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title: "Discussion on \"Why cross-platform desktop apps balloon to 200MB and how to slim them down\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Why cross-platform desktop apps balloon to 200MB and how to slim them down\". Bundled-runtime desktop apps pay for a full browser per install. Here's why that happens and how to replace it with the OS's native webview."
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# [Why cross-platform desktop apps balloon to 200MB and how to slim them down](https://alan-west.hashnode.dev/why-cross-platform-desktop-apps-balloon-to-200mb-and-how-to-slim-them-down?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Bundled-runtime desktop apps pay for a full browser per install. Here's why that happens and how to replace it with the OS's native webview.

May 11 · 6 min read · alan-west.hashnode.dev  
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-   [#desktop](https://hashnode.com/tag/desktop)
-   [#performance](https://hashnode.com/tag/performance)
-   [#webdev](https://hashnode.com/tag/webdev)
-   [#zig](https://hashnode.com/tag/zig)

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