Tauri development services for teams that refuse to ship 150MB of Chromium with every install. Rust backend for memory safety and performance. Your React, Vue, or Svelte frontend unchanged. OS-native WebView instead of a bundled browser. The result: desktop apps under 10MB that use 50MB of memory — not 300MB. Tauri 2.0 is production-ready. We've been shipping it since it was.
Why Entalogics for Tauri
Tauri's promise — tiny bundles, low memory, native security — only holds if the architecture behind it is right. The Tauri apps we audit usually have Rust commands doing too much, untyped IPC, no permission scoping, and WebView inconsistencies across platforms nobody tested. We fix the architecture before users find the bugs.
A minimal Tauri app is under 3MB. A production one with assets, fonts, and Rust dependencies can bloat to 40MB if nobody's watching. We tree-shake Rust crates, compress assets, and profile the binary with `cargo bloat` from day one.
File I/O, database queries, encryption, AI inference — all in Rust. The frontend invokes typed commands and renders the result. No business logic in TypeScript. No filesystem access from the WebView.
Tauri 2.0's permission model works like mobile — the frontend can't touch anything unless explicitly granted. We scope every command, every plugin, every file path. The attack surface stays as small as the bundle.
`tauri-specta` or hand-rolled typed bindings. When a Rust command signature changes, the TypeScript frontend fails to compile. No runtime `invoke` errors. No untyped JSON passing between languages.
When Tauri, when not
Tauri is the lightest way to ship a cross-platform desktop app. It also uses OS-native WebViews — which means CSS that works in Chrome might not work in WebKit. We'll tell you on the first call if that trade-off works for your product.
PICK TAURI WHEN
PICK ELECTRON WHEN
WE SAY NO WHEN
What we build with Tauri
The shapes of Tauri app development we deliver most. Each ships signed, auto-updating, and production-ready.
Code editors, database GUIs, API clients, clipboard managers. Apps developers live in all day — where 42MB idle memory and 1-second startup matter.
Local LLM inference via ONNX Runtime in Rust, on-device embeddings, privacy-first AI assistants. Data never leaves the machine. Memory left for the model, not the framework.
Encrypted vaults, local-only note apps, offline password managers. Tauri's capability model means the frontend physically cannot access what it shouldn't.
Lightweight signed apps deployed without app stores. SSO, certificate pinning, local cache. 8MB installer instead of 150MB — IT deployment loves this.
Tauri 2.0 ships iOS and Android from the same Rust core. One backend, one frontend, five platforms.
Shrink the bundle from 150MB to 10MB. Replace Node.js backend with Rust commands. Migrate IPC layer. The app keeps shipping during migration.
The playbook
Tauri patterns from production desktop apps — not cargo init demos.
P01
Auto-generated TypeScript types from Rust command signatures. When the backend changes, the frontend fails to compile. Zero runtime IPC errors.
P02
Every command, plugin, and file path explicitly allowed. The frontend can't access anything by default. Security by denial, not by trust.
P03
Database, filesystem, networking, encryption — all in Rust. The frontend renders and invokes. Clean boundary. Testable on both sides.
P04
`cargo bloat` and `cargo tree` in CI. Unused crates caught before release. A production Tauri app stays under 10MB — not just the Hello World.
P05
WebKit on macOS, WebView2 on Windows, WebKitGTK on Linux — each has different CSS and JS behaviour. We test on all three in CI. Write once, test three times.
P06
Tauri's native updater with signed JSON manifest. Delta updates where possible. Rollback on failure. No electron-updater dependency.
Signature case
A database GUI for PostgreSQL — the team had evaluated Electron but the 180MB bundle and 300MB idle memory were unacceptable for a tool that competes with native apps like TablePlus. Built on Tauri 2 with Rust backend for query execution and React frontend in 10 weeks. 8MB installer. 42MB idle. Users can't tell it's not native.
Before
180MB bundle · 300MB idle · 4.2s cold start · Chromium CVE surface (Electron prototype)
After
8MB bundle · 42MB idle · 0.9s cold start · capability-scoped, audited (Tauri 2 production)
Engagement shape
A typical Tauri development engagement. We build feature by feature — signed test builds from week two.
Two senior Tauri developers. Rust architecture review, permission scoping, WebView compatibility check, binary size audit. A ranked, dollarized RFC.
Tauri 2 baseline, Rust commands wired, typed IPC, auto-updater configured, one production window end-to-end. Signed build on all three platforms.
Command by command under feature flags. Signed beta releases weekly. Your roadmap keeps moving.
Signed production release. Auto-update verified. Runbook handed to your team — or we stay on retainer.
Stack
Our default Tauri development stack — picked for production, not Rust playground experiments.
Engagement
No hourly retainer that bills for "thinking time." Pick a lane that matches your stage; everything is fixed-quote or transparently rated.
A defined product, a fixed price, a senior-only team. From RFC to signed release on all platforms in 8–14 weeks.
$15k–$30k
FIXED SCOPE
Embedded engineers in your Slack, your Linear, your standups. Senior Rust + frontend engineers. Pause, resize, end with 30 days' notice.
$5k / eng / mo
PER ENGINEER
A long-term partner for product orgs shipping desktop + mobile from Tauri — architecture, Rust mentoring, Electron migration, hiring help.
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PROCUREMENT-FRIENDLY
Founder-direct
Thirty minutes with the founder. We'll bring a senior Tauri developer, the relevant playbook, and a candid read on whether Tauri is the right call — or whether Electron or a different approach fits your product better.
