Building a pomodoro timer with Tauri using React and Vite

Tauri is a toolset designed to facilitate the creation of cross-platform desktop applications using web technologies, notably offering advantages over Electron by leveraging Rust for backend processes, which results in faster, smaller, and more secure applications. This framework uses the WebView provided by the operating system to render the user interface, further reducing binary sizes compared to Electron. The WRY library within Tauri provides a unified interface for interacting with these WebViews across different operating systems, while the Tao crate manages cross-platform window functions. The article details a tutorial for building a simple pomodoro timer application using Tauri, React, and Vite, walking through the steps of setting up the necessary development environment, scaffolding the app, designing the frontend with ChakraUI, and implementing features like notifications and reset functionality. The tutorial concludes with instructions on building the application for distribution, emphasizing Tauri's capability to create efficient and performant desktop apps.