File System

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API Reference

Access the file system.

Supported Platforms

This plugin requires a Rust version of at least 1.77.2

Platform	Level	Notes
windows		Apps installed via MSI or NSIS in perMachine and both mode require admin permissions for write acces in $RESOURCES folder
linux		No write access to $RESOURCES folder
macos		No write access to $RESOURCES folder
android		Access is restricted to Application folder by default
ios		Access is restricted to Application folder by default

Setup

Install the fs plugin to get started.

Automatic

Use your project’s package manager to add the dependency:

npm

npm run tauri add fs

yarn

yarn run tauri add fs

pnpm

pnpm tauri add fs

deno

deno task tauri add fs

bun

bun tauri add fs

cargo

cargo tauri add fs

Manual

1. Run the following command in the src-tauri folder to add the plugin to the project’s dependencies in Cargo.toml:

   cargo add tauri-plugin-fs

2. Modify lib.rs to initialize the plugin:

   src-tauri/src/lib.rs

   #[cfg_attr(mobile, tauri::mobile_entry_point)]
   pub fn run() {
     tauri::Builder::default()
       .plugin(tauri_plugin_fs::init())
       .run(tauri::generate_context!())
       .expect("error while running tauri application");
   }

3. Install the JavaScript Guest bindings using your preferred JavaScript package manager:

   npm

   npm install @tauri-apps/plugin-fs

   yarn

   yarn add @tauri-apps/plugin-fs

   pnpm

   pnpm add @tauri-apps/plugin-fs

   deno

   deno add npm:@tauri-apps/plugin-fs

   bun

   bun add @tauri-apps/plugin-fs

Configuration

Android

When using the audio, cache, documents, downloads, picture, public or video directories your app must have access to the external storage.

Include the following permissions to the manifest tag in the gen/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml file:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

iOS

Apple requires app developers to specify approved reasons for API usage to enhance user privacy.

You must create a PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy file in the src-tauri/gen/apple folder with the required NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp key and the C617.1 recommended reason.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypes</key>
    <array>
      <dict>
        <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPIType</key>
        <string>NSPrivacyAccessedAPICategoryFileTimestamp</string>
        <key>NSPrivacyAccessedAPITypeReasons</key>
        <array>
          <string>C617.1</string>
        </array>
      </dict>
    </array>
  </dict>
</plist>

Usage

The fs plugin is available in both JavaScript and Rust.

JavaScript

import { exists, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
// when using `"withGlobalTauri": true`, you may use
// const { exists, BaseDirectory } = window.__TAURI__.fs;

// Check if the `$APPDATA/avatar.png` file exists
await exists('avatar.png', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppData });

Rust

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

use tauri_plugin_fs::FsExt;

#[cfg_attr(mobile, tauri::mobile_entry_point)]
pub fn run() {
  tauri::Builder::default()
      .plugin(tauri_plugin_fs::init())
      .setup(|app| {
          // allowed the given directory
          let scope = app.fs_scope();
          scope.allow_directory("/path/to/directory", false);
          dbg!(scope.allowed());

          Ok(())
       })
       .run(tauri::generate_context!())
       .expect("error while running tauri application");
}

Security

This module prevents path traversal, not allowing parent directory accessors to be used (i.e. “/usr/path/to/../file” or ”../path/to/file” paths are not allowed). Paths accessed with this API must be either relative to one of the base directories or created with the path API.

See @tauri-apps/plugin-fs - Security for more information.

Paths

The file system plugin offers two ways of manipulating paths: the base directory and the path API.

• base directory

  Every API has an options argument that lets you define a baseDir that acts as the working directory of the operation.

  import { readFile } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const contents = await readFile('avatars/tauri.png', {
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.Home,
  });

  In the above example the ~/avatars/tauri.png file is read since we are using the Home base directory.

