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Tauri vs Electron, in numbers

Downloads, GitHub stars, contributors, commits, releases, and what developers say on Stack Overflow, Hacker News and Reddit. Fetched from each source every two weeks, with the history we saved since.

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Key facts

  • As of October 29, 2026, Electron has 123,615 GitHub stars and Tauri has 112,295.
  • Electron's npm package was downloaded 9,550,941 times in the last week, against 3,075,788 for Tauri's CLI (@tauri-apps/cli), 3.1× more.
  • The tauri Rust crate has 40,079,823 downloads on crates.io in total, 16,174,017 in the last 90 days.
  • Electron has 1,637 contributors on GitHub, Tauri 617.
  • In the last 30 days, 738 pull requests were merged into Electron, and 108 into Tauri.
  • In the last 12 months, Electron had 1,634 commits on its main branch, and Tauri 578.
  • Electron published 201 stable versions in the last 12 months, Tauri's CLI 18. The latest are Electron 45.1.0 and Tauri 2.12.4.
  • Stack Overflow has 15,267 questions tagged electron and 468 tagged tauri.
  • In the last 12 months, 124 Hacker News stories had Electron in their title, and 123 had Tauri.
  • r/electronjs has 10,221 members and r/tauri has 1,945.

At a glance

The numbers today

Current values, with the change since our previous snapshot when there is one.

GitHub stars

Electron
123.6K
Tauri
112.3K

Electron has 1.1× more stars.

Sources:GitHub (electron/electron)GitHub (tauri-apps/tauri)

npm downloads, last week

Electron
9.6M
Tauri
3.1M

Electron has 3.1× more weekly downloads.

Sources:npm (electron)npm (@tauri-apps/cli)

Contributors

Electron
1.6K
Tauri
617

Electron has 2.7× more contributors.

Sources:GitHub (electron/electron)GitHub (tauri-apps/tauri)

Pull requests merged, last 30 days

Electron
738
Tauri
108

Electron has 6.8× more merged pull requests.

Sources:GitHub (electron/electron)GitHub (tauri-apps/tauri)

Commits, last 12 months

Electron
1.6K
Tauri
578

Electron has 2.8× more commits.

Sources:GitHub (electron/electron)GitHub (tauri-apps/tauri)

Stable releases, last 12 months

Electron
201
Tauri
18

Latest: Electron 45.1.0 (October 27, 2026), Tauri 2.12.4 (October 21, 2026).

Sources:npm (electron)npm (@tauri-apps/cli)

Stack Overflow questions

Electron
15.3K
Tauri
468

Electron has 33× more questions.

Sources:Stack Overflow [electron]Stack Overflow [tauri]

Hacker News stories, last 12 months

Electron
124
Tauri
123

About the same stories.

Sources:Hacker News "Electron"Hacker News "Tauri"

Reddit community members

Electron
10.2K
Tauri
1.9K

Electron has 5.3× more members.

Sources:r/electronjsr/tauri

Public GitHub repositories with the topic

Electron
32.7K
Tauri
18.6K

Electron has 1.8× more repositories.

Sources:GitHub topic "electron"GitHub topic "tauri"

Open issues

Electron
618
Tauri
1,314
Sources:GitHub (electron/electron)GitHub (tauri-apps/tauri)

Forks

Electron
17.8K
Tauri
4.1K

Electron has 4.3× more forks.

Sources:GitHub (electron/electron)GitHub (tauri-apps/tauri)

The short version

What's the difference between Tauri and Electron?

Electron and Tauri both build desktop apps with web technologies. Electron ships a full Chromium browser and Node.js inside every app. Tauri uses the webview already on the operating system, and a backend written in Rust. Almost every other difference follows from that choice.

Electron started at GitHub in 2013 as the shell of the Atom editor, and is now a project of the OpenJS Foundation. It powers Visual Studio Code, Slack, Discord, Notion and the desktop apps of Figma and 1Password. Tauri started in 2019, reached 1.0 in June 2022, and 2.0 in October 2024, which added iOS and Android.

