Merge branch 'feat/preferred-port-design' of github.com:Start9Labs/start-os into claude

- NetService sync task now uses PatchDB DbWatch instead of being called
  directly after DB mutations
- Read gateways from DB instead of network interface context when
  updating host addresses
- gateway sync updates all host addresses in the DB
- Add Watch<u64> channel for callers to wait on sync completion
- Fix ts-rs codegen bug with #[ts(skip)] on flattened Plugin field
- Update SDK getServiceInterface.ts for new HostnameInfo shape
- Remove unnecessary HTTPS redirect in static_server.rs
- Fix tunnel/api.rs to filter for WAN IPv4 address

.claude/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "attribution": {
+    "commit": "",
+    "pr": ""
+  }
+}

.github/actions/setup-build/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name: Setup Build Environment
+description: Common build environment setup steps
+
+inputs:
+  nodejs-version:
+    description: Node.js version
+    required: true
+  setup-python:
+    description: Set up Python
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
+  setup-docker:
+    description: Set up Docker QEMU and Buildx
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
+  setup-sccache:
+    description: Configure sccache for GitHub Actions
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
+  free-space:
+    description: Remove unnecessary packages to free disk space
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Free disk space
+      if: inputs.free-space == 'true'
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get remove --purge -y azure-cli || true
+        sudo apt-get remove --purge -y firefox || true
+        sudo apt-get remove --purge -y ghc-* || true
+        sudo apt-get remove --purge -y google-cloud-sdk || true
+        sudo apt-get remove --purge -y google-chrome-stable || true
+        sudo apt-get remove --purge -y powershell || true
+        sudo apt-get remove --purge -y php* || true
+        sudo apt-get remove --purge -y ruby* || true
+        sudo apt-get remove --purge -y mono-* || true
+        sudo apt-get autoremove -y
+        sudo apt-get clean
+        sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/jvm
+        sudo rm -rf /usr/local/.ghcup
+        sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android
+        sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
+        sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swift
+        sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
+
+    # BuildJet runners lack /opt/hostedtoolcache, which setup-python and setup-qemu expect
+    - name: Ensure hostedtoolcache exists
+      shell: bash
+      run: sudo mkdir -p /opt/hostedtoolcache && sudo chown $USER:$USER /opt/hostedtoolcache
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      if: inputs.setup-python == 'true'
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.x"
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      with:
+        node-version: ${{ inputs.nodejs-version }}
+        cache: npm
+        cache-dependency-path: "**/package-lock.json"
+
+    - name: Set up Docker QEMU
+      if: inputs.setup-docker == 'true'
+      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      if: inputs.setup-docker == 'true'
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+    - name: Configure sccache
+      if: inputs.setup-sccache == 'true'
+      uses: actions/github-script@v7
+      with:
+        script: |
+          core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL', process.env.ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL || '');
+          core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN', process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN || '');

.github/workflows/start-cli.yaml

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ on:
       - master
       - next/*
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   NODEJS_VERSION: "24.11.0"
   ENVIRONMENT: '${{ fromJson(format(''["{0}", ""]'', github.event.inputs.environment || ''dev''))[github.event.inputs.environment == ''NONE''] }}'
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   compile:
     name: Build Debian Package
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft != true
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
@@ -60,50 +65,15 @@ jobs:
           }}
     runs-on: ${{ fromJson('["ubuntu-latest", "buildjet-32vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]')[github.event.inputs.runner == 'fast'] }}
     steps:
-      - name: Cleaning up unnecessary files
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y mono-* \
-            ghc* cabal-install* \
-            dotnet* \
-            php* \
-            ruby* \
-            mysql-* \
-            postgresql-* \
-            azure-cli \
-            powershell \
-            google-cloud-sdk \
-            msodbcsql* mssql-tools* \
-            imagemagick* \
-            libgl1-mesa-dri \
-            google-chrome-stable \
-            firefox
-          sudo apt-get autoremove -y
-          sudo apt-get clean
-
-      - run: |
-          sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs .
+      - name: Mount tmpfs
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.runner == 'fast' }}
-
+        run: sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs .
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-build
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODEJS_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Set up docker QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: Configure sccache
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL', process.env.ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL || '');
-            core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN', process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN || '');
+          nodejs-version: ${{ env.NODEJS_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Make
         run: TARGET=${{ matrix.triple }} make cli

.github/workflows/start-registry.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Start-Registry
+name: start-registry
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ on:
       - master
       - next/*
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   NODEJS_VERSION: "24.11.0"
   ENVIRONMENT: '${{ fromJson(format(''["{0}", ""]'', github.event.inputs.environment || ''dev''))[github.event.inputs.environment == ''NONE''] }}'
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   compile:
     name: Build Debian Package
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft != true
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
@@ -56,50 +61,15 @@ jobs:
           }}
     runs-on: ${{ fromJson('["ubuntu-latest", "buildjet-32vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]')[github.event.inputs.runner == 'fast'] }}
     steps:
-      - name: Cleaning up unnecessary files
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y mono-* \
-            ghc* cabal-install* \
-            dotnet* \
-            php* \
-            ruby* \
-            mysql-* \
-            postgresql-* \
-            azure-cli \
-            powershell \
-            google-cloud-sdk \
-            msodbcsql* mssql-tools* \
-            imagemagick* \
-            libgl1-mesa-dri \
-            google-chrome-stable \
-            firefox
-          sudo apt-get autoremove -y
-          sudo apt-get clean
-
-      - run: |
-          sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs .
+      - name: Mount tmpfs
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.runner == 'fast' }}
-
+        run: sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs .
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-build
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODEJS_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Set up docker QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: Configure sccache
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL', process.env.ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL || '');
-            core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN', process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN || '');
+          nodejs-version: ${{ env.NODEJS_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Make
         run: make registry-deb

