What does supastack's Tauri app include?
It depends on the plan, but the Tauri app wraps the same product in a native desktop shell: your existing web UI in a native window, a system tray with close-to-tray behavior, and signed auto-updates through the updater plugin. Installers for macOS and Windows stay small because it renders through the operating system's webview instead of bundling Chromium.
A real desktop app, not a shortcut
The Tauri app opens your product in a native window with the OS integrations desktop users expect, a system tray with close-to-tray behavior, and signed auto-updates that keep every install current without a download page.
- Native window over your existing web UI, the whole product surface
- System tray with close-to-tray behavior
- Signed auto-updates through the Tauri updater plugin
- Theming, billing, AI tasks, inbox, and docs, everything the web app has
- Capability-based permissions in tauri.conf.json, not blanket access
Built the way Tauri teams expect
A Rust core around the OS-native webview keeps installers small and memory use low, the practical reason teams pick Tauri over Electron. The renderer is your existing web app, so desktop work is shell work, not product work.
Update channels, signing, and release plumbing are configured through environment variables and the bundle config, so shipping a new desktop version is a pipeline step, not a project.
- Rust + TypeScript
- tauri.conf.json + capabilities
- macOS + Windows
- TypeScript + Turborepo
From clone to a signed installer
Run the desktop app against your local or deployed web server, then sign and publish through the updater channel. The desktop guides cover certificates, the release feed, and the first signed installer end to end.
- Reuses your local or production web deployment, no extra backend
- Update channel and signing keys configured through env vars
- Guides cover signing, releases, and the updater end to end
Common questions about the Tauri app
- Is the desktop app a native rewrite?, No, and that is the point. It embeds your existing web app in a native shell, so you ship one product and every improvement lands on desktop automatically.
- How do updates reach installed apps?, The Tauri updater plugin checks your release feed and installs signed updates in place. The channel and endpoints are set through environment variables.
- Why Tauri over Electron?, Tauri renders through the operating system's webview instead of bundling Chromium, so installers are dramatically smaller and idle memory use is lower. Our Tauri vs Electron post has the full comparison.