Re:Tauri: An Electron alternative written in Rust
by mikewhy on Friday February 19, 2021 @12:59PM
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> I kind of wonder why it took this long for someone to try this approach. It just makes a whole lot more sense on the surface.
As others have mentioned, this is not the first time someone has tried. As for why people might not go for it:
- Electron is Chrome. Webview is: Cocoa/WebKit, gtk-webkit2, and Edge (or is that Edge and Edge/Chrome). Yes standards have progressed a ton but there's still inconsistencies and it's nice not having to worry about them.
- Electron is JS, so your app is 100% in a single language. In Webview. With these alternatives you now have to use 2 languages. Not the end of the world, but again, nice not having to deal with.
As others have mentioned, this is not the first time someone has tried. As for why people might not go for it:
- Electron is Chrome. Webview is: Cocoa/WebKit, gtk-webkit2, and Edge (or is that Edge and Edge/Chrome). Yes standards have progressed a ton but there's still inconsistencies and it's nice not having to worry about them.
- Electron is JS, so your app is 100% in a single language. In Webview. With these alternatives you now have to use 2 languages. Not the end of the world, but again, nice not having to deal with.