Astral vs Electron
AstralDeveloper Tools
Open sourcePublished price
ElectronDeveloper Tools
FreePublished price
Astral Developer Tools Fast Python tooling for modern engineering teams. | Electron Developer Tools Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Tools |
| What it is | Astral builds modern Python tooling like Ruff and uv to improve developer speed, consistency, and dependency workflows. | Framework from GitHub for building cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS with Node.js. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Open source Astral's shipped products, Ruff (linter/formatter) and uv (package/project manager), are free and open source (MIT/Apache 2.0). The company is VC-backed and has not launched a pai… | Free Electron is free, open-source software released under the MIT license and maintained under the OpenJS Foundation. There is no paid tier or license fee. |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free options | Free plan · No free trial | Free plan · No free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2022 | 2013 |
| Team size | 11-50 employees | 1001-5000 employees |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, NY | San Francisco, CA |