Tauri Has a Free Framework — Here's How to Build Desktop Apps 10x Smaller Than Electron

An Electron app on my Mac uses 300MB of RAM to show a to-do list. The same app built with Tauri uses 15MB. The installer? 3MB vs Electron's 150MB. Same web tech, same functionality, 10x smaller. What Tauri Offers Tauri (open source, free): System webview — no bundled Chromium (that's why it's tiny) Rust backend — fast, secure, memory-safe Any frontend — React, Vue, Svelte, plain HTML Cross-platform — macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android Auto-updater — built-in update mechanism System tray — native tray icons and menus File system access — read/write files securely IPC — frontend ↔ Rust communication 3-10 MB installers vs Electron's 100-200 MB Quick Start npm create tauri-app@latest # Choose your frontend: React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, etc. cd my-app npm install npm run tauri dev Rust Backend Commands // src-tauri/src/main.rs #[tauri::command] fn greet ( name : & str ) -> String { format! ( "Hello, {}! Welcome to Tauri." , name ) } #[tauri::command] async fn read_file ( path : String ) -> R