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The wall of text here, as well as the wall of text on the submission, keeps using the word Tauri but not saying what this is. Wikipedia says Tauri are Crimean settlers. Think I found it now: https://tauri.app

That page says that "By using the OS’s native web renderer, the size of a Tauri app can be little as 600KB." sounds like an alternative for Electron basically

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Good point about explaining Tauri better! For context: Tauri = Rust + Web frontend (like Electron but smaller/faster) Problem: Desktop apps need camera access, but web APIs are limited CrabCamera: Provides native camera control for Tauri desktop apps Real example: Our Budsy plant identification app uses CrabCamera to capture photos for botanical analysis - something web camera APIs can't do effectively. Thanks for the feedback on clarity!

It's an alternative to Electron and Capacitor[1] now. So turning a web app into a more "native" application for both mobile and desktop systems.

[1]: https://capacitorjs.com/

The only thing that makes it more native than electron is that it uses the system's webview, instead of shipping an entire Chrome/CEF. You write Rust for Tauri's backend, which is nice.

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