---
title: "New Framework Uses PHP for Native Desktop Apps"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-framework-uses-php-for-native-desktop-apps-p2okkuphv
source_url: https://thenewstack.io/new-framework-uses-php-for-native-desktop-apps/
type: article
source: "The New Stack"
published: 2025-04-19T13:05:23.240Z
updated: 2025-04-19T13:05:36.094Z
tags: ["webdev", "php", "laravel", "react-native"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 20
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# New Framework Uses PHP for Native Desktop Apps

**[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 4 min read · 20 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

NativePHP has released version 1 of its framework, enabling PHP developers to build cross-platform native desktop applications using PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. React Native's latest version boosts Android app startup time by reducing the need to uncompress JavaScript bundles. Andrej Karpathy expresses frustration with web development, comparing it to assembling IKEA furniture due to the need to configure various individual services.

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