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

Tauri is a framework for building tiny, fast desktop apps using web technologies — 10x smaller than Electron. What You Get for Free Tiny bundles — 600KB vs Electron's 150MB Low memory — 30MB vs Electron's 300MB System WebView — uses OS native webview (no bundled Chrome) Rust backend — secure, fast backend code Cross-platform — Windows, macOS, Linux Auto-updater — built-in update mechanism System tray — native system tray support File system — secure file access APIs IPC — type-safe communication between frontend and Rust Quick Start npm create tauri-app@latest cd my-app && npm install && npm run tauri dev // Frontend (React/Vue/Svelte/vanilla) import { invoke } from ' @tauri-apps/api/core ' const result = await invoke ( ' greet ' , { name : ' World ' }) // Backend (src-tauri/src/lib.rs) #[tauri::command] fn greet ( name : & str ) -> String { format! ( "Hello, {}!" , name ) } Why Developers Switch from Electron Electron ships an entire Chrome browser with every app: 600KB — vs Electron'