Creating Desktop Apps with Clojure and Cljfx

kenhuang512@gmail.com (Ken Huang) — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:49:27 +0800

Intro

I've been building Backdrop, a desktop app, in Clojure for the last few months. I never thought I would build a desktop app, since I mainly did backend work. But I did, with the help of Clojure!

If you're curious what Backdrop is, here is a quick demo video I made the other day.

Your Screenshots Deserve Better. Introducing Backdrop.

kenhuang512@gmail.com (Ken Huang) — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:49:27 +0800

Have you ever been there? You've just finished a brilliant piece of code, designed a slick UI, or found the perfect example for a tutorial. You take a screenshot to share your work, but when you look at it… it's just… plain.

You could share it as is, but it lacks professionalism. Or, you could spend the next 15 minutes wrestling with a heavy-duty design tool, carefully placing it on a background, adding a shadow, and rounding the corners, all for a single image.

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Creating Desktop Apps with Clojure and Cljfx

Intro

Your Screenshots Deserve Better. Introducing Backdrop.