Where they're the same

  • Your UI is HTML, CSS and JavaScript, with any framework: React, Vue, Svelte, Solid, Angular, or none.
  • One codebase ships to Windows, macOS and Linux.
  • Both are free and open source, under permissive licenses, with no fee per app or per user.
  • Both bundle installers, auto update your app, and sign it the same way: code signing and notarization are platform rules, not framework ones.
  • Both are secure by default in their current versions: the UI can only reach the system through the APIs you expose to it.

Where they differ

  • Size and memory. A small Electron app has an installer of around 80 to 150 MB, a small Tauri app a few MB. Tauri also uses less memory at idle, though the webview is still a browser engine.
  • Rendering. With Electron, everyone runs the Chromium version you tested. With Tauri, your UI runs on WebView2, WebKit or WebKitGTK, at whatever version the user's system has, so you test on each.
  • Backend language. Node.js and npm for Electron, Rust and its crates for Tauri.
  • Mobile. Tauri 2 targets iOS and Android. Electron is desktop only.
  • Maturity. Electron is ten years older, ships a new major version every 8 weeks in sync with Chromium, and almost any problem you meet has been solved before. Tauri's ecosystem is smaller and growing fast.

Who each one is for

Choose Electron if your team writes JavaScript and not Rust, if your UI is complex (an editor, a design tool, heavy canvas or WebGL) and must look the same everywhere, or if you depend on npm packages and Node.js native modules.

Choose Tauri if download size and memory matter to your users, if your team knows Rust or wants to, if your UI is simple enough for webview differences not to hurt, or if you also want mobile apps from the same code.

For a longer take, with the security model, packaging and updates, read Electron vs Tauri: which to choose for a desktop app.

How Electron and Tauri are built
Electron Tauri
Rendering engineChromium, bundled with each appThe system webview: WebView2 on Windows, WKWebView on macOS and iOS, WebKitGTK on Linux, Android System WebView
Backend languageJavaScript or TypeScript, on Node.jsRust
FrontendAny web framework: React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, plain HTML…Any web framework: React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, plain HTML…
PlatformsWindows, macOS, LinuxWindows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android (since Tauri 2.0)
Installer of a small appAround 80 to 150 MBA few MB
Same rendering everywhereYes, every user runs the Chromium you shippedNo, the engine and its version depend on the system
Security modelContext isolation and sandboxed renderers by default, APIs exposed through a preload scriptLocked down by default, commands and plugins allowed per window through capabilities
Auto updateselectron-updater or the built-in autoUpdaterOfficial updater plugin, with signed updates
LicenseMITMIT or Apache-2.0
First commitApril 12, 2013July 13, 2019
Stable 1.0May 2016June 2022
GovernanceOpenJS FoundationTauri Programme, within The Commons Conservancy

Adoption

Downloads

npm downloads count every install, by developers and by CI servers, not the people who use the apps. They show how many projects build with each framework, not how many end users they have.

npm downloads per month

Monthly downloads of the electron package and of @tauri-apps/cli, the CLI every Tauri project with a JavaScript frontend installs. In September 2026: 30,165,407 for Electron, 9,333,693 for Tauri.

