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