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+[package]
+name = "drop-app"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "The client application for the open-source, self-hosted game distribution platform Drop"
+authors = ["Drop OSS"]
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[target."cfg(any(target_os = \"macos\", windows, target_os = \"linux\"))".dependencies]
+tauri-plugin-single-instance = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["deep-link"] }
+
+[lib]
+# The `_lib` suffix may seem redundant but it is necessary
+# to make the lib name unique and wouldn't conflict with the bin name.
+# This seems to be only an issue on Windows, see https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/8519
+name = "drop_app_lib"
+crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib", "rlib"]
+
+[build]
+rustflags = ["-C", "target-feature=+aes,+sse2"]
+
+
+[build-dependencies]
+tauri-build = { version = "2.0.0", features = [] }
+
+[dependencies]
+tauri-plugin-shell = "2.0.0"
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+serde-binary = "0.5.0"
+rayon = "1.10.0"
+directories = "5.0.1"
+webbrowser = "1.0.2"
+url = "2.5.2"
+tauri-plugin-deep-link = "2"
+log = "0.4.22"
+hex = "0.4.3"
+tauri-plugin-dialog = "2"
+http = "1.1.0"
+urlencoding = "2.1.3"
+md5 = "0.7.0"
+chrono = "0.4.38"
+tauri-plugin-os = "2"
+boxcar = "0.2.7"
+umu-wrapper-lib = "0.1.0"
+tauri-plugin-autostart = "2.0.0"
+
+[dependencies.tauri]
+version = "2.1.1"
+features = ["tray-icon"]
+
+
+[dependencies.tokio]
+version = "1.40.0"
+features = ["rt", "tokio-macros", "signal"]
+
+[dependencies.log4rs]
+version = "1.3.0"
+features = ["console_appender", "file_appender"]
+
+[dependencies.rustix]
+version = "0.38.37"
+features = ["fs"]
+
+[dependencies.uuid]
+version = "1.10.0"
+features = [
+    "v4",                # Lets you generate random UUIDs
+    "fast-rng",          # Use a faster (but still sufficiently random) RNG
+    "macro-diagnostics", # Enable better diagnostics for compile-time UUIDs
+]
+
+[dependencies.openssl]
+version = "0.10.66"
+features = ["vendored"]
+
+[dependencies.rustbreak]
+version = "2"
+features = [] # You can also use "yaml_enc" or "bin_enc"
+
+[dependencies.reqwest]
+version = "0.12"
+features = ["json", "blocking"]
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = true
+codegen-units = 1
+panic = 'abort'