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Manual setup

This page covers driving tauri-driver directly, without the @wdio/tauri-service. Reach for it if you are not using Node.js, prefer Selenium, or are integrating WebDriver into a custom test harness. For most projects the service is the easier path — it automates everything below and additionally supports macOS. See the WebDriver overview to get started with it.

When driving tauri-driver directly, only Windows and Linux are supported on desktop, as macOS has no WKWebView driver tool available. iOS and Android work through Appium 2, but the process is not currently streamlined.

System Dependencies

Install the latest tauri-driver or update an existing installation by running:

cargo install tauri-driver --locked

Terminal window

Because we currently utilize the platform’s native WebDriver server, there are some requirements for running tauri-driver on supported platforms.

Linux

We use WebKitWebDriver on Linux platforms. Check if this binary exists already by running the which WebKitWebDriver command as some distributions bundle it with the regular WebKit package. Other platforms may have a separate package for them, such as webkit2gtk-driver on Debian-based distributions.

Windows

Make sure to grab the version of Microsoft Edge Driver that matches your Windows Edge version that the application is being built and tested on. This should almost always be the latest stable version on up-to-date Windows installs. If the two versions do not match, you may experience your WebDriver testing suite hanging while trying to connect.

You can use the msedgedriver-tool to download the appropriate Microsoft Edge Driver:

cargo install --git https://github.com/chippers/msedgedriver-tool& "$HOME/.cargo/bin/msedgedriver-tool.exe"

Terminal window

The download contains a binary called msedgedriver.exe. tauri-driver looks for that binary in the $PATH so make sure it’s either available on the path or use the --native-driver option on tauri-driver. You may want to download this automatically as part of the CI setup process to ensure the Edge, and Edge Driver versions stay in sync on Windows CI machines. A guide on how to do this may be added at a later date.

Example Applications

Below are step-by-step guides to show how to create a minimal example application that is tested with WebDriver.

If you prefer to see the result of the guide and look over a finished minimal codebase that utilizes it, you can look at https://github.com/tauri-apps/webdriver-example.

Selenium

WebdriverIO

Continuous Integration (CI)

The above examples also comes with a CI script to test with GitHub Actions, but you may still be interested in the below WebDriver CI guide as it explains the concept a bit more.

Continuous Integration (CI)

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Last updated Oct 08, 2026