This is a guide on how to build a leptos tauri project from scratch without using a template.
First
cargo new leptos_tauri_from_scratchThen, make our two seperate project folders. We need one for our actual app, 'src-orig' and the other is required when using cargo tauri
mkdir src-orig && mkdir src-tauriDelete the original src folder.
rm -r srcRewrite the Cargo.toml file in our crate root to the following.
[workspace]
resolver = "2"
members = ["src-tauri", "src-orig"]
[profile.release]
codegen-units = 1
lto = trueWe'll use resolver two because we're using a modern version of Rust. We'll list our workspace members. codegen-units = 1 and lto = true are good things to have for our eventual release, they make the wasm file smaller.
What we're going to do is use cargo leptos for building our SSR server and we'll call trunk from cargo tauri for building our CSR client that we bundle into our different apps.
Let's add a Trunk.toml file.
[build]
target = "./src-orig/index.html"
[watch]
ignore = ["./src-tauri"]The target of index.html is what trunk uses to build the wasm and js files that we'll need for the bundling process when we call cargo tauri build. We'll get the resulting files in a src-orig/dist folder.
Create the index.html file
touch src-orig/index.htmlLet's fill it with
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link data-trunk rel="rust" data-wasm-opt="z" data-bin="leptos_tauri_from_scratch_bin"/>
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico">
</head>
<body></body>
</html>This line
<link data-trunk rel="rust" data-wasm-opt="z" data-bin="leptos_tauri_from_scratch_bin"/>Tells trunk we want to compile our wasm to be small with opt="z" and that our binary will be named "leptos_tauri_from_scratch_bin".
We need to specify that our binary will be a different name then our project name because we are also going to get a wasm file from our library and if we don't use different names then cargo tauri will get confused.
More specifically two wasm artifacts will be generated, one for the lib and the other for the binary and it won't know which to use.
Create a favicon that we referenced.
mkdir public && curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leptos-rs/leptos/main/examples/animated_show/public/favicon.ico > public/favicon.ico
Let's create a tauri configuration file.
touch src-tauri/taur.conf.jsonAnd drop this in there
{
"build": {
"beforeDevCommand": "",
"beforeBuildCommand": "trunk build --no-default-features -v --features \"csr\"",
"devPath": "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
"distDir": "../src-orig/dist"
},
"package": {
"productName": "leptos_tauri_from_scratch",
"version": "0.1.0"
},
"tauri": {
"windows": [
{
"fullscreen": false,
"height": 800,
"resizable": true,
"title": "LeptosChatApp",
"width": 1200
}
],
"bundle": {
"active": true,
"category": "DeveloperTool",
"copyright": "",
"deb": {
"depends": []
},
"externalBin": [],
"icon": [],
"identifier": "leptos.chat.app",
"longDescription": "",
"macOS": {
"entitlements": null,
"exceptionDomain": "",
"frameworks": [],
"providerShortName": null,
"signingIdentity": null
},
"resources": [],
"shortDescription": "",
"targets": "all",
"windows": {
"certificateThumbprint": null,
"digestAlgorithm": "sha256",
"timestampUrl": ""
}
},
"security": {
"csp": null
}
}
}You can basically ignore all of this except for
"build": {
"beforeDevCommand": "",
"beforeBuildCommand": "trunk build --no-default-features -v --features \"csr\"",
"devPath": "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
"distDir": "../src-orig/dist"
},Let's look at
"beforeBuildCommand": "trunk build --no-default-features -v --features \"csr\"",When we cargo tauri build this will run before hand. Trunk will run it's build process, using the index.html file in the src-orig that we specified in Trunk.toml
We'll build a binary using only the CSR feature. This is important.
We are going to build an SSR app, and serve it over the internet but we are also going to build a tauri client for desktop and mobile using CSR.
It's going to make network requests to our server that is servering our app to browsers using SSR.
This is the best of both worlds, we get the SEO of SSR and other advantages while being able to use CSR to build our app for other platforms.
"devPath": "http://127.0.0.1:3000",
"distDir": "../src-orig/dist"
Check https://tauri.app/v1/api/config/#buildconfig for what these do, but our before build command trunk build will build into a folder src-orig/dist which we reference here.
Let's add a `Cargo.toml`` to both of our packages.
touch src-tauri/Cargo.toml && touch src-orig/Cargo.tomlLet's change src-tauri/Cargo.toml to this, we're using the 2.0.0 alpha version of tauri to be able to build to mobile.
