Tauri v2 Cheatsheet — The Commands I Use on Every Project

All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. After 7 Tauri apps, I type the same commands constantly. Here's the reference I wish existed when I started. Project setup # New project npm create tauri-app@latest # Add to existing project npm install --save-dev @tauri-apps/cli npx tauri init Development # Dev mode (hot reload) npm run tauri dev # Dev with specific log level RUST_LOG = debug npm run tauri dev # Dev with backend logs visible npm run tauri dev 2>&1 | grep -v "^$" Building # Standard build npm run tauri build # Universal binary (Intel + Apple Silicon) npm run tauri build -- --target universal-apple-darwin # Debug build (faster, no optimization) npm run tauri build -- --debug Plugins npm run tauri add global-shortcut npm run tauri add fs npm run tauri add shell npm run tauri add notification This updates both Cargo.toml and the plugin registration. Faster than doing it manually. Permissions (tauri.conf.json) { "app" : { "security" : { "capabilities" : [ { "identifier" : "main-capability" , "description" : "Main window capabilities" , "windows" : [ "main" ], "permissions" : [ "fs:read-all" , "fs:write-all" , "shell:execute" , "global-shortcut:allow-register" ] } ] } } } Tauri v2 requires explicit permission declarations. If a command silently does nothing, check permissions first. Common Rust patterns // Get app data directory let data_dir = app .path () .app_data_dir () .unwrap (); // Emit event to frontend app_handle .emit ( "event-name" , payload ) .ok (); // Get window let window = app .get_webview_window ( "main" ) .unwrap (); // App state app .manage ( MyState :: new ()); let state = app .state :: < MyState > (); Notarization (macOS) # Submit for notarization xcrun notarytool submit app.dmg \ --apple-id YOUR_APPLE_ID \ --team-id YOUR_TEAM_ID \ --password YOUR_APP_PASSWORD \ --wait # Staple after notarization xcrun stapler staple app.dmg Debugging # Check what's in the bundle