PdfViewer

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📦 What is PDF Viewer?

PDF Viewer is a simple desktop application that lets users view and store PDF documents locally in a structured directory. Built using Tauri, it provides a native feel across Windows and Linux platforms with minimal system footprint.

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🧰 Technologies Used

Technology	Purpose
Tauri 2.0	Cross-platform desktop shell
TypeScript	UI logic
Vite	Frontend bundler
Rust	Backend commands & I/O
@tauri-apps/api	Dialog & filesystem access

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🚀 Getting Started

✅ Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 18
• Rust toolchain (cargo)
• Tauri CLI (run cargo install create-tauri-app)

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🚀 Project Structure

📁 PdfViewer
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├── 📁 src/                    → Frontend (HTML/TS)
├── 📁 src-tauri/              → Tauri backend (Rust)
|   ├── main.rs             → Command handlers
|   └── tauri.conf.json     → App config & bundling

📅 Run Locally

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/taberkkaya/PdfViewer.git
cd PdfViewer

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start dev server (Vite + Tauri)
npm run tauri dev

🏠 Build Setup Files

You can generate platform-specific installers:

Windows Setup (.msi)

npm run tauri build
# Output: src-tauri/target/release/bundle/msi/PDF_Viewer_1.0.0_x64_en-US.msi

Linux Setup (.deb)

npm run tauri build
# Output: src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/expert-pdf-viewer_1.0.0_amd64.deb

Note: On Linux, you must have dpkg, libwebkit2gtk, and other Tauri prerequisites installed.

✨ Contribution

Fork this repository and open a PR to contribute new features, improvements, or bugfixes!