From bd349f5abc69ec1b53b82aac14b7534c76e089f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elian Doran <contact@eliandoran.me>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 12:18:22 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat(dx/desktop): support raw NixOS via LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 injection

---
 apps/desktop/scripts/rebuild.mts | 11 +++++++++++
 apps/desktop/scripts/start.mts   |  9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/desktop/scripts/rebuild.mts b/apps/desktop/scripts/rebuild.mts
index a37c72075..f367c3cde 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/scripts/rebuild.mts
+++ b/apps/desktop/scripts/rebuild.mts
@@ -32,6 +32,17 @@ function rebuildNativeDependencies() {
         buildPath: desktopProjectRoot,
         electronVersion
     });
+
+    if (isNixOS()) {
+        console.log("Patching ELF...");
+
+        
+
+        return execSync(`nix-shell -p auto-patchelf gcc.cc.lib --run "auto-patchelf --paths node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node --libs ${libStdPath}"`, {
+            cwd: desktopProjectRoot,
+            stdio: "inherit"
+        });
+    }
 }
 
 function determineElectronVersion() {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/scripts/start.mts b/apps/desktop/scripts/start.mts
index df956fc48..17245205c 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/scripts/start.mts
+++ b/apps/desktop/scripts/start.mts
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ import { join } from "path";
 
 const projectRoot = join(import.meta.dirname, "..");
 
+let LD_LIBRARY_PATH = undefined;
+let electronPath = "electron";
 if (isNixOS()) {
     resetPath();    
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH = execSync("nix eval --raw nixpkgs#gcc.cc.lib").toString("utf-8") + "/lib";
+    electronPath = execSync("nix eval --raw nixpkgs#electron_37").toString("utf-8") + "/bin/electron";
 }
 
-execSync("electron ./src/main.ts", {
+execSync(`${electronPath} ./src/main.ts`, {
     stdio: "inherit",
     cwd: projectRoot,
     env: {
@@ -18,6 +22,7 @@ execSync("electron ./src/main.ts", {
         TRILIUM_ENV: "dev",
         TRILIUM_DATA_DIR: "data",
         TRILIUM_RESOURCE_DIR: "../server/src",
-        BETTERSQLITE3_NATIVE_PATH: join(projectRoot, "node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node")
+        BETTERSQLITE3_NATIVE_PATH: join(projectRoot, "node_modules/better-sqlite3/build/Release/better_sqlite3.node"),
+        LD_LIBRARY_PATH
     }
 });