.github/workflows/start-tunnel.yaml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Start-Tunnel
+name: start-tunnel
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ on:
       - master
       - next/*
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   NODEJS_VERSION: "24.11.0"
   ENVIRONMENT: '${{ fromJson(format(''["{0}", ""]'', github.event.inputs.environment || ''dev''))[github.event.inputs.environment == ''NONE''] }}'
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   compile:
     name: Build Debian Package
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft != true
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
@@ -56,50 +61,15 @@ jobs:
           }}
     runs-on: ${{ fromJson('["ubuntu-latest", "buildjet-32vcpu-ubuntu-2204"]')[github.event.inputs.runner == 'fast'] }}
     steps:
-      - name: Cleaning up unnecessary files
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y mono-* \
-            ghc* cabal-install* \
-            dotnet* \
-            php* \
-            ruby* \
-            mysql-* \
-            postgresql-* \
-            azure-cli \
-            powershell \
-            google-cloud-sdk \
-            msodbcsql* mssql-tools* \
-            imagemagick* \
-            libgl1-mesa-dri \
-            google-chrome-stable \
-            firefox
-          sudo apt-get autoremove -y
-          sudo apt-get clean
-
-      - run: |
-          sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs .
+      - name: Mount tmpfs
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.runner == 'fast' }}
-
+        run: sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs .
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-build
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODEJS_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Set up docker QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: Configure sccache
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL', process.env.ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL || '');
-            core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN', process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN || '');
+          nodejs-version: ${{ env.NODEJS_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Make
         run: make tunnel-deb

.github/workflows/startos-iso.yaml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ on:
           - x86_64-nonfree
           - aarch64
           - aarch64-nonfree
-          - raspberrypi
+          # - raspberrypi
           - riscv64
       deploy:
         type: choice
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ on:
       - master
       - next/*
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   NODEJS_VERSION: "24.11.0"
   ENVIRONMENT: '${{ fromJson(format(''["{0}", ""]'', github.event.inputs.environment || ''dev''))[github.event.inputs.environment == ''NONE''] }}'
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   compile:
     name: Compile Base Binaries
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft != true
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
@@ -86,57 +91,16 @@ jobs:
         )[github.event.inputs.runner == 'fast']
       }}
     steps:
-      - name: Cleaning up unnecessary files
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y azure-cli || true
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y firefox || true
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y ghc-* || true
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y google-cloud-sdk || true
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y google-chrome-stable || true
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y powershell || true
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y php* || true
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y ruby* || true
-          sudo apt-get remove --purge -y mono-* || true
-          sudo apt-get autoremove -y
-          sudo apt-get clean
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/jvm               # All JDKs
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/.ghcup          # Haskell toolchain
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/android     # Android SDK/NDK, emulator
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet          # .NET SDKs
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/swift           # Swift toolchain (if present)
-          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"    # Pre-cached tool cache (Go, Node, etc.)
-      - run: |
-          sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs .
+      - name: Mount tmpfs
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.runner == 'fast' }}
-
+        run: sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs .
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-build
         with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODEJS_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Set up docker QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-
-      - name: Set up system dependencies
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y qemu-user-static systemd-container squashfuse
-
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-
-      - name: Configure sccache
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL', process.env.ACTIONS_RESULTS_URL || '');
-            core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN', process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN || '');
+          nodejs-version: ${{ env.NODEJS_VERSION }}
+          setup-python: "true"
 
       - name: Make
         run: make ARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} compiled-${{ matrix.arch }}.tar
@@ -154,13 +118,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
+        # TODO: re-add "raspberrypi" to the platform list below
         platform: >-
           ${{
             fromJson(
               format(
                 '[
                   ["{0}"],
-                  ["x86_64", "x86_64-nonfree", "aarch64", "aarch64-nonfree", "riscv64", "raspberrypi"]
+                  ["x86_64", "x86_64-nonfree", "aarch64", "aarch64-nonfree", "riscv64"]
                 ]',
                 github.event.inputs.platform || 'ALL'
               )
@@ -224,32 +189,17 @@ jobs:
           sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"    # Pre-cached tool cache (Go, Node, etc.)
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.runner != 'fast' }}
 
+      # BuildJet runners lack /opt/hostedtoolcache, which setup-qemu expects
+      - name: Ensure hostedtoolcache exists
+        run: sudo mkdir -p /opt/hostedtoolcache && sudo chown $USER:$USER /opt/hostedtoolcache
+
+      - name: Set up docker QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
 
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y qemu-user-static
-          wget https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debspawn/debspawn_0.6.2-1_all.deb
-          sha256sum ./debspawn_0.6.2-1_all.deb | grep 37ef27458cb1e35e8bce4d4f639b06b4b3866fc0b9191ec6b9bd157afd06a817
-          sudo apt-get install -y ./debspawn_0.6.2-1_all.deb
-
-      - name: Configure debspawn
-        run: |
-          sudo mkdir -p /etc/debspawn/
-          echo "AllowUnsafePermissions=true" | sudo tee /etc/debspawn/global.toml
-          sudo mkdir -p /var/tmp/debspawn
-
-      - run: sudo mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /var/tmp/debspawn
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.runner == 'fast' && (matrix.platform == 'x86_64' || matrix.platform == 'x86_64-nonfree') }}
-
       - name: Download compiled artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -262,22 +212,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir -p web/node_modules
           mkdir -p web/dist/raw
-          mkdir -p core/startos/bindings
+          mkdir -p core/bindings
           mkdir -p sdk/base/lib/osBindings
           mkdir -p container-runtime/node_modules
           mkdir -p container-runtime/dist
           mkdir -p container-runtime/dist/node_modules
-          mkdir -p core/startos/bindings
           mkdir -p sdk/dist
           mkdir -p sdk/baseDist
           mkdir -p patch-db/client/node_modules
           mkdir -p patch-db/client/dist
           mkdir -p web/.angular
           mkdir -p web/dist/raw/ui
-          mkdir -p web/dist/raw/install-wizard
           mkdir -p web/dist/raw/setup-wizard
           mkdir -p web/dist/static/ui
-          mkdir -p web/dist/static/install-wizard
           mkdir -p web/dist/static/setup-wizard
           PLATFORM=${{ matrix.platform }} make -t compiled-${{ env.ARCH }}.tar
 
