8 Best Wails Alternatives & Competitors (2026)

Electron Forge provides a standardized CLI and plugin system on top of electron-packager and electron-winstaller. It excels at scaffolding and building Electron apps with sensible defaults for signing and updates. It lacks ToDesktop's integrated static analysis, real-OS smoke testing farm and one-click staged release workflow, so developers must assemble these capabilities separately. Best for teams comfortable managing their own infrastructure.

Tauri is a lightweight alternative framework that uses Rust for the backend and web technologies for the UI, resulting in far smaller binaries and lower memory usage than Electron. It does not provide ToDesktop-style Electron-specific security scanning or hosted smoke tests, requiring manual implementation of update distribution and vulnerability checks. Ideal when reducing app size matters more than staying with an existing Electron codebase.

App Center offers build, test and distribution services with support for Electron via custom scripts. It includes device clouds for testing and staged rollouts but lacks the Electron-focused static analysis and one-command packaging that ToDesktop delivers. Pricing moves from free to paid usage tiers; best for organizations already using Microsoft tooling.

Capacitor from Ionic lets web teams ship native desktop and mobile apps from a single codebase, primarily targeting Progressive Web App developers. It does not include ToDesktop's Electron-specific build pipeline, vulnerability scanner or auto-update dashboard, making it a better fit for teams willing to move away from pure Electron toward a more native approach.

Flutter enables cross-platform desktop apps from a single Dart codebase with strong performance and native look. It replaces Electron entirely and therefore offers none of ToDesktop's Electron tooling. Best when teams want to leave web/Electron stacks for a unified UI framework across mobile and desktop.

NeutralinoJS is a lightweight alternative to Electron that uses native OS webviews instead of bundling Chromium. It has minimal built-in support for signing, updates or security scanning compared with ToDesktop, requiring manual setup for production distribution. Useful for very small apps where bundle size is critical.