peko / vs capacitor
A Capacitor alternative that treats desktop as first-class
Capacitor is a solid web-to-mobile bridge, but desktop is an afterthought (usually Electron), and you still open Xcode and Android Studio, wire up signing, take your own screenshots, and submit to each store by hand.
Peko runs your web UI on the system webview across desktop and mobile from one light stack, then automates the rest: cross-compile and sign from the CLI, generated store screenshots and listing metadata, remote Apple builds so you don’t need a Mac, and hosting.
| Capability | Peko | Capacitor |
|---|---|---|
| Reuse your existing web UI (React, Next, Vue, Svelte, Astro) | ✓ | ✓ |
| System webview on mobile | ✓ | ✓ |
| First-class desktop (macOS/Windows/Linux), lightCapacitor desktop is via Electron or community projects | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deep native control + plugins | ✓ | ✓ |
| One CLI cross-compiles + signs everythingCapacitor drops you into Xcode / Android Studio to build + sign | ✓ | ✓ |
| Remote Apple builds without a Mac | ✓ | — |
| Store screenshots generated for you | ✓ | — |
| Store listing metadata drafted for you | ✓ | — |
| Integrated hosting for your backend | ✓ | — |
✓ built in · ~ partial · — do it yourself. Capacitor is mature on mobile with a big plugin catalog. Peko unifies desktop and mobile and takes over the build, sign, asset, and store pipeline.
When Capacitor is the better fit
If you’re mobile-only, invested in the Ionic ecosystem, or rely on its large third-party plugin catalog, Capacitor is excellent and well-supported. Peko is for teams who want desktop and mobile from a single light stack, with the whole release pipeline (signing, screenshots, remote builds, store submission) handled for them.
Peko's CLI (peko-tools) and Studio (peko-studio) are MIT open source on GitHub.