yankeeinlondon/tauri-plugin-sql

Tauri Plugin SQL lets desktop apps built with Tauri talk to a database directly from the app's front-end JavaScript code. That means if you're building a desktop application and you need to store, retrieve, update, or delete data, this plugin handles the connection between your user interface and a real database without you needing to build that bridge yourself. Under the hood, the plugin has two parts. The Rust side sets up the database connection and supports three database types: SQLite (a lightweight file-based database), MySQL, and PostgreSQL. The JavaScript side gives your front-end code a simple API to open a database and run commands against it. You can load a database with a single line like Database.load('sqlite:test.db') and then run SQL queries such as inserting a record. The plugin shuttles your front-end requests to the Rust backend, which executes them against the actual database and returns the results. This is designed for developers building Tauri desktop apps who need persistent data storage. A concrete example would be a to-do list app that saves tasks locally on the user's machine using SQLite, or a business tool that connects to a company's MySQL or PostgreSQL server. The plugin ships with an example to-do app that demonstrates exactly this use case. The project recommends pulling the code directly from GitHub using specific commit hashes or version tags, which is a security-conscious approach, you lock to an exact, unforgeable version of the code rather than trusting whatever gets published to package registries. That said, you can also install it the easier way through standard Rust and JavaScript package managers if you prefer convenience. The README notes that bindings for other languages like Deno are planned but not yet available.