• path API

  Alternatively you can use the path APIs to perform path manipulations.

  import { readFile } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  import * as path from '@tauri-apps/api/path';
  const home = await path.homeDir();
  const contents = await readFile(await path.join(home, 'avatars/tauri.png'));

Files

Create

Creates a file and returns a handle to it. If the file already exists, it is truncated.

import { create, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const file = await create('foo/bar.txt', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppData });
await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode('Hello world'));
await file.close();

Note

Always call file.close() when you are done manipulating the file.

Write

The plugin offers separate APIs for writing text and binary files for performance.

• text files

  import { writeTextFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const contents = JSON.stringify({ notifications: true });
  await writeTextFile('config.json', contents, {
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppConfig,
  });

• binary files

  import { writeFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const contents = new Uint8Array(); // fill a byte array
  await writeFile('config', contents, {
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppConfig,
  });

Open

Opens a file and returns a handle to it. With this API you have more control over how the file should be opened (read-only mode, write-only mode, append instead of overwrite, only create if it does not exist, etc).

Note

Always call file.close() when you are done manipulating the file.

• read-only

  This is the default mode.

  import { open, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const file = await open('foo/bar.txt', {
    read: true,
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppData,
  });
  
  const stat = await file.stat();
  const buf = new Uint8Array(stat.size);
  await file.read(buf);
  const textContents = new TextDecoder().decode(buf);
  await file.close();

• write-only

  import { open, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const file = await open('foo/bar.txt', {
    write: true,
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppData,
  });
  await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode('Hello world'));
  await file.close();

  By default the file is truncated on any file.write() call. See the following example to learn how to append to the existing contents instead.

• append

  import { open, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const file = await open('foo/bar.txt', {
    append: true,
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppData,
  });
  await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode('world'));
  await file.close();

  Note that { append: true } has the same effect as { write: true, append: true }.

• truncate

  When the truncate option is set and the file already exists, it will be truncated to length 0.

  import { open, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const file = await open('foo/bar.txt', {
    write: true,
    truncate: true,
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppData,
  });
  await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode('world'));
  await file.close();

  This option requires write to be true.

  You can use it along the append option if you want to rewrite an existing file using multiple file.write() calls.

• create

  By default the open API only opens existing files. To create the file if it does not exist, opening it if it does, set create to true:

  import { open, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const file = await open('foo/bar.txt', {
    write: true,
    create: true,
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppData,
  });
  await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode('world'));
  await file.close();

  In order for the file to be created, write or append must also be set to true.

  To fail if the file already exists, see createNew.

• createNew

  createNew works similarly to create, but if the file does not exist, the operation fails.

  import { open, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const file = await open('foo/bar.txt', {
    write: true,
    createNew: true,
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppData,
  });
  await file.write(new TextEncoder().encode('world'));
  await file.close();

  In order for the file to be created, write must also be set to true.

Read

The plugin offers separate APIs for reading text and binary files for performance.

• text files

  import { readTextFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const configToml = await readTextFile('config.toml', {
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppConfig,
  });

  If the file is large you can stream its lines with the readTextFileLines API:

  import { readTextFileLines, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const lines = await readTextFileLines('app.logs', {
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLog,
  });
  for await (const line of lines) {
    console.log(line);
  }

• binary files

  import { readFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  const icon = await readFile('icon.png', {
    baseDir: BaseDirectory.Resources,
  });

Remove

Call remove() to delete a file. If the file does not exist, an error is returned.

import { remove, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await remove('user.db', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });

Copy

The copyFile function takes the source and destination paths. Note that you must configure each base directory separately.

import { copyFile, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await copyFile('user.db', 'user.db.bk', {
  fromPathBaseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
  toPathBaseDir: BaseDirectory.Temp,
});

In the above example the <app-local-data>/user.db file is copied to $TMPDIR/user.db.bk.

