Feat: created github actions workflow to deploy application installers

.github/workflows/application-release.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+name: application-release step
+
+on:
+    workflow_run:
+        workflows: ["code coverage"]
+        types:
+        - completed 
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+    # Auto tagging for release version
+    tag:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        outputs:
+          new_tag: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
+        steps:
+        -   uses: actions/checkout@v4
+            with:
+                fetch-depth: 0 # gives it full history of commits to find the last tag
+
+        -   name: Auto-increment Tag
+            id: tag_version
+            uses: anothrNick/github-tag-action@v1
+            env:
+                GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    build-and-release:
+        needs: tag
+        runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+        strategy: # This is for building the tauri app to work on mac, linux, and windows
+          fail-fast: false
+          matrix:
+            include:
+              - platform: 'macos-latest' # for Arm based macs (M1 and above).
+                args: '--target aarch64-apple-darwin'
+                rust_target: 'aarch64-apple-darwin'
+                go_binary_ext: ''
+              - platform: 'macos-latest' # for Intel based macs.
+                args: '--target x86_64-apple-darwin'
+                rust_target: 'x86_64-apple-darwin'
+                go_binary_ext: ''
+              - platform: 'ubuntu-24.04' # for linux ubuntu
+                args: ''
+                rust_target: 'x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
+                go_binary_ext: ''
+              - platform: 'windows-latest'
+                args: ''
+                rust_target: 'x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
+                go_binary_ext: '.exe'
+        steps:
+          - name: Checkout repository
+            uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+          - name: setup node
+            uses: actions/setup-node@v5
+            with:
+              node-version: '>=23.6.1'
+
+          - name: install Rust stable
+            uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+            with:
+              targets: ${{ matrix.platform == 'macos-latest' && 'aarch64-apple-darwin,x86_64-apple-darwin' || '' }}
+
+          - name: install frontend dependencies
+            run: npm install
+            working-directory: frontend
+
+          - name: Build Frontend
+            run: npm run build
+            working-directory: frontend
+
+          - name: Setup Go
+            uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+            with:
+                go-version: "1.24.0"
+
+          - name: Build Go backend client
+            run: go build -o ../frontend/src-tauri/binaries/backend-client-${{ matrix.rust_target }}${{ matrix.go_binary_ext }} ./cmd/main.go
+            working-directory: backend/client
+
+          - uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0
+            env:
+              GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+            with:
+              args: ${{ matrix.args }}
+              projectPath: frontend
+
+          - name: Create GitHub Release
+            uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+            with:
+              body_path: ${{ github.workspace }}/CHANGELOG.txt
+              tag_name: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.new_tag }}
+              name: Release ${{ needs.tag.outputs.new_tag }}
+              files: |
+                frontend/src-tauri/target/**/release/bundle/nsis/*.exe
+                frontend/src-tauri/target/**/release/bundle/dmg/*.dmg
+                frontend/src-tauri/target/**/release/bundle/macos/*.app
+                frontend/src-tauri/target/**/release/bundle/deb/*.deb
+                frontend/src-tauri/target/**/release/bundle/appimage/*.AppImage
+            env:
+              GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

backend/client/cmd/main.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 	"github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig"
 	at "mosaic-client.com/gen/audio_transcription"
 	cb "mosaic-client.com/gen/conversation_briefing"
@@ -91,14 +90,9 @@ func websocketServer(
 
 // method to load config values
 func loadConfig() (*Config, error) {
-	err := godotenv.Load(".env")
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	var cfg Config
 
-	err = envconfig.Process("", &cfg)
+	err := envconfig.Process("", &cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}

frontend/package.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "tauri:dev:ubuntu": "env -u GTK_PATH -u GTK_EXE_PREFIX -u GIO_MODULE_DIR -u GSETTINGS_SCHEMA_DIR -u GTK_IM_MODULE_FILE -u LOCPATH tauri dev",
     "preview": "vite preview",
     "tauri": "tauri",
+    "tauri:build": "tauri build",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "test": "vitest",
     "test:ui": "vitest --ui",

frontend/src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ tauri = { version = "2", features = [] }
 tauri-plugin-opener = "2"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
+tauri-plugin-shell = "2"
 

frontend/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
     "core:window:allow-current-monitor",
     "core:window:allow-destroy",
     "core:window:allow-set-size",
-    "opener:default"
+    "opener:default",
+    "shell:allow-execute",
+    "shell:allow-kill"
   ]
 }