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title: "Desktopr vs ToDesktop, Electron and Tauri: Turn Any Web App Into a Desktop App"
description: "Compare Desktopr, Electron, Tauri, ToDesktop and Neutralino.js. Find the fastest, lightest way to ship your web app as a native desktop app — open source, no Rust, no Chromium bloat."
source: https://desktopr.dev/comparison
---

#  <big> Desktopr </big>  _vs_   <br> ToDesktop, Electron and Tauri 

You have a web app. You want a desktop version for Windows, macOS and Linux. These are the real options — compared honestly, side by side.

## Comparison Table

 

(Comparison table: see the page itself.)

## Why Most Developers Choose Desktopr

**Electron** ships a full copy of Chromium with every app — great ecosystem, but your users download 150 MB and your app idles at 200+ MB of RAM. **Tauri** solves the size problem but requires Rust for anything native. **ToDesktop** handles Electron's DevOps nicely, but starts at $100/month and assumes you already have an Electron project. **Neutralino.js** is lightweight but has limited APIs and a small community.

Desktopr gives you a Tauri-powered desktop app — small installer, low memory consumption, real native APIs — without writing a line of Rust or assembling a build pipeline. You point it at your web app URL, try it in the Companion app, and build all three platforms from one repository, locally or in GitHub Actions. It is open source under Apache 2.0, with no account and no hosted service.

::: tip What you get

- **~3–15 MB installer** — no bundled Chromium
- **15+ native API modules** — tray, shortcuts, notifications, file system, deep links, autostart and more — all callable from JavaScript or TypeScript
- **Ready-made GitHub Actions** — all three platforms built and smoke-tested, no cross-compilation setup of your own
- **Code signing and notarization** with your own certificates, as repository secrets
- **No-code path** — Bubble.io plugin for non-developers
- **No vendor lock-in** — open source, and you own the generated binaries

:::

## When to Choose Something Else

| If you need… | Use this |
| --- | --- |
| Full Rust control over native code | Tauri (direct) |
| Max Node.js API surface, large ecosystem | Electron (direct) |
| DevOps for an existing Electron app | ToDesktop |
| Tiny utility app, zero budget, basic needs | Neutralino.js |

## Get Started

The **Companion app** lets you load your web app into a real Desktopr runtime and test every native API before you set up anything.

[Try the Companion](/guide/companion) or [Read the docs](/guide/getting-started)

## Cost

Desktopr is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 license. You run the builds yourself, on your machine or in your own GitHub Actions minutes, and the installers are yours. Signing certificates, when you want them, are bought from Apple or a certificate authority as usual.

[Desktopr on GitHub](https://github.com/suffro/desktopr)