diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 614b7b91c..16a63659d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,21 +1,26 @@ -# tauri [WIP] -## A fresh take on creating cross-platform apps. -[![status](https://img.shields.io/badge/Status-Internal%20Review-yellow.svg)](https://github.com/quasarframework/quasar/tree/tauri) -[![version](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-unreleased-yellow.svg)](https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/tree/dev) +# tauri + +## A fresh take on creating cross-platform apps. +[![status](https://img.shields.io/badge/Status-Early%20Alpha-yellow.svg)](https://github.com/quasarframework/quasar/tree/tauri) [![Chat Server](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-on%20discord-7289da.svg)](https://discord.gg/SpmNs4S) -[![devto](https://img.shields.io/badge/dev.to-blog-black.svg)](https://dev.to/tauri) +[![devto](https://img.shields.io/badge/blog-dev.to-black.svg)](https://dev.to/tauri) + +![](https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/tauri-apps/tauri/test%20library?label=test%20library +) +[![devto](https://img.shields.io/badge/documentation-site-purple.svg)](https://tauri-apps.org) [![https://good-labs.github.io/greater-good-affirmation/assets/images/badge.svg](https://good-labs.github.io/greater-good-affirmation/assets/images/badge.svg)](https://good-labs.github.io/greater-good-affirmation) -[![support](https://img.shields.io/badge/Sponsor-Opencollective-blue.svg)](https://opencollective.com/tauri) +[![support](https://img.shields.io/badge/sponsor-Opencollective-blue.svg)](https://opencollective.com/tauri) -**Tauri** is a tool for building tiny, blazing fast binaries for all -major desktop platforms. It was incubated at Quasar Framework. +Tauri is a tool for building tiny, blazing fast binaries for all major desktop platforms. You can use any front-end framework that compiles to HTML,JS and CSS for building your interface. -Whether you are just starting out making apps for your meetup or -regularly crunch terabyte datasets, we are absolutely confident that -you will love using Tauri as much as we love making and maintaining it. +| Component | Version | Lin | Win | Mac | +|-----------|---------|-----|-----|-----| +| tauri.js | ![](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/tauri.svg) |✅|✅|✅| +| tauri | ![](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/tauri.svg) |✅|✅|✅| +| tauri CLI | ![](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/tauri-cli.svg) |✅|✅|✅ | ## Who Tauri is For Because of the way Tauri has been built and can be extended, developers @@ -33,14 +38,21 @@ passing ecosystems - the bar has been raised and gauntlet thrown. What will you make? -## 5 Reasons to consider Tauri +## 4 Reasons to consider Tauri - **BUNDLE SIZE** of a vanilla Tauri app is less than 3 MB - about 140 MB smaller than what you get with Electron. - **MEMORY FOOTPRINT** is less than half of the size of an Electron app built from the same codebase. -- **SECURITY** is Tauri's biggest priority and we take it so seriously that we innovate to keep hackers out of your apps. -- **RELIABILITY** of the underlying code base is why critical libraries have been forked and will be perpetually maintained. +- **SECURITY** is Tauri's biggest priority and we are constantly innovating. - **FLOSS** licensing is regretfully impossible with downstream Chromium consumers, like Electron. Sources: [0](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2017-01/msg00056.html) [1](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-12/msg00008.html) [2](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2019-02/msg00001.html) ## Technical Details +Tauri has five major components: +- [Node.js CLI](https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/tree/dev/cli/tauri.js) for creating, developing and building apps +- [Rust Core](https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/tree/dev/tauri) for binding to the low level WEBVIEW and providing a tree-shakeable API +- [Rust CLI](https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/tree/dev/cli/tauri-cli) for manufacturing the final binaries +- [Rust Bindings](https://github.com/Boscop/web-view) for Webviews +- [Webview](https://github.com/Boscop/web-view/tree/master/webview-sys) +Low level library for creating and interfacing with OS "native" webviews + The user interface in Tauri apps currently leverages Cocoa/WebKit on macOS, gtk-webkit2 on Linux and MSHTML (IE10/11) or Webkit via Edge on Windows. **Tauri** is based on the MIT licensed prior work known as @@ -50,43 +62,18 @@ The default binding to the underlying webview library currently uses Rust, but other languages like Golang or Python (and many others) are possible (and only a PR away). -> Rust is blazingly fast and memory-efficient: with no runtime or garbage -collector, it can power performance-critical