Svelte + Typescript + Webpack + Tao + Wry template

How to build

1. Install Node.js
2. Install Rust
3. Clone this repository
4. Run npm i in the repository directory
5. Run npm run build to build the webpack bundle
6. cd into the src/rs directory and run cargo build --release to build the Rust binary in release mode OR cargo run to build and run the binary in debug mode

What is tao and wry?

tao and wry are the backbone of the much bigger Tauri library for building native applications with web technologies. Think of Electron or Cordova, but written in Rust and wayyy faster. tao is a library for windowing and wry is a library for webviewing. This template uses tao and wry to create a native application with a Svelte frontend. You can easily swap out tao and wry for Tauri if you want easier access to more features but this example only focuses on getting a barebones application up and running.

How it works

We use webpack with svelte-preprocess, svelte-loader, typescript to bundle the Svelte components (which have typescript support) into a single bundle. Using html-webpack-plugin and html-inline-script-webpack-plugin we can inline the bundle into a single HTML file. We then use the include_str! macro to include the HTML file in the Rust binary. The Rust binary is then built using cargo and the tao library is used for windowing while wry is used for the webview. The Rust binary is then run and the HTML file is loaded into the webview (without having your source code exposed to the user).

You can also easily used the generated index.html directly in a browser or with Electron, Tauri, etc. if you want to test your application in a different environment.