Desktop App¶

Nova can be packaged as a native desktop application for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Building¶

python build.py --clean

This builds the frontend assets and packages everything with PyInstaller.

Output: - macOS: dist/Nova.app - Windows: dist/Nova.exe - Linux: dist/Nova

Development Mode¶

During frontend development, run the desktop app against the Vite dev server:

nova desktop --dev

Running Without Packaging¶

The desktop app can also run from the source tree:

cd frontend
npm run build
cd ..
NOVA_FRONTEND_DIST=frontend/dist nova desktop