services, run on embedded -devices, and easily integrate with other languages. Rust’s rich type system -and ownership model guarantee memory-safety and thread-safety — and enable -you to eliminate many classes of bugs at compile-time. Rust has great -documentation, a friendly compiler with useful error messages, and top-notch -tooling — an integrated package manager and build tool, smart multi-editor -support with auto-completion and type inspections, an auto-formatter, and -more. - [https://www.rust-lang.org/](https://www.rust-lang.org/) - -This combination of power, safety and usability are why we chose Rust to be +The combination of power, safety and usability are why we chose Rust to be the default binding for Tauri. It is our intention to provide the most safe and performant native app experience (for devs and app consumers), out of the box. -To this end, we have spent a great deal of time creating an especially secure -localhost-free backend for the security conscious application-artisans. This -means that your app does not use a localhost server, as is generally the case with -cordova apps. This also has the positive side effect, that less code is needed -and the final binaries are smaller. - -> Less code doesn't always mean something is safer, but it does mean that -> there is less surface area for attackers to barnacle themselves. - Denjell - -### Current Status -We are in the process of vetting this new mode. It is not yet available to -use without jumping through some development hurdles. If you don't care, -please [reach out to the team](https://discord.gg/SpmNs4S) and we'll guide -you through the process. Here is a bit of a status report. - #### App Bundles -- [x] App Icons and integration with Icon-Genie +- [x] App Icons - [x] Build on MacOS (.app, .dmg coming soon) - [x] Build on Linux (.deb, AppImage coming soon) - [x] Build on Windows (.exe, .msi coming soon) - [ ] App Signing -- [x] Self Updater (WIP) +- [ ] Self Updater (WIP) - [ ] Frameless Mode - [ ] Transparent Mode - [ ] Multiwindow Mode @@ -94,8 +81,7 @@ you through the process. Here is a bit of a status report. - [x] Copy Buffer #### API -- [ ] answer - enable rust to direct the UI -- [ ] bridge - enable Quasar Bridge +- [x] bridge - enable fast bridge - [x] event - enable binding to message - [x] execute - STDOUT Passthrough with Command Invocation - [x] listFiles - list files in a directory @@ -105,28 +91,23 @@ you through the process. Here is a bit of a status report. - [x] setTitle - set the window title - [x] writeFile - write file to local filesystem - [x] API Spec -- [x] Inter Process Communication (IPC) - [x] Documentation (WIP) -- [x] Message Bus ### Security Features - [x] localhost-free mode (:fire:) -- [x] Secure Cryptographic Enclave (devland implementation) - [x] Dynamic ahead of Time Compilation (dAoT) with functional tree-shaking - [x] functional Address Space Layout Randomization -- [x] OTP salting of function names and messages +- [x] OTP salting of function names and messages at runtime - [x] CSP Injection - [ ] Frida-based harness for Post-Binary Analysis -### Comparison between Tauri 1 and Electron 5 +### Comparison between Tauri and Electron | | Tauri | Electron | |--|--------|----------| -| Binary Size MacOS | 2.6 MB | 147.7 MB | +| Binary Size MacOS | 0.6 MB | 47.7 MB | | Memory Consumption MacOS | 13 MB | 34.1 MB | -| Benchmark FPS | TODO | TODO | | Interface Service Provider | Varies | Chromium | -| Quasar UI | VueJS | VueJS | | Backend Binding | Rust | Node.js (ECMAScript) | | Underlying Engine | C/C++ | V8 (C/C++) | | FLOSS | Yes | No | @@ -135,8 +116,7 @@ you through the process. Here is a bit of a status report. | Can Render PDF | Yes | No | | Multiple Windows | Soon | Yes | | GPU Access | Yes | Yes | -| Auto Updater | Yes | Yes (1) | -| Inter Process Communication (IPC) | Yes | Yes | +| Auto Updater | Soon | Yes (1) | | Cross Platform | Yes | Yes | | Custom App Icon | Yes | Yes | | Windows Binary | Yes | Yes | @@ -155,12 +135,6 @@ you through the process. Here is a bit of a status report. Tauri aims to be a sustainable collective based on principles that guide [sustainable free and open software communities](https://sfosc.org). You can get involved in many ways. -## Relation to Upstream Origins -We have made the decision to fork, enhance and maintain several upstream -projects here in this repository, in order to guarantee the security of the -code and our ability to enhance it with features that may not be needed for -other consumers. - We hope that this code is useful, but make no claims to suitability or guarantees that it will work outside of the Quasar ecosystem. @@ -191,4 +165,3 @@ MIT or MIT/Apache where applicable. Logo: CC-BY-NC-ND - Original Tauri Logo Design by [Daniel Thompson-Yvetot](https://github.com/nothingismagick) -- Based on the prior work by [Emanuele Bertoldi](https://github.com/zuck)