tauri-sveltekit-template

Minimal template for building cross-platform desktop applications with Tauri and SvelteKit.

Setting up

1. Set up your development environment for Tauri: https://tauri.studio/en/docs/getting-started/intro

2. Install Tauri CLI

   cargo install tauri-cli --version ^1.0.0-beta
   

3. Set up your project

   cd your-project
   npm install
   

Development

cargo tauri dev

Building

cargo tauri build --verbose

How to set up from scratch

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to set up a project like this from scratch.

1. Firstly, complete the first two steps in Setting up

2. Initialize a new SvelteKit app

   npm init svelte@next my-app
   # Which Svelte app template? » Skeleton project
   # Use TypeScript? » Yes
   # Add ESLint for code linting?  » Yes
   # Add Prettier for code formatting?  » Yes
   cd my-app
   npm install
   

3. Install additional dependencies

   npm install @tauri-apps/api @sveltejs/adapter-static@next
   

4. Configure svelte.config.js

    // Add this to the imports
    import adapter from '@sveltejs/adapter-static';
   
    // Add this under config.kit
    adapter: adapter({
        pages: 'build',
        assets: 'build'
    }),
   

5. Initialize a Tauri project

   cargo tauri init
   # Where are your web assets located? » ../build
   # What is the url of your dev server? » http://localhost:3000
   

6. Configure src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

   • Set beforeDevCommand to npm run dev
   • Set beforeBuildCommand to npm run build

7. Test it out

   cargo tauri info
   cargo tauri dev