shrinkray
The premium Open Source alternative to Electron
🎯 Best for:Developers building macOS utilities who want to avoid Electron's bloat.
What is shrinkray?
Replaces the resource-intensive Electron framework with a minimal runtime leveraging native macOS WebKit. It eliminates the need to bundle Chromium, resulting in significantly smaller binary sizes and lower memory consumption.
Tech Stack
CFrontend & Headless CMS
Why shrinkray?
- • Ultra-lightweight bundles
- • Native system integration
- • Uses system-provided engine
Limitations
- • macOS only
- • WebKit version variance
- • Smaller ecosystem than Electron
2/18/2025
Last Update
11
Forks
3
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Electron)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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