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The Linux AppImage can now install itself into the applications menu, so it behaves like an installed app instead of a loose file. - Rust (desktop/src-tauri/src/integration.rs): integration_status / integrate_desktop / unintegrate_desktop commands — detect $APPIMAGE, copy the AppImage to ~/Applications, write ~/.local/share/applications/thoughtsync.desktop + embedded icon, update-desktop-database. Registered in lib.rs. - Frontend: withGlobalTauri exposes window.__TAURI__.core.invoke; desktop/bridge.ts (isDesktop + typed invoke, NO @tauri-apps/api dep -> web bundle unaffected); DesktopIntegrationPrompt (first-run OOBE, remembered) mounted in App.vue; AccountView "Desktop app" add/remove control. All desktop-guarded -> no-ops on web. - desktop.yml: upload the .deb + .AppImage as a run artifact (continue-on-error) so the build is downloadable for hand-testing. Verified by CI: ci.yml (vue-tsc) for the frontend, desktop.yml (cargo + tauri build) for the Rust + AppImage. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FRgehjoz7Yv8LkUfADxACm
ThoughtSync desktop (Tauri v2)
Local-first desktop client. The window loads the shared Vue 3 frontend from
../frontend; the Rust core (src-tauri) owns the on-device store and the opt-in
sync engine (built out across the M10 milestone). Works fully offline; optionally
syncs to a self-hosted ThoughtSync server.
Layout
desktop/
src-tauri/
Cargo.toml
build.rs
tauri.conf.json # frontendDist -> ../../frontend/dist, devUrl :5173
capabilities/default.json
src/
main.rs # thin shim -> lib::run()
lib.rs # tauri::Builder entry point
The Vue frontend is the sibling ../frontend package, shared with the web
build. On desktop it is backed by a local data source via
frontend/src/adapters/ (M10.3) instead of the server REST API. frontend and
src-tauri are siblings, not nested, so the beforeDev/beforeBuild
commands cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/frontend" to resolve regardless of
the CLI's working directory.
Prerequisites
The toolchain (Rust + Node + WebKitGTK 4.1 + tauri-cli) is provided by the
ci-tauri CI image. For local dev: install Rust + Node, cargo install tauri-cli,
and the Tauri v2 Linux system deps — see CI-tauri/Dockerfile in the CI-runner
repo for the exact apt list (libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev, libgtk-3-dev, librsvg2-dev,
libayatana-appindicator3-dev, libxdo-dev, patchelf, ...).
Dev
cd desktop/src-tauri && cargo tauri dev
beforeDevCommand starts the Vite dev server (port 5173) in ../frontend.
Build (Linux)
cargo tauri icon "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/frontend/public/icon.svg"
cd desktop/src-tauri && cargo tauri build # -> .deb + .AppImage
App icons are generated from the frontend's icon.svg via cargo tauri icon
(not committed; CI does this before cargo tauri build). Bundle targets: deb,
appimage (Linux-first; Windows/macOS later, no code changes expected).
Status
Scaffold (M10.2): boots the shared Vue UI in a native window. Until the local data
adapter lands (M10.3 + M10.5) the app has no server configured, so it shows the
login screen without a working backend — full offline functionality arrives with
the local SQLite store (M10.4) + adapters/local.ts (M10.5).