  • Electron
  • Tauri
010M20M30M40M20162018202020222024202630.2M9.3M
Sources:npm (electron)npm (@tauri-apps/cli)
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npm downloads per month
MonthElectronTauri
February 2015396–
March 20156,686–
April 20158,015–
May 20159,601–
June 201510,427–
July 201511,238–
August 201510,030–
September 201511,556–
October 201510,812–
November 201511,571–
December 201510,646–
January 201611,545–
February 201613,108–
March 201615,055–
April 201613,181–
May 201614,648–
June 201613,292–
July 201617,077–
August 201633,727–
September 201671,312–
October 2016120,366–
November 2016148,699–
December 2016159,463–
January 2017203,665–
February 2017226,091–
March 2017318,409–
April 2017334,255–
May 2017370,578–
June 2017371,271–
July 2017426,704–
August 2017408,844–
September 2017413,486–
October 2017428,382–
November 2017467,718–
December 2017403,971–
January 2018515,082–
February 2018513,364–
March 2018656,709–
April 2018545,048–
May 2018605,098–
June 2018585,223–
July 2018612,121–
August 2018794,044–
September 2018740,181–
October 2018862,010–
November 2018867,676–
December 2018829,804–
January 2019954,361–
February 2019902,806–
March 20191,050,595–
April 20191,020,827–
May 2019905,303–
June 2019862,055–
July 2019900,666–
August 2019906,841–
September 2019878,974–
October 20191,057,891–
November 20191,059,114–
December 2019960,143–
January 20201,057,547–
February 20201,133,507–
March 20201,359,415–
April 20201,308,897–
May 20201,274,480–
June 20201,273,923–
July 20201,562,224–
August 20201,376,883–
September 20201,473,221–
October 20201,525,563–
November 20201,505,066–
December 20201,481,810–
January 20211,616,521–
February 20211,773,667–
March 20212,099,644–
April 20211,942,3322,236
May 20211,972,1475,339
June 20211,988,6834,538
July 20211,937,7327,248
August 20212,066,3109,456
September 20212,154,24610,265
October 20212,250,8229,844
November 20212,211,51712,864
December 20211,950,40314,614
January 20222,210,41820,355
February 20222,321,65226,064
March 20222,790,98626,707
April 20223,765,23127,465
May 20222,671,76339,279
June 20222,582,75743,719
July 20222,296,27046,513
August 20222,663,08448,004
September 20222,571,06653,059
October 20222,584,79557,057
November 20222,716,41064,411
December 20222,144,40973,589
January 20232,425,81778,587
February 20232,591,37882,345
March 20232,892,786103,989
April 20232,522,38796,133
May 20232,800,158122,323
June 20232,913,191214,517
July 20232,780,621351,795
August 20232,973,424394,426
September 20233,413,140382,433
October 20233,835,881519,229
November 20232,985,387420,390
December 20232,570,433480,956
January 20242,948,733535,664
February 20243,039,824502,250
March 20243,029,420502,650
April 20243,106,158437,535
May 20242,897,300402,380
June 20242,786,617333,664
July 20243,089,615355,142
August 20242,855,759355,721
September 20242,937,599350,846
October 20243,432,329372,914
November 20243,426,458339,739
December 20242,984,921337,025
January 20253,656,919368,929
February 20253,882,007370,432
March 20254,772,001438,079
April 20254,714,501474,997
May 20255,075,548480,399
June 20255,379,443570,466
July 20255,573,430644,740
August 20255,852,473771,406
September 20257,339,324819,196
October 20257,585,852912,943
November 20256,883,711838,843
December 20257,064,571945,089
January 20268,028,6461,261,803
February 20269,458,3031,646,375
March 202612,294,2732,412,694
April 202614,065,0332,858,839
May 202616,711,6684,185,457
June 202620,154,4246,865,879
July 202622,279,1597,810,954
August 202625,496,3109,154,492
September 202630,165,4079,333,693

Tauri crate downloads per week

Rust projects pull Tauri from crates.io: 40,079,823 downloads in total. Electron has no equivalent, its backend is JavaScript. crates.io only keeps 90 days of daily downloads, so this chart grows with each of our runs.

  • Tauri (crate)
0500K1M1.5M2MSep 2026Oct1.8M
Source:crates.io (tauri)
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Tauri crate downloads per week
Week startingTauri (crate)
August 3, 2026900,887
August 10, 2026981,829
August 17, 20261,017,344
August 24, 20261,084,429
August 31, 20261,207,582
September 7, 20261,175,832
September 14, 20261,130,468
September 21, 20261,172,118
September 28, 20261,418,601
October 5, 20261,486,544
October 12, 20261,691,853
October 19, 20261,803,216

Popularity

GitHub stars

GitHub stars over time

Electron: 123,615 stars on GitHub today, since 2013. Tauri: 112,295, since 2019. Both passed 100,000 stars: Electron in 8 years, Tauri in 6.5.

  • Electron
  • Tauri
050K100K150K201520172019202120232025136.6K103.3K

Stars given each month, added up, from the GH Archive record of GitHub events, through OSS Insight. Removed stars aren't subtracted and GH Archive misses a few events, so the last value differs from GitHub's count. GitHub's own API only dates the first 40,000 stars.

