I don't have any Win ARM system. So if anyone could sponsor a develop environment that would be great.

Regards,

Roger

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