Exists

Use the exists() function to check if a file exists:

import { exists, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const tokenExists = await exists('token', {
  baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
});

Metadata

File metadata can be retrieved with the stat and the lstat functions. stat follows symlinks (and returns an error if the actual file it points to is not allowed by the scope) and lstat does not follow symlinks, returning the information of the symlink itself.

import { stat, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const metadata = await stat('app.db', {
  baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
});

Rename

The rename function takes the source and destination paths. Note that you must configure each base directory separately.

import { rename, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await rename('user.db.bk', 'user.db', {
  fromPathBaseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
  toPathBaseDir: BaseDirectory.Temp,
});

In the above example the <app-local-data>/user.db.bk file is renamed to $TMPDIR/user.db.

Truncate

Truncates or extends the specified file to reach the specified file length (defaults to 0).

• truncate to 0 length

import { truncate } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await truncate('my_file.txt', 0, { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });

• truncate to a specific length

import {
  truncate,
  readTextFile,
  writeTextFile,
  BaseDirectory,
} from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';

const filePath = 'file.txt';
await writeTextFile(filePath, 'Hello World', {
  baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
});
await truncate(filePath, 7, {
  baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
});
const data = await readTextFile(filePath, {
  baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
});
console.log(data); // "Hello W"

Directories

Create

To create a directory, call the mkdir function:

import { mkdir, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await mkdir('images', {
  baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
});

Read

The readDir function recursively lists the entries of a directory:

import { readDir, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const entries = await readDir('users', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });

Remove

Call remove() to delete a directory. If the directory does not exist, an error is returned.

import { remove, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await remove('images', { baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData });

If the directory is not empty, the recursive option must be set to true:

import { remove, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
await remove('images', {
  baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
  recursive: true,
});

Exists

Use the exists() function to check if a directory exists:

import { exists, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const tokenExists = await exists('images', {
  baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
});

Metadata

Directory metadata can be retrieved with the stat and the lstat functions. stat follows symlinks (and returns an error if the actual file it points to is not allowed by the scope) and lstat does not follow symlinks, returning the information of the symlink itself.

import { stat, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
const metadata = await stat('databases', {
  baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLocalData,
});

Watching changes

To watch a directory or file for changes, use the watch or watchImmediate functions.

• watch

  watch is debounced so it only emits events after a certain delay:

  import { watch, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  await watch(
    'app.log',
    (event) => {
      console.log('app.log event', event);
    },
    {
      baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLog,
      delayMs: 500,
    }
  );

• watchImmediate

  watchImmediate immediately notifies listeners of an event:

  import { watchImmediate, BaseDirectory } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-fs';
  await watchImmediate(
    'logs',
    (event) => {
      console.log('logs directory event', event);
    },
    {
      baseDir: BaseDirectory.AppLog,
      recursive: true,
    }
  );

By default watch operations on a directory are not recursive. Set the recursive option to true to recursively watch for changes on all sub-directories.

Note

The watch functions require the watch feature flag:

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
tauri-plugin-fs = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["watch"] }

Permissions

By default all potentially dangerous plugin commands and scopes are blocked and cannot be accessed. You must modify the permissions in your capabilities configuration to enable these.

See the Capabilities Overview for more information and the step by step guide to use plugin permissions.

src-tauri/capabilities/default.json

{
  "$schema": "../gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json",
  "identifier": "main-capability",
  "description": "Capability for the main window",
  "windows": ["main"],
  "permissions": [
    "fs:default",
    {
      "identifier": "fs:allow-exists",
      "allow": [{ "path": "$APPDATA/*" }]
    }
  ]
}

Default Permission

This set of permissions describes the what kind of file system access the fs plugin has enabled or denied by default.

Granted Permissions

This default permission set enables read access to the application specific directories (AppConfig, AppData, AppLocalData, AppCache, AppLog) and all files and sub directories created in it. The location of these directories depends on the operating system, where the application is run.

In general these directories need to be manually created by the application at runtime, before accessing files or folders in it is possible.

Therefore, it is also allowed to create all of these folders via the mkdir command.

Denied Permissions

This default permission set prevents access to critical components of the Tauri application by default. On Windows the webview data folder access is denied.

