MacOS Setup

This setup is only needed for development. Consumers of Tauri apps will not have to do any of this.

Dependencies

Tauri is a polyglot system, and as such requires a good deal of tooling.

System dependencies:

$ brew install gcc

Node runtime and package manager

We recommend using NVM to manage your node runtime. It allows you to easily switch versions and update.

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.2/install.sh | bash

We have audited this bash script, and it does what it says it is supposed to do. Nevertheless, before blindly curl-bashing a script, it is always wise to look at it first. Here is the file as a mere download link

Once nvm is installed (you may have to use another terminal), then install Node 12LTS and the latest NPM:

nvm install 12
nvm use 12

If you have any problems with NVM, please consult their project readme.

Now that npm is installed, if you like you may additionally install yarn - the preferred package manager of the Tauri team.

npm install --global yarn

Rustc and Cargo package manager

$ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

We have audited this bash script, and it does what it says it is supposed to do. Nevertheless, before blindly curl-bashing a script, it is always wise to look at it first. Here is the file as a mere download link.

Make sure that rustc and cargo are in your $PATH. Run

$ rustc --version
rustc 1.43.1 (8d69840ab 2020-05-04)

and make sure you are on latest update. At the time of this writing it was 2020-05-04, rust version 1.43.1. It is generally good practice to keep your rustc at the latest stable version.

$ rustup update stable
$ rustup override set 1.43.1

Tauri Bundler

After you have installed Rust and the build toolchain, you may need to open a new shell before continuing.

Install the bundler:

$ cargo install tauri-bundler --force

Next Step:

Tauri Integration