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Electron vs Tauri vs Wails

A side-by-side look at how actively Electron, Tauri and Wails are developed on GitHub — popularity, contributor base, commit activity and how quickly issues and pull requests move.

What the numbers say

Head-to-head

Snapshot taken 30 September 2026.

MetricElectron
Active
Tauri
Active
Wails
Active
Stars123k112k36k
Forks18k4.0k1.9k
Contributors1.6k598469
Commits, last 52 weeks1.6k5741.3k
Open issues5651.3k191
Open pull requests137164163
Closed / merged PRs32k6.8k2.8k
Watchers2.8k564168
Last push30 Sep 202630 Sep 202630 Sep 2026
Latest releasev44.5.1 (Sep 2026)tauri-driver-v3.0.0-alpha.1 (Sep 2026)v2.14.0 (Aug 2026)
Main languageC++RustGo
LicenceMITApache-2.0MIT
CreatedApr 2013Jul 2019Dec 2018

Bold marks the highest value in a row. “Active / Slowing / Dormant” is a simple heuristic from how recently code was pushed and open issues per star — a starting point, not a verdict. Stars measure popularity, not quality.

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