# Description of Changes
Start bundled backend instantly on startup of app and don't wait on it
being fully up to spawn app. This is techincally wasteful curently on
self-hosted mode where everything runs remotely, but in the future we'll
probably route simple operations to the local machine regardless of
connection, and it stops unnecessary waiting in the offline mode.
# Description of Changes
Fixes two distinct but related issues in the backend of the desktop app:
- Correctly shows tools as unavaialable when the backend doesn't have
the dependencies or has disabled them etc. (same as web version - this
primarily didn't work on desktop because the app spawns before the
backend is running)
- Fixes infinite re-rendering issues caused by the app polling whether
the backend is healthy or not
# Description of Changes
- ~Force classic logo~
- Refer to email instead of username in SaaS sign in flow
- Allow drag-and-drop files into desktop app
- Convert terminology & icons from upload/download to open/save in
desktop version
# Description of Changes
Makes the desktop options to sign in with your Stirling account, or sign
into self-hosted:
<img width="608" height="456" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a49988ab-db3f-4333-b242-790aee5c07c6"
/>
The first option still runs everything locally, just enforces that
you've signed in for now. Future work will enable sending operations
that can't be run locally to the server.
# Description of Changes
Changes the desktop app to allow connections to self-hosted servers on
first startup. This was quite involved and hit loads of CORS issues all
through the stack, but I think it's working now. This also changes the
bundled backend to spawn on an OS-decided port rather than always
spawning on `8080`, which means that the user can have other things
running on port `8080` now and the app will still work fine. There were
quite a few places that needed to be updated to decouple the app from
explicitly using `8080` and I was originally going to split those
changes out into another PR (#4939), but I couldn't get it working
independently in the time I had, so the diff here is just going to be
complex and contian two distinct changes - sorry 🙁
# Description of Changes
- Adds a reusable banner component/system to the core app
- Adds banner at the top of the desktop app if Stirling isn't your
default PDF editor, with a button to make it your default
- Adds a permanent button in the settings to do it manually (in case
you've dismissed the banner)
- Simplifies the file loading logic to fix a bug where the input file
could be duplicated occasionally. Now, the TS just receives files from
one buffer, regardless of how they've been passed to the app in Rust.
## Caveats
I've only been able to get the setting of default apps working properly
on Mac. The Windows build isn't signed (yet) so we can't use the proper
API for it, so currently it just sends you to the Settings UI. I've also
not been able to test it on Linux at all.
# Description of Changes
Please provide a summary of the changes, including:
## Add PDF File Association Support for Tauri App
### 🎯 **Features Added**
- PDF file association configuration in Tauri
- Command line argument detection for opened files
- Automatic file loading when app is launched via "Open with"
- Cross-platform support (Windows/macOS)
### 🔧 **Technical Changes**
- Added `fileAssociations` in `tauri.conf.json` for PDF files
- New `get_opened_file` Tauri command to detect file arguments
- `fileOpenService` with Tauri fs plugin integration
- `useOpenedFile` hook for React integration
- Improved backend health logging during startup (reduced noise)
### 🧪 **Testing**
See
* https://v2.tauri.app/start/prerequisites/
*
[DesktopApplicationDevelopmentGuide.md](DesktopApplicationDevelopmentGuide.md)
```bash
# Test file association during development:
cd frontend
npm install
cargo tauri dev --no-watch -- -- "path/to/file.pdf"
```
For production testing:
1. Build: npm run tauri build
2. Install the built app
3. Right-click PDF → "Open with" → Stirling-PDF
🚀 User Experience
- Users can now double-click PDF files to open them directly in
Stirling-PDF
- Files automatically load in the viewer when opened via file
association
- Seamless integration with OS file handling
---
## Checklist
### General
- [ ] I have read the [Contribution
Guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [ ] I have read the [Stirling-PDF Developer
Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md)
(if applicable)
- [ ] I have read the [How to add new languages to
Stirling-PDF](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/HowToAddNewLanguage.md)
(if applicable)
- [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code
- [ ] My changes generate no new warnings
### Documentation
- [ ] I have updated relevant docs on [Stirling-PDF's doc
repo](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-Tools.github.io/blob/main/docs/)
(if functionality has heavily changed)
- [ ] I have read the section [Add New Translation
Tags](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/HowToAddNewLanguage.md#add-new-translation-tags)
(for new translation tags only)
### UI Changes (if applicable)
- [ ] Screenshots or videos demonstrating the UI changes are attached
(e.g., as comments or direct attachments in the PR)
### Testing (if applicable)
- [ ] I have tested my changes locally. Refer to the [Testing
Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md#6-testing)
for more details.
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Co-authored-by: Connor Yoh <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: James Brunton <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: James Brunton <[email protected]>
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