Web to Desktop framework comparison This repository was made to create an objective comparison of multiple framework that grant us to "transform" our web app to desktop application formats.
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI
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Last Update 3/2024
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Framework Language C++, JS, Objective-C, Python
C++
Rust
C++
C++
Go
C, C++, Dart
C#
Usage Language - Back JS, C++
JS, C++
Rust
JS, C++
JS, C++
Go
Dart
C#
Usage Language - Front HTML, CSS, JS
HTML, CSS, JS
HTML, CSS, JS
HTML, CSS, JS
HTML, CSS, JS
HTML, CSS, JS
Dart
C#
License MIT MIT MIT MIT MIT MIT BSD 3-Clause MIT
Developer Dependencies Node.js, Electron NPM Package Node.js, NW.JS SDK C++ Compiler, Node.js, Rustc, Cargo Cmake, make, Node.js, NodeGUI NPM Package Node.js, Neu NPM Package Go 1.18+, Node 15+, Wails Flutter SDK, Visual Studio 2019 / Clang .Net SDK, Visual Studio (optional), WebView2 (optional), Xcode (optional)
User Dependencies None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Dependencies / modules support npm & node.js native addons
npm & node.js native addons
cargo (back), npm (front)
npm & node.js native addons
❌
Gomod (back), npm (front)
pub.dev
NuGet
Engine Chromium
Webkit, Chromium
WRY (WebKitGTK for Linux, WebKit for MacOS, Webview2 for Windows)
Qt
WebkitGTK+
WebKit2gtk on Linux, Webview2 on Windows and WkWebview on Mac Flutter engine
.NET MAUI
Front-end frameworks/technologies
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Angular Yes
Yes
Yes, official via Vite Yes, community Yes
Yes No
No
NextJS ?
?
Yes, official ?
?
Yes No
No
Preact Yes
Yes
Yes, official via Vite ?
Yes
Yes
No
No
Qwik Yes
Yes
Yes, official ?
Yes
Yes
No
No
React Yes
Yes
Yes, official via Vite Yes, official but EOL Yes Yes No
No
Svelte Yes
Yes
Yes, official via sveltekit or Vite Yes, official Yes
Yes No
No
Vue Yes
Yes
Yes, official via Vite Yes, official Yes
Yes No
No
Vite Yes
Yes
Yes, official ?
Yes
Yes No
No
Operating systems support
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI
Developement Environment Windows ✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
MacOS ✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
Linux ✔️1
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
Target Environment Windows ✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
MacOS ✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
Linux ✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
✔️
Soon
Android ❌
Requested Soon2
❌
❌
Requested ✔️
✔️
iOS ❌
❌
In progress2
❌
❌
Requested ✔️
✔️
tvOS ❌
❌
❌
❌
❌
❌
❌
✔️
Web ❌
❌
❌
❌
✔️3
❌
✔️
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1 2 https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri#platforms 3 modes to generate web apps
See benchmarks.json to get more informations about following data.
Note: These benchmarks are done on Github CI, there are measures to have measurements more accurates (e.g. multiple runs), but it will never exactly be accurate, as it totally depends on system load and resources. You should read these tables as comparision between frameworks on a same OS/Arch/App with a margin of error.
See source in benchmark/01-empty-app folder.
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI .Net MAUI w/ Vue
Windows (x64) ≈263MB
≈354MB
≈1MB
≈171MB
≈2MB
≈8MB
?
N/A1
N/A2
Windows (x86) ≈236MB
≈318MB
?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
Windows (ARM64) ≈270MB
Requested ?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
MacOS (x64) ≈414MB
≈531MB
≈3MB
?
≈1MB
≈7MB
?
N/A1
N/A2
MacOS (arm64) ≈391MB
?
?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (x64) ≈263MB
≈474MB
≈4MB
≈75MB
≈1MB
≈7MB
?
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (x86) ?
≈473MB
?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (ARMv7l) ≈199MB
Requested ?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (ARM64) ≈270MB
Requested ?
?
≈1MB
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI .Net MAUI w/ Vue
Windows (x64) ≈3558ms
≈17658ms
≈195595ms
≈10448ms
≈866ms
≈6988ms
?
