Tezbar

Tezbar is a desktop command surface for search, AI help, terminal access, notes, snippets, and a handful of small utility tools. It is built for a keyboard-first workflow and aims to keep the common stuff in one place.

What's in the app

• Command bar for launching actions quickly
• AI chat and agent-style workflows
• Embedded terminal
• Notes and snippets
• Local Knowledge indexing for document text, PDFs, and image OCR, shared by the Command Bar and AI agent
• Emoji picker
• Currency and calculator helpers
• Extension browsing and execution (Raycast extensions supported)
• Voice input and text-to-speech
• System commands (platform-dependent)
• Folder search — type / to quickly navigate into any folder and open it in your preferred app or open a terminal directly in that directory

Tech Stack

• Tauri + Vite for the main desktop app
• React + TypeScript for the UI
• Rust, Swift, and native helpers for platform features
• SQLite for local persistence and search

Requirements

• macOS or Windows 10/11
• pnpm
• Homebrew for optional macOS native dependencies
• Rust toolchain for native modules

Setup

pnpm install
pnpm build:native
pnpm dev

pnpm build:native builds the Swift helpers on macOS and safely does nothing on Windows.

Useful Scripts

• pnpm dev - start the Tauri app in development mode
• pnpm build - build and package the Tauri app for the current platform
• pnpm build:windows - build Windows NSIS and MSI installers (run on Windows)
• pnpm build:native - build native helpers
• pnpm dist - build and package the Tauri app
• pnpm tauri:dev - build the backend and run the Tauri app in dev mode
• pnpm tauri:build - build the backend and package the Tauri app

Windows support status

Working in the Tauri app

• Launcher UI, hotkey (Alt+Space by default), AI chat, notes, snippets, calculator, currency, emoji picker, extensions, and voice UI.
• Built-in PowerShell terminal through Windows ConPTY.
• Search and launch applications from Start Menu shortcuts.
• Clipboard history for text and images.
• Open Ports using netstat.exe, with process names resolved through tasklist.exe.
• Windows system helpers: dark mode, lock screen, suspend, keep-awake, volume up/down/mute, Downloads, network, CPU, memory, disk, and battery information. Wi-Fi adapter toggling asks for Windows UAC confirmation.
• Windows packaging command: pnpm build:windows.

Remaining work for a full Windows port

• Replace the Swift OCR and color-picker helpers with Windows-native helpers.
• Add Windows UI-automation/accessibility tree support for semantic agent actions.
• Port extensions that directly depend on arbitrary AppleScript when a meaningful Windows equivalent exists.
• Add native Windows clipboard file-list support and installed-app icons.
• Complete and test a signed Windows installer build in CI.

See docs/WINDOWS_SUPPORT.md for the detailed platform mapping and remaining native parity work.

Tauri Builds

Tauri is configured separately in src-tauri/tauri.conf.json. It uses the app’s branded icon set and can produce macOS DMG output.

To build the Tauri app:

pnpm tauri:build

The macOS DMG is emitted under:

src-tauri/target/release/bundle/dmg/

Icon Assets

The Electron build uses the branded icon files in build/. Tauri now uses the same source artwork, so both builds should present Tezbar branding instead of the default placeholder icon.

Notes

• The app’s current package manager is pnpm.
• Windows supports the launcher UI, search, Start Menu applications, terminal, clipboard text/images, Open Ports, and the cross-platform system helpers. AppleScript, Finder automation, macOS accessibility snapshots, and the Swift OCR/color-picker helpers remain macOS-only.
• The primary app flow is Tauri/Vite with a bundled TypeScript backend.
• If macOS Finder shows an old app icon after rebuilding, that is usually icon cache lag rather than a bad build.