Tauri is a production-grade framework for building cross-platform desktop and mobile applications using web frontends (HTML/JS/CSS) backed by a Rust core. The repository is a large monorepo containing the core library (`crates/tauri`), CLI tool (`crates/tauri-cli`), bundler (`crates/tauri-bundler`), runtime abstraction (`crates/tauri-runtime`), macros (`crates/tauri-macros`), code generation (`crates/tauri-codegen`), utilities (`crates/tauri-utils`), and platform-specific implementations for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS. The architecture is modular: the core provides an application builder, plugin system, IPC (commands and events), window/webview management, tray icons, menus, state management, and a resource table. The CLI orchestrates development, building, bundling, and mobile workflows. The bundler produces platform-specific packages (MSI, NSIS, DMG, AppImage, deb, rpm, etc.). The framework emphasizes security through a capability-based ACL system, CSP injection, and an isolation pattern for IPC. It is actively maintained with frequent releases, extensive CI/CD, and a large ecosystem of plugins.
Wails is a Go framework for building cross-platform desktop applications using web frontends (HTML/CSS/JS). It provides a CLI tool for project scaffolding, development server, and building. The architecture consists of a Go backend that communicates with an embedded WebView via a binding system that auto-generates TypeScript/JavaScript wrappers for Go services. It supports Windows (WebView2), macOS (WebKit), Linux (GTK/WebKit), and mobile (iOS/Android). Key entry points include `application.New()` in v3 and `wails.Run()` in v2. External dependencies include the WebView2 runtime on Windows, WebKitGTK on Linux, Cocoa on macOS, and various system libraries. The repository contains both v2 (legacy) and v3 (current) versions, with v3 introducing a new binding generator, built-in task runner (`wake`), improved service lifecycle, and cross-platform scaffolding.