NeuronBox

Getting started

This app is developed in three components, all unfortunately in different languages:

• The desktop app, in src-tauri, is using Tauri and is implemented in Rust.
• The frontend, in frontend, is using Vue.js and is implemented in JavaScript. This is the UI that gets loaded in the native app.
• The backend, in backend.py, is a Flask app, implemented in Python. This hosts an API that does all the AI magic.

Backend

The backend needs Python 3 and ffmpeg installed (TODO: packaging).

Create a virtual environment and install deps:

python3 -m venv venv
. venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the server (on port 52014):

python backend.py

Frontend

You need Node.js to build this component.

Install dependencies:

npm install

Build the frontend:

npm run build

You generally won't have to build this yourself -- Tauri will do this for you when running the desktop app.

Desktop app

You need Rust installed. Tauri handles building the frontend for you.

Install tauri-cli:

cargo install tauri-cli

Start the app:

cargo tauri dev

Recommended IDE setup:

• VS Code + Tauri + rust-analyzer