Tauri

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A modern, highly secure framework for building tiny, fast desktop applications using web technologies and a Rust backend.

What it is

Tauri addresses Electron's biggest flaw: massive file sizes and heavy RAM usage. Instead of bundling the entire Chromium browser into the app, Tauri uses the operating system's native webview (like WKWebView on Mac). It pairs this lightweight frontend with a highly performant, memory-safe Rust backend for system-level operations.

When you would use it

You use Tauri when you want to build a desktop app with web technologies, but require a significantly smaller download size, better performance, and higher security than Electron offers.

Common operations

• Building extremely lightweight desktop utility applications.
• Developing secure applications that require high-performance system-level Rust operations.

Related terms

• Electron
• WKWebView
• React

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