Initial implementation of Claude desktop app (Tauri v2)

Standalone native desktop app wrapping claude.ai with:
- Direct webview navigation to claude.ai (not iframe)
- System tray with close-to-tray behavior
- Native notification bridge (JS overrides browser Notification API)
- Navigation filter allowing only Claude, Anthropic, and OAuth domains
- External links open in system browser
- Session persistence via WebKitGTK cookies/localStorage
- Builds .deb and AppImage bundles

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitignore

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+target/
+node_modules/
+gen/
+*.AppImage
+

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "claude-app",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "description": "Claude desktop app"
+}

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

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+[package]
+name = "claude-app"
+version = "1.0.0"
+description = "Claude desktop app"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+tauri-build = { version = "2", features = [] }
+
+[dependencies]
+tauri = { version = "2", features = ["tray-icon", "image-png"] }
+tauri-plugin-notification = "2"
+tauri-plugin-opener = "2"
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+url = "2"
+
+[features]
+default = ["custom-protocol"]
+custom-protocol = ["tauri/custom-protocol"]

src-tauri/build.rs

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+fn main() {
+    tauri_build::build();
+}

src-tauri/capabilities/default.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "../gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json",
+  "identifier": "default",
+  "description": "Default permissions for the main window",
+  "windows": ["main"],
+  "permissions": [
+    "core:default",
+    "core:window:default",
+    "core:window:allow-close",
+    "core:window:allow-show",
+    "core:window:allow-hide",
+    "core:window:allow-set-focus",
+    "core:webview:default",
+    "opener:default",
+    "notification:default",
+    "notification:allow-is-permission-granted",
+    "notification:allow-request-permission",
+    "notification:allow-notify"
+  ]
+}

src-tauri/capabilities/remote.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "../gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json",
+  "identifier": "remote",
+  "description": "Grants claude.ai IPC access for notifications",
+  "remote": {
+    "urls": ["https://claude.ai/*", "https://*.claude.ai/*"]
+  },
+  "permissions": [
+    "core:default",
+    "core:event:default",
+    "notification:default",
+    "notification:allow-is-permission-granted",
+    "notification:allow-request-permission",
+    "notification:allow-notify"
+  ]
+}

