Build

Docker (Linux), native (any platform), and CI (multi-platform) build instructions.

Local builds by host

Windows (current primary dev environment)

Prerequisites: Rust stable, Node 20, Microsoft C++ Build Tools, WebView2.

npm ci
npm run tauri build -- --bundles msi

Output: src-tauri/target/release/bundle/msi/.

macOS

Prerequisites: Xcode command-line tools, Rust stable, Node 20.

npm ci
npm run tauri build -- --bundles app,dmg

Output: src-tauri/target/release/bundle/{macos,dmg}/.

Unsigned: first launch requires right-click → Open to bypass Gatekeeper.

Linux (native)

Prerequisites: see Dockerfile for the full apt-get list (webkit2gtk-4.1, librsvg2, etc.).

npm ci
npm run tauri build -- --bundles deb,appimage,rpm

Output: src-tauri/target/release/bundle/{deb,appimage,rpm}/.

Linux via Docker (works on Windows / macOS too)

docker compose build build-linux
docker compose run --rm build-linux bash -c '
  npm ci &&
  npm run tauri build -- --bundles deb,appimage,rpm
'

Output is mounted back to src-tauri/target/release/bundle/ on the host.

CI: GitHub Actions

.github/workflows/release.yml runs on git tag v* && git push origin v*.

version-check runs scripts/check-version.sh to ensure tag matches package.json, Cargo.toml, tauri.conf.json.
Three parallel jobs build for ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest using tauri-action.
Artifacts are uploaded to the GitHub Release (auto-draft for non-prerelease tags).

To cut a release:

# 1. Bump version in three places
#    package.json:               "version": "0.7.0"
#    src-tauri/Cargo.toml:       version = "0.7.0"
#    src-tauri/tauri.conf.json:  "version": "0.7.0"
# 2. Commit
git commit -am "chore(release): bump to v0.7.0"
# 3. Tag and push
git tag v0.7.0
git push origin v0.7.0

Update checker asset selection

src-tauri/src/commands.rs::pick_asset_for_current_os picks the right asset by file extension:

OS	Extension
Windows	`.msi`
macOS	`.dmg`
Linux	`.AppImage` (preferred; deb / rpm downloadable manually from the release page)

If the preferred extension is missing, the UI falls back to opening the release page.

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