@@ -307,40 +254,3 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ matrix.platform }}.img
           path: results/*.img
         if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'raspberrypi' }}
-
-      - name: Upload OTA to registry
-        run: >-
-          PLATFORM=${{ matrix.platform }} make upload-ota TARGET="${{
-            fromJson('{
-              "alpha": "alpha-registry-x.start9.com",
-              "beta": "beta-registry.start9.com",
-            }')[github.event.inputs.deploy]
-          }}" KEY="${{
-            fromJson(
-              format('{{
-                "alpha": "{0}",
-                "beta": "{1}",
-              }}', secrets.ALPHA_INDEX_KEY, secrets.BETA_INDEX_KEY)
-            )[github.event.inputs.deploy]
-          }}"
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.deploy != '' && github.event.inputs.deploy != 'NONE' }}
-
-  index:
-    if: ${{ github.event.inputs.deploy != '' && github.event.inputs.deploy != 'NONE' }}
-    needs: [image]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - run: >-
-          curl "https://${{
-            fromJson('{
-              "alpha": "alpha-registry-x.start9.com",
-              "beta": "beta-registry.start9.com",
-            }')[github.event.inputs.deploy]
-          }}:8443/resync.cgi?key=${{
-            fromJson(
-              format('{{
-                "alpha": "{0}",
-                "beta": "{1}",
-              }}', secrets.ALPHA_INDEX_KEY, secrets.BETA_INDEX_KEY)
-            )[github.event.inputs.deploy]
-          }}"

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ on:
       - master
       - next/*
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 env:
   NODEJS_VERSION: "24.11.0"
   ENVIRONMENT: dev-unstable
@@ -17,15 +21,18 @@ env:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Run Automated Tests
+    if: github.event.pull_request.draft != true
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-build
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODEJS_VERSION }}
+          nodejs-version: ${{ env.NODEJS_VERSION }}
+          free-space: "false"
+          setup-docker: "false"
+          setup-sccache: "false"
 
       - name: Build And Run Tests
         run: make test

.gitignore

@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
 .DS_Store
 .idea
-/*.img
-/*.img.gz
-/*.img.xz
-/*-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite.img
-/*-raspios-bullseye-arm64-lite.zip
+*.img
+*.img.gz
+*.img.xz
+*.zip
 /product_key.txt
 /*_product_key.txt
 .vscode/settings.json
 deploy_web.sh
-deploy_web.sh
 secrets.db
 .vscode/
-/cargo-deps/**/*
-/PLATFORM.txt
-/ENVIRONMENT.txt
-/GIT_HASH.txt
-/VERSION.txt
-/*.deb
+/build/env/*.txt
+*.deb
 /target
-/*.squashfs
+*.squashfs
 /results
 /dpkg-workdir
 /compiled.tar
 /compiled-*.tar
-/firmware
-/tmp
+/build/lib/firmware
+tmp
+web/.i18n-checked
+docs/USER.md

CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# CLAUDE.md
+
+This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
+
+## Project Overview
+
+StartOS is an open-source Linux distribution for running personal servers. It manages discovery, installation, network configuration, backups, and health monitoring of self-hosted services.
+
+**Tech Stack:**
+- Backend: Rust (async/Tokio, Axum web framework)
+- Frontend: Angular 20 + TypeScript + TaigaUI
+- Container runtime: Node.js/TypeScript with LXC
+- Database/State: Patch-DB (git submodule) - storage layer with reactive frontend sync
+- API: JSON-RPC via rpc-toolkit (see `core/rpc-toolkit.md`)
+- Auth: Password + session cookie, public/private key signatures, local authcookie (see `core/src/middleware/auth/`)
+
+## Build & Development
+
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for:
+- Environment setup and requirements
+- Build commands and make targets
+- Testing and formatting commands
+- Environment variables
+
+**Quick reference:**
+```bash
+. ./devmode.sh                            # Enable dev mode
+make update-startbox REMOTE=start9@<ip>   # Fastest iteration (binary + UI)
+make test-core                            # Run Rust tests
+```
+
+### Verifying code changes
+
+When making changes across multiple layers (Rust, SDK, web, container-runtime), verify in this order:
+
+1. **Rust**: `cargo check -p start-os` — verifies core compiles
+2. **TS bindings**: `make ts-bindings` — regenerates TypeScript types from Rust `#[ts(export)]` structs
+   - Runs `./core/build/build-ts.sh` to export ts-rs types to `core/bindings/`
+   - Syncs `core/bindings/` → `sdk/base/lib/osBindings/` via rsync
+   - If you manually edit files in `sdk/base/lib/osBindings/`, you must still rebuild the SDK (step 3)
+3. **SDK bundle**: `cd sdk && make baseDist dist` — compiles SDK source into packages
+   - `baseDist/` is consumed by `/web` (via `@start9labs/start-sdk-base`)
+   - `dist/` is consumed by `/container-runtime` (via `@start9labs/start-sdk`)
+   - Web and container-runtime reference the **built** SDK, not source files
+4. **Web type check**: `cd web && npm run check` — type-checks all Angular projects
+5. **Container runtime type check**: `cd container-runtime && npm run check` — type-checks the runtime
+
+**Important**: Editing `sdk/base/lib/osBindings/*.ts` alone is NOT sufficient — you must rebuild the SDK bundle (step 3) before web/container-runtime can see the changes.
+
+## Architecture
+
+Each major component has its own `CLAUDE.md` with detailed guidance.
+
+- **`core/`** — Rust backend daemon (startbox, start-cli, start-container, registrybox, tunnelbox)
+- **`web/`** — Angular frontend workspace (admin UI, setup wizard, marketplace, shared library)
+- **`container-runtime/`** — Node.js runtime managing service containers via JSON-RPC
+- **`sdk/`** — TypeScript SDK for packaging services (`@start9labs/start-sdk`)
+- **`patch-db/`** — Git submodule providing diff-based state synchronization
+
+## Supplementary Documentation
+
+The `docs/` directory contains cross-cutting documentation for AI assistants:
+
+- `TODO.md` - Pending tasks for AI agents (check this first, remove items when completed)
+- `USER.md` - Current user identifier (gitignored, see below)
+- `exver.md` - Extended versioning format (used across core, sdk, and web)
+- `VERSION_BUMP.md` - Guide for bumping the StartOS version across the codebase
+
+Component-specific docs live alongside their code (e.g., `core/rpc-toolkit.md`, `core/i18n-patterns.md`).
+
+### Session Startup
+
+On startup:
+
+1. **Check for `docs/USER.md`** - If it doesn't exist, prompt the user for their name/identifier and create it. This file is gitignored since it varies per developer.
+
+2. **Check `docs/TODO.md` for relevant tasks** - Show TODOs that either:
+   - Have no `@username` tag (relevant to everyone)
+   - Are tagged with the current user's identifier
+
+   Skip TODOs tagged with a different user.
+
+3. **Ask "What would you like to do today?"** - Offer options for each relevant TODO item, plus "Something else" for other requests.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,133 +1,260 @@
 # Contributing to StartOS
 
-This guide is for contributing to the StartOS. If you are interested in packaging a service for StartOS, visit the [service packaging guide](https://docs.start9.com/latest/packaging-guide/). If you are interested in promoting, providing technical support, creating tutorials, or helping in other ways, please visit the [Start9 website](https://start9.com/contribute).
+This guide is for contributing to the StartOS. If you are interested in packaging a service for StartOS, visit the [service packaging guide](https://github.com/Start9Labs/ai-service-packaging). If you are interested in promoting, providing technical support, creating tutorials, or helping in other ways, please visit the [Start9 website](https://start9.com/contribute).
 
 ## Collaboration
 
-- [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#community-dev:matrix.start9labs.com)
-- [Telegram](https://t.me/start9_labs/47471)
+- [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#dev-startos:matrix.start9labs.com)
 
 ## Project Structure
 
 ```bash
 /
-├── assets/
-├── container-runtime/
-├── core/
-├── build/
-├── debian/
-├── web/
-├── image-recipe/
-├── patch-db
-└── sdk/
+├── assets/              # Screenshots for README
+├── build/               # Auxiliary files and scripts for deployed images
+├── container-runtime/   # Node.js program managing package containers
+├── core/                # Rust backend: API, daemon (startd), CLI (start-cli)
+├── debian/              # Debian package maintainer scripts
+├── image-recipe/        # Scripts for building StartOS images
+├── patch-db/            # (submodule) Diff-based data store for frontend sync
+├── sdk/                 # TypeScript SDK for building StartOS packages
+└── web/                 # Web UIs (Angular)
 ```
 
-#### assets
-
-screenshots for the StartOS README
-
-#### container-runtime
-
-A NodeJS program that dynamically loads maintainer scripts and communicates with the OS to manage packages
-
-#### core
-
-An API, daemon (startd), and CLI (start-cli) that together provide the core functionality of StartOS.
-
-#### build
-
-Auxiliary files and scripts to include in deployed StartOS images
-
-#### debian
-
-Maintainer scripts for the StartOS Debian package
-
-#### web
-
-Web UIs served under various conditions and used to interact with StartOS APIs.
-
-#### image-recipe
-
-Scripts for building StartOS images
-
-#### patch-db (submodule)
-
-A diff based data store used to synchronize data between the web interfaces and server.
-
-#### sdk
-
-A typescript sdk for building start-os packages
-
-## Environment Setup
-
-#### Clone the StartOS repository
-
-```sh
-git clone https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os.git --recurse-submodules
-cd start-os
-```
-
-#### Continue to your project of interest for additional instructions:
+See component READMEs for details:
 
 - [`core`](core/README.md)
-- [`web-interfaces`](web-interfaces/README.md)
+- [`web`](web/README.md)
 - [`build`](build/README.md)
 - [`patch-db`](https://github.com/Start9Labs/patch-db)
 