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

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+use tauri::{
+    image::Image,
+    menu::{Menu, MenuItem},
+    tray::TrayIconBuilder,
+    webview::{NewWindowResponse, WebviewWindowBuilder},
+    Manager, RunEvent, WebviewUrl, WindowEvent,
+};
+use url::Url;
+
+/// JavaScript injected into every page load to bridge browser Notification API
+/// to native notifications via Tauri IPC.
+const NOTIFICATION_BRIDGE_JS: &str = r#"
+(function() {
+    // Only override if __TAURI_INTERNALS__ is available
+    if (!window.__TAURI_INTERNALS__) return;
+
+    const invoke = window.__TAURI_INTERNALS__.invoke;
+
+    class TauriNotification {
+        constructor(title, options = {}) {
+            this.title = title;
+            this.body = options.body || '';
+            invoke('send_notification', { title: this.title, body: this.body });
+        }
+
+        static get permission() {
+            return 'granted';
+        }
+
+        static requestPermission() {
+            return Promise.resolve('granted');
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Replace the browser Notification with our bridge
+    Object.defineProperty(window, 'Notification', {
+        value: TauriNotification,
+        writable: false,
+        configurable: false,
+    });
+})();
+"#;
+
+/// Tauri command invoked from JS to show a native notification.
+#[tauri::command]
+fn send_notification(app: tauri::AppHandle, title: String, body: String) {
+    use tauri_plugin_notification::NotificationExt;
+    let _ = app
+        .notification()
+        .builder()
+        .title(&title)
+        .body(&body)
+        .show();
+}
+
+/// Returns true if the URL should be allowed to load inside the app webview.
+/// Allows claude.ai, Anthropic domains, and common OAuth providers.
+fn is_allowed_navigation(url: &Url) -> bool {
+    let host = match url.host_str() {
+        Some(h) => h.to_lowercase(),
+        None => return false,
+    };
+
+    // Claude / Anthropic
+    if host == "claude.ai" || host.ends_with(".claude.ai") {
+        return true;
+    }
+    if host == "anthropic.com" || host.ends_with(".anthropic.com") {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Google OAuth
+    if host == "accounts.google.com"
+        || host.ends_with(".google.com")
+        || host.ends_with(".googleapis.com")
+        || host.ends_with(".gstatic.com")
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Apple OAuth
+    if host == "appleid.apple.com" || host.ends_with(".apple.com") {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    // Allow about:blank and similar
+    if url.scheme() == "about" || url.scheme() == "data" || url.scheme() == "blob" {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    false
+}
+
+pub fn run() {
+    let app = tauri::Builder::default()
+        .plugin(tauri_plugin_notification::init())
+        .plugin(tauri_plugin_opener::init())
+        .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![send_notification])
+        .setup(|app| {
+            // -- Create main window navigating directly to claude.ai --
+            //
+            // on_navigation and on_new_window are builder methods, so they must
+            // be chained before .build(). The close-to-tray handler is set on
+            // the built window via on_window_event.
+            let webview_window = WebviewWindowBuilder::new(
+                app,
+                "main",
+                WebviewUrl::External("https://claude.ai".parse().unwrap()),
+            )
+            .title("Claude")
+            .inner_size(1200.0, 800.0)
+            .min_inner_size(400.0, 300.0)
+            // Standard WebKit user agent so claude.ai serves the full experience
+            .user_agent("Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.0 Safari/605.1.15")
+            .initialization_script(NOTIFICATION_BRIDGE_JS)
+            .zoom_hotkeys_enabled(true)
+            .enable_clipboard_access()
+            // Navigation filter: only allow approved domains in-app
+            .on_navigation(|url| is_allowed_navigation(url))
+            // External links (target=_blank) open in system browser
+            .on_new_window(|url, _features| {
+                let _ = tauri_plugin_opener::open_url(url.as_str(), None::<&str>);
+                NewWindowResponse::Deny
+            })
+            .build()?;
+
+            // -- Close-to-tray: hide window instead of quitting --
+            let win_clone = webview_window.clone();
+            webview_window.on_window_event(move |event| {
+                if let WindowEvent::CloseRequested { api, .. } = event {
+                    api.prevent_close();
+                    let _ = win_clone.hide();
+                }
+            });
+
+            // -- System tray --
+            let show_item =
+                MenuItem::with_id(app, "show", "Show Claude", true, None::<&str>)?;
+            let quit_item =
+                MenuItem::with_id(app, "quit", "Quit", true, None::<&str>)?;
+            let menu = Menu::with_items(app, &[&show_item, &quit_item])?;
+
+            let tray_icon = Image::from_bytes(include_bytes!("../icons/32x32.png"))?;
+
+            let tray_handle = app.handle().clone();
+            TrayIconBuilder::new()
+                .icon(tray_icon)
+                .tooltip("Claude")
+                .menu(&menu)
+                .on_menu_event(move |app_handle, event| match event.id().as_ref() {
+                    "show" => {
+                        if let Some(win) = app_handle.get_webview_window("main") {
+                            let _ = win.show();
+                            let _ = win.set_focus();
+                        }
+                    }
+                    "quit" => {
+                        app_handle.exit(0);
+                    }
+                    _ => {}
+                })
+                .on_tray_icon_event(move |_tray, event| {
+                    if let tauri::tray::TrayIconEvent::Click {
+                        button: tauri::tray::MouseButton::Left,
+                        ..
+                    } = event
+                    {
+                        if let Some(win) = tray_handle.get_webview_window("main") {
+                            let _ = win.show();
+                            let _ = win.set_focus();
+                        }
+                    }
+                })
+                .build(app)?;
+
+            Ok(())
+        })
+        .build(tauri::generate_context!())
+        .expect("error building tauri application");
+
+    // -- Keep app alive when all windows are hidden --
+    app.run(|_app, event| {
+        if let RunEvent::ExitRequested { api, .. } = event {
+            api.prevent_exit();
+        }
+    });
+}

src-tauri/src/main.rs

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+// Prevents additional console window on Windows in release.
+#![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]
+
+fn main() {
+    claude_app::run();
+}

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

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+{
+  "productName": "Claude",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "identifier": "no.naiv.claude-app",
+  "build": {
+    "frontendDist": "../src"
+  },
+  "app": {
+    "withGlobalTauri": true,
+    "windows": [],
+    "security": {
+      "dangerousDisableAssetCspModification": true,
+      "assetProtocol": {
+        "enable": false
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "bundle": {
+    "active": true,
+    "targets": ["deb", "appimage"],
+    "icon": [
+      "icons/32x32.png",
+      "icons/128x128.png",
+      "icons/128x128@2x.png",
+      "icons/icon.icns",
+      "icons/icon.ico"
+    ],
+    "linux": {
+      "deb": {
+        "depends": ["libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0", "libayatana-appindicator3-1"]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

src/index.html

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head><meta charset="utf-8"></head>
+  <body>Loading...</body>
+</html>