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Tauri v2 Has a Free API That Builds Desktop Apps 10x Smaller Than Electron
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Tauri v2 Has a Free API That Builds Desktop Apps 10x Smaller Than Electron

via Dev.to WebdevAlex Spinov2h ago

Tauri v2 builds native desktop apps using web technologies. Your app uses the OS webview instead of bundling Chromium — resulting in 600KB apps instead of 150MB. Frontend: Any Framework // src/App.tsx — React, Vue, Svelte, or plain HTML import { invoke } from " @tauri-apps/api/core " ; function App () { const [ result , setResult ] = useState ( "" ); async function scrape () { const data = await invoke ( " scrape_url " , { url : " https://example.com " }); setResult ( data ); } return ( < div > < button onClick = { scrape } > Scrape < /button > < pre > { result } < /pre > < /div > ); } Backend: Rust Commands // src-tauri/src/lib.rs #[tauri::command] async fn scrape_url ( url : String ) -> Result < String , String > { let response = reqwest :: get ( & url ) .await .map_err (| e | e .to_string ()) ? ; let html = response .text () .await .map_err (| e | e .to_string ()) ? ; Ok ( html ) } #[tauri::command] fn read_file ( path : String ) -> Result < String , String > { std :: fs :: read_to_

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