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7/15/2026
Migrating from LocalStorage to Native FS in Tauri: Repo-rter v0.4.1 Technical Deep Dive

Migrating from LocalStorage to Native FS in Tauri: Repo-rter v0.4.1 Technical Deep Dive

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Repo-rter v0.4.1 migrates from WebView localStorage to a native Rust file-system cache in Tauri, solving OS cache purging, 5MB limits, and fragile backups. The refactor adds custom Tauri commands for reading/writing to the OS Application Data directory and a sliding-window rotational queue to sync 50+ repositories within GitHub's 5,000 requests/hour PAT limit. A graceful fallback to localStorage keeps web dev environments working.

  • •Migrated from localStorage to native Rust file cache to survive OS cache purging and 5MB limits
  • •Sliding-window rotational queue syncs 50+ repos within GitHub API rate limits
  • •Graceful fallback to localStorage for web dev environments

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