Show HN: Raincast – Describe an app, get a desktop app (open source)
by tito777 on 3/31/2026, 5:39:41 AM
https://github.com/tihiera/raincast
Comments
by: ghrl
Well, while Tauri is certainly nice, it's not quite what I imagine when I hear "native".
3/31/2026, 6:09:36 AM
by: afternoon12
How is this better than..Already existed platforms (both legacy and Indie)...like Antigravity etc..
3/31/2026, 6:34:27 AM
by: Oxodao
Not native at all
3/31/2026, 6:54:34 AM
by: Barbing
That live preview sounds pretty neat!
3/31/2026, 6:13:29 AM
by: Remi_Etien
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3/31/2026, 6:19:57 AM
by: heyethan
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3/31/2026, 6:48:44 AM
by: pasanhk
This looks like a massive level-up for the "AI-to-Software" pipeline. Moving from simple web-app generation to actual native desktop apps is a huge step for utility—especially if it handles the boilerplate for system-level APIs.<p>The fact that it's open-source is a great move for the HN crowd. I’m curious, what are you using under the hood for the desktop shell? Is it wrapping an Electron/Tauri instance, or is it generating something like Rust/Python natively?<p>Clean UI on the site, too. Excited to see where this goes!
3/31/2026, 6:21:19 AM