IPC in Tauri — Tauri Commands vs Custom IPC, What to Use When

All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air. All results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion. Tauri's IPC — how the frontend and backend communicate — is more flexible than it looks. Here's what I actually use across 7 apps. The default: Tauri commands rust#[tauri::command] async fn do_something(input: String) -> Result { process(input).await } typescriptconst result = await invoke('do_something', { input: 'hello' }) This is the right default for 90% of use cas