Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/huggingface/candle/vs/tauri-apps/tauri
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/huggingface/candle/vs/tauri-apps/tauri.md
Description: candle and tauri share 5 technologies: objc2-foundation, Tokio, image, zip, and tracing. Both are written in Rust.

# candle vs tauri

candle and tauri share 5 technologies: objc2-foundation, Tokio, image, zip, and tracing. Both are written in Rust.

- [huggingface/candle](https://seerepo.com/r/huggingface/candle): Minimalist ML framework for Rust
- [tauri-apps/tauri](https://seerepo.com/r/tauri-apps/tauri): Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop and mobile applications with a web frontend.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: objc2-foundation, Tokio, image, zip, tracing
- Only in candle: objc2-metal, candle-nn, candle-onnx, candle-transformers, safetensors, hf-hub, tokenizers, parquet
- Only in tauri: axum, objc2-app-kit, androidx.core:core-ktx, tower, Google, muda, tao, gtk, objc2-ui-kit, tray-icon, webkit2gtk, webview2-com, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, dpi, softbuffer, plist, png, resvg, schemars, log, env_logger

## Side by side

| | candle | tauri |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 232,128 lines written, 398 code files | 129,373 lines written, 353 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 2, 2026, 2,572 commits, 21,277 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 6,337 commits, 112,486 stars |
| Tests | 54 test files. 9.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 48 test files. 7.9% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, candle or tauri?

candle, with 232,128 lines written; tauri has 129,373.

The proof: [huggingface/candle's code at commit cfcbd71](https://github.com/huggingface/candle/tree/cfcbd7186d13271843ce7eb41d25659bd0835850)

### Which has more GitHub stars, candle or tauri?

tauri, with 112,486 stars; candle has 21,277.

The proof: [tauri-apps/tauri on GitHub](https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri)

### Which has more tests, candle or tauri?

candle, with 54 test files; tauri has 48.

The proof: [huggingface/candle's code at commit cfcbd71](https://github.com/huggingface/candle/tree/cfcbd7186d13271843ce7eb41d25659bd0835850)

### Which was updated more recently, candle or tauri?

tauri: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and candle's on November 2, 2026.

The proof: [tauri-apps/tauri's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, candle or tauri?

candle: an AI signed 0.1% of its commits, with Claude Code.

## Sources

- huggingface/candle: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit cfcbd71 (https://github.com/huggingface/candle/tree/cfcbd7186d13271843ce7eb41d25659bd0835850)
- tauri-apps/tauri: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit eebf7c2 (https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri/tree/eebf7c23c1b55629aac7c8f4913d845bdbb46da3)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.