How I Built a Desktop AI App with Tauri v2 + React 19 in 2026
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I wanted to build one app that does AI chat, image generation, and video generation — all running locally, no cloud, no Docker, no terminal. Just a .exe you download and run. The result is Locally Uncensored — a React 19 + TypeScript frontend with a Tauri v2 Rust backend that connects to Ollama for chat and ComfyUI for image/video generation. It ships as a standalone desktop app on Windows (.exe/.msi), Linux (.AppImage/.deb), and macOS (.dmg). This post covers the real technical challenges I h