Crate crabcamera 

CrabCamera: Advanced cross-platform camera integration for Tauri applications

This crate provides unified camera access across desktop platforms with real-time processing capabilities and professional camera controls.

It aims to be “The Standard” for high-quality, professional-grade camera applications on desktop platforms.

Strict Engineering Standards

This codebase enforces:

• Complete Documentation (#![warn(missing_docs)])
• Safe Code (no unwrap() or expect() in library code via clippy::unwrap_used)
• Idiomatic Rust Practices (clippy::pedantic)

Features

• Cross-platform camera access (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• Real-time camera streaming and capture
• Platform-specific optimizations
• Professional camera controls
• Thread-safe camera management
• Multiple camera format support (RGB, YUYV, MJPEG)

Usage

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
crabcamera = { version = "0.8", features = ["recording", "audio"] }
tauri = { version = "2.0", features = ["protocol-asset"] }

Then in your Tauri app:

use crabcamera;

fn main() {
    tauri::Builder::default()
        .plugin(crabcamera::init())
        .run(tauri::generate_context!())
        .expect("error while running tauri application");
}

Re-exports

pub use errors::CameraError;

pub use platform::CameraSystem;

pub use platform::PlatformCamera;

pub use types::CameraDeviceInfo;

pub use types::CameraFormat;

pub use types::CameraFrame;

pub use types::CameraInitParams;

pub use types::FrameMetadata;

pub use types::Platform;

Modules

commands

Tauri command handlers.

config

Configuration management. Configuration management for CrabCamera

constants

Global constants. Global constants for CrabCamera

errors

Error types.

focus_stack

Automatic focus stacking.

invariant_ppt

Invariant checks for PPT. Invariant PPT Testing Framework

permissions

Permission management.

platform

Platform abstraction layer. Platform-specific camera implementations with unified interface

preview

Preview stream module.

quality

Image quality analysis.

registry

System capabilities registry and manifest (Source of Truth). System Registry & Feature Manifest

testing

Testing utilities. Testing utilities for CrabCamera

tests

Integration tests and test utilities.

types

Common data types and structures.

Macros

assert_invariant

Assert an invariant and log it for contract testing.

Structs

CrateInfo

Crate information structure

Constants

DESCRIPTION

A brief description of the crate.

NAME

The name of the crate.

VERSION

Version information

Functions

current_platform

Detect the current platform using the Platform enum

current_platform_string

Get current platform as string (legacy compatibility)

get_info

Get crate information

init

Initialize the CrabCamera plugin with all commands

init_logging

Initialize logging for the camera system