Bundle and run a Node.js process as a sidecar alongside a Tauri v2 app with lifecycle management. Use when integrating a Node.js backend as a sidecar binary, managing sidecar start/stop lifecycle, or packaging Node.js executables per platform.
ALWAYS use this skill when the user mentions:
Trigger phrases include:
pkg or nexe:
npx pkg server.js -t node18-macos-x64,node18-win-x64,node18-linux-x64
src-tauri/binaries/ with platform-specific naming:
src-tauri/binaries/node-server-x86_64-apple-darwin
src-tauri/binaries/node-server-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe
src-tauri/binaries/node-server-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
tauri.conf.json:
{ "bundle": { "externalBin": ["binaries/node-server"] } }
let sidecar = app.shell().sidecar("node-server").unwrap();
let (mut rx, child) = sidecar.spawn().unwrap();
tauri sidecar, node.js, nodejs backend, sidecar packaging, bundled binary