Tauri: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 00:34, 11 February 2026

⚠︎

Warning: Work in Progress

Development environment with `nix-shell`

References

https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Development_environment_with_nix-shell (2025-01-23)
https://v2.tauri.app/start/prerequisites/ (2025-01-23)

# Run with `nix-shell shell.nix`
let
  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { };
in
pkgs.mkShell {
  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
    pkg-config
    wrapGAppsHook4
    cargo 
    cargo-tauri # Optional, Only needed if Tauri doesn't work through the traditional way.
    nodejs # Optional, this is for if you have a js frontend
  ];

  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
    librsvg
    webkitgtk_4_1
  ];

  shellHook = "
    export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" # Needed on Wayland to report the correct display scale
  ";
}

Building a Tauri app on nixpkgs?

A distribution mechanism has been implemented for Tauri applications within Nixpkgs. Refer to the Nixpkgs documentation for implementation details. here

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{warning | Incomplete Documentation Reason: being worked on}}
+{{warning | Work in Progress}}
-[https://tauri.app/ | Tauri] is a optimized & secure [ Electron] Alternative out there. It runs natively
+== Development environment with <code>nix-shell</code> ==
+References
-== Getting Started With Developing [https://tauri.app/ | Tauri] on [https://nixos.org/ | Nix/NixOS] ==
-To get started developing[https://tauri.app/ | Tauri] you need a setup a devshell with the following packages:
-...
-== Building A Tauri App Using Nix ==
-To build a tauri app use the following template below
+* [[Development environment with nix-shell|https://wiki.nixos.org/wiki/Development_environment_with_nix-shell]] (2025-01-23)
+* https://v2.tauri.app/start/prerequisites/ (2025-01-23)
 <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
-{
+# Run with `nix-shell shell.nix`
-  lib,
-  buildNpmPackage,
-  openssl,
-  stdenv,
-  pkg-config,
-  glibc,
-  libsoup_3,
-  gtk3,
-  cairo,
-  webkitgtk_4_1,
-  nodejs-slim,
-  cargo-tauri,
-  cargo,
-  rustPlatform,
-  rustc,
-  bun,
-  darwin,
-  llvmPackages,
-  rustup,
-  libiconv,
-}:
 let
-   inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks)
+   pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { };
-    Security
-    SystemConfiguration
-    AppKit
-    WebKit
-    CoreFoundation
-    ;
 in
-buildNpmPackage rec {
+pkgs.mkShell {
-   pname = "Example Name"; # TODO: Change This
+   nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-  version = "0.0.1-dev"; # TODO: Change This
+    pkg-config
-  dontNpmBuild = true; # Don't want to npm build since it will produce the application from tauri
+    wrapGAppsHook4
+    cargo
+    cargo-tauri # Optional, Only needed if Tauri doesn't work through the traditional way.
+    nodejs # Optional, this is for if you have a js frontend
+  ];
-   src = ./..;
+   buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    librsvg
+    webkitgtk_4_1
+  ];
-   npmDepsHash = "sha256-eNAOAjBZQ/L9MMHRFOZi6+wIsj0axF6y7bbdswOuPww=";
+   shellHook = "
+    export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$GSETTINGS_SCHEMAS_PATH" # Needed on Wayland to report the correct display scale
+  ";
+}
-  cargoDeps = rustPlatform.importCargoLock {
-    lockFile = "${src}/src-tauri/Cargo.lock";
-    outputHashes = {
-      "tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager-2.1.0-beta.1" = "sha256-2F+OkX92B2/aJva86orotHc7mYUZuaYAmKx50dDp2Sc=";
-    };
-  };
-  configurePhase = ''
-    export HOME=$(mktemp -d)
-  '';
-  preBuild = if stdenv.isLinux then "cargo tauri build -b deb" else "cargo tauri build -b app";
-  cargoRoot = "src-tauri/";
-  preInstall =
-    if stdenv.isLinux then
-      "mv src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/*/data/usr/ \"$out\""
-    else
-      "mv src-tauri/target/release/bundle/macos/* \"$out/\"";
-  nativeBuildInputs =
-    [
-      pkg-config
-      rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
-      cargo
-      rustc
-      cargo-tauri
-      nodejs-slim
-      openssl
-      bun
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-      llvmPackages.libcxxStdenv
-      llvmPackages.libcxxClang
-      llvmPackages.libcxx
-      darwin.libobjc
-      darwin.libiconv
-      libiconv
-      Security
-      SystemConfiguration
-      AppKit
-      WebKit
-      CoreFoundation
-    ];
-  buildInputs =
-    [ openssl ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isLinux [
-      glibc
-      libsoup_3
-      cairo
-      gtk3
-      webkitgtk_4_1
-    ]
-    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
-      Security
-      darwin.libiconv
-      SystemConfiguration
-      AppKit
-      WebKit
-      rustup
-    ];
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Example description"; # TODO: Change This
-    homepage = "https://example.com"; # TODO: Change This
-    license = with licenses; [ MIT ]; # TODO: Change This
-    mainProgram = "program"; # TODO: Change This
-    maintainers = with maintainers; []; # TODO: Change This
-  };
-}
 </syntaxhighlight>
+== Building a Tauri app on nixpkgs? ==
+A distribution mechanism has been implemented for Tauri applications within Nixpkgs. Refer to the Nixpkgs documentation for implementation details. [https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable/#tauri-hook here]
-{{note | You may need a beta version of [Cargo Tauri] please grab the package the nixpkgs source and modify version and hashes. If your maintainer of cargo-tauri please consider a beta version of the package}}
+[[Category:Development]]