Tauri + Bun

Read the blogpost for the complete implementation details.

Note

Please switch to main branch to view the old setup.

This repo shows you how to setup a cross-platform desktop app using Tauri but with Bun. We create a bi-directional RPC between Bun server and our Tauri client using kkrpc. This setup requires almost zero extra code in Rust backend aside from Tauri Sidecar configuration.

A Tauri + Deno version is available here.

Development

Install Bun. The project uses Bun workspace and everything runs using Bun.

• Install packages:

bun install

• Run the client server:

bun run --filter client dev

• Run the web server: The web server is only needed during development mode. It's not used on the release build of the app.

bun run --filter server dev

• Run the Tauri server:

Tauri depends on the compiled Bun server binary; run this at least once before starting the dev server:

bun run --filter server compile

bun tauri:dev

Production

In production, the Bun web server is compiled as a standalone binary and this binary is embedded as a sidecar in Tauri automatically.

bun tauri:build