Tauri #

The Tauri example opens a pre-built WebUI app in a native window using Rust, without Node or an HTTP server. It loads protocol.bin and JSON state, renders once, and serves the page and browser assets through a custom protocol.

Install Tauri's platform prerequisites and the repository's pnpm dependencies, then run from the repository root:

pnpm --filter hello-world-example build
cargo run --manifest-path examples/integration/tauri/Cargo.toml --locked --release -- \
  examples/app/hello-world/dist \
  examples/app/hello-world/data/state.json \
  --theme=@microsoft/webui-examples-theme

The two paths select the build directory and initial state file. --plugin=webui enables browser hydration for apps built with that plugin; omit it for plain HTML. --theme=<file-or-package> resolves and injects the app's theme tokens before rendering. File paths resolve from the working directory; npm packages resolve from the state file's directory. Without --theme, any token CSS already supplied in the state is preserved. No Tauri CLI or JavaScript Tauri package is required.

Like the Electron example, this is a read-only snapshot host, not a complete application backend. Client-side interactions work; server routing, API mutations and persistence require your own handlers. Only / serves the rendered page.

Use trusted builds and relative asset URLs. The origin is webui://app on macOS/Linux and https://webui.app on Windows. The example uses an ephemeral profile, blocks foreign navigation and popups, and grants no native invoke capabilities. Close the window to exit.

See examples/integration/tauri for the host and local verification commands.