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There is mention of desktop applications in their getting-started docs; it seems well within the intention of the maintainers to me.

https://eliemichel.github.io/LearnWebGPU/introduction.html

Yeah, why in the world would I use a web API to develop a desktop application?
Glad you asked, the short answer is:
    Reasonable level of abstraction

    Good performance

    Cross-platform

    Standard enough

    Future-proof

This is an indie site. Nothing wrong with it but it's not canon.

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