Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/storytold/pdfcraft/vs/tauri-apps/tauri
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/storytold/pdfcraft/vs/tauri-apps/tauri.md
Description: pdfcraft and tauri share 6 technologies: objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, image, png, plist, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# pdfcraft vs tauri

pdfcraft and tauri share 6 technologies: objc2-app-kit, objc2-foundation, image, png, plist, and log. Both are written in Rust.

- [storytold/pdfcraft](https://seerepo.com/r/storytold/pdfcraft): PdfCraft: An open-source PDF reader and editor written by scratch in pure 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-app-kit, objc2-foundation, image, png, plist, log
- Only in pdfcraft: egui, eframe, skrifa, craft-ui, rfd, egui_extras, kurbo, wayland-client, hmac, pbkdf2, ed25519-dalek, hayro, hayro-syntax, lopdf, roxmltree, craft-print, tiff, zune-jpeg
- Only in tauri: axum, Tokio, androidx.core:core-ktx, tower, Google, muda, tao, gtk, objc2-ui-kit, tray-icon, webkit2gtk, webview2-com, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, dpi, softbuffer, zip, resvg, schemars, tracing, env_logger

## Side by side

| | pdfcraft | tauri |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 434,248 lines written, 596 code files | 129,373 lines written, 353 code files |
| Who writes it | 50.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Devin | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 3,438 commits, 19,706 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 6,337 commits, 112,486 stars |
| Tests | 270 test files. 53.7% 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, pdfcraft or tauri?

pdfcraft, with 434,248 lines written; tauri has 129,373.

The proof: [storytold/pdfcraft's code at commit 9f04acc](https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/tree/9f04accceff67174fc2817035f8ab4577bef8285)

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

tauri, with 112,486 stars; pdfcraft has 19,706.

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

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

pdfcraft, with 270 test files; tauri has 48.

The proof: [storytold/pdfcraft's code at commit 9f04acc](https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/tree/9f04accceff67174fc2817035f8ab4577bef8285)

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

pdfcraft: its last push was on November 5, 2026, and tauri's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [storytold/pdfcraft's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/commits)

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

pdfcraft: an AI signed 50.8% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Devin.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in storytold/pdfcraft](https://seerepo.com/r/storytold/pdfcraft/ai)

## Sources

- storytold/pdfcraft: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 9f04acc (https://github.com/storytold/pdfcraft/tree/9f04accceff67174fc2817035f8ab4577bef8285)
- 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.