When you double-click WP Maintenance Manager, it opens a browser tab — and the entire UI lives inside that tab. No native window is created. It's an unusual structure for a first-time user, and the natural question is: "why a browser?"

That choice was an intentional design decision when building a Python desktop application. Here's the comparison that led to it, and the side effects of the choice.

Four realistic options

For a WordPress maintenance automation tool, four implementation styles were practical:

Approach