+## Environment Setup
+
+### Installing Dependencies (Debian/Ubuntu)
+
+> Debian/Ubuntu is the only officially supported build environment.
+> MacOS has limited build capabilities and Windows requires [WSL2](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install).
+
+```sh
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install -y ca-certificates curl gpg build-essential
+curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
+echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg-architecture -q DEB_HOST_ARCH) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install -y sed grep gawk jq gzip brotli containerd.io docker-ce docker-ce-cli docker-compose-plugin qemu-user-static binfmt-support squashfs-tools git debspawn rsync b3sum
+sudo mkdir -p /etc/debspawn/
+echo "AllowUnsafePermissions=true" | sudo tee /etc/debspawn/global.toml
+sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
+sudo su $USER
+docker run --privileged --rm tonistiigi/binfmt --install all
+docker buildx create --use
+curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh # proceed with default installation
+curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
+source ~/.bashrc
+nvm install 24
+nvm use 24
+nvm alias default 24 # this prevents your machine from reverting back to another version
+```
+
+### Cloning the Repository
+
+```sh
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os.git --branch next/major
+cd start-os
+```
+
+### Development Mode
+
+For faster iteration during development:
+
+```sh
+. ./devmode.sh
+```
+
+This sets `ENVIRONMENT=dev` and `GIT_BRANCH_AS_HASH=1` to prevent rebuilds on every commit.
+
 ## Building
 
-This project uses [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) to build its components. To build any specific component, simply run `make <TARGET>` replacing `<TARGET>` with the name of the target you'd like to build
+All builds can be performed on any operating system that can run Docker.
+
+This project uses [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) to build its components.
 
 ### Requirements
 
 - [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
-- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
+- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) or [Podman](https://podman.io/)
 - [NodeJS v20.16.0](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm)
-- [sed](https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/)
-- [grep](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/)
-- [awk](https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/)
+- [Rust](https://rustup.rs/) (nightly for formatting)
+- [sed](https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/), [grep](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/), [awk](https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/)
 - [jq](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/)
-- [gzip](https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/)
-- [brotli](https://github.com/google/brotli)
+- [gzip](https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/), [brotli](https://github.com/google/brotli)
 
-### Environment variables
+### Environment Variables
 
-- `PLATFORM`: which platform you would like to build for. Must be one of `x86_64`, `x86_64-nonfree`, `aarch64`, `aarch64-nonfree`, `raspberrypi`
-  - NOTE: `nonfree` images are for including `nonfree` firmware packages in the built ISO
-- `ENVIRONMENT`: a hyphen separated set of feature flags to enable
-  - `dev`: enables password ssh (INSECURE!) and does not compress frontends
-  - `unstable`: enables assertions that will cause errors on unexpected inconsistencies that are undesirable in production use either for performance or reliability reasons
-  - `docker`: use `docker` instead of `podman`
-- `GIT_BRANCH_AS_HASH`: set to `1` to use the current git branch name as the git hash so that the project does not need to be rebuilt on each commit
+| Variable             | Description                                                                                         |
+| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `PLATFORM`           | Target platform: `x86_64`, `x86_64-nonfree`, `aarch64`, `aarch64-nonfree`, `riscv64`, `raspberrypi` |
+| `ENVIRONMENT`        | Hyphen-separated feature flags (see below)                                                          |
+| `PROFILE`            | Build profile: `release` (default) or `dev`                                                         |
+| `GIT_BRANCH_AS_HASH` | Set to `1` to use git branch name as version hash (avoids rebuilds)                                 |
 