[package]
name = "src_tauri"
version = "0.0.1"
edition = "2021"
[lib]
name="app_lib"
path="src/lib.rs"
[build-dependencies]
tauri-build = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.13", features = [] }
[dependencies]
log = "0.4.0"
serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
tauri = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.20", features = ["devtools"] }
tauri-plugin-http = "2.0.0-alpha.9"
[features]
#default = ["custom-protocol"]
custom-protocol = ["tauri/custom-protocol"]To make use of cargo tauri build we need tauri-build and we also need a build.rs
touch src-tauri/build.rs
And let's change that to
fn main() {
tauri_build::build();
}
In our src-orig/Cargo.toml let's add.
[package]
name = "leptos_tauri_from_scratch"
version = "0.1.0"
edition = "2021"
[lib]
crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib", "rlib"]
[[bin]]
name="leptos_tauri_from_scratch_bin"
path="./src/main.rs"
[dependencies]
axum = {version = "0.7.0", optional=true}
axum-macros = { version= "0.4.1", optional=true}
cfg-if = "1.0.0"
console_error_panic_hook = "0.1.7"
console_log = "1.0.0"
leptos = { git = "https://github.com/leptos-rs/leptos.git", branch = "leptos_v0.6" }
leptos-use = "0.9.0"
leptos_axum = { git = "https://github.com/leptos-rs/leptos.git", branch = "leptos_v0.6", optional = true }
leptos_meta = { git = "https://github.com/leptos-rs/leptos.git", branch = "leptos_v0.6" }
leptos_router = { git = "https://github.com/leptos-rs/leptos.git", branch = "leptos_v0.6" }
log = "0.4.20"
serde = "1.0.195"
serde_json = "1.0.111"
server_fn = { git = "https://github.com/leptos-rs/leptos.git", branch = "leptos_v0.6" }
tokio = { version = "1.35.1", optional=true }
tower = {version = "0.4.10", optional = true}
tower-http = { version = "0.5.1", optional = true, features= ["fs","cors"] }
wasm-bindgen = "0.2.89"
[features]
csr = [ "leptos/csr","leptos_meta/csr","leptos_router/csr", ]
hydrate = ["leptos/hydrate", "leptos_meta/hydrate", "leptos_router/hydrate"]
ssr = [
"dep:axum",
"dep:axum-macros",
"leptos/ssr",
"leptos-use/ssr",
"dep:leptos_axum",
"leptos_meta/ssr",
"leptos_router/ssr",
"dep:tower-http",
"dep:tower",
"dep:tokio",
]
[package.metadata.leptos]
bin-exe-name="leptos_tauri_from_scratch_bin"
output-name="leptos_tauri_from_scratch"
assets-dir = "../public"
site-pkg-dir = "pkg"
site-root = "target/site"
site-addr = "0.0.0.0:3000"
reload-port = 3001
browserquery = "defaults"
watch = false
env = "DEV"
bin-features = ["ssr"]
bin-default-features = false
lib-features = ["hydrate"]
lib-default-features = false
So this looks like a normal SSR leptos, except for our CSR, Hydrate, and SSR versions.
[features]
csr = [ "leptos/csr","leptos_meta/csr","leptos_router/csr", ]
hydrate = ["leptos/hydrate", "leptos_meta/hydrate", "leptos_router/hydrate"]
ssr = [also our binary is specified and named
[[bin]]
name="leptos_tauri_from_scratch_bin"
path="./src/main.rs"our lib is specified, but unnamed (it will default to the project name in cargo leptos and in cargo tauri). We need the different crate types for cargo leptos serve and cargo tauri build
[lib]
crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib", "rlib"]We've added the override to our cargo leptos metadata.