Included permissions within this default permission set:

• create-app-specific-dirs
• read-app-specific-dirs-recursive
• deny-default

Permission Table

Identifier	Description
fs:allow-app-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete application folders, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-app-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete application folders, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-app-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the application folders.
fs:allow-app-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the application folders.
fs:allow-app-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the application folders, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-app-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the application folders, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-app-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete application folders, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-app	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the application folders.
fs:scope-app-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the application directories.
fs:allow-appcache-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $APPCACHE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-appcache-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $APPCACHE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-appcache-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $APPCACHE folder.
fs:allow-appcache-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $APPCACHE folder.
fs:allow-appcache-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $APPCACHE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-appcache-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $APPCACHE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-appcache-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $APPCACHE folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-appcache	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $APPCACHE folder.
fs:scope-appcache-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $APPCACHEfolder.
fs:allow-appconfig-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $APPCONFIG folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-appconfig-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $APPCONFIG folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-appconfig-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $APPCONFIG folder.
fs:allow-appconfig-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $APPCONFIG folder.
fs:allow-appconfig-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $APPCONFIG folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-appconfig-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $APPCONFIG folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-appconfig-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $APPCONFIG folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-appconfig	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $APPCONFIG folder.
fs:scope-appconfig-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $APPCONFIGfolder.
fs:allow-appdata-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $APPDATA folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-appdata-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $APPDATA folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-appdata-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $APPDATA folder.
fs:allow-appdata-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $APPDATA folder.
fs:allow-appdata-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $APPDATA folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-appdata-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $APPDATA folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-appdata-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $APPDATA folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-appdata	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $APPDATA folder.
fs:scope-appdata-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $APPDATAfolder.
fs:allow-applocaldata-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $APPLOCALDATA folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-applocaldata-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $APPLOCALDATA folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-applocaldata-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $APPLOCALDATA folder.
fs:allow-applocaldata-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $APPLOCALDATA folder.
fs:allow-applocaldata-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $APPLOCALDATA folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-applocaldata-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $APPLOCALDATA folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-applocaldata-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $APPLOCALDATA folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-applocaldata	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $APPLOCALDATA folder.
fs:scope-applocaldata-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $APPLOCALDATAfolder.
fs:allow-applog-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $APPLOG folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-applog-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $APPLOG folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-applog-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $APPLOG folder.
fs:allow-applog-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $APPLOG folder.
fs:allow-applog-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $APPLOG folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-applog-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $APPLOG folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-applog-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $APPLOG folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-applog	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $APPLOG folder.
fs:scope-applog-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $APPLOGfolder.
fs:allow-audio-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $AUDIO folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-audio-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $AUDIO folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-audio-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $AUDIO folder.
fs:allow-audio-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $AUDIO folder.
fs:allow-audio-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $AUDIO folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-audio-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $AUDIO folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-audio-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $AUDIO folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-audio	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $AUDIO folder.
fs:scope-audio-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $AUDIOfolder.
fs:allow-cache-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $CACHE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-cache-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $CACHE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-cache-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $CACHE folder.
fs:allow-cache-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $CACHE folder.
fs:allow-cache-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $CACHE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-cache-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $CACHE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-cache-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $CACHE folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-cache	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $CACHE folder.
fs:scope-cache-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $CACHEfolder.
fs:allow-config-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $CONFIG folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-config-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $CONFIG folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-config-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $CONFIG folder.
fs:allow-config-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $CONFIG folder.
fs:allow-config-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $CONFIG folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-config-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $CONFIG folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-config-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $CONFIG folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-config	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $CONFIG folder.
fs:scope-config-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $CONFIGfolder.
fs:allow-data-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $DATA folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-data-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $DATA folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-data-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $DATA folder.
fs:allow-data-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $DATA folder.
fs:allow-data-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $DATA folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-data-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $DATA folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-data-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $DATA folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-data	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $DATA folder.
fs:scope-data-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $DATAfolder.
fs:allow-desktop-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $DESKTOP folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-desktop-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $DESKTOP folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-desktop-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $DESKTOP folder.
