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Show HN: QuiverKit – 62 developer tools that run offline (quiverkit.dev)

4 points by ensardev ↗ HN
I’m currently in the process of getting used to writing code with AI. In addition, I was curious about desktop app development. I came across Tauri and wanted to give it a try. That’s how this hobby project came about. It was important to me that the inputs not go to a server. I wanted to build a project focused on that.

For now, it includes 62 different tools. It has been released as native apps for Windows and Linux. The web version is already available. It’s also currently undergoing review as a browser extension.

From a Vibecoding experience perspective, I think projects like this are great for warming up. They’re also a great opportunity to experiment with different technologies we’re not familiar with.

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canary-digital
Really cool project! Tauri is fantastic for keeping the memory footprint small compared to Electron. You mentioned 'Vibecoding' and building this to get used to AI coding tools. I'm curious: which parts of the Tauri/Rust boundary were the hardest for the AI to get right? In my experience, LLMs are great at the frontend JS/React, but sometimes hallucinate bad IPC (Inter-Process Communication) calls when talking to the Rust backend. Did you run into that issue?
dualface
Great!

But SmartScreen blocked the download, and I had to explicitly tell Edge to keep the file. Task Manager showed less than 10 MB of memory usage, which surprised me. Is the memory used by WebView not included in that figure?

heyliot
That's a really cool project tbh.. A mac version planned soon??