Tauri

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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