Development dependencies

Below you will find all the dependencies you should install in your development environment to build or contribute to the project. The same applies to existing applications or your own VAPPs…

Bun (frontend)#

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curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

More information about installing Bun on its website

Rust (backend)#

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# Install Rust (if you do not have it yet)
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

# Update to the minimum required version
rustup update

# Check the version (it should be 1.70+)
rustc --version

Tauri CLI [optional]#

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# After installing Rust
cargo install tauri-cli

# Or use bun
bun add -g @tauri-apps/cli

System dependencies [Tauri]#

The minimum dependencies for the tauri project to start. We recommend following its official documentation to stay up to date with this information.

Debian and derivatives#

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sudo apt update
sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev \
  build-essential \
  curl \
  wget \
  file \
  libxdo-dev \
  libssl-dev \
  libayatana-appindicator3-dev \
  librsvg2-dev

Arch and derivatives#

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sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S --needed \
  webkit2gtk-4.1 \
  base-devel \
  curl \
  wget \
  file \
  openssl \
  appmenu-gtk-module \
  libappindicator-gtk3 \
  librsvg \
  xdotool

Fedora and derivatives#

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sudo dnf check-update
sudo dnf install webkit2gtk4.1-devel \
  openssl-devel \
  curl \
  wget \
  file \
  libappindicator-gtk3-devel \
  librsvg2-devel \
  libxdo-devel
sudo dnf group install "c-development"

If your distro is not listed, you can find it in the official documentation and add it to the documentation.

Tools [optional]#

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# Git
sudo dnf install git  # Fedora
sudo apt-get install git  # Ubuntu/Debian
sudo pacman -Sy git

# Editor/IDE
# VS Code
sudo dnf install code  # Fedora
# Or download from https://code.visualstudio.com

# Debug tools
sudo dnf install gdb valgrind  # Fedora
sudo apt-get install gdb valgrind  # Ubuntu/Debian
sudo pacman -Sy gdb valgrid

Verifying the installation#

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# Check Bun/Node
bun --version

# Check Rust
rustc --version
cargo --version

# Check the Tauri CLI
cargo tauri --version

Debugging