# TinyJS and Delta Tauri

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/tinyjs-and-delta-tauri/5907>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** development, desktop\
**Created:** [October 13, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tinyjs-and-delta-tauri/5907 "2026-10-13T06:35:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![curnhkakl](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@curnhkakl](https://forum.delta.chat/u/curnhkakl)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tinyjs-and-delta-tauri/5907/1 "2026-10-13T06:35:03Z")

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Read about TinyJS on YC and found it compelling. Re-using as much sw infrastructure an OS has to offer and keeping apps development in JS. I know DC had a grant from NLnet + NGI to re-build the web version with Tauri and dropping Electron (1). Which is already a very good thing. But TinyJS explicitly compares itself with Tauri and the points made seem sensible to me (2). Your thoughts?

1. For some reason can not post url to it
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**Author:** ![WofWca](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/wofwca/32/1702_2.png) [@WofWca](https://forum.delta.chat/u/WofWca)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tinyjs-and-delta-tauri/5907/2 "2026-10-13T07:12:41Z")

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From the project’s website:

> How is this different from Tauri?  
> Same shape — system webview, small binary — and Tauri does it well. Two real differences. The backend is **JavaScript, not Rust** , so there is no compile step and no second language in the project. And the OS surface — dialogs, menus, tray, clipboard, keychain, notifications, global hotkeys, auto-update — is **just the API** , not plugins you add one at a time.

I don’t think that it’s that big of a win for us.

And the project is 3 months old [Release tinyjs v0.1.0 · tarwin/tinyjsapp · GitHub](https://github.com/tarwin/tinyjsapp/releases/tag/v0.1.0).  
Tauri was immature enough for us (that’s the reason we haven’t actually switched from Electron). I don’t think we want the same but worse TBH.

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**Author:** ![curnhkakl](https://forum.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@curnhkakl](https://forum.delta.chat/u/curnhkakl)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/tinyjs-and-delta-tauri/5907/3 "2026-10-13T08:20:49Z")

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> [@WofWca](#):
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> And the project is 3 months old

After reading Shopify developed a new native app in three ~~weeks~~ months (\*) I suddenly realised we are witnessing a seismic shift.

I am not privy with the effort with Tauri so taking your comment at face value. Thanks for sharing.

- “Assisted by AI, the team was able to go from a proof of concept to a fully rebuilt native app published in the app stores in just 12 weeks” [Native is now the future of mobile at Shopify (2026) - Shopify](https://shopify.engineering/back-to-native)