N/A1
N/A2
Windows (x86) ≈3558ms
≈17658ms
?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
Windows (ARM64) ≈3558ms
Requested ?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
MacOS (x64) ≈4390ms
≈17658ms
≈144367ms
?
≈606ms
≈49619ms
?
N/A1
N/A2
MacOS (arm64) ≈4390ms
?
?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (x64) ≈1747ms
≈17658ms
≈232639ms
≈7316ms
≈606ms
≈30718ms
?
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (x86) ?
≈17658ms
?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (ARMv7l) ≈1747ms
Requested ?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (ARM64) ≈1747ms
Requested ?
?
≈606ms
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
Memory Usage - (Average of runs) Median of used memory for main process and children ones)
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI .Net MAUI w/ Vue
Windows (x64) ≈385MB (Debug) => ≈243MB (Release)
≈383MB (Debug) => ≈283MB (Release)
≈357MB (Debug) => ≈257MB (Release)
≈181MB (Debug)
≈93MB (Debug)
≈413MB (Debug) => ≈259MB (Release)
≈894MB (Debug)
N/A1
N/A2
MacOS (x64) ≈306MB (Debug) => ≈203MB (Release)
≈311MB (Debug) => ≈280MB (Release)
≈154MB (Debug) => ≈32MB (Release)
≈154MB (Debug)
≈199MB (Debug) => ≈31MB (Release)
≈204MB (Debug) => ≈36MB (Release)
≈210MB (Debug)
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (x64) ≈702MB (Debug) => ≈571MB (Release)
≈214MB (Debug)
≈322MB (Debug) => ≈93MB (Release)
≈323MB (Debug)
≈1GB (Debug) => ≈915MB (Release)
≈658MB (Debug) => ≈432MB (Release)
≈5MB (Debug)
N/A1
N/A2
Memory Usage - (Average of runs) Median of difference between system measured free memory before execution and during execution)
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI .Net MAUI w/ Vue
Windows (x64) ≈175MB (Debug) => ≈93MB (Release)
≈244MB (Debug) => ≈143MB (Release)
≈230MB (Debug) => ≈155MB (Release)
≈146MB (Debug)
≈76MB (Debug)
≈274MB (Debug) => ≈161MB (Release)
≈799MB (Debug)
N/A1
N/A2
MacOS (x64) ≈161MB (Debug) => ≈94MB (Release)
≈177MB (Debug) => ≈134MB (Release)
≈190MB (Debug) => ≈39MB (Release)
≈89MB (Debug)
≈149MB (Debug) => ≈39MB (Release)
≈212MB (Debug) => ≈42MB (Release)
≈64MB (Debug)
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (x64) ≈153MB (Debug) => ≈93MB (Release)
≈116MB (Debug)
≈117MB (Debug) => ≈18MB (Release)
≈225MB (Debug)
≈544MB (Debug) => ≈462MB (Release)
≈276MB (Debug) => ≈170MB (Release)
≈694KB (Debug)
N/A1
N/A2
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI .Net MAUI w/ Vue
Windows (x64) ≈1213ms (Debug) => ≈228ms (Release)
≈541ms (Release)
≈3003ms (Debug) => ≈434ms (Release)
≈9686ms (Debug)
?
≈9336ms (Debug) => ≈419ms (Release)
?
N/A1
N/A2
MacOS (x64) ≈887ms (Debug) => ≈291ms (Release)
≈952ms (Release)
≈3852ms (Debug) => ≈419ms (Release)
?
≈1933ms (Debug) => ≈358ms (Release)
≈6237ms (Debug) => ≈365ms (Release)
?
N/A1
N/A2
Linux (x64) ≈626ms (Debug) => ≈293ms (Release)
?
≈36495ms (Debug)
?
≈1508ms (Debug) => ≈336ms (Release)
≈3485ms (Debug) => ≈258ms (Release)
?
N/A1
N/A2
1 2
See source in benchmark/02-empty-app-frameless folder.
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI .Net MAUI w/ Vue
Windows (x64) ≈263MB
≈354MB
≈1MB
≈171MB
≈2MB
≈8MB
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Windows (x86) ≈236MB
≈318MB
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Windows (ARM64) ≈270MB
Requested ?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
MacOS (x64) ≈414MB
≈531MB
≈3MB
?
