Tauri Inter-Process Communication (IPC)

This skill covers Tauri's IPC system, including the brownfield and isolation patterns for secure communication between frontend and backend processes.

Overview

Tauri implements Inter-Process Communication using Asynchronous Message Passing. This enables isolated processes to exchange serialized requests and responses securely.

Why Message Passing?

• Safer than shared memory or direct function access
• Recipients can reject or discard malicious requests
• Tauri Core validates all requests before execution
• Prevents unauthorized function invocation

IPC Primitives

Tauri provides two IPC primitives:

Events