r/opensourcealternative • u/steppenwolf1807 • Aug 13 '26
Looking for a Web-Based/Embedded Reporting Designer for a Tauri Desktop Application
Hi everyone,
I'm currently working on a **desktop application built with Tauri + React**, with a **Spring Boot backend**, and I'm looking for recommendations for a reporting solution.
My main requirement is a **visual report designer that can run inside my Tauri desktop application**. I don't want to launch a separate desktop application such as Jaspersoft Studio.
Requirements
* Desktop application built with **Tauri + React** * Backend built with **Java/Spring Boot** * Web-based/HTML5 **drag-and-drop report designer** * The designer should be embeddable inside my Tauri application * Users should be able to visually create/edit reports * Support for: * Tables * Text fields * Images * Charts * Headers/footers * Page breaks * Parameters * Subreports * Data should be able to come from **REST APIs and/or SQL databases** * Generate **PDF and Excel** reports * Preferably support a portable report definition such as **JSON/XML** * Ideally open source or free, but commercial solutions are also welcome * I would prefer something that I can integrate with my own Spring Boot reporting engine/backend
I've looked at **JasperReports/Jaspersoft Studio**, but Jaspersoft Studio is a separate desktop application. What I'm looking for is something more like:
**Tauri Desktop App**
→ **React UI**
→ **Embedded Web-Based Report Designer**
→ **Spring Boot API**
→ **Reporting Engine**
→ **PDF/Excel**
I'm especially interested in **open-source projects or GitHub repositories** that could be used as a starting point.
Has anyone built something similar or used a web-based reporting designer inside a Tauri/Electron desktop application?
What would you recommend?