-### Useful Make Targets
+**ENVIRONMENT flags:**
 
-- `iso`: Create a full `.iso` image
-  - Only possible from Debian
-  - Not available for `PLATFORM=raspberrypi`
-  - Additional Requirements:
-    - [debspawn](https://github.com/lkhq/debspawn)
-- `img`: Create a full `.img` image
-  - Only possible from Debian
-  - Only available for `PLATFORM=raspberrypi`
-  - Additional Requirements:
-    - [debspawn](https://github.com/lkhq/debspawn)
-- `format`: Run automatic code formatting for the project
-  - Additional Requirements:
-    - [rust](https://rustup.rs/)
-- `test`: Run automated tests for the project
-  - Additional Requirements:
-    - [rust](https://rustup.rs/)
-- `update`: Deploy the current working project to a device over ssh as if through an over-the-air update
-  - Requires an argument `REMOTE` which is the ssh address of the device, i.e. `start9@192.168.122.2`
-- `reflash`: Deploy the current working project to a device over ssh as if using a live `iso` image to reflash it
-  - Requires an argument `REMOTE` which is the ssh address of the device, i.e. `start9@192.168.122.2`
-- `update-overlay`: Deploy the current working project to a device over ssh to the in-memory overlay without restarting it
-  - WARNING: changes will be reverted after the device is rebooted
-  - WARNING: changes to `init` will not take effect as the device is already initialized
-  - Requires an argument `REMOTE` which is the ssh address of the device, i.e. `start9@192.168.122.2`
-- `wormhole`: Deploy the `startbox` to a device using [magic-wormhole](https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole)
-  - When the build it complete will emit a command to paste into the shell of the device to upgrade it
-  - Additional Requirements:
-    - [magic-wormhole](https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole)
-- `clean`: Delete all compiled artifacts
+- `dev` - Enables password SSH before setup, skips frontend compression
+- `unstable` - Enables assertions and debugging with performance penalty
+- `console` - Enables tokio-console for async debugging
+
+**Platform notes:**
+
+- `-nonfree` variants include proprietary firmware and drivers
+- `raspberrypi` includes non-free components by necessity
+- Platform is remembered between builds if not specified
+
+### Make Targets
+
+#### Building
+
+| Target        | Description                                    |
+| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
+| `iso`         | Create full `.iso` image (not for raspberrypi) |
+| `img`         | Create full `.img` image (raspberrypi only)    |
+| `deb`         | Build Debian package                           |
+| `all`         | Build all Rust binaries                        |
+| `uis`         | Build all web UIs                              |
+| `ui`          | Build main UI only                             |
+| `ts-bindings` | Generate TypeScript bindings from Rust types   |
+
+#### Deploying to Device
+
+For devices on the same network:
+
+| Target                               | Description                                     |
+| ------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| `update-startbox REMOTE=start9@<ip>` | Deploy binary + UI only (fastest)               |
+| `update-deb REMOTE=start9@<ip>`      | Deploy full Debian package                      |
+| `update REMOTE=start9@<ip>`          | OTA-style update                                |
+| `reflash REMOTE=start9@<ip>`         | Reflash as if using live ISO                    |
+| `update-overlay REMOTE=start9@<ip>`  | Deploy to in-memory overlay (reverts on reboot) |
+
+For devices on different networks (uses [magic-wormhole](https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole)):
+
+| Target              | Description          |
+| ------------------- | -------------------- |
+| `wormhole`          | Send startbox binary |
+| `wormhole-deb`      | Send Debian package  |
+| `wormhole-squashfs` | Send squashfs image  |
+
+### Creating a VM
+
+Install virt-manager:
+
+```sh
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install -y virt-manager
+sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER
+sudo su $USER
+virt-manager
+```
+
+Follow the screenshot walkthrough in [`assets/create-vm/`](assets/create-vm/) to create a new virtual machine. Key steps:
+
+1. Create a new virtual machine
+2. Browse for the ISO — create a storage pool pointing to your `results/` directory
+3. Select "Generic or unknown OS"
+4. Set memory and CPUs
+5. Create a disk and name the VM
+
+Build an ISO first:
+
+```sh
+PLATFORM=$(uname -m) ENVIRONMENT=dev make iso
+```
+
+#### Other
+
+| Target                   | Description                                 |
+| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------- |
+| `format`                 | Run code formatting (Rust nightly required) |
+| `test`                   | Run all automated tests                     |
+| `test-core`              | Run Rust tests                              |
+| `test-sdk`               | Run SDK tests                               |
+| `test-container-runtime` | Run container runtime tests                 |
+| `clean`                  | Delete all compiled artifacts               |
+
+## Testing
+
+```bash
+make test                    # All tests
+make test-core               # Rust tests (via ./core/run-tests.sh)
+make test-sdk                # SDK tests
+make test-container-runtime  # Container runtime tests
+
+# Run specific Rust test
+cd core && cargo test <test_name> --features=test
+```
+
+## Code Formatting
+
+```bash
+# Rust (requires nightly)
+make format
+
+# TypeScript/HTML/SCSS (web)
+cd web && npm run format
+```
+
+## Code Style Guidelines
+
+### Formatting
+
+Run the formatters before committing. Configuration is handled by `rustfmt.toml` (Rust) and prettier configs (TypeScript).
+
+### Documentation & Comments
+
+**Rust:**
+
+- Add doc comments (`///`) to public APIs, structs, and non-obvious functions
+- Use `//` comments sparingly for complex logic that isn't self-evident
+- Prefer self-documenting code (clear naming, small functions) over comments
+
+**TypeScript:**
+
+- Document exported functions and complex types with JSDoc
+- Keep comments focused on "why" rather than "what"
+
+**General:**
+
+- Don't add comments that just restate the code
+- Update or remove comments when code changes
+- TODOs should include context: `// TODO(username): reason`
+
+### Commit Messages
+
+Use [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/):
+
+```
+<type>(<scope>): <description>
+
+[optional body]
+
+[optional footer]
+```
+
+**Types:**
+
+- `feat` - New feature
+- `fix` - Bug fix
+- `docs` - Documentation only
+- `style` - Formatting, no code change
+- `refactor` - Code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
+- `test` - Adding or updating tests
+- `chore` - Build process, dependencies, etc.
+
+**Examples:**
+
+```
+feat(web): add dark mode toggle
+fix(core): resolve race condition in service startup
+docs: update CONTRIBUTING.md with style guidelines
+refactor(sdk): simplify package validation logic
+```

