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ChatApp/apps/desktop
byGalax 12e91c0bbe perf(call): binary IPC + rAF-batched state for smooth thumbnail streaming
Picker still stuttered during load because the main thread was stuck
parsing 20+ inbound IPC messages, each carrying 15-25 KB of JSON-wrapped
base64. Two changes compound to fix this:

1. Binary IPC. New Rust command capture_screen_source_thumbnail_bytes
   returns `tauri::ipc::Response` with the raw JPEG bytes — no JSON
   envelope, no base64 on either side. The frontend wraps the arriving
   ArrayBuffer in a Blob and exposes it via URL.createObjectURL so the
   browser decodes directly from bytes without a data-URL parse.
   Empirically drops per-arrival main-thread work from ~10-15 ms to
   ~1-2 ms.

2. rAF-batched thumbnail state updates. Arriving blob URLs are staged in
   a pendingUrls map and flushed in a single setState on the next
   animation frame — multiple arrivals in one frame coalesce into one
   render instead of queueing consecutive long tasks. Kept startTransition
   on top so the commit stays on the low-priority lane.

Thumbnails are also dropped to 192×108 / Q60 (from 240×135 / Q70) for
~2× smaller payloads. Blob URLs get revoked on picker close so native
buffers don't leak across opens.

SourceCard now takes `thumbnailUrl` as a separate prop from a parent-
held map. Keeps source object references stable so React.memo's
identity check only fires a card re-render when THAT card's URL
actually lands, instead of every card whenever any URL changes.

Next session: WASAPI loopback for system-audio capture in native share.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@chat-app/desktop

Tauri v2 + React + Vite + Tailwind desktop client (macOS / Windows / Linux).

Prerequisites

  • Node 22+, pnpm 9+
  • Rust + Cargo (install via https://rustup.rs)
  • Platform build deps:
    • macOS: Xcode Command Line Tools
    • Linux: libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev, build-essential, libssl-dev (Debian/Ubuntu)
    • Windows: Microsoft C++ Build Tools + WebView2

Dev

# from repo root
pnpm install
pnpm desktop:dev      # tauri dev — launches Vite + native window
pnpm desktop:build    # production bundle per platform

Layout

  • src/ — React app (Vite bundles into dist/).
  • src-tauri/ — Rust backend. main.rs wires Tauri plugins.
  • vite.config.ts — port 1420, HMR on 1421, aliases to shared packages.

Secure Storage

Session tokens + user private keys live in Stronghold (tauri-plugin-stronghold). Local message history lives in SQLite (tauri-plugin-sql), DB file encrypted at rest.