Astral vs Wails
AstralDeveloper Tools
Open sourcePublished price
WailsDeveloper Experience Platforms
Astral Developer Tools Fast Python tooling for modern engineering teams. | Wails Developer Experience Platforms Build desktop apps with Go and web tech. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Developer Tools | Developer Experience Platforms |
| What it is | Astral builds modern Python tooling like Ruff and uv to improve developer speed, consistency, and dependency workflows. | Wails is a framework for building desktop applications using Go and web technologies, providing a lightweight alternative to Electron with native rendering capabilities. |
| 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… | See Wails website for details. |
| Pricing model | Free | Free |
| Free options | Free plan · No free trial | Free plan |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2022 | 2019 |
| Team size | 11-50 employees | 1-10 employees |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, NY | Remote |
| Featured clients | Not available | Go developers, Desktop app teams, Cross-platform builders |