What is your definition of bloated? My note-taking app (with animations) binary is around 89MB[1][2]. And this is without statically linking it, using `-optimize-size` and `-ltcg` flags and running `strip` and `UXP` on it which should make it even smaller.
[1] https://rubymamistvalove.com/block-editor#8-performance
[2] https://get-notes.com/