# Quintodrome Desktop A [Tauri](https://tauri.app) desktop wrapper that hosts [Navidrome](https://www.navidrome.org) as its own web app. On launch the app: 1. Checks whether a Navidrome server is already listening on `127.0.0.1:4533` (via its `/ping` health endpoint). If so, it reuses it as-is. 2. Otherwise it spawns the bundled `navidrome` binary as a **separate sidecar process**, pointed at the OS app-data/music directories, and waits for it to become ready. 3. Loads the Navidrome UI in the webview. 4. On exit, sends `SIGTERM` to the spawned server so it shuts down gracefully (falls back to a hard kill after 3s). ## How to launch From the repo root: ```sh # 0. one-time: make sure Node >= 24 is active (already pinned in .nvmrc) nodenv local 24.15.0 # or `nvm use` / ensure `node --version` is v24+ # 1. build the Navidrome server + stage it as the sidecar ./desktop/scripts/build.sh --skip-tauri # 2. launch the app cd desktop/src-tauri && cargo run ``` A window opens on the splash screen, the app starts Navidrome (or reuses a running one), then loads the UI. Navidrome is reachable at for the first-run admin setup. To build a standalone `.app` instead: ```sh ./desktop/scripts/build.sh # → desktop/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/macos/Quintodrome.app ``` ## Layout ``` desktop/ ├── src/ # Splash screen shown while Navidrome boots ├── src-tauri/ │ ├── src/ # Rust: sidecar spawn, health-check, lifecycle │ ├── binaries/ # navidrome- sidecar (built, not committed) │ ├── icons/ # App icons │ ├── tauri.conf.json │ └── Cargo.toml └── scripts/ ├── build.sh # Build navidrome + stage sidecar + tauri build └── gen_icon.go # Regenerates the source icon (optional) ``` ## Prerequisites - Rust (stable) with the `aarch64-apple-darwin` / `x86_64-apple-darwin` (or matching host) target. - Node.js >= 24 (the repo already pins this in `.nvmrc`; via `nodenv` you can run `nodenv local 24.15.0`). - Go >= 1.26 (for building the Navidrome binary). ## Build ```sh ./desktop/scripts/build.sh ``` This builds the Navidrome server (`make build`), stages it under `src-tauri/binaries/navidrome-` (with the executable bit set), then runs `npx tauri build`. The packaged app lands in `desktop/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/`. To build the sidecar without running the full Tauri bundle: ```sh ./desktop/scripts/build.sh --skip-tauri ``` ## Run (development) ```sh # 1. build + stage the sidecar binary ./desktop/scripts/build.sh --skip-tauri # 2. run the app cd desktop/src-tauri && cargo run ``` The Rust `build.rs` copies the staged sidecar next to the dev binary (`target/debug/navidrome`) automatically, so plain `cargo run` works — no `tauri dev` CLI needed. ## Configuration Environment variables override the defaults: | Variable | Default | Purpose | | --------------------------- | ------------------------ | ------------------------------- | | `QUINTODROME_HOST` | `127.0.0.1` | Address the webview connects to | | `QUINTODROME_PORT` | `4533` | Port for the Navidrome server | | `QUINTODROME_MUSIC_FOLDER` | OS music dir (e.g. `~/Music`) | Where your music lives | The data folder (DB, cache) is always the OS app-data directory (e.g. `~/Library/Application Support/com.quintodrome.desktop` on macOS). > Note: if a Navidrome server is already running on the configured host/port, > the app simply loads it and does **not** start a second instance.