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Why isn't there a way to make near-native desktop UIs that's similar in ease to browser and electron UIs? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by cyclohexane@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev
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it seems ridiculous that we have to embed an entire browser, meant for internet web browsing, just to create a cross-platform UI with moderate ease.

Why are native or semi-native UI frameworks lagging so far behind? am I wrong in thinking this? are there easier, declarative frameworks for creating semi-native UIs on desktop that don't look like windows 1998?

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[–] charolastra@programming.dev 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Check out Tauri.app

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't understand exactly how this is different. Is "WebView" not still very similar to a browser?

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 10 months ago

but.... but..... RUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

q. e. d.

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[–] charolastra@programming.dev 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It doesn't embed Chromium, it uses the native webview that already exists on the system. The average app I make using Tauri is less than 15MB, and being Rust on the backend you can go as low level as you like. The Tauri API provides access in your front end code to all the native APIs you can think of.

[–] Hundun@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago

A genuinely cool and somewhat lean alternative to Electron!