diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0fb229fbe..de94f17f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ members = [
   "ftl",
   "pylib/rsbridge",
   "qt/launcher",
+  "qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri",
   "rslib",
   "rslib/i18n",
   "rslib/io",
diff --git a/launcher b/launcher
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bf9dc0afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launcher
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+./ninja node_modules extract:uv ts:generated
+
+mkdir -p target/debug target/release
+
+cp .python-version target/debug/
+cp qt/launcher/versions.py target/debug/
+cp qt/launcher/pyproject.toml target/debug/
+cp out/extracted/uv/uv target/debug/uv.amd64
+cp out/extracted/uv/uv target/debug/uv.arm64
+
+cp .python-version target/release/
+cp qt/launcher/versions.py target/release/
+cp qt/launcher/pyproject.toml target/release/
+cp out/extracted/uv/uv target/release/uv.amd64
+cp out/extracted/uv/uv target/debug/uv.arm64
diff --git a/launcher.bat b/launcher.bat
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ee727be66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launcher.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+@echo off
+
+.\tools\ninja.bat node_modules extract:uv ts:generated
+
+mkdir ,\target\debug
+mkdir .\target\release
+
+copy .\.python-version .\target\debug\
+copy .\qt\launcher\versions.py .\target\debug\
+copy .\qt\launcher\pyproject.toml .\target\debug\
+copy .\out\extracted\uv\uv.exe .\target\debug\
+
+copy .\.python-version .\target\release\
+copy .\qt\launcher\versions.py .\target\release\
+copy .\qt\launcher\pyproject.toml .\target\debug\
+copy .\out\extracted\uv\uv.exe .\target\release\
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad5020288..81d65d977 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
         "svelte-check:once": "cd ts && svelte-kit sync && svelte-check --tsconfig ./tsconfig.json --fail-on-warnings --threshold warning",
         "svelte-check": "cd ts && svelte-kit sync && svelte-check --tsconfig ./tsconfig.json --watch",
         "vitest:once": "cd ts && vitest run",
-        "vitest": "cd ts && vitest"
+        "vitest": "cd ts && vitest",
+        "ld": "cd qt/launcher-gui && vite dev",
+        "lb": "cd qt/launcher-gui && vite build",
+        "lsc": "cd qt/launcher-gui && svelte-kit sync && svelte-check --tsconfig ./tsconfig.json --fail-on-warnings --threshold warning"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@bufbuild/protoc-gen-es": "^1.8.0",