Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/storytold/photocraft/vs/tauri-apps/tauri
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/storytold/photocraft/vs/tauri-apps/tauri.md
Description: photocraft and tauri share 10 technologies: objc2-app-kit, Tokio, objc2-foundation, muda, image, resvg, plist, png, schemars, and log. Both are written in Rust.

# photocraft vs tauri

photocraft and tauri share 10 technologies: objc2-app-kit, Tokio, objc2-foundation, muda, image, resvg, plist, png, schemars, and log. Both are written in Rust.

- [storytold/photocraft](https://seerepo.com/r/storytold/photocraft): PhotoCraft: An open-source, photo 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, Tokio, objc2-foundation, muda, image, resvg, plist, png, schemars, log
- Only in photocraft: skrifa, wgpu, parley, x11rb, rfd, winit, rmcp, roxmltree, jxl-oxide
- Only in tauri: axum, androidx.core:core-ktx, tower, Google, tao, gtk, objc2-ui-kit, tray-icon, webkit2gtk, webview2-com, androidx.appcompat:appcompat, dpi, softbuffer, zip, tracing, env_logger

## Side by side

| | photocraft | tauri |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 860,770 lines written, 1,249 code files | 129,373 lines written, 353 code files |
| Who writes it | 51.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 6,289 commits, 76,898 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 6,337 commits, 112,486 stars |
| Tests | 825 test files. 62.1% 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, photocraft or tauri?

photocraft, with 860,770 lines written; tauri has 129,373.

The proof: [storytold/photocraft's code at commit 8e9277e](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/8e9277e20e8d5185ed4259908022a719a647237e)

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

tauri, with 112,486 stars; photocraft has 76,898.

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

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

photocraft, with 825 test files; tauri has 48.

The proof: [storytold/photocraft's code at commit 8e9277e](https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/8e9277e20e8d5185ed4259908022a719a647237e)

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

Both got their last push on November 4, 2026.

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

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

photocraft: an AI signed 51.1% of its commits, with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, and Devin.

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

## Sources

- storytold/photocraft: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 8e9277e (https://github.com/storytold/photocraft/tree/8e9277e20e8d5185ed4259908022a719a647237e)
- 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.
