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Technology Stack

Core technologies and dependencies used in Glyph

Frontend Stack

Core Framework

React 19.1.0

UI framework with modern hooks and concurrent features

TypeScript ~5.8.3

Type-safe JavaScript with strict mode enabled

Vite ^7.0.4

Build tool with fast HMR and optimized production builds

UI & Styling

Tailwind CSS ^4.1.18

Utility-first CSS framework with custom design tokens

Radix UI radix-ui@^1.4.3

Accessible headless UI primitives (Dialog, Popover, DropdownMenu, etc.)

Motion ^12.29.2

Animation library for smooth transitions (successor to Framer Motion)

shadcn/ui custom

Pre-built accessible components built on Radix UI + Tailwind

Editor & Rich Text

TipTap ^3.4.1

Headless rich text editor framework

  • @tiptap/react - React integration
  • @tiptap/markdown - Markdown parsing/serialization
  • @tiptap/starter-kit - Common extensions
  • @tiptap/extension-* - Task lists, tables, links, images
@tiptap/pm ^3.4.1

ProseMirror core (powers TipTap)

Data & Forms

@tanstack/react-table ^8.21.3

Headless table library for database views

react-hook-form ^7.71.1

Performant form validation

zod ^4.3.6

TypeScript-first schema validation

@hookform/resolvers ^5.2.2

Zod integration for react-hook-form

Canvas & Visualization

@xyflow/react ^12.10.0

Node-based canvas editor (formerly React Flow)

Utilities

cmdk ^1.1.1

Command palette component (Command+K)

sonner ^2.0.7

Toast notifications

next-themes ^0.4.6

Dark mode theme switching

class-variance-authority ^0.7.1

Type-safe CSS class variants

clsx ^2.1.1
Default: tailwind-merge

Conditional class names + Tailwind class merging

react-resizable-panels ^4.6.2

Resizable sidebar/panel layouts

Backend Stack

Core Framework

Tauri 2.x

Rust-based framework for building desktop apps

  • tauri - Core runtime
  • @tauri-apps/api - JavaScript bindings
  • @tauri-apps/cli - Build tooling
Rust 2021 edition

Systems programming language (see Cargo.toml)

Tauri Plugins

tauri-plugin-dialog 2.x

Native file picker dialogs

tauri-plugin-opener 2.x

Open files/URLs in default system apps

tauri-plugin-store 2.x

Persistent key-value settings storage

tauri-plugin-updater ^2.10.0

Auto-update functionality

tauri-plugin-notification 2.x

System notifications

tauri-plugin-process ^2.3.1

Process management for Codex app-server

Serialization & Data

serde ^1.0
Default: derive

Rust serialization framework

serde_json ^1.0

JSON serialization for IPC and file storage

serde_yaml ^0.9

YAML frontmatter parsing

rusqlite ^0.31
Default: bundled

SQLite bindings with embedded SQLite

Filesystem & I/O

notify ^6.0

Cross-platform filesystem watcher

sha2 ^0.10

SHA256 hashing for content-addressed storage

hex ^0.4

Hex encoding for hash strings

base64 ^0.22

Base64 encoding for binary data URLs

Networking

reqwest ^0.12
Default: rustls-tls

HTTP client for link preview fetching

  • Uses rustls instead of OpenSSL
  • blocking - Synchronous API
  • json - JSON body support
  • stream - Streaming responses
url ^2.0

URL parsing and validation

AI & LLM

rig-core ^0.24.0
Default: derive

Multi-provider LLM framework

  • OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama support
  • Tool calling & structured outputs
schemars ^0.8

JSON Schema generation for AI tool definitions

Utilities

uuid ^1.0
Default: v4

UUID generation for note IDs

time ^0.3
Default: formatting

Date/time handling (used for daily notes)

regex ^1.0

Regular expressions for parsing

tracing ^0.1

Structured logging

tracing-subscriber ^0.3
Default: env-filter

Log filtering and formatting

tokio ^1.0
Default: macros, rt, time

Async runtime for AI streaming

futures-util ^0.3

Async utilities

tokio-util ^0.7

Additional Tokio utilities

Platform-Specific

window-vibrancy ^0.7

macOS window blur effects

core-text ^20.0
Default: macOS only

macOS font enumeration

Development Tools

Linting & Formatting

@biomejs/biome ^1.9.4

Fast linter + formatter (replaces ESLint + Prettier)

  • Auto-organizes imports
  • Enforces code style
  • TypeScript-first

Testing

vitest ^4.0.18

Vite-native test runner

  • Unit tests for utilities
  • Integration tests for editor extensions

Type Definitions

@types/react ^19.1.8

React type definitions

@types/react-dom ^19.1.6

React DOM type definitions

Package Manager

pnpm 10.28.2

Fast, disk-efficient package manager

Only builds native modules when needed:

"pnpm": {
  "onlyBuiltDependencies": ["@biomejs/biome", "esbuild"]
}

Icon Library

@hugeicons/react ^1.1.4

Open-source React icon library

@hugeicons/core-free-icons ^3.1.1

Core icon set

Version Matrix

ComponentVersionNotes
Node.js18+Required for pnpm
Rust1.70+2021 edition
macOS11+Big Sur or later
Windows10+64-bit
LinuxUbuntu 20.04+Debian-based

Architecture Decisions

Why Tauri over Electron?

  • Smaller bundle size (~10MB vs 100MB+)
  • Lower memory footprint
  • Native system integration
  • Rust security guarantees

Why TipTap over other editors?

  • TypeScript-first
  • Full control over markdown serialization
  • Extensible plugin system
  • ProseMirror foundation (battle-tested)

Why Biome over ESLint/Prettier?

  • 10-100x faster
  • Single tool for linting + formatting
  • Built in Rust
  • Auto-import organization

Why Rig over LangChain?

  • Rust-native (type-safe)
  • Multi-provider abstraction
  • Streaming support
  • Tool calling with JSON schema
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