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 hit and how I solved them.