tauri-apps/tao
The TAO of cross-platform windowing. A library in Rust built for Tauri. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
99/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 4
- age_days: 1948
- days_rel: 12
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 36
Adoption not part of the score
2186 stars · 364 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Tao is a cross-platform window creation and event loop library in Rust, forked from winit with a GTK-based Linux backend. It is the windowing layer underlying the Tauri framework and supports Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android.
Use cases
- create native windows in rust
- cross-platform windowing for a rust app
- build a gui app with tauri
- handle window events and input across platforms
- embed a webview in a native window
- write a rust app for windows macos and linux
When to choose
- you are building a Tauri app or need its GTK-based Linux behavior
- you need a winit-like windowing library with mobile support
- you want fine-grained control over window creation and event loops in Rust
When to avoid
- you want a full GUI toolkit with widgets and layouts
- you prefer upstream winit and its backends
- you are building a web-only application
Facets
library · maturity active
gui graphics cross-platform desktop-applications developer-tools windows rust cross-platform windowing tauri winit-fork gtk event-loop rust macos linux android ios
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tao · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4e146f3b5b69
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/tao · fetched 2026-08-29 · f3c0cc93119c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tauri-apps/tao | main | 99 |
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