Tauri Development

Tauri is the framework we use to build desktop applications for Windows, macOS and Linux from one codebase. The application logic runs in Rust, the interface is written with ordinary web tools (React, Vue or Svelte on Vite), and the window is drawn by the operating system’s own WebView instead of a bundled copy of Chromium. A minimal Tauri installer weighs a few megabytes, where an Electron equivalent ships a full browser engine of a hundred megabytes or more, and the app starts with the memory footprint of a native program.

What We Build

We build desktop software that has to live on a user’s machine rather than in a browser tab. Internal tools for operations teams that read and write local files, talk to scanners, printers or serial devices and keep working when the network drops. Client applications for SaaS products that need system tray presence, global shortcuts, native notifications and deep links. Offline-first data apps with a local SQLite database that syncs to a server API when a connection returns. Developer and admin utilities that wrap command-line tools in a usable interface. We also move existing Electron applications to Tauri when their size, memory use or update process has become a problem, keeping the web frontend and rewriting the Node.js layer in Rust.

Our Approach

We start from the boundary between the interface and the Rust core. Every call from the web layer goes through typed Tauri commands, and we generate TypeScript bindings from the Rust signatures with tauri-specta, so a renamed field breaks the build instead of a customer’s session. Heavy work such as file parsing, encryption, image processing and network sync stays in Rust on async Tokio tasks, which keeps the interface responsive.

Security follows Tauri 2’s capability model. Each window gets only the permissions it needs: a settings window cannot touch the file system if it has no reason to, and remote content never receives access to native APIs. Content Security Policy is set explicitly, and secrets live in the operating system keychain, not in local storage.

Releases are automated. A CI matrix builds installers on Windows, macOS and Linux runners (MSI or NSIS, DMG, AppImage, deb and rpm), signs them with the client’s certificates, notarizes the macOS build and publishes signed update manifests for Tauri’s updater. The same pipeline runs clippy, Rust unit tests, frontend tests and end-to-end checks through WebDriver before anything is released. Tauri 2 also targets iOS and Android, which we use when a desktop tool needs a companion mobile app sharing the same Rust core.

Why Choose Us

Tauri projects need two skills at once: production Rust and a modern web frontend. Our team works in both every day, so the same engineers design the command layer, write the Rust services behind it and build the interface on top. We handle the parts that usually stall desktop projects: code signing and notarization, auto-update rollout, platform differences between WebView2, WebKit and WebKitGTK, and installer behaviour on locked-down corporate machines. Our engineers use AI coding agents for routine work such as tests and boilerplate, with every change reviewed before merge.

Tauri vs Electron at a Glance

	Tauri 2	Electron
Rendering	System WebView (WebView2, WebKit, WebKitGTK)	Bundled Chromium
Application logic	Rust	Node.js
Installer size	A few MB for a minimal app	Usually 100 MB or more
Memory use	Close to a native app	A browser engine per running app
Same rendering on every OS	No, test each WebView	Yes
Mobile targets	iOS and Android since 2.0	No
Access to native APIs	Per-window capabilities, deny by default	Full Node.js access unless restricted

When To Choose This Tech

Choose Tauri when you need a real desktop application, with file system access, offline work, tray and OS integration, and you want small installers, low memory use and a frontend your web team can maintain. It is a strong replacement for an Electron app that has grown heavy. Pick a native toolkit (SwiftUI, WinUI) if the product targets one platform and must match its look pixel for pixel. If everything the user needs fits in a browser, a web application with offline support will be cheaper to build and deploy. Rendering differences between system WebViews also mean UI testing on all three platforms is part of every Tauri release.