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Rift Mod Manager

RustTauriReactTailwind CSS
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The Electron Problem

Electron Bloat

Packaging an entire Chromium browser for a utility app results in massive RAM consumption and unacceptably slow startup times. Gamers demand maximum system resources for the game itself, not the mod manager.

ELECTRON200MB+ / 500MB RAM
VS
TAURI (RUST)8MB / 30MB RAM

Native Integration

Managing files across complex OS permissions requires deep, native file system hooks that web apps struggle to execute efficiently.

Offline Functionality

Gamers frequently play offline. The application must run perfectly without a connection, caching manifests locally.

Tauri + Rust Architecture

SwiftUI ViewTauri Rust CoreOS Native APIsReact / ViteFramer MotionRust BackendTauri IPC CommandsSystem APIsFile SystemWin32/Cocoa
Control flowData & stateNetwork

Rift leverages Tauri to render a React frontend via the OS's native WebKit/WebView2, while Rust handles the heavy lifting of file I/O and process execution.

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