Faster UI/UX development
Open your app in a real browser and attach modern devtools, responsive emulation and design tooling while the native backend keeps running.
Tauri Remote UI Plugin
Tauri 2 plugin · Rust + npm
Drive your Tauri app from any browser
tauri-remote-ui serves your app's existing frontend over an
HTTP/WebSocket server. A remote browser loads the same UI and transparently
bridges invoke calls and event listeners back to the running
native app — live, while the native window keeps running.
Features
Browser-based E2E testing
Point Playwright, Cypress or any web testing tool at the remote URL to exercise your real app without modifying it.
Transparent IPC bridge
invoke and listen automatically fall back
to a WebSocket transport when running outside the webview — your
frontend code stays the same.
Network access control
Bind to localhost, your local subnet, or anywhere — with per-peer address filtering and a localhost-only default.
Latency tracking
A built-in ping/pong heartbeat surfaces live round-trip latency to your frontend so you can monitor connection quality.
Drop-in npm package
Swap @tauri-apps/api imports for
tauri-remote-ui/api/* and you are ready for both desktop
and remote sessions.
Use cases
Development debugging
Drive your app from a browser and attach full devtools without modifying app logic.
End-to-end testing
Exercise the real app with standard web automation tools such as Playwright. UI matches the native webview most closely on Windows; on other platforms expect up to ~10% rendering difference.
Remote access
Reach a local, closed-circuit hardware-connected application from another device on the network.
Platform support
| Platform | Supported |
|---|---|
| Windows | ✅ |
| macOS | ✅ |
| Linux | ✅ |
| Android | ❌ |
| iOS | ❌ |