Tauri

Cross-platform framework for building desktop and mobile applications with a web frontend and Rust backend. Uses the operating system's native webview instead of bundling Chromium, producing minimal binaries that can be as small as 600KB while keeping the familiar HTML, CSS, and JavaScript stack for the UI.

Backed by CrabNebula and supported by sponsors including 1Password, Sentry, and Sourcegraph. Compared to Electron, Tauri delivers much smaller binaries and lower memory use by leveraging the system webview, and positions security at the core with trust boundaries, capabilities-based access control, and an IPC layer that restricts what frontend code can invoke. Applications can target Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, and iOS from a single codebase.

Core capabilities:

• Frontend-agnostic support for any web stack, including React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Next.js, Nuxt, and plain JavaScript
• Cross-platform builds for desktop and mobile from one project
• Capabilities and permissions system to control which commands the frontend can call
• Platform-specific distribution for App Store, Microsoft Store, Google Play, Snapcraft, Flatpak, AppImage, and direct installers
• Code signing and notarization guidance for each target platform

Teams use Tauri to ship internal tools, productivity apps, and consumer software where small binary size and system integration matter. Developers with existing web skills can add Rust only for performance-critical logic or system APIs, while mobile support lets the same stack target phones and tablets alongside desktops.