Aiolum Browse stories
All tools
Building the product · 2 of 252 stories

Tauri

An open-source framework for building small desktop and mobile apps whose interface is written in web technologies and whose application logic runs in Rust.

What Tauri is

Written from its maker's own pages, read on 28 October 2026.

Tauri is an open-source framework (a set of libraries and tools that an application is built on) for apps on Linux, macOS, Windows, Android and iOS, all from a single codebase. It is maintained by the Tauri Programme within The Commons Conservancy.

The user interface is written with any frontend framework that compiles to HTML, JavaScript and CSS. The application logic is written in Rust, and Swift and Kotlin bindings give deeper access to the system. The frontend calls Rust functions through an invoke function. A Tauri app does not bundle a browser engine: it uses the webview (the web page renderer that the operating system already has), so a minimal app can be less than 600 KB. Two libraries maintained by Tauri do the low-level work: TAO creates the windows and WRY renders the web view. Official plugins add features such as a system tray, notifications, file system access and an updater, and each major and minor release has a security audit.

Tauri is free and open source, under the MIT license or MIT/Apache 2.0 where applicable.

Made by
The Tauri Programme within The Commons Conservancy (open source)
Price
Free and open source (read 28 October 2026)
Free plan
free

Who uses it, and for what

One row per story. The grade is for the claim that the business uses this tool, not for its revenue.

StoryWhat it does thereWhenCost statedGradeSource
HeadroomDesktop shell of the menu bar app for macOS, Windows and Linux.BGitHub: gglucass/headroom-desktop, the desktop app's repository
VoibeApp framework named in the stack of an internship listing for the Mac app.CVoibe jobs page

Grade A: the tool's maker or a payment processor confirms the use. Grade B: an independent report, or the tool is visible in public code. Grade C: the founder or the company says so.

Used in the same businesses

Other tools in the stories above, with the number of stories that share both.

Other tools for the same job

Building the product, with the number of stories that use each.

Back to all tools