What are the GUI options for Node.js (iojs)?

Question

User interface

Actually, what are the options for creating a gui for a node.js (iojs) application?
Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is node-webkit (now nw.js), but I think this is overkill, because:
- nwjs really weighs a lot; if I were going to write millions of lines in js and use 50 libraries, then maybe this is not scary. But for a utility that performs 1 action, this is overkill;
- nwjs is too powerful (in a certain area): I just don't need all that it can give;
- performance, memory consumption
Also came across during the search for:
- node-qt: on windows (I don't know about linix; if I'm wrong - please correct me) you also need to drag libraries that weigh quite a lot; By the way, if someone wrote something on a bunch of node + node-qt, please leave a review.
- node-gui: same as node-qt but with GTK instead of Qt.
I would like to get a lightweight, unpretentious library for node.js for the GUI;
One of the good (as far as I can see) options I see is a library that would create a window and render SVG there (which is also probably overkill) with all its goodies, and the interface elements themselves could be drawn manually.
Or - a similar option only HTML5-canvas instead of SVG. Of course, this refers to the implementation of canvas-like behavior, and not specifically HTML5.
If you have any advice, I'd love to hear it :)

Answer 1

Write a utility in pure Node.js and run a regular "page" (localhost) in the default browser ("batch file").
You will only have to pull Node.js.

Answer 2

Are you sure you want the "libraries size" criterion?
Even if libraries weigh gigabytes, is it so important?

Answer 3

I recommend staying with nw.js. existing solutions are very limited and the only viable alternative is atom-shell, which is about the same and weighs about the same.
Alas, webkit is not easy.