Vite

Vite is a build tool that aims to provide a faster and leaner development experience for modern web projects. This guide is accurate as of Vite 5.4.8.

Checklist

• Use dist/ as frontendDist in tauri.conf.json.
• Use process.env.TAURI_DEV_HOST as the development server host IP when set to run on iOS physical devices.

Example configuration

1. Update Tauri configuration

   Assuming you have the following dev and build scripts in your package.json:

   {
     "scripts": {
       "dev": "vite dev",
       "build": "vite build"
     }
   }

   You can configure the Tauri CLI to use your Vite development server and dist folder along with the hooks to automatically run the Vite scripts:

   npm

   tauri.conf.json

   {
     "build": {
       "beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev",
       "beforeBuildCommand": "npm run build",
       "devUrl": "http://localhost:5173",
       "frontendDist": "../dist"
     }
   }

   yarn

   tauri.conf.json

   {
     "build": {
       "beforeDevCommand": "yarn dev",
       "beforeBuildCommand": "yarn build",
       "devUrl": "http://localhost:5173",
       "frontendDist": "../dist"
     }
   }

   pnpm

   tauri.conf.json

   {
     "build": {
       "beforeDevCommand": "pnpm dev",
       "beforeBuildCommand": "pnpm build",
       "devUrl": "http://localhost:5173",
       "frontendDist": "../dist"
     }
   }

   deno

   tauri.conf.json

   {
     "build": {
       "beforeDevCommand": "deno task dev",
       "beforeBuildCommand": "deno task build",
       "devUrl": "http://localhost:5173",
       "frontendDist": "../dist"
     }
   }

2. Update Vite configuration:

   vite.config.js

   import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
   
   const host = process.env.TAURI_DEV_HOST;
   
   export default defineConfig({
     // prevent vite from obscuring rust errors
     clearScreen: false,
     server: {
       // Tauri expects a fixed port, fail if that port is not available
       strictPort: true,
       // if the host Tauri is expecting is set, use it
       host: host || false,
       port: 5173,
     },
     // Env variables starting with the item of `envPrefix` will be exposed in tauri's source code through `import.meta.env`.
     envPrefix: ['VITE_', 'TAURI_ENV_*'],
     build: {
       // Tauri uses Chromium on Windows and WebKit on macOS and Linux
       target:
         process.env.TAURI_ENV_PLATFORM == 'windows'
           ? 'chrome105'
           : 'safari13',
       // don't minify for debug builds
       minify: !process.env.TAURI_ENV_DEBUG ? 'esbuild' : false,
       // produce sourcemaps for debug builds
       sourcemap: !!process.env.TAURI_ENV_DEBUG,
     },
   });