Chat App

A real-time chat application built with Rust, Axum, Tauri, Svelte, and PostgreSQL. The backend is an Axum server, and the frontend is a Tauri desktop app with a Svelte UI.

Prerequisites

• Rust (latest stable version)

• Docker Desktop

• Node.js (for Tauri/Svelte)

• pnpm (recommended for Tauri, npm/yarn work too)

• Tauri Cli

  cargo install tauri-cli --version "^2.0.0" --locked
  

• Sqlx Cli

  cargo install sqlx-cli --no-default-features --features postgres
  

  Project Structure

• /: Project root directory.

  • docker-compose.yml: Configuration for the PostgreSQL database running in Docker.
  • .env: Environment variables (e.g., DATABASE_URL for the database connection).

• api/: Rust backend directory.

  • Contains the Axum server code for handling API requests and database logic (using sqlx to interact with PostgreSQL).

• client/: Tauri-Svelte frontend directory.

  • Houses the Tauri desktop app with a Svelte frontend and Rust backend (in src-tauri/ within this dir).

Setup Instructions

1. Start the PostgreSQL Database

1. Ensure Docker Desktop is running.

2. Start the database:

   docker compose up -d
   

   2. Start API

3. Navigate to api dir:

   cd api
   

4. Run sqlx migrations to initialize db

   sqlx migrate run
   

5. Start the API:

   cargo run
   

   3. Start client app

6. Navigate to client dir:

   cd client
   

7. Install npm dependencies:

   npm install
   

8. Run tauri app:

   cargo tauri dev