Electrobun is an open-source cross-platform desktop app framework that combines TypeScript with Bun runtime and Zig for native performance. It produces 12MB base installs versus hundreds of MB for Electron, while maintaining full web technology compatibility. Electrobun uses the system's native webview instead of bundling Chromium, delivers sub-second cold starts, and provides native OS integrations through a Zig bridge layer.
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Knock is flexible notification and customer engagement infrastructure built for developers and AI agents. Send messages across email, SMS, push, chat, and in-app channels from a single API. Features AI-native journey building with single-prompt workflows, advanced segmentation with dynamic attributes, in-app messaging with custom components, data unification across warehouse and CDP, and version control with rollbacks. Delivers hundreds of millions of messages monthly with 99.99% uptime.
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Electrobun tops our editor-verified list of 2 Tauri alternatives.
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Yes — Electrobun are open source.