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Vertex

Installed app

apps/desktop is the installed Vertex surface. Tauri and Rust are platform bridges, not a second implementation of the product.

The installed app owns:

  • native filesystem selection and access;
  • process and terminal bridges;
  • installed-app lifecycle;
  • platform-specific keyboard, window, suspend, and resume behavior.

Product state and editor behavior should remain in shared TypeScript packages unless profiling proves that a native implementation is necessary.

Tablet support is a product target, but it requires validation on physical hardware. A responsive desktop layout alone is not enough: hardware keyboards, touch selection, virtual keyboards, orientation, safe areas, and lifecycle transitions all matter.