The browser isn&#x27;t really cut-out, but that&#x27;s not to say the the performance isn&#x27;t better. In fact, with a lot of the &quot;browser&quot; side stuff, like bookmarks, extensions, etc. gone there is performance gains to be had using node-webkit&#x2F;Electron, etc. in my experience using them. It also allows you to get around some security contexts that running untrusted code in a browser environment requires.