[package.metadata.leptos]
bin-exe-name="leptos_tauri_from_scratch_bin"Our tauri app is going to send server function calls to this address, this is aksi where we'll serve our hydratable SSR client from.
site-addr = "0.0.0.0:3000"
Now let's create the main.rs that we reference in the src-orig/Cargo.toml
mkdir src-orig/src && touch src-orig/src/main.rs
and drop this in there...
cfg_if::cfg_if! {
if #[cfg(feature="ssr")] {
use tower_http::cors::{CorsLayer};
use axum::{
Router,
routing::get,
extract::State,
http::Request,
body::Body,
response::IntoResponse
};
use leptos::{*,provide_context, LeptosOptions};
use leptos_axum::LeptosRoutes;
use leptos_tauri_from_scratch::fallback::file_and_error_handler;
#[derive(Clone,Debug,axum_macros::FromRef)]
pub struct ServerState{
pub options:LeptosOptions,
pub routes: Vec<leptos_router::RouteListing>,
}
pub async fn server_fn_handler(
State(state): State<ServerState>,
request: Request<Body>,
) -> impl IntoResponse {
leptos_axum::handle_server_fns_with_context(
move || {
provide_context(state.clone());
},
request,
)
.await
.into_response()
}
pub async fn leptos_routes_handler(
State(state): State<ServerState>,
req: Request<Body>,
) -> axum::response::Response {
let handler = leptos_axum::render_route_with_context(
state.options.clone(),
state.routes.clone(),
move || {
provide_context("...");
},
leptos_tauri_from_scratch::App,
);
handler(req).await.into_response()
}
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
let conf = get_configuration(Some("./src-orig/Cargo.toml")).await.unwrap();
let leptos_options = conf.leptos_options;
let addr = leptos_options.site_addr;
let routes = leptos_axum::generate_route_list(leptos_tauri_from_scratch::App);
let state = ServerState{
options:leptos_options,
routes:routes.clone(),
};
let cors = CorsLayer::new()
.allow_methods([axum::http::Method::GET, axum::http::Method::POST])
.allow_origin("tauri://localhost".parse::<axum::http::HeaderValue>().unwrap())
.allow_headers(vec![axum::http::header::CONTENT_TYPE]);
let app = Router::new()
.route("/api/*fn_name",get(server_fn_handler).post(server_fn_handler))
.layer(cors)
.leptos_routes_with_handler(routes, get(leptos_routes_handler))
.fallback(file_and_error_handler)
.with_state(state);
let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&addr).await.unwrap();
logging::log!("listening on http://{}", &addr);
axum::serve(listener, app.into_make_service())
.await
.unwrap();
}
} else if #[cfg(feature="csr")]{
pub fn main() {
server_fn::client::set_server_url("http://127.0.0.1:3000");
leptos::mount_to_body(leptos_tauri_from_scratch::App);
}
} else {
pub fn main() {
}
}
}This is our three pronged binary.
When we run cargo leptos server, we're going to get a server that is what's in our if #[cfg(feature="ssr")] { branch. We're going to hydrate, that's final else branch that is just empty. That actually gets filled in or something with a call to hydrate.
And our csr feature
else if #[cfg(feature="csr")]{
pub fn main() {
server_fn::client::set_server_url("http://127.0.0.1:3000");
leptos::mount_to_body(leptos_tauri_from_scratch::App);
}
}Here we're setting the server functions to use the url base that we access in our browser. I.e local host, on the port we specified in the leptos metadata.
Otherwise our tauri app will try to route server function network requests using it's own idea of what it's url is. Which is tauri://localhost on macOS, and something else on windows.
Since we are going to be getting API requests from different locations beside our server's domain let's set up CORS, if you don't do this your tauri apps won't be able to make server function calls because it will run into CORS erros.
let cors = CorsLayer::new()
.allow_methods([axum::http::Method::GET, axum::http::Method::POST])
.allow_origin("tauri://localhost".parse::<axum::http::HeaderValue>().unwrap())
.allow_headers(vec![axum::http::header::CONTENT_TYPE]);If you are on windows the origin of your app will be different then tauri://localhost and you'll need to figure that out, as well as if you deploy it to places that aren't your localhost!
Everything else is standard leptos, so let's fill in the fallback and the lib really quick.
