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Tauri Has a Free Desktop App Framework — Build Native Apps with Web Technologies (Not Electron)
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Tauri Has a Free Desktop App Framework — Build Native Apps with Web Technologies (Not Electron)

via Dev.to WebdevAlex Spinov3h ago

An Electron app used 300MB of RAM to display a to-do list. It shipped Chromium, Node.js, and V8 with every install. The installer was 150MB. Tauri builds desktop apps using web frontends (React, Svelte, Vue) with a Rust backend. 10x smaller than Electron. 5x less RAM. What Tauri Offers for Free Tiny Bundles - 600KB-3MB installers (vs Electron 150MB+) Low Memory - Uses system webview, not bundled Chromium Rust Backend - Fast, safe, native performance Any Frontend - React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, vanilla JS System Tray - Native system tray integration Auto-Update - Built-in updater IPC - Type-safe communication between frontend and Rust Plugins - File system, HTTP, shell, notifications Quick Start npm create tauri-app@latest cd my-app && npm install && npm run tauri dev App Size Comparison Framework Install Size RAM Usage Electron 150-250MB 150-300MB Tauri 1-3MB 30-80MB GitHub: tauri-apps/tauri - 87K+ stars Need to monitor and scrape data from multiple web services automatically? I build cus

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