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I'm not sure people seeing "Made for Apple silicon" will expect an Electron app.

by cube00 2mo ago

danielbilekq 2mo ago
That's fair enough. I'll change that, so it doesn't seem misleading
- yboris 2mo ago
  I recently migrated a few of my Electron apps to Tauri -- was easy and fast in my case -- went down from 130mb installer to 3mb installer. Worth considering! https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer <- 130mb to 3mb from Electron to Tauri
reaperducer 2mo ago
will expect an Electron app. Whoops! Thanks for the warning. I'm out. Shame, too. I've been looking for a new text editor. Someone else in this thread recommended SubEtha. I'll take a look there, instead. Happy to keep my Mac Electron-free.
- tccole 2mo ago
  Out of curiosity; how come?
  - bityard 2mo ago
    A web browser is one of the most complex pieces of software developed by human civilization, there should be no need to ship one with each and every trivial to semi-trivial app.
  - crosskayla 2mo ago
    [dead]
  - deleted 2mo ago
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  - tetrisgm 2mo ago
    Some people think it’s bad performance and bloat. They learned it ten years ago and haven’t questioned it
    - tccole 2mo ago
      So what’s the alternative, Tauri?
      - odo1242 2mo ago
        I've made some personal custom apps with it, it works pretty well. With the latest version you can also choose what language to use on the backend side, so you aren't limited to just the original Tauri + Rust framework and can also use Tauri + Node/Typescript (still faster than Electron since you don't need to bundle Chromium + Node) or Tauri + Swift / Kotlin / Go / etc.
      - tetrisgm 2mo ago
        Both Tauri and Electron are excellent
  - reaperducer 2mo ago
    Out of curiosity; how come? Speed. Efficiency. UI consistency. Cross-program features that nearly every "framework" fails at. On my macOS machines, I make an effort to only use native apps. I can't speak for what Apple ships with the OS, but AFAIK, everything I've added is native. Perhaps it's just a placebo effect, but everything on my five-year-old personal M1 MacBook Pro feels just as snappy as the mixed bag on my two-year-old work M4 MacBook Pro.
- mococa 2mo ago
  I can recommend Bear (https://bear.app https://bear.app) been using for ~6 years or more. Truly native and 100% macOS-ish.
  - bjelkeman-again 2mo ago
    One time purchase, then I would have been interested. Yeah, a free version, but subscription…
- rickylin 2mo ago
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00deadbeef 2mo ago
It's 2026, I always expect an Electron app, unfortunately

I'm not sure people seeing "Made for Apple silicon" will expect an Electron app.

by cube00 2mo ago

I'm not sure people seeing "Made for Apple silicon" will expect an Electron app.

danielbilekq 2mo ago

That's fair enough. I'll change that, so it doesn't seem misleading

yboris 2mo ago
I recently migrated a few of my Electron apps to Tauri -- was easy and fast in my case -- went down from 130mb installer to 3mb installer. Worth considering! https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer <- 130mb to 3mb from Electron to Tauri

reaperducer 2mo ago

will expect an Electron app. Whoops! Thanks for the warning. I'm out. Shame, too. I've been looking for a new text editor. Someone else in this thread recommended SubEtha. I'll take a look there, instead. Happy to keep my Mac Electron-free.

tccole 2mo ago
Out of curiosity; how come?
- bityard 2mo ago
  A web browser is one of the most complex pieces of software developed by human civilization, there should be no need to ship one with each and every trivial to semi-trivial app.
- crosskayla 2mo ago
  [dead]
- deleted 2mo ago
  [deleted]
- tetrisgm 2mo ago
  Some people think it’s bad performance and bloat. They learned it ten years ago and haven’t questioned it
  - tccole 2mo ago
    So what’s the alternative, Tauri?
    - odo1242 2mo ago
      I've made some personal custom apps with it, it works pretty well. With the latest version you can also choose what language to use on the backend side, so you aren't limited to just the original Tauri + Rust framework and can also use Tauri + Node/Typescript (still faster than Electron since you don't need to bundle Chromium + Node) or Tauri + Swift / Kotlin / Go / etc.
    - tetrisgm 2mo ago
      Both Tauri and Electron are excellent
- reaperducer 2mo ago
  Out of curiosity; how come? Speed. Efficiency. UI consistency. Cross-program features that nearly every "framework" fails at. On my macOS machines, I make an effort to only use native apps. I can't speak for what Apple ships with the OS, but AFAIK, everything I've added is native. Perhaps it's just a placebo effect, but everything on my five-year-old personal M1 MacBook Pro feels just as snappy as the mixed bag on my two-year-old work M4 MacBook Pro.
mococa 2mo ago
I can recommend Bear (https://bear.app https://bear.app) been using for ~6 years or more. Truly native and 100% macOS-ish.
- bjelkeman-again 2mo ago
  One time purchase, then I would have been interested. Yeah, a free version, but subscription…
rickylin 2mo ago
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00deadbeef 2mo ago

It's 2026, I always expect an Electron app, unfortunately