Is it possible to install a WebView library in the cloud

[jswhisperer]

Hypothetically could one host a WebView lib on a server/cloud instance and then connect a static (html) client to allow Rust API's

[FabianLars]

No. You can host a more or less "normal" website on a server but the webview (think of it as a browser) that loads said website has to run on the client. Or if you mean you want the rust Apis to run on the server side you don't even need a webview nor tauri 🤷

[jswhisperer]

Ah ok I was kind of thinking how Puppeteer can be deployed headless to a cloud instance.

The idea of my request would be to have a 1-1 feature map with Desktop compiled Tauri apps without needing any code change or very little.

[FabianLars]

i think i partially misunderstood the initial question. i still don't get what exactly you're trying to do tbh.

What's shown in the blog post you shared should be possible with tauri as well. The static (html) client mentioned in the initial question, and the connection to/from the server would be fully up to you but that's not mentioned in the blog post either.