Skitty

Template for building SvelteKit + Tauri (Skitty)

Warning

This project is supposed to be used temporary only (until svelte-add tauri is released). Consider checking svlete-add before continue.

Table of contents

• Skitty
• Warning
• Table of contents
  • Developing
  • Configure / Step-by-step guide
  • Notes
  • Special Thanks

Developing

$ git clone https://github.com/Mattchine/skitty <your path>
$ cd <your path>
$ yarn install
$ yarn tauri dev

Configure / Step-by-step guide

1. Create project with svelte-add

$ npm init @svelte-add/kit@latest
# Follow the prompts to select the integrations you want

2. Add Tauri to your project

$ cd <your path>
$ yarn add -D @tauri-apps/cli
$ yarn add @tauri-apps/api

3. Disable SvelteKit SSR (I have problem with this for days, thanks to jsmenzies)

• 3.1 Create src/hooks/index.ts

  /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').Handle} */
  export async function handle({ event, resolve }) {
    return await resolve(event, {
      ssr: false
    });
  }

• 3.2 Add hooks/index.ts to svelte.config.js

  kit: {
    files: {
	    hooks: 'src/hooks/index.ts'
	  }
  }

4. Change tauri config src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

• 4.1 Change devPath from PORT 8080 to 3000
• 4.2 Set beforeDevCommand and beforeBuildCommand

  "build": {
    "distDir": "../public",
    "devPath": "http://localhost:3000",
    "beforeDevCommand": "yarn dev",
    "beforeBuildCommand": "yarn build"
  },

5. Now you can run

  $ yarn tauri dev

6. But if you try yarn tauri build , it won't work right now. We need to fix distDir. Again, change src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

  "build": {
    "distDir": "../build",
  }

7. But where is build? Well, you have to tell svelte that you need static-site with adapter static.

• 7.1 Install adapter-static first

  $ yarn add -D @sveltejs/adapter-static@next

• 7.2 Change svelte.config.js as follows.

  import staticAdapter from '@sveltejs/adapter-static';
  // ...

	kit: {
		adapter: staticAdapter(),
		prerender: {
			default: true,
		},
		files: {
			hooks: 'src/hooks/index.ts'
		}
	}

8. Now both yarn tauri dev and yarn tauri build will works just fine.
9. (Optional) Adding path alias, following the instruction in sveltekit FAQ.

• As you can see in the template you can use import '$styles/app.css' or any other path alias

Notes

• This repository is for my future self and hope it would help someone out there too.

Special Thanks

• jsmenzies
• svelte-add
• And, of course, all underlying project: Svelte, SvelteKit, Taiilwind, Tauri, and many mores!.