Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Windows Desktop Utilities Suite
6 Windows apps with Rust, Tauri & React on MS Store
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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A year ago, my co-founder launched Desktop Docs here on HN. It's a Mac app we built with Electron that uses CLIP embeddings to search photos and videos locally with natural language. We got positive feedback from HN and our first paying customers, but the app was almost 1GB and clunky to use. TLDR; rebuilding in Rust was the right move. So we rewrote the app with Rust and Tauri and here are the results: - App size is 83% smaller: 1GB → 172MB - DMG Installer is 70% smaller: 232MB → 69.5MB - Indexing files is faster: A 38-minute video now indexes in ~3 minutes instead of 10-14 minutes -…
2025 · desktopdocs.com · its alternatives →
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Taurify▲32native apps for desktop and mobile - fast, good & easy
2025 · taurify.app · its alternatives →
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Build OS X desktop apps using React Native
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ToDesktop 2.0▲380All in one platform for building and releasing desktop apps
2020 · todesktop.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · proton-native.js.org · its alternatives →
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React codebase for building desktop and mobile apps quickly
2022 · its alternatives →
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Hi HN. I built Payload to make file transfers easy for less-technical users who need large/fast transfers, so I have focused on auto-discovery, drag-and-drop, visually distinct device icons. It's using Tauri (an "Electron alternative" built on Rust) which keeps my binaries small and bundles to .msi, .dmg, .deb and .appimage. No CLI, iOS or Android support (yet). The network stack is a separate binary written in Go. It uses mDNS for local network discovery and TLS over TCP or Quic, with a public Ed25519 keypair for each device. The protocol is ad-hoc and symmetrical control stream using…
2022 · payload.app · its alternatives →
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A native desktop app for Google Allo
2018 · allofordesktop.com · its alternatives →
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https://shelf-bookmarks.stupidlabs.lol I have been using raindrop.io for years now, and it has worked perfectly for me. Seriously, no issues. But, bookmarks are something that are a bit too personal... they allow profiling you. And I don't want anyone doing that to me, Hence, this app. It's 100% offline and free. It's built in Rust using Tauri, is roughly 6MB only, is beautiful to look at, and packs more features than commercial ones. Make sure to checkout the "All features" page as well from the homepage. Also, it has an inbuilt api server (configurable) so you can automate as…
Aug 2026 · its alternatives →
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I’m building Nautilus, a cross-platform desktop manager for Linux servers. While there are many SSH clients out there, I wanted something that combined a high-level dashboard, a full SFTP explorer with an integrated editor, and specialized tools like a Cron job manager and Process monitor—all in a modern, lightweight desktop package. Key Technical Highlights: Tauri + Node.JS Sidecar: We use Tauri for the native windowing and Rust security, but the heavy SSH/SFTP lifting is done via a Node.js sidecar (using ssh2). This allowed us to leverage a very mature ecosystem while keeping the…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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HN discussion about the initial release: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31112273
2023 · seri.tools · its alternatives →
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Murasaki▲3Native desktop apps with the Next.js DX you know
Jul 2026 · murasaki.ichi10.com · its alternatives →
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Tauri▲4Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop applications.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Personal Cloud Storage and File Management Solution with Privacy and Security - doshareme/desktop
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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About a year ago I was working on a project with mirrored Kubernetes clusters deployed across various regions. Constantly switching contexts was a big pain for me and I badly needed something more practical to work with multiple clusters, ideally simultaneously. At that time everyone was talking about Rust and I really wanted to try it out. I then found Tauri, a framework to build GUI apps with Rust + JavaScript. I was sold. I learned Rust and built the app I always wanted to use. Fast, lightweight and with the ability to connect to multiple clusters simultaneously. Fast forward to today,…
2023 · aptakube.com · its alternatives →
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Set up a modern rust+react web app by running one command. - GitHub - Wulf/create-rust-app: Set up a modern rust+react web app by running one command.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I've been meaning to learn the basics of Rust, build my first desktop application ever and replace with it the only 2 desktop reminder apps I've known to fulfill my requirements, as both are 15 years+ old at this point. It's still a work in progress, but after weeks of development I feel I've achieved an acceptable state for a first release. My main use case for this is reminding myself of things which I would definitely ignore if I used Google Calendar or similar push/browser notification based apps (e.g. meetings coming up, bills to pay, etc.). I do have ADHD, how did you know?
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Set up a modern rust+react web app by running one command. - GitHub - Wulf/create-rust-app: Set up a modern rust+react web app by running one command.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A little toy HN client for the desktop that I've been playing around with this week.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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