The Replit Desktop App is a cloud-based company's attempt to provide a native coding experience on macOS, Windows, and Linux. The app aims to eliminate browser distractions, offer a "zen-mode" like experience, and provide keyboard shortcuts similar to those used in popular IDEs. It also seeks to focus users on coding within the app, while still offering access to features like the Community, Bounties, and 100 Days of Code. The app was built using Electron, which allowed for a single codebase that could be shipped across multiple platforms. While Tauri was considered as an alternative, it proved too early and had limitations such as feature parity and OS-specific code requirements.