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bvandeusenandClaude Opus 4.8 db24d7ea18 M10.2: Tauri v2 desktop scaffold (desktop/) — Vue frontend as the webview

New desktop/ Tauri v2 project (Linux-first, cross-platform-ready):
- src-tauri: Cargo.toml (lib + thin main.rs shim), build.rs, lib.rs (Builder
  entry point), tauri.conf.json (frontendDist -> ../../frontend/dist, devUrl
  :5173, deb+appimage bundles), capabilities/default.json (core:default),
  .gitignore.
- The shared Vue 3 frontend is the sibling ../frontend; before-commands cd via
  "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/frontend" since frontend and src-tauri are
  siblings, not nested.
- Icons generated from frontend/public/icon.svg via `cargo tauri icon` in CI
  (M10.8), not committed.

Boots the shared UI in a native window. The local data adapter (M10.3/M10.5)
and CI build verification (M10.8) follow. desktop/** is not yet in the CI paths
filter — added with the desktop lane in M10.8.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FRgehjoz7Yv8LkUfADxACm

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M10.2: Tauri v2 desktop scaffold (desktop/) — Vue frontend as the webview

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README.md

M10.2: Tauri v2 desktop scaffold (desktop/) — Vue frontend as the webview

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README.md

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).