Tauri
Framework for building lightweight desktop applications with web technologies.
Desktop and mobile apps npm Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Used in agent projects
53
0.4% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in desktop and mobile apps
#14 of 26
by use in those projects
Downloads
2.6M
npm, last 7 days, @tauri-apps/cli
GitHub stars
112K
last push Oct 10, 2026
How Tauri is used
Tauri is a dependency in 53 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.4%), #14 of 26 in desktop and mobile apps. The most used alternative there is React Native. Projects that use it most often also use Vite (79.2%), Vitest (56.6%), TypeScript (90.6%).
Often used with Tauri
| Vite | 79.2% of Tauri projects · 3.5× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 56.6% of Tauri projects · 4.6× more than average |
| TypeScript | 90.6% of Tauri projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Zustand | 34.0% of Tauri projects · 5.7× more than average |
| jsdom | 32.1% of Tauri projects · 6.0× more than average |
| React | 69.8% of Tauri projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Testing Library | 28.3% of Tauri projects · 3.9× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 28.3% of Tauri projects · 3.2× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Tauri as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @tauri-apps/cli |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | @tauri-apps/cli, @tauri-apps/api, @tauri-apps/plugin-dialog, @tauri-apps/plugin-opener, @tauri-apps/plugin-updater, @tauri-apps/plugin-process, @tauri-apps/plugin-fs, @tauri-apps/plugin-shell |
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (39), Next.js (6), Rust (6), Python (1) |
| Example projects | JMBeresford/retrom, 1600822305/AetherLink, 5pyj29s7cm-tech/LumiCore, thiagodmont/keynobi, cdavid817/vanehub-ai |
Alternatives to Tauri
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| React Native npm Framework for building native iOS and Android apps with React and JavaScript. |
207 (1.6%) | 14.2M | 127K | MIT |
| Expo npm Framework and platform for building native iOS and Android apps with React. |
196 (1.5%) | 10.5M | 52.6K | MIT |
| react-native-safe-area-context npm Handle safe areas in React Native on iOS, Android and web platforms. |
159 (1.3%) | 10.5M | 2,766 | MIT |
| react-native-screens npm Native navigation primitives for React Native with performance optimizations. |
154 (1.2%) | 9.8M | 3,735 | MIT |
| React Native Gesture Handler npm Declarative gesture handling for React Native with native performance. |
128 (1.0%) | 9.1M | 6,790 | MIT |
| React Navigation npm Navigation library for React Native apps with stack, tab and drawer navigators. |
117 (0.9%) | 6M | 24.5K | MIT |
| React Native Async Storage npm Persistent key-value storage for React Native apps replacing AsyncStorage. |
114 (0.9%) | 7.5M | 5,073 | MIT |
| react-native-svg npm SVG rendering library for React Native enabling scalable vector graphics in mobile apps. |
102 (0.8%) | 8.4M | 8,005 | MIT |