fs:allow-desktop-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $DESKTOP folder.
fs:allow-desktop-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $DESKTOP folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-desktop-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $DESKTOP folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-desktop-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $DESKTOP folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-desktop	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $DESKTOP folder.
fs:scope-desktop-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $DESKTOPfolder.
fs:allow-document-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $DOCUMENT folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-document-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $DOCUMENT folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-document-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $DOCUMENT folder.
fs:allow-document-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $DOCUMENT folder.
fs:allow-document-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $DOCUMENT folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-document-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $DOCUMENT folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-document-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $DOCUMENT folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-document	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $DOCUMENT folder.
fs:scope-document-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $DOCUMENTfolder.
fs:allow-download-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $DOWNLOAD folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-download-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $DOWNLOAD folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-download-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $DOWNLOAD folder.
fs:allow-download-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $DOWNLOAD folder.
fs:allow-download-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $DOWNLOAD folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-download-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $DOWNLOAD folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-download-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $DOWNLOAD folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-download	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $DOWNLOAD folder.
fs:scope-download-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $DOWNLOADfolder.
fs:allow-exe-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $EXE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-exe-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $EXE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-exe-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $EXE folder.
fs:allow-exe-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $EXE folder.
fs:allow-exe-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $EXE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-exe-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $EXE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-exe-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $EXE folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-exe	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $EXE folder.
fs:scope-exe-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $EXEfolder.
fs:allow-font-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $FONT folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-font-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $FONT folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-font-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $FONT folder.
fs:allow-font-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $FONT folder.
fs:allow-font-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $FONT folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-font-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $FONT folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-font-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $FONT folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-font	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $FONT folder.
fs:scope-font-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $FONTfolder.
fs:allow-home-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $HOME folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-home-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $HOME folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-home-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $HOME folder.
fs:allow-home-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $HOME folder.
fs:allow-home-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $HOME folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-home-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $HOME folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-home-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $HOME folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-home	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $HOME folder.
fs:scope-home-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $HOMEfolder.
fs:allow-localdata-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $LOCALDATA folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-localdata-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $LOCALDATA folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-localdata-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $LOCALDATA folder.
fs:allow-localdata-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $LOCALDATA folder.
fs:allow-localdata-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $LOCALDATA folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-localdata-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $LOCALDATA folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-localdata-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $LOCALDATA folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-localdata	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $LOCALDATA folder.
fs:scope-localdata-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $LOCALDATAfolder.
fs:allow-log-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $LOG folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-log-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $LOG folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-log-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $LOG folder.
fs:allow-log-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $LOG folder.
fs:allow-log-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $LOG folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-log-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $LOG folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-log-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $LOG folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-log	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $LOG folder.
fs:scope-log-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $LOGfolder.
fs:allow-picture-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $PICTURE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-picture-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $PICTURE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-picture-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $PICTURE folder.
fs:allow-picture-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $PICTURE folder.
fs:allow-picture-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $PICTURE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-picture-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $PICTURE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-picture-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $PICTURE folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-picture	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $PICTURE folder.
fs:scope-picture-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $PICTUREfolder.
fs:allow-public-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $PUBLIC folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-public-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $PUBLIC folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-public-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $PUBLIC folder.
fs:allow-public-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $PUBLIC folder.
fs:allow-public-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $PUBLIC folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-public-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $PUBLIC folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-public-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $PUBLIC folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-public	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $PUBLIC folder.
fs:scope-public-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $PUBLICfolder.
fs:allow-resource-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $RESOURCE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-resource-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $RESOURCE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-resource-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $RESOURCE folder.
fs:allow-resource-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $RESOURCE folder.
fs:allow-resource-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $RESOURCE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-resource-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $RESOURCE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-resource-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $RESOURCE folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-resource	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $RESOURCE folder.
