Cross-platform app frameworks
Tauri privacy rating
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Framework for building desktop and mobile applications with a web frontend and a Rust backend, using the operating system's webview.
Summary
Tauri scores 85 out of 100 (grade B) on the cross-platform app frameworks criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no ads or data sales and independent audit. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the Netherlands: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR).
Score 85 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
Dual-licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0.
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Partial
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The framework and CLI have no telemetry, but tauri.app loads Netlify Real User Monitoring.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Run by the Tauri Programme within the Commons Conservancy and funded by donations through Open Collective, with no ads.
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Yes
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Radically Open Security published a full penetration test report on Tauri 2.0.