≈1MB
≈7MB
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
MacOS (arm64) ≈391MB
?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (x64) ≈263MB
≈474MB
≈4MB
≈75MB
≈1MB
≈7MB
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (x86) ?
≈473MB
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (ARMv7l) ≈199MB
Requested ?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (ARM64) ≈270MB
Requested ?
?
≈1MB
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI .Net MAUI w/ Vue
Windows (x64) ≈3277ms
≈15086ms
≈189180ms
≈10052ms
≈643ms
≈6646ms
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Windows (x86) ≈3277ms
≈15086ms
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Windows (ARM64) ≈3277ms
Requested ?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
MacOS (x64) ≈4894ms
≈15086ms
≈163938ms
?
≈597ms
≈53473ms
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
MacOS (arm64) ≈4894ms
?
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (x64) ≈1963ms
≈15086ms
≈234617ms
≈7367ms
≈597ms
≈30920ms
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (x86) ?
≈15086ms
?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (ARMv7l) ≈1963ms
Requested ?
?
?
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (ARM64) ≈1963ms
Requested ?
?
≈597ms
?
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Memory Usage - (Average of runs) Median of used memory for main process and children ones)
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI .Net MAUI w/ Vue
Windows (x64) ≈382MB (Debug) => ≈241MB (Release)
≈329MB (Debug) => ≈283MB (Release)
≈354MB (Debug) => ≈252MB (Release)
≈179MB (Debug)
≈81MB (Debug)
≈416MB (Debug) => ≈259MB (Release)
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
MacOS (x64) ≈306MB (Debug) => ≈203MB (Release)
≈427MB (Debug) => ≈281MB (Release)
≈151MB (Debug) => ≈30MB (Release)
≈157MB (Debug)
≈196MB (Debug) => ≈30MB (Release)
≈201MB (Debug) => ≈33MB (Release)
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (x64) ≈701MB (Debug) => ≈568MB (Release)
≈188MB (Debug)
≈320MB (Debug) => ≈93MB (Release)
≈325MB (Debug)
≈1GB (Debug) => ≈917MB (Release)
≈658MB (Debug) => ≈431MB (Release)
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Memory Usage - (Average of runs) Median of difference between system measured free memory before execution and during execution)
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI .Net MAUI w/ Vue
Windows (x64) ≈194MB (Debug) => ≈91MB (Release)
≈184MB (Debug) => ≈157MB (Release)
≈223MB (Debug) => ≈151MB (Release)
≈129MB (Debug)
≈63MB (Debug)
≈277MB (Debug) => ≈162MB (Release)
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
MacOS (x64) ≈154MB (Debug) => ≈95MB (Release)
≈234MB (Debug) => ≈120MB (Release)
≈195MB (Debug) => ≈44MB (Release)
≈92MB (Debug)
≈150MB (Debug) => ≈39MB (Release)
≈213MB (Debug) => ≈47MB (Release)
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (x64) ≈155MB (Debug) => ≈95MB (Release)
≈93MB (Debug)
≈113MB (Debug) => ≈15MB (Release)
≈226MB (Debug)
≈583MB (Debug) => ≈466MB (Release)
≈281MB (Debug) => ≈171MB (Release)
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Electron NW.JS Tauri NodeGui Neutralino Wails Flutter .Net MAUI .Net MAUI w/ Vue
Windows (x64) ≈1215ms (Debug) => ≈219ms (Release)
≈504ms (Release)
≈2924ms (Debug) => ≈416ms (Release)
≈5226ms (Debug)
?
≈8817ms (Debug) => ≈416ms (Release)
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
MacOS (x64) ≈726ms (Debug) => ≈297ms (Release)
≈953ms (Release)
≈3988ms (Debug) => ≈396ms (Release)
?
≈1644ms (Debug) => ≈427ms (Release)
≈6508ms (Debug) => ≈376ms (Release)
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
Linux (x64) ≈621ms (Debug) => ≈282ms (Release)
?
≈35710ms (Debug)
?
≈1320ms (Debug) => ≈324ms (Release)
≈3322ms (Debug) => ≈248ms (Release)
N/A1
N/A2
N/A3
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