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by c- 2594 days ago
161MB MSI for a budgeting app... I know there's a thing as electron bloat but this is kind of all sorts of insane.
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It's mainly electron, but I'll look in the future to cut down the size.

(My Budget author here).

You might be interested in Proton Native (https://proton-native.js.org/#/) which should produce a much more lightweight output and has native controls. I have not used it though so I cannot vouch for whether it is sufficient for your needs.
I'd have to see if it has all the building/signing and packaging support as electron. Thanks for linking!