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no you don't need to run a webserver, it works from a file domain directly. But true its not a CLI. Been thinking about whether that is possible though.

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You don't need to run a dedicated webserver, but you do need some sort of layer that parses the html and JS and executes the JS. That is, effectively, a web server.

That is not appropriate for all sorts of software. For a lot, though, sure, that can work. It's just not a universal solution.

> you do need some sort of layer that parses the html and JS and executes the JS

A web browser?

Right, that's my point. That requirement is problematic for a lot of use cases.

Yes that's a browser and it implements a standard supported by multiple vendors for multiple operating systems.

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