Compare Frameworks
Below are high level features and a source code comparison that
helps assess the maintainability and
readability of each codebase.
Feature Matrix
| Socket | Tauri | Electron | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacOS, Windows, Linux |  |
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| Any Backend | |
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| Backend Optional | |
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| Native Packaging | |
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| iOS | |
In Progress | |
| Android | |
Roadmap | |
| Native UDP & Bluetooth | |
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| Native P2P | |
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| Native Drag & Drop | |
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| Desktop Tray | |
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| Desktop Icon Badges | |
Maintainability Profile Summary (Measured with cloc)
17164
Socket
Socket
51987
Tauri
Tauri
146165
Electron
Electron
Memory Profile Summary (Desktop only, measured with mprof)
±55.4
Socket
Socket
±85Mb
Tauri
Tauri
±108Mb
Electron
Electron
Note:
mprofwas also run for periods of up to 1 hour. Also, theussandpssbackends yielded results that are relative to the default backend.
Socket
Maintainability Profile
cloc src test
Language files blank comment code
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C++ 21 2367 598 11369
C/C++ Header 11 668 203 4124
Objective-C++ 2 290 72 1017
Kotlin 5 153 43 608
Bourne Shell 1 16 9 46
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SUM: 40 3494 925 17164
Memory Profile
Tauri
Maintainability Profile
cloc core tooling
Language files blank comment code
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Rust 174 4995 7961 36454
Markdown 42 1336 1 4747
JSON 37 0 0 4126
TypeScript 27 383 3490 2994
JavaScript 29 176 165 1186
TOML 23 99 24 926
Bourne Again Shell 2 67 57 429
WiX source 1 36 11 264
YAML 8 38 0 261
HTML 8 14 0 220
XML 4 0 5 163
CSS 2 17 0 92
Svelte 2 15 0 61
PowerShell 2 6 11 34
Bourne Shell 2 4 4 18
SVG 3 0 0 8
Standard ML 3 0 0 3
Text 1 0 0 1
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SUM: 370 7186 11729 51987
Memory Profile
Electron
Maintainability Profile
cloc *.json lib shell patches typings
Language files blank comment code
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C++ 340 11205 5078 56376
TypeScript 173 5881 1843 39940
C/C++ Header 358 5530 3382 18148
diff 214 2058 8277 13594
Objective-C++ 56 1950 1000 8839
HTML 175 318 9 4290
JavaScript 196 424 153 2798
JSON 78 22 0 1478
XML 7 0 8 357
Markdown 3 34 0 116
Bourne Shell 1 16 5 106
Mojo 2 21 13 70
Python 2 0 0 23
IDL 1 3 0 20
CSS 3 0 0 7
Text 2 0 0 2
CoffeeScript 1 0 0 1
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SUM: 1612 27462 19768 146165
Memory Profile
