The on-device core that makes the desktop app work with no server and no login. - rusqlite (bundled SQLite, so no system libsqlite dependency to vary across builds); uuid v4 ids; RFC3339/Date.toISOString-compatible timestamps. - Schema mirroring the note model: notes, labels, note_labels (with via_tag), checklist_items, attachments, link_previews, note_revisions, saved_filters, plus per-row sync_revision/dirty + a sync_state row for the M10.7 engine. user_version-gated migrations. - derive.rs: pure [[wiki-link]] + #tag scanners (mirror the frontend inline rules, no regex dep) with unit tests; #tags re-sync via_tag labels on save, [[links]] drive backlinks at query time (derived, never stored). - store.rs: the full repository surface (facet/label/date/text list, create, PATCH-semantics update, pin/archive/color/kind, checklist items, labels CRUD + merge, reminders complete/snooze, reorder, trash/restore/delete, revisions + restore, titles/search/backlinks/link-search, saved filters). - commands.rs: ~38 #[tauri::command]s over a Mutex<Connection> in managed state. - lib.rs: opens the DB in the platform app-data dir on setup; synthetic offline config/user so the auth-gated router resolves with no login. Attachment upload / URL unfurl / import are intentionally deferred (network/file concerns); adapters/local.ts (M10.5) wires all of the above via invoke. Task 1993. 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).