Gemini Desktop

A Windows desktop app for Gemini, built with Rust, Tauri 2 and Microsoft Edge WebView2.

Download v1.2.1 — Windows x64 NSIS installer, compiled locally.

• System tray, single instance, and hide on close.
• Manual launch opens the window; Windows startup uses the explicit --autostart argument.
• Answer-completion notifications while the main window is inactive. Click a notification to restore the app; use Test Notification in the tray menu to check Windows delivery.
• Native authentication popups and file-download dialogs.
• New transparent application and tray icons.

Completion detection observes page mutations and reads text without forcing layout. It does not continually scan an idle page. Selectors live in src-tauri/src/notifications.js; service redesigns can require selector updates. Native delivery status is recorded in a bounded notifications.log under the application's log directory.

Install Rust's MSVC toolchain, Visual Studio C++ Build Tools, WebView2, and the Tauri CLI (cargo install tauri-cli --locked). Use a Visual Studio developer shell with CC=cl.exe and CXX=cl.exe.

cd src-tauri
cargo test --locked
cargo tauri build -- --locked

The installer is generated in target/release/bundle/nsis/. To limit disk usage, set CARGO_TARGET_DIR to a dedicated directory on a drive with free space, set CARGO_INCREMENTAL=0, and build one app at a time. Copy completed installers outside the target directory before running cargo clean.

Run JavaScript regression tests with node --test tests/notifications.test.cjs.

Releases are uploaded from local builds. Tag pushes do not run a GitHub installer build.

Automated tests cover wrapper logic and simulated page signals. Signed-in provider flows, real response completion, Windows notification visibility, and rendering timings require live verification. Windows notification settings and Do Not Disturb can suppress visible banners.