diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bee4bf8..d2dbc3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -60,3 +60,19 @@
 
 # Journals
 journals/
+
+# Rust/Tauri
+target/
+src-tauri/target/
+src-tauri/bin/*.exe
+src-tauri/bin/*.dll
+src-tauri/resources/*.dll
+
+# Models
+models/
+*.gguf
+
+# Temp/Extracted
+*.zip
+*_extracted/
+src-tauri/build_error.txt
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index e407414..6228c4b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
  "tauri",
  "tauri-build",
  "tauri-plugin-log",
+ "tauri-plugin-shell",
  "tokio",
  "tower-http 0.5.2",
 ]
@@ -2104,6 +2105,25 @@
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "is-docker"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "928bae27f42bc99b60d9ac7334e3a21d10ad8f1835a4e12ec3ec0464765ed1b3"
+dependencies = [
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "is-wsl"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "173609498df190136aa7dea1a91db051746d339e18476eed5ca40521f02d7aa5"
+dependencies = [
+ "is-docker",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -2828,6 +2848,18 @@
 checksum = "42f5e15c9953c5e4ccceeb2e7382a716482c34515315f7b03532b8b4e8393d2d"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "open"
+version = "5.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43bb73a7fa3799b198970490a51174027ba0d4ec504b03cd08caf513d40024bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "dunce",
+ "is-wsl",
+ "libc",
+ "pathdiff",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "openssl"
 version = "0.10.75"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -2887,6 +2919,16 @@
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "os_pipe"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d8fae84b431384b68627d0f9b3b1245fcf9f46f6c0e3dc902e9dce64edd1967"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "ouroboros"
 version = "0.18.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -2965,6 +3007,12 @@
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "pathdiff"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df94ce210e5bc13cb6651479fa48d14f601d9858cfe0467f43ae157023b938d3"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "pem-rfc7468"
 version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -4233,12 +4281,44 @@
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "shared_child"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e362d9935bc50f019969e2f9ecd66786612daae13e8f277be7bfb66e8bed3f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "sigchld",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
 
 [[package]]
+name = "sigchld"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47106eded3c154e70176fc83df9737335c94ce22f821c32d17ed1db1f83badb1"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "os_pipe",
+ "signal-hook",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook"
+version = "0.3.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d881a16cf4426aa584979d30bd82cb33429027e42122b169753d6ef1085ed6e2"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -4959,6 +5039,27 @@
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "tauri-plugin-shell"
+version = "2.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8457dbf9e2bab1edd8df22bb2c20857a59a9868e79cb3eac5ed639eec4d0c73b"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "log",
+ "open",
+ "os_pipe",
+ "regex",
+ "schemars 0.8.22",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "shared_child",
+ "tauri",
+ "tauri-plugin",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "tauri-runtime"
 version = "2.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 576718e..abc1b10 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 log = "0.4"
 tauri = { version = "2.10.0", features = ["tray-icon"] }
+tauri-plugin-shell = "2"
 tauri-plugin-log = "2"
 rusqlite = { version = "0.32", features = ["load_extension", "bundled"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }