NUXTOR

A spiritual successor of ViTauri, made with Nuxt 3 and Tauri 2
Build super fast desktop applications!

Technologies run-down

Nuxt 3
Tauri 2
UnoCSS
Typescript
ESLint
Auto imports (for Tauri api too!)

Functionalities

Run shell commands from the app
Send custom notifications to the client (remember to turn on/grant notifications in your computer settings!)
Display OS related informations
Show tray icon
Support all Nuxt functionalities (routing/layout/middleware/modules/etc...)

Setup

Before running this app, you need to configure your environment with Rust. Take a look at the Tauri docs.
This project enforces pnpm. In order to use another package manager you need to update package.json and tauri.conf.json
The frontend runs on the usual port 3000 of Nuxt, the Tauri server uses the port 3001. This settings are customizable in the nuxt.config.ts and tauri.conf.json.

Once ready, follow these commands:

# use this template
$ npx degit NicolaSpadari/nuxtor my-nuxtor-app

# go into the folder
$ cd my-nuxtor-app

# install dependencies
$ pnpm install

# start the project
$ pnpm run tauri:dev

This will run the Nuxt frontend and will launch the Tauri window.

Build

  $ pnpm run tauri:build

This command will generate the Nuxt static output and bundle the project under src-tauri/target.

Debug

  $ pnpm run tauri:build:debug

The same Tauri bundle will generate under src-tauri/target, but with the ability to open the console.

Notes

Tauri v2 brings some big refactors, such as packages names and permission management. New permissions have to be granted under src-tauri/capabilities/main.json
Tauri js functions are auto imported as-is with the help of a custom module. If another Tauri plugin is added, then the module has to be updated to support auto imports under src/modules/tauri.ts
As per documentation, Nuxt SSR must be disabled in order for Tauri to act as the backend. Still, all Nuxt goodies will be functional.

NicolaSpadari / nuxtor

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