Tauri GitHub Action

This GitHub Action builds your Web application as a Tauri native binary for MacOS, Linux and Windows. If your project doesn't include the Tauri files, we create it at compile time, so if you don't need to use Tauri's API, you can just ship native apps through this Action.

Usage

This GitHub Action has three main usages: test the build pipeline of your Tauri app, uploading Tauri artifacts to an existing release, and creating a new release with the Tauri artifacts.

Testing the Build

name: "test-on-pr"
on: [pull_request]

jobs:
  test-tauri:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        platform: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]

    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: setup node
      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
      with:
        node-version: 12
    - name: install Rust stable
      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
      with:
        toolchain: stable
    - name: install webkit2gtk (ubuntu only)
      if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-latest'
      run: |
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install -y webkit2gtk-4.0
    - name: install app dependencies and build it
      run: yarn && yarn build
    - uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Creating a release and uploading the Tauri bundles

name: "publish"
on:
push:
  branches:
    - release

jobs:
  publish-tauri:
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        platform: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]

    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: setup node
      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
      with:
        node-version: 12
    - name: install Rust stable
      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
      with:
        toolchain: stable
    - name: install webkit2gtk (ubuntu only)
      if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-latest'
      run: |
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install -y webkit2gtk-4.0
    - name: install app dependencies and build it
      run: yarn && yarn build
    - uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        tagName: app-v__VERSION__ # the action automatically replaces \_\_VERSION\_\_ with the app version
        releaseName: "App v__VERSION__"
        body: "See the assets to download this version and install."
        draft: true
        prerelease: false

Uploading the artifacts to a release

Note that actions/create-release isn't maintained so you should find an alternative or let the Tauri Action handle the release.

name: "test-on-pr"
on: [pull_request]

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      RELEASE_UPLOAD_ID: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.id }}

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: setup node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: 12
      - name: get version
        run: echo "PACKAGE_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
      - name: create release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1.1.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: app-v${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }}
          release_name: "Desktop app v${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }}"
          body: "See the assets to download this version and install."
          draft: true
          prerelease: false
  build-tauri:
    needs: create-release
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        platform: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]

    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: setup node
      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
      with:
        node-version: 12
    - name: install Rust stable
      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
      with:
        toolchain: stable
    - name: install webkit2gtk (ubuntu only)
      if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-latest'
      run: |
        sudo apt-get update
        sudo apt-get install -y webkit2gtk-4.0
    - name: install app dependencies and build it
      run: yarn && yarn build
    - uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        releaseId: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.RELEASE_UPLOAD_ID }}

Inputs

Name	Required	Description	Type	Default
projectPath	false	Path to the root of the project that will be built	string	.
configPath	false	Path to the tauri.conf.json file if you want a configuration different from the default one	string	tauri.conf.json
distPath	false	Path to the distributable folder with your index.html and JS/CSS	string
releaseId	false	The id of the release to upload artifacts as release assets	string
tagName	false	The tag name of the release to create	string
releaseName	false	The name of the release to create	string
releaseBody	false	The body of the release to create	string
releaseDraft	false	Whether the release to create is a draft or not	bool	false
prerelease	false	Whether the release to create is a prerelease or not	bool	false
releaseCommitish	false	Any branch or commit SHA the Git tag is created from, unused if the Git tag already exists	string	SHA of current commit
iconPath	false	path to the PNG icon to use as app icon, relative to the projectPath	string
includeDebug	false	whether to include a debug build or not	bool
npmScript	false	the package.json script to run to build the Tauri app	string

Outputs

Name	Description
releaseId	The ID of the created release
releaseHtmlUrl	The URL users can navigate to in order to view the created release
releaseUploadUrl	The URL for uploading assets to the created release

Caveats

• You can use this Action on a repo that doesn't have Tauri configured. We automatically initialize Tauri before building, and configure it to use your Web artifacts.
  • You can configure Tauri with the configPath, distPath and iconPath options.
• You can run custom NPM scripts with the npmScript option. So instead of running yarn tauri build or npx tauri build, we'll execute yarn ${npmScript}.
  • Useful when you need custom build functionality when creating Tauri apps e.g. a desktop:build script.
• When your app isn't on the root of the repo, use the projectPath input.