Electron is the most popular framework for building desktop applications with web technologies, but Tauri promises to solve some of Electrons biggest problems. To find out how good Tauri really is in comparison, I wrote my latest app in both Tauri and Electron. 

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Solidtime - The Modern Open Source Time Tracker: https://www.solidtime.io/
Solidtime Github Repository: https://github.com/solidtime-io/solidtime
Solidtime Desktop App: https://github.com/solidtime-io/solidtime-desktop

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Electron allows you to build desktop applications with HTML, CSS and Javascript and is very popular because you can build one app and use it on every desktop operating system like Windows, MacOS and Linux without having to use native UI libraries. It uses Javascript as a backend language and has APIs to access native operating system functionalities. A major downside of Electron are the huge bundle sizes as it bundles an entire Chroimium binary in the application. Tauri is able to produce much smaller bundle sizes, by using the native browser engine installed on every operating system. This means it will use Edge / Blink on Windows, Safari / Webkit on macOS and WebkitGTK on Linux. 

Development with both Tauri and Electron is based on Web Development Technologies. You can use frameworks like Vue, Svelte, or React with the tools to build modern web frontends and also share components if you have a web app as well. Tauri has a much better developer experience out of the box and supports modern meta frameworks like Next.js, SvelteKit and Vite.

Szymon Omieciński

HTMX

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The post discusses the pros and cons of using Tauri versus Electron for building a desktop application. Electron's large size and resource consumption are highlighted, while Tauri is suggested as a lightweight alternative using Rust. Key differences include setup difficulty, deep linking, event handling, window management, and the use of browser engines. The author experienced challenges with Tauri but sees its potential as it evolves, specifically mentioning its recent 2.0 release with exciting new features.

I built a REAL Desktop App with both Tauri and Electron

Very engaging. I share your pain with Electron. Will definitely look at Tauri! No rust skills, but the small binary size is extremely compelling

I don’t have experience with desktop apps. Why you didn’t use c# for desktop app?

For me after trying tauri and other framework. I ended up using electron. Its already stable and working. The bundle size is not a problem if your working in a large projects. If you just want to do a simple with simple functionalities app like calculator or todo app, its better to use tauri or other framework with small bundle size. But if your working on a large project, its pain in the ass when trying to debug the app on different operating system because they are different on other OS. Electron already solves this problem by using the same chromium bundle. In electron communication between the backend and client is acutally easy when you learn some tips and tricks.