fs:scope-resource-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $RESOURCEfolder.
fs:allow-runtime-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $RUNTIME folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-runtime-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $RUNTIME folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-runtime-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $RUNTIME folder.
fs:allow-runtime-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $RUNTIME folder.
fs:allow-runtime-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $RUNTIME folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-runtime-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $RUNTIME folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-runtime-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $RUNTIME folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-runtime	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $RUNTIME folder.
fs:scope-runtime-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $RUNTIMEfolder.
fs:allow-temp-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $TEMP folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-temp-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $TEMP folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-temp-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $TEMP folder.
fs:allow-temp-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $TEMP folder.
fs:allow-temp-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $TEMP folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-temp-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $TEMP folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-temp-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $TEMP folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-temp	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $TEMP folder.
fs:scope-temp-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $TEMPfolder.
fs:allow-template-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $TEMPLATE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-template-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $TEMPLATE folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-template-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $TEMPLATE folder.
fs:allow-template-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $TEMPLATE folder.
fs:allow-template-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $TEMPLATE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-template-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $TEMPLATE folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-template-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $TEMPLATE folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-template	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $TEMPLATE folder.
fs:scope-template-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $TEMPLATEfolder.
fs:allow-video-read-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to the complete $VIDEO folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-video-write-recursive	This allows full recursive write access to the complete $VIDEO folder, files and subdirectories.
fs:allow-video-read	This allows non-recursive read access to the $VIDEO folder.
fs:allow-video-write	This allows non-recursive write access to the $VIDEO folder.
fs:allow-video-meta-recursive	This allows full recursive read access to metadata of the $VIDEO folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:allow-video-meta	This allows non-recursive read access to metadata of the $VIDEO folder, including file listing and statistics.
fs:scope-video-recursive	This scope permits recursive access to the complete $VIDEO folder, including sub directories and files.
fs:scope-video	This scope permits access to all files and list content of top level directories in the $VIDEO folder.
fs:scope-video-index	This scope permits to list all files and folders in the $VIDEOfolder.
fs:allow-copy-file	Enables the copy_file command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-copy-file	Denies the copy_file command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-create	Enables the create command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-create	Denies the create command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-exists	Enables the exists command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-exists	Denies the exists command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-fstat	Enables the fstat command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-fstat	Denies the fstat command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-ftruncate	Enables the ftruncate command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-ftruncate	Denies the ftruncate command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-lstat	Enables the lstat command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-lstat	Denies the lstat command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-mkdir	Enables the mkdir command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-mkdir	Denies the mkdir command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-open	Enables the open command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-open	Denies the open command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-read	Enables the read command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-read	Denies the read command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-read-dir	Enables the read_dir command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-read-dir	Denies the read_dir command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-read-file	Enables the read_file command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-read-file	Denies the read_file command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-read-text-file	Enables the read_text_file command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-read-text-file	Denies the read_text_file command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-read-text-file-lines	Enables the read_text_file_lines command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-read-text-file-lines	Denies the read_text_file_lines command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-read-text-file-lines-next	Enables the read_text_file_lines_next command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-read-text-file-lines-next	Denies the read_text_file_lines_next command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-remove	Enables the remove command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-remove	Denies the remove command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-rename	Enables the rename command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-rename	Denies the rename command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-seek	Enables the seek command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-seek	Denies the seek command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-size	Enables the size command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-size	Denies the size command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-stat	Enables the stat command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-stat	Denies the stat command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-truncate	Enables the truncate command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-truncate	Denies the truncate command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-unwatch	Enables the unwatch command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-unwatch	Denies the unwatch command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-watch	Enables the watch command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-watch	Denies the watch command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-write	Enables the write command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-write	Denies the write command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-write-file	Enables the write_file command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-write-file	Denies the write_file command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:allow-write-text-file	Enables the write_text_file command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:deny-write-text-file	Denies the write_text_file command without any pre-configured scope.
fs:create-app-specific-dirs	This permissions allows to create the application specific directories.
fs:deny-default	This denies access to dangerous Tauri relevant files and folders by default.
fs:deny-webview-data-linux	This denies read access to the $APPLOCALDATA folder on linux as the webview data and configuration values are stored here. Allowing access can lead to sensitive information disclosure and should be well considered.
fs:deny-webview-data-windows	This denies read access to the $APPLOCALDATA/EBWebView folder on windows as the webview data and configuration values are stored here. Allowing access can lead to sensitive information disclosure and should be well considered.
fs:read-all	This enables all read related commands without any pre-configured accessible paths.
fs:read-app-specific-dirs-recursive	This permission allows recursive read functionality on the application specific base directories.
fs:read-dirs	This enables directory read and file metadata related commands without any pre-configured accessible paths.
fs:read-files	This enables file read related commands without any pre-configured accessible paths.
fs:read-meta	This enables all index or metadata related commands without any pre-configured accessible paths.
fs:scope	An empty permission you can use to modify the global scope.
fs:write-all	This enables all write related commands without any pre-configured accessible paths.
fs:write-files	This enables all file write related commands without any pre-configured accessible paths.