touch src-orig/src/lib.rs && touch src-orig/src/fallback.rsLet's dump this bog standard leptos code in the `src-orig/src/lib.rs``
use leptos::*;
#[cfg(feature = "ssr")]
pub mod fallback;
#[server(endpoint = "hello_world")]
pub async fn hello_world_server() -> Result<String, ServerFnError> {
Ok("Hey.".to_string())
}
#[component]
pub fn App() -> impl IntoView {
let action = create_server_action::<HelloWorldServer>();
let vals = create_rw_signal(String::new());
create_effect(move |_| {
if let Some(resp) = action.value().get() {
match resp {
Ok(val) => vals.set(val),
Err(err) => vals.set(format!("{err:?}")),
}
}
});
view! {<button
on:click=move |_| {
action.dispatch(HelloWorldServer{});
}
>"Hello world."</button>
{
move || vals.get()
}
}
}
cfg_if::cfg_if! {
if #[cfg(feature = "hydrate")] {
use wasm_bindgen::prelude::wasm_bindgen;
#[wasm_bindgen]
pub fn hydrate() {
#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
console_error_panic_hook::set_once();
leptos::mount_to_body(App);
}
}
}and add this to src-org/src/fallback.rs
use axum::{
body::Body,
extract::State,
http::{Request, Response, StatusCode, Uri},
response::{IntoResponse, Response as AxumResponse},
};
use leptos::{view, LeptosOptions};
use tower::ServiceExt;
use tower_http::services::ServeDir;
pub async fn file_and_error_handler(
uri: Uri,
State(options): State<LeptosOptions>,
req: Request<Body>,
) -> AxumResponse {
let root = options.site_root.clone();
let res = get_static_file(uri.clone(), &root).await.unwrap();
if res.status() == StatusCode::OK {
res.into_response()
} else {
let handler = leptos_axum::render_app_to_stream(options.to_owned(), move || view! {404});
handler(req).await.into_response()
}
}
async fn get_static_file(uri: Uri, root: &str) -> Result<Response<Body>, (StatusCode, String)> {
let req = Request::builder()
.uri(uri.clone())
.body(Body::empty())
.unwrap();
match ServeDir::new(root).oneshot(req).await {
Ok(res) => Ok(res.into_response()),
Err(err) => Err((
StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
format!("Something went wrong: {err}"),
)),
}
}Let's fill in our src-tauri/src folder.
mkdir src-tauri/src && touch src-tauri/src/main.rs && touch src-tauri/src/lib.rs
and drop this in src-tauri/src/main.rs This is standard tauri boilerplate.
// Prevents additional console window on Windows in release, DO NOT REMOVE!!
#![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]
fn main() {
app_lib::run();
}and in src-tauri/src/lib.rs
use tauri::Manager;
#[cfg_attr(mobile, tauri::mobile_entry_point)]
pub fn run() {
tauri::Builder::default()
.plugin(tauri_plugin_http::init())
.setup(|app| {
{
let window = app.get_window("main").unwrap();
window.open_devtools();
}
Ok(())
})
.run(tauri::generate_context!())
.expect("error while running tauri application");
}We're gonna open devtools right away to see what is going on in our app. We need the tauri_http_plugin to make http calls, and generate_context reads our tauri.conf.json in the package in which its run.
We need an icon folder and an icon to build.
mkdir src-tauri/icons && curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tauri-apps/tauri/dev/examples/.icons/128x128.png > src-tauri/icons/icon.pngset nightly
rustup override set nightlyThen run
cargo leptos serveYou should get
➜ lepto_tauri_from_scratch git:(main) ✗ cargo leptos serve
Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.60s
Cargo finished cargo build --package=leptos_tauri_from_scratch --lib --target-dir=/Users/sam/Projects/lepto_tauri_from_scratch/target/front --target=wasm32-unknown-unknown --no-default-features --features=hydrate
Front compiling WASM
Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.93s
Cargo finished cargo build --package=leptos_tauri_from_scratch --bin=leptos_tauri_from_scratch_bin --no-default-features --features=ssr
Serving at http://0.0.0.0:3000
listening on http://0.0.0.0:3000Now open a new terminal and
cargo tauri buildIt'll build with csr before
Running beforeBuildCommand `trunk build --no-default-features -v --features "csr"`and then you should have your app, I'm on macOS so here's what I get. It's for desktop.
Compiling src_tauri v0.0.1 (/Users/sam/Projects/lepto_tauri_from_scratch/src-tauri)
Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 2m 26s
Bundling leptos_tauri_from_scratch.app (/Users/sam/Projects/lepto_tauri_from_scratch/target/release/bundle/macos/leptos_tauri_from_scratch.app)
Bundling leptos_tauri_from_scratch_0.1.0_x64.dmg (/Users/sam/Projects/lepto_tauri_from_scratch/target/release/bundle/dmg/leptos_tauri_from_scratch_0.1.0_x64.dmg)
Running bundle_dmg.sh
Open run it and voilá. Click hello world button and read "Hey" from the server.