Sources:OSS Insight (electron/electron)OSS Insight (tauri-apps/tauri)
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GitHub stars over time
MonthElectronTauri
May 20142,038–
June 20142,386–
July 20142,682–
August 20142,924–
September 20143,128–
October 20143,464–
November 20143,728–
December 20144,820–
January 20155,284–
February 20155,664–
March 20156,100–
April 20159,302–
May 201511,973–
June 201513,387–
July 201514,838–
August 201515,972–
September 201517,305–
October 201519,302–
November 201520,678–
December 201521,995–
January 201623,556–
February 201624,742–
March 201626,666–
April 201628,014–
May 201631,496–
June 201633,070–
July 201634,443–
August 201635,824–
September 201637,285–
October 201638,587–
November 201639,906–
December 201641,153–
January 201742,499–
February 201743,901–
March 201745,402–
April 201746,802–
May 201748,234–
June 201749,477–
July 201750,751–
August 201752,052–
September 201753,274–
October 201754,711–
November 201756,057–
December 201757,355–
January 201858,873–
February 201860,097–
March 201861,493–
April 201862,585–
May 201863,853–
June 201865,125–
July 201866,205–
August 201867,302–
September 201868,381–
October 201869,372–
November 201870,445–
December 201871,521–
January 201972,848–
February 201973,891–
March 201975,200–
April 201976,470–
May 201977,726–
June 201978,737–
July 201979,83689
August 201980,883127
September 201981,741344
October 201982,716390
November 201983,671442
December 201984,572683
January 202085,357901
February 202086,0861,314
March 202086,8861,573
April 202087,8081,804
May 202088,7442,310
June 202089,6272,866
July 202090,8225,666
August 202091,5976,293
September 202092,3856,654
October 202093,1187,022
November 202094,4137,318
December 202095,2257,707
January 202195,9948,070
February 202197,67212,981
March 202198,38014,112
April 202199,00215,919
May 202199,53817,350
June 2021101,99118,013
July 2021102,95619,351
August 2021104,83322,301
September 2021105,45823,706
October 2021106,93724,546
November 2021107,56125,560
December 2021108,19026,480
January 2022108,95630,804
February 2022109,53334,052
March 2022110,27436,856
April 2022110,89138,422
May 2022111,49043,024
June 2022112,05246,547
July 2022112,74348,683
August 2022113,47850,534
September 2022114,08252,694
October 2022114,63854,547
November 2022115,18455,761
December 2022115,74957,296
January 2023116,43259,239
February 2023117,02060,798
March 2023117,69062,637
April 2023118,38163,975
May 2023119,11865,167
June 2023119,69367,041
July 2023120,35968,164
August 2023120,97269,179
September 2023121,60070,097
October 2023122,08971,098
November 2023122,64372,364
December 2023123,14873,316
January 2024123,75474,881
February 2024124,27276,771
March 2024125,40278,163
April 2024125,93179,219
May 2024126,41380,325
June 2024126,93781,330
July 2024127,53182,326
August 2024128,22283,571
September 2024128,66984,727
October 2024129,29086,608
November 2024129,75688,142
December 2024130,26890,206
January 2025130,76891,473
February 2025131,23192,506
March 2025131,85593,676
April 2025132,38194,634
May 2025132,81495,591
June 2025133,07996,249
July 2025133,42196,954
August 2025133,77597,586
September 2025134,08098,128
October 2025134,26998,636
November 2025134,45899,103
December 2025134,65899,620
January 2026134,844100,196
February 2026134,988100,598
March 2026135,094100,914
April 2026135,189101,156
May 2026135,247101,283
June 2026135,273101,320
July 2026135,277101,329
August 2026135,284101,334
September 2026135,987102,308
October 2026136,632103,334

Development

Commits and releases

Commits per month

Commits on the default branch of each main repository. Tauri also develops its plugins in a separate repository, not counted here.

  • Electron
  • Tauri
010020030040020252026330134
Sources:GitHub (electron/electron)GitHub (tauri-apps/tauri)
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Commits per month
MonthElectronTauri
October 20249886
November 20249467
December 20243635
January 20256690
February 202511238
March 202512870
April 202510773
May 202510744
June 20257048
July 20257652
August 20257572
September 20253320
October 202510048
November 20259332
December 20252625
January 20268940
February 202610828
March 202617138
April 202624245
May 20268727
June 20269643
July 202610579
August 202618739
September 2026330134

Stable releases per year

Stable versions published on npm. Electron ships a major version every 8 weeks and patches the last three, which makes many releases. Tauri counts the CLI's versions.

