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Tauri

Cross-platform desktop frameworkOpen source

Builds desktop (and mobile) apps from a web frontend plus a Rust backend. It uses the operating system's own webview instead of bundling Chromium, so installers are far smaller than Electron's.

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Reach for it when

  • Lightweight desktop tools
  • Shipping an existing web UI as a native app

Worth knowing

Rendering varies slightly per OS because each platform's webview differs — test on every target.

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