Axis

General-purpose comparison & ranking tool

Axis is an open-source desktop application built with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Tauri that lets you compare, rank, and organize virtually anything.

Games, movies, anime, phones, PC hardware, books, cars — if it can be rated, it can be ranked.

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Download

Grab the latest build for your platform from the Releases page — no build step required.

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Screenshots

Side-by-side comparison with radar chart	Item detail panel — images, tags & stats
Light mode	Settings panel
Share-as-image export	List view

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Features

• Custom ranking categories, with starter templates to get going quickly
• Multiple projects — keep separate comparison lists (e.g. Games, Movies, Restaurants) with their own items, categories, and backups
• Side-by-side comparison mode with radar and bar chart visualizations, plus a full-screen radar zoom for detailed reading
• Dynamic rankings, podiums & score tiers
• Search, tag filtering, and score-range filtering
• Advanced image manager (up to 5 images per item)
• Share individual items or full rankings as exported images — leaderboard exports support both list and grid layouts
• XLSX, JSON & ZIP import/export support, including bulk image import
• Bulk stat editing tools
• Automatic backups & restore manager
• Favorites / pinned items
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Dark & Light themes with smooth transitions, and animated re-ranking when you sort or filter
• In-app update checker — notifies you when a newer release is available on GitHub
• Incognito mode for temporary, unsaved sessions
• Native desktop app via Tauri
• Fully offline & privacy-friendly

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Built With

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Tauri
• SheetJS — vendored library powering XLSX import/export

Required Tauri Plugins

tauri_plugin_opener
tauri_plugin_fs
tauri_plugin_dialog

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Development

Prerequisites

Before building from source, make sure you have:

• Node.js (LTS recommended)
• Rust (stable toolchain)
• Platform-specific Tauri dependencies — see the Tauri prerequisites guide for your OS (e.g. WebView2 on Windows, webkit2gtk on Linux)

Setup

git clone https://github.com/PR0Gorib/Axis.git
cd Axis
npm install
npm run tauri dev

Build a release

npm run tauri build

The built installer/binary will be under src-tauri/target/release/.

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Project Structure

Axis/
├── src/
│   ├── index.html
│   ├── styles.css
│   ├── app.js
│   ├── storage.js
│   ├── tauri-close-guard.js
│   └── xlsx.full.min.js   # vendored SheetJS build — do not edit
├── src-tauri/
├── package.json
└── icon.png

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Recommended IDE Setup

• VS Code + Tauri + rust-analyzer

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Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. If you're changing UI, please test both light and dark mode before submitting.

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.