DEVELOPMENT.md

@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-# Setting up your development environment on Debian/Ubuntu
-
-A step-by-step guide
-
-> This is the only officially supported build environment.
-> MacOS has limited build capabilities and Windows requires [WSL2](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install)
-
-## Installing dependencies
-
-Run the following commands one at a time
-
-```sh
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt install -y ca-certificates curl gpg build-essential
-curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
-echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg-architecture -q DEB_HOST_ARCH) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian bookworm stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt install -y sed grep gawk jq gzip brotli containerd.io docker-ce docker-ce-cli docker-compose-plugin qemu-user-static binfmt-support squashfs-tools git debspawn rsync b3sum
-sudo mkdir -p /etc/debspawn/
-echo "AllowUnsafePermissions=true" | sudo tee /etc/debspawn/global.toml
-sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
-sudo su $USER
-docker run --privileged --rm tonistiigi/binfmt --install all
-docker buildx create --use
-curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh # proceed with default installation
-curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
-source ~/.bashrc
-nvm install 24
-nvm use 24
-nvm alias default 24 # this prevents your machine from reverting back to another version
-```
-
-## Cloning the repository
-
-```sh
-git clone --recursive https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os.git --branch next/major
-cd start-os
-```
-
-## Building an ISO
-
-```sh
-PLATFORM=$(uname -m) ENVIRONMENT=dev make iso
-```
-
-This will build an ISO for your current architecture. If you are building to run on an architecture other than the one you are currently on, replace `$(uname -m)` with the correct platform for the device (one of `aarch64`, `aarch64-nonfree`, `x86_64`, `x86_64-nonfree`, `raspberrypi`)
-
-## Creating a VM
-
-### Install virt-manager
-
-```sh
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt install -y virt-manager
-sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER
-sudo su $USER
-```
-
-### Launch virt-manager
-
-```sh
-virt-manager
-```
-
-### Create new virtual machine
-
-![Select "Create a new virtual machine"](assets/create-vm/step-1.png)
-![Click "Forward"](assets/create-vm/step-2.png)
-![Click "Browse"](assets/create-vm/step-3.png)
-![Click "+"](assets/create-vm/step-4.png)
-
-#### make sure to set "Target Path" to the path to your results directory in start-os
-
-![Create storage pool](assets/create-vm/step-5.png)
-![Select storage pool](assets/create-vm/step-6.png)
-![Select ISO](assets/create-vm/step-7.png)
-![Select "Generic or unknown OS" and click "Forward"](assets/create-vm/step-8.png)
-![Set Memory and CPUs](assets/create-vm/step-9.png)
-![Create disk](assets/create-vm/step-10.png)
-![Name VM](assets/create-vm/step-11.png)
-![Create network](assets/create-vm/step-12.png)
-
-## Updating a VM
-
-The fastest way to update a VM to your latest code depends on what you changed:
-
-### UI or startd:
-
-```sh
-PLATFORM=$(uname -m) ENVIRONMENT=dev make update-startbox REMOTE=start9@<VM IP>
-```
-
-### Container runtime or debian dependencies:
-
-```sh
-PLATFORM=$(uname -m) ENVIRONMENT=dev make update-deb REMOTE=start9@<VM IP>
-```
-
-### Image recipe:
-
-```sh
-PLATFORM=$(uname -m) ENVIRONMENT=dev make update-squashfs REMOTE=start9@<VM IP>
-```
-
----
-
-If the device you are building for is not available via ssh, it is also possible to use `magic-wormhole` to send the relevant files.
-
-### Prerequisites:
-
-```sh
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt install -y magic-wormhole
-```
-
-As before, the fastest way to update a VM to your latest code depends on what you changed. Each of the following commands will return a command to paste into the shell of the device you would like to upgrade.
-
-### UI or startd:
-
-```sh
-PLATFORM=$(uname -m) ENVIRONMENT=dev make wormhole
-```
-
-### Container runtime or debian dependencies:
-
-```sh
-PLATFORM=$(uname -m) ENVIRONMENT=dev make wormhole-deb
-```
-
-### Image recipe:
-
-```sh
-PLATFORM=$(uname -m) ENVIRONMENT=dev make wormhole-squashfs
-```

Makefile

@@ -1,45 +1,44 @@
 ls-files = $(shell git ls-files --cached --others --exclude-standard $1) 
 PROFILE = release
 