Scopes

This plugin permissions includes scopes for defining which paths are allowed or explicitly rejected. For more information on scopes, see the Command Scopes.

Each allow or deny scope must include an array listing all paths that should be allowed or denied. The scope entries are in the { path: string } format.

Note

deny take precedence over allow so if a path is denied by a scope, it will be blocked at runtime even if it is allowed by another scope.

Scope entries can use $<path> variables to reference common system paths such as the home directory, the app resources directory and the config directory. The following table lists all common paths you can reference:

Path	Variable
appConfigDir	$APPCONFIG
appDataDir	$APPDATA
appLocalDataDir	$APPLOCALDATA
appcacheDir	$APPCACHE
applogDir	$APPLOG
audioDir	$AUDIO
cacheDir	$CACHE
configDir	$CONFIG
dataDir	$DATA
localDataDir	$LOCALDATA
desktopDir	$DESKTOP
documentDir	$DOCUMENT
downloadDir	$DOWNLOAD
executableDir	$EXE
fontDir	$FONT
homeDir	$HOME
pictureDir	$PICTURE
publicDir	$PUBLIC
runtimeDir	$RUNTIME
templateDir	$TEMPLATE
videoDir	$VIDEO
resourceDir	$RESOURCE
tempDir	$TEMP

Examples

• global scope

To apply a scope to any fs command, use the fs:scope permission:

src-tauri/capabilities/default.json

{
  "$schema": "../gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json",
  "identifier": "main-capability",
  "description": "Capability for the main window",
  "windows": ["main"],
  "permissions": [
    {
      "identifier": "fs:scope",
      "allow": [{ "path": "$APPDATA" }, { "path": "$APPDATA/**" }]
    }
  ]
}

To apply a scope to a specific fs command, use the the object form of permissions { "identifier": string, "allow"?: [], "deny"?: [] }:

src-tauri/capabilities/default.json

{
  "$schema": "../gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json",
  "identifier": "main-capability",
  "description": "Capability for the main window",
  "windows": ["main"],
  "permissions": [
    {
      "identifier": "fs:allow-rename",
      "allow": [{ "path": "$HOME/**" }]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "fs:allow-rename",
      "deny": [{ "path": "$HOME/.config/**" }]
    },
    {
      "identifier": "fs:allow-exists",
      "allow": [{ "path": "$APPDATA/*" }]
    }
  ]
}

In the above example you can use the exists API using any $APPDATA sub path (does not include sub-directories) and the rename

Tip

If you are trying to access dotfiles (e.g. .gitignore) or dotfolders (e.g. .ssh) on Unix based systems, then you need to specify either the full path /home/user/.ssh/example or the glob after the dotfolder path component /home/user/.ssh/*.

If that does not work in your use case then you can configure the plugin to treat any component as a valid path literal.

"src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

 "plugins": {
    "fs": {
      "requireLiteralLeadingDot": false
    }
  }