  • Electron
  • Tauri
05010015020020162017201820192020202120222023202420252026*

* 2026 so far.

Sources:npm (electron)npm (@tauri-apps/cli)
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Stable releases per year
YearElectronTauri
201627–
201736–
201848–
201991–
202083–
2021110–
202214411
202315113
202412015
202513730
202617913

Major versions

Electron is on major version 45, Tauri on major version 2. The first stable release of each, and Electron's last six:

  • Electron 40.0January 16, 2026
  • Electron 41.0March 11, 2026
  • Electron 42.0May 6, 2026
  • Electron 43.0June 30, 2026
  • Electron 44.0August 25, 2026
  • Electron 45.0October 21, 2026
  • Tauri 1.0June 16, 2022
  • Tauri 2.0October 2, 2024

Community

What developers talk about

Questions, stories and posts are a sign of how many people use a framework, and how much it surprises them.

Stack Overflow questions per year

Questions tagged electron or tauri. Questions dropped on all of Stack Overflow since 2022, as developers ask AI assistants instead. Totals: 15,267 for Electron, 468 for Tauri.

  • Electron
  • Tauri
01K2K3K2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026*

* 2026 so far.

Sources:Stack Overflow [electron]Stack Overflow [tauri]
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Stack Overflow questions per year
YearElectronTauri
201414–
2015329–
20161,388–
20171,907–
20182,013–
20192,192–
20202,442–
20211,92510
20221,41290
2023933187
2024499136
202517540
2026385

Hacker News stories per year

Stories with Electron or Tauri in their title. Titles about electrons in physics are left out, a few may remain.

  • Electron
  • Tauri
01002003002014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026*

* 2026 so far.

Sources:Hacker News "Electron"Hacker News "Tauri"
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Hacker News stories per year
YearElectronTauri
201412–
201590–
2016141–
2017215–
2018176–
2019157–
202015911
20211014
20228437
20238032
20247129
20259931
2026100113

Reddit posts per month

Posts in r/electronjs and r/tauri, the subreddits of each framework, with 10,221 and 1,945 members. Reddit doesn't serve this data anymore, it comes from the Arctic Shift archive.

  • Electron
  • Tauri
0501001502017201920212023202511347
Sources:r/electronjsr/tauriArctic Shift
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Reddit posts per month
MonthElectronTauri
July 20169–
August 201611–
September 201621–
October 201620–
November 201617–
December 201612–
January 201714–
February 2017243
March 2017234
April 201790
May 2017220
June 2017150
July 2017150
August 2017260
September 2017241
October 2017180
November 2017180
December 2017200
January 2018130
February 2018210
March 2018200
April 2018110
May 2018200
June 2018180
July 2018280
August 2018410
September 2018260
October 2018320
November 2018230
December 2018340
January 2019300
February 2019430
March 2019300
April 2019420
May 2019310
June 2019230
July 2019400
August 2019500
September 2019350
October 2019360
November 2019541
December 2019490
January 2020510
February 2020250
March 202000
April 2020300
May 2020700
June 2020730
July 2020570
August 2020550
September 2020520
October 2020700
November 2020470
December 2020440
January 2021660
February 2021520
March 2021720
April 2021380
May 2021560
June 2021570
July 2021390
August 2021372
September 2021320
October 2021440
November 2021380
December 2021330
January 2022430
February 2022490
March 2022341
April 2022280
May 2022311
June 2022292
July 2022222
August 2022321
September 2022452
October 2022406
November 2022413
December 2022349
January 2023308
February 2023357
March 20233212
April 20234119
May 2023362
June 2023256
July 20233218
August 20232613
September 2023517
October 2023564
November 20235012
December 2023329
January 2024499
February 20245415
March 20246310
April 20244211
May 20244114
June 20245222
July 20244316
August 20245119
September 20245522
October 20245522
November 20244826
December 20245623
January 20256025
February 20255353
March 20257345
April 20256347
May 20257640
June 20258325
July 20257047
August 20255742
September 20254644
October 20254558
November 20254735
December 20255548
January 20263876
February 20266791
March 202691121
April 20266682
May 202667106
June 202646117
July 202642124
August 202641117
September 202647113

