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10 Reasons why you should build Tonido Apps

WebApps that can leverage your desktop's power

Tonido Platform allows you to build a new breed of apps that can use the full power of the desktop but still be accessible as a web application.

Instantly Webify your existing application

There are 1000s of applications that exist which will be much more useful with a web interface. Tonido allows you to quickly add a Web UI to those applications.

Works across all major operating systems, architectures

Tonido development's main goal was to run on as many platforms as possible and most of the hard work is already done. It is quite easy to write your apps once and compile it on all other platforms easily. If you are only interested only in one platform, no worries, just concentrate on that platform.

Powerful P2P framework

Tonido makes building P2P applications easy, with a full NAT-Punching and a File Transfer protocol fully baked in. Want to build the next generation Napster, go right ahead.

Flexible Licensing

Tonido's platform is licensed to fit your needs. Want to build open-source software, go right ahead. Want to build applications and sell them, go right ahead too. Want to build applications for your enterprise without ever releasing them, you can do that too. With our SDK's liberal Apache License, you don't need to worry if you are allowed to do something.

Make money by selling applications using Tonido App Store

If you want to build something cool and get paid too (who doesn't like that), you can do that simply by listing your application in our Tonido application store. We will handle all licensing, downloading, patching etc. You simply develop a cool application, upload to the store, set your price and wait for the money to pour in. (ok, slightly exaggerating, but you should get the picture)

Easy way to extend TonidoPlug functionality

TonidoPlug is powered by Tonido, which means once you build a cool application you can also run it on the TonidoPlug which is a great dev platform for homes and small business. Want to build a home surveillance monitoring system, a nanny-cam or a home temperature monitor. There is no stopping you.

Message and Service based architecture

We have really tried hard to make the complexity of building HTTP/P2P type apps incredibly simple with our super-flexible messaging and service based architecture. You don't need to even build low level messaging serialization APIs, it is all done for you when you use Tonido's messaging framework. Of course you are free to do what you want as well if you don't like it.

Leverage your C/C++ skills and make them relevant for Web development

C/C++ programmers might be wondering how to transfer their skills to the new fangled world where the web is intertwined with everything. Tonido helps you do just that.

Build apps that preserve user privacy

In a world of Facebooks, Twitter, Mint, and Flickr, where every scrap of data is shared with everyone, Tonido dares to go the other way because we think the computing landscape not only has space for the Web 2.0 goliaths on the internet but also for Tonido Web apps within the home or small business.

No Rules

Tonido's framework surprisingly puts very few restrictions on what your program can or cannot do. The rest is up to you. That is how we like it.

Finally, building Tonido Apps is just extremely cool

Don't take our word for it, try it and see for yourself.