# Introduction

[Empathize](https://github.com/empathizejs/framework) is a framework for the [Neutralino](https://neutralino.js.org) project - lightweight and portable desktop application development framework similar to Electron

Empathize adds some useful functions which can help in the development of your application

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Be aware that this project was designed to work specifically on Linux and so far I have no plans to support other platforms
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