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bvandeusenandClaude Opus 4.8 b08cdb92b5
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desktop AppImage: de-bundle host-coupled graphics libs (fixes black window)
Tauri's AppImage bundles the build host's graphics/display stack
(libEGL/libGL/libdrm/libgbm/libwayland-* + Mesa dri drivers) into usr/lib.
On many end-user systems (Arch/CachyOS, NVIDIA, Wayland) those clash with
the running kernel driver + Mesa and abort with EGL_BAD_PARAMETER -> a black
window (issue 2021). They load before any renderer choice, so the runtime
env fallbacks can't rescue it; per the AppImage excludelist they must come
from the host.

Add a CI-only post-build step (desktop/packaging/appimage/debundle-graphics.sh)
that extracts the built AppImage, strips exactly that graphics/display subset
(keeping webkit/gtk bundled for portability), and repackages in place so the
app falls through to the system's graphics libs. Wired into desktop.yml
between the Tauri build and the artifact upload.

Task 2023. Makes the AppImage the zero-install taste-test vehicle.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FRgehjoz7Yv8LkUfADxACm
2026-07-24 18:10:02 -04:00
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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).