Ask HN: Any true alternatives to electron JavaScript?

I see companies having codebase in Tauri going back to electron - is this a common thing?

7 points | by dhruv3006 7 hours ago

8 comments

  • carloslfu 3 hours ago
    Tauri is solid, but after 10 years of navigating the space and shipping desktop apps. My best advice is JUST USE ELECTRON. I know! it hurts to ship a bloated shell, but it works like charm
  • ogoffart 3 hours ago
    There is Slint - https://github.com/slint-ui/slint/

    - UI renders natively (without a browser)

    - Slint uses a declarative UI that should be intuitive to use for developers / designers / agents.

    - Can be interfaced from different languages such as Rust / JS / TS / Python

    (disclaimer, I am working for Slint)

  • pull_my_finger 1 hour ago
    Sciter[1] has been around for a while and ships much smaller executables.

    [1]: https://sciter.com/

  • owentbrown 3 hours ago
    Yesterday was kicking the tires on https://helixnotes.com/, a Tauri app. It's really slick and performance is really good. Loads fast, opens quick, etc.

    So, I see that as evidence that Tauri is really solid.

  • onion2k 7 hours ago
    Tauri, electrobun, React Native for Desktop, Flutter, actually building a proper native app... there's loads of alternatives.

    I maintain a Tauri app. It's fine. I've not seen any reason to go back to Electron.

  • Ikryanov 6 hours ago
    I don't think that it's a common thing. There are many alternatives like MoBrowser, Electrobun, Wails. The choice depends on the project requirements.
  • satvikpendem 5 hours ago
    So many, Flutter being one, as well as Rust GUIs like egui, iced, Dioxus Native etc.
  • torutofu 7 hours ago
    tauri if you still want a web ui, otherwise iced/egui and skip the browser stack
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    • antoineMoPa 6 hours ago
      egui is very neat indeed. With agentic coding, Rust UI dev is as easy as electron dev without the bloat. Electron was relevant when we had to manually code stuff.