Build and release

Build platform installers and understand the automated release pipeline.

Tauri packages the compiled React frontend, Rust backend, and bundled resources into platform-native installers. Releases are produced by GitHub Actions for reproducibility.

Local build

pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
pnpm typecheck
pnpm lint
pnpm test -- --run
pnpm tauri build

pnpm tauri build invokes the configured frontend build before compiling and bundling the Rust application. Platform bundles can only be built on compatible operating systems and require their native signing tools.

CI artifacts

The current public release is v0.9.2 (2026-08-28). Its Release page provides these actual files:

Platform	Output
Windows x64	x64-setup.exe, plus English and Simplified Chinese .msi installers
macOS Apple Silicon	aarch64.dmg
macOS Intel	x64.dmg
Linux x64	amd64.AppImage, amd64.deb

These files establish the distribution coverage of the current release; do not infer support for architectures that are not listed.

Release flow

1. Prepare the version

   Align package and Tauri metadata, release notes, and user-facing documentation.

2. Run quality gates

   Complete frontend type checking, linting, Vitest, and the cross-platform Rust matrix.

3. Build platform artifacts

   The release workflow fans out to Windows, macOS architectures, and Ubuntu 22.04.

4. Verify trust metadata

   macOS jobs validate signing, stapling, and Gatekeeper assessment. Apply equivalent verification for other signed artifacts.

5. Publish the GitHub release

   Finalization gathers artifacts and publishes the release for a v* version.

Never expose signing certificates, notarization credentials, or update keys in logs, documentation, pull requests, or local fixtures. Use repository secrets and the established release workflow.

The current public release provides Linux x64 artifacts only; do not label Linux ARM as supported until matching artifacts are built and verified.