Reference

All the numbers

Every value we collect, as of October 29, 2026.
Tauri vs Electron metrics on October 29, 2026
MetricElectronTauriSource
GitHub stars123,615112,295GitHub
Forks17,8114,131GitHub
Watchers2,783567GitHub
Contributors1,637617GitHub
Commits, last 12 months1,634578GitHub
Pull requests merged, last 30 days738108GitHub
Open issues6181,314GitHub
Open pull requests158176GitHub
Repositories with the topic32,66518,614GitHub
npm downloads, last week9,550,9413,075,788npm
npm downloads, last month32,074,19610,658,083npm
npm downloads, last year200,946,96256,780,574npm
crates.io downloads, total–40,079,823crates.io
crates.io downloads, last 90 days–16,174,017crates.io
Stable releases, last 12 months20118npm
Stack Overflow questions15,267468Stack Overflow
Hacker News stories, last 12 months124123Hacker News
Subreddit members10,2211,945Reddit
Subreddit posts, total4,9331,874Arctic Shift
Latest version45.1.02.12.4npm

Methodology

Where the data comes from

  • npm: the download counts API for electron and @tauri-apps/cli, and the registry for release dates. Stable versions only, from 1.0.
  • OSS Insight: the star history of each repository, computed from the GH Archive record of GitHub events.
  • crates.io: the tauri crate, total and daily downloads.
  • GitHub: the REST API for electron/electron and tauri-apps/tauri: stars, forks, contributors (anonymous ones included), commits on the default branch, and the search API for issues, pull requests and topics.
  • Stack Overflow: the Stack Exchange API, for questions tagged electron and tauri.
  • Hacker News: the Algolia search API, stories with the name in their title, without typo tolerance.
  • Reddit: the Arctic Shift archive of Reddit, since Reddit's own API needs an account.

A script fetches it all every two weeks, and saves a snapshot of every value. Most sources only give today's value, so the snapshots build the history that the charts show. When a source fails, its previous values stay until the next run.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Tauri more popular than Electron?

Not by usage. As of October 29, 2026, Electron's npm package gets 3.1× the weekly downloads of Tauri's CLI, has 2.7× the contributors, and 33× the Stack Overflow questions. On GitHub stars they are close: 123,615 for Electron and 112,295 for Tauri. Both passed 100,000 stars: Electron in 8 years, Tauri in 6.5.

Is Tauri better than Electron?

Neither is better in general. Tauri makes much smaller apps that use less memory, and has a Rust backend and mobile support. Electron renders the same on every system because it ships its own Chromium, uses Node.js for the backend, and has a larger ecosystem with more answers to common problems.

Why are Tauri apps smaller than Electron apps?

An Electron app ships its own copy of Chromium and Node.js, so even a small app has an installer of around 80 to 150 MB. A Tauri app uses the webview already installed on the system and compiles its backend to a native Rust binary, so a small app is a few MB.

Do I need to know Rust to use Tauri?

Not for a simple app: the official plugins cover files, dialogs, notifications, updates, deep links and more, and you call them from JavaScript. You need Rust to write your own backend commands, which most real apps end up doing.

Can Tauri make mobile apps?

Yes. Since Tauri 2.0, released in October 2024, Tauri builds iOS and Android apps from the same codebase. Electron only targets desktop: Windows, macOS and Linux.

Which big apps use Electron?

Visual Studio Code, Slack, Discord, Notion, the desktop apps of Figma and 1Password, and many more desktop apps are built with Electron.

How often is this data updated?

Every two weeks, by a script that calls the npm, GitHub, crates.io, Stack Exchange, Hacker News (Algolia) and Arctic Shift (Reddit) APIs. The last update was on October 29, 2026. Each run also saves a snapshot, so the values without a history at the source, like contributors, build one over time.

Selling your Electron or Tauri app?

Whichever you pick, LicenseManager has an SDK for it. Every Stripe purchase creates a license key, emailed to your customer, and the SDK checks it from your app, online or offline. Moving from Electron to Tauri? Your customers stay activated.

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