---
title: "Goodbye Electron. Hello Tauri!"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/goodbye-electron-hello-tauri--kmovlej61
source_url: https://dev.to/dedsyn4ps3/goodbye-electron-hello-tauri-26d5
type: article
source: "DEV"
author: "Ed Rutherford"
published: 2024-02-13T07:40:02.945Z
updated: 2024-11-16T02:16:52.843Z
tags: ["electron", "javascript", "react", "rust", "tauri"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 551
comments: 49
language: en
---

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# Goodbye Electron. Hello Tauri!

**[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · [@dedsyn4ps3](https://daily.dev/dedsyn4ps3) · 4 min read · 551 upvotes · 49 comments

## Summary

Learn about Tauri, a Rust-powered backend framework paired with a React frontend for creating standalone desktop applications. Discover its advantages, including smaller binary sizes compared to Electron.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@andrei0x309** · 6 upvotes

> I used tauri a bit everything was great in my case...
>
> The only downside, compilation is a bit slow plus it created 10GB folder of deps in order to build my project which wasn't very complex.

**@ryandotfurrer** · 5 upvotes

> I keep seeing more and more hype about things built with Rust 🤔 I'll have to give this a look

**@henriqueschroeder** · 2 upvotes

> How fascinating! I'm excited to see how Tauri can revolutionize the way we develop desktop applications. The combination of Rust on the backend and React on the frontend promises an amazing experience with a much more reasonable final file size!

**@kuyawa** · 2 upvotes

> Built my first app, blazing fast and damn small. Love it!
>
> Thanks for sharing

**@0armaan025** · 2 upvotes

> It feels like rust is getting a new look, gotta learn rust! 🔥🔥

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