Pyra11Dec 30, 2023
@rogersm @prefetcher gtk, qt, tauri and more...
Show threadprefetcher  Dec 30, 2023
@pyramida @rogersm Qt is paid if you aren't doing FOSS, Tauri still uses a web browser to render the content, can't speak much about GTK
Show threadPyra11Dec 30, 2023
@prefetcher @rogersm nah, tauri uses WebView which is NOT a browser. Its much faster and uses less memory. If we are speaking about bundling tauri app, u dont need to include WebView in any of ur packages (not talking about AppImage), since WebView is present on any modern operating system. Tauri handles very good platform-specific things like trays, icons, self-updates etc. So yeah, electron is shit. I personally hate it.
Show threadprefetcher  Dec 30, 2023
@pyramida @rogersm "A webview or embedded browser control is a web browser that is embedded in a native app to display web content."

it is a web browser, just one that natively ships with your system.
Show threadPyra11Dec 30, 2023
@prefetcher @rogersm where did u get this answer? Its just wrong. WebView allowing to render webpages without using the whole browser
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@pyramida @rogersm yeah but how different is it from Electron in that regard? the heaviest part of a web browser is the rendering engine
Dec 30, 2023 at 2:13pmWeb
Show threadPyra11Dec 30, 2023
@prefetcher @rogersm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQrtEglqqGg
Tauri vs Electron JS for desktop apps - amazing memory & disk usage

YouTube
Show threadprefetcher  Dec 30, 2023
@pyramida @rogersm the point of the meme was about the fact that we're using a browser to render the UI, which is *still the case* with Tauri.

yeah maybe the app is using ~20MB of RAM less than Electron, but it's still using far more than it could with a purely native solution.
Show threadPyra11Dec 30, 2023
@prefetcher @rogersm ye, i got u. But WebView is ok, compared to browser. If u want native, u can also find: gtk, druid, slint, iced and more
Show threadPyra11Dec 30, 2023
@prefetcher @rogersm