-PLATFORM_FILE := $(shell ./check-platform.sh)
-ENVIRONMENT_FILE := $(shell ./check-environment.sh)
-GIT_HASH_FILE := $(shell ./check-git-hash.sh)
-VERSION_FILE := $(shell ./check-version.sh)
-BASENAME := $(shell PROJECT=startos ./basename.sh)
-PLATFORM := $(shell if [ -f ./PLATFORM.txt ]; then cat ./PLATFORM.txt; else echo unknown; fi)
+PLATFORM_FILE := $(shell ./build/env/check-platform.sh)
+ENVIRONMENT_FILE := $(shell ./build/env/check-environment.sh)
+GIT_HASH_FILE := $(shell ./build/env/check-git-hash.sh)
+VERSION_FILE := $(shell ./build/env/check-version.sh)
+BASENAME := $(shell PROJECT=startos ./build/env/basename.sh)
+PLATFORM := $(shell if [ -f $(PLATFORM_FILE) ]; then cat $(PLATFORM_FILE); else echo unknown; fi)
 ARCH := $(shell if [ "$(PLATFORM)" = "raspberrypi" ]; then echo aarch64; else echo $(PLATFORM) | sed 's/-nonfree$$//g'; fi)
 RUST_ARCH := $(shell if [ "$(ARCH)" = "riscv64" ]; then echo riscv64gc; else echo $(ARCH); fi)
-REGISTRY_BASENAME := $(shell PROJECT=start-registry PLATFORM=$(ARCH) ./basename.sh)
-TUNNEL_BASENAME := $(shell PROJECT=start-tunnel PLATFORM=$(ARCH) ./basename.sh)
+REGISTRY_BASENAME := $(shell PROJECT=start-registry PLATFORM=$(ARCH) ./build/env/basename.sh)
+TUNNEL_BASENAME := $(shell PROJECT=start-tunnel PLATFORM=$(ARCH) ./build/env/basename.sh)
 IMAGE_TYPE=$(shell if [ "$(PLATFORM)" = raspberrypi ]; then echo img; else echo iso; fi)
-WEB_UIS := web/dist/raw/ui/index.html web/dist/raw/setup-wizard/index.html web/dist/raw/install-wizard/index.html
-COMPRESSED_WEB_UIS := web/dist/static/ui/index.html web/dist/static/setup-wizard/index.html web/dist/static/install-wizard/index.html
-FIRMWARE_ROMS := ./firmware/$(PLATFORM) $(shell jq --raw-output '.[] | select(.platform[] | contains("$(PLATFORM)")) | "./firmware/$(PLATFORM)/" + .id + ".rom.gz"' build/lib/firmware.json)
-BUILD_SRC := $(call ls-files, build) build/lib/depends build/lib/conflicts $(FIRMWARE_ROMS)
-IMAGE_RECIPE_SRC := $(call ls-files, image-recipe/)
-STARTD_SRC := core/startos/startd.service $(BUILD_SRC)
+WEB_UIS := web/dist/raw/ui/index.html web/dist/raw/setup-wizard/index.html
+COMPRESSED_WEB_UIS := web/dist/static/ui/index.html web/dist/static/setup-wizard/index.html
+FIRMWARE_ROMS := build/lib/firmware/$(PLATFORM) $(shell jq --raw-output '.[] | select(.platform[] | contains("$(PLATFORM)")) | "./build/lib/firmware/$(PLATFORM)/" + .id + ".rom.gz"' build/lib/firmware.json)
+BUILD_SRC := $(call ls-files, build/lib) build/lib/depends build/lib/conflicts $(FIRMWARE_ROMS)
+IMAGE_RECIPE_SRC := $(call ls-files, build/image-recipe/)
+STARTD_SRC := core/startd.service $(BUILD_SRC)
 CORE_SRC := $(call ls-files, core) $(shell git ls-files --recurse-submodules patch-db) $(GIT_HASH_FILE)
 WEB_SHARED_SRC := $(call ls-files, web/projects/shared) $(call ls-files, web/projects/marketplace) $(shell ls -p web/ | grep -v / | sed 's/^/web\//g') web/node_modules/.package-lock.json web/config.json patch-db/client/dist/index.js sdk/baseDist/package.json web/patchdb-ui-seed.json sdk/dist/package.json
 WEB_UI_SRC := $(call ls-files, web/projects/ui)
 WEB_SETUP_WIZARD_SRC := $(call ls-files, web/projects/setup-wizard)
-WEB_INSTALL_WIZARD_SRC := $(call ls-files, web/projects/install-wizard)
 WEB_START_TUNNEL_SRC := $(call ls-files, web/projects/start-tunnel)
 PATCH_DB_CLIENT_SRC := $(shell git ls-files --recurse-submodules patch-db/client)
 GZIP_BIN := $(shell which pigz || which gzip)
 TAR_BIN := $(shell which gtar || which tar)
 COMPILED_TARGETS := core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/startbox core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/start-container container-runtime/rootfs.$(ARCH).squashfs
-STARTOS_TARGETS := $(STARTD_SRC) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE) $(GIT_HASH_FILE) $(VERSION_FILE) $(COMPILED_TARGETS) cargo-deps/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/startos-backup-fs $(PLATFORM_FILE) \
+STARTOS_TARGETS := $(STARTD_SRC) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE) $(GIT_HASH_FILE) $(VERSION_FILE) $(COMPILED_TARGETS) target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/startos-backup-fs $(PLATFORM_FILE) \
 	$(shell if [ "$(PLATFORM)" = "raspberrypi" ]; then \
-		echo cargo-deps/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/release/pi-beep; \
+		echo target/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/release/pi-beep; \
 	fi) \
 	$(shell /bin/bash -c 'if [[ "${ENVIRONMENT}" =~ (^|-)unstable($$|-) ]]; then \
-		echo cargo-deps/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/flamegraph; \
+		echo target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/flamegraph; \
 	fi') \
 	$(shell /bin/bash -c 'if [[ "${ENVIRONMENT}" =~ (^|-)console($$|-) ]]; then \
-		echo cargo-deps/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/tokio-console; \
+		echo target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/tokio-console; \
 	fi')
-REGISTRY_TARGETS := core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/registrybox core/startos/start-registryd.service
-TUNNEL_TARGETS := core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/tunnelbox core/startos/start-tunneld.service
+REGISTRY_TARGETS := core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/registrybox core/start-registryd.service
+TUNNEL_TARGETS := core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/tunnelbox core/start-tunneld.service
 
 ifeq ($(REMOTE),)
 	mkdir = mkdir -p $1
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ metadata: $(VERSION_FILE) $(PLATFORM_FILE) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE) $(GIT_HASH_FILE)
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf core/target
-	rm -rf core/startos/bindings
+	rm -rf core/bindings
 	rm -rf web/.angular
 	rm -f web/config.json
 	rm -rf web/node_modules
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf patch-db/client/node_modules
 	rm -rf patch-db/client/dist
 	rm -rf patch-db/target
-	rm -rf cargo-deps
+	rm -rf target
 	rm -rf dpkg-workdir
 	rm -rf image-recipe/deb
 	rm -rf results
@@ -89,14 +88,8 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf container-runtime/dist
 	rm -rf container-runtime/node_modules
 	rm -f container-runtime/*.squashfs
-	if [ -d container-runtime/tmp/combined ] && mountpoint container-runtime/tmp/combined; then sudo umount container-runtime/tmp/combined; fi
-	if [ -d container-runtime/tmp/lower ] && mountpoint container-runtime/tmp/lower; then sudo umount container-runtime/tmp/lower; fi
-	rm -rf container-runtime/tmp
 	(cd sdk && make clean)
-	rm -f ENVIRONMENT.txt
-	rm -f PLATFORM.txt
-	rm -f GIT_HASH.txt
-	rm -f VERSION.txt
+	rm -f env/*.txt
 
 format:
 	cd core && cargo +nightly fmt
@@ -113,10 +106,10 @@ test-container-runtime: container-runtime/node_modules/.package-lock.json $(call
 	cd container-runtime && npm test
 
 install-cli: $(GIT_HASH_FILE)
-	./core/build-cli.sh --install
+	./core/build/build-cli.sh --install
 
 cli: $(GIT_HASH_FILE)
-	./core/build-cli.sh
+	./core/build/build-cli.sh
 
 registry: core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/registrybox
 
@@ -127,49 +120,49 @@ install-registry: $(REGISTRY_TARGETS)
 	$(call ln,/usr/bin/start-registrybox,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/start-registry)
 
 	$(call mkdir,$(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system)
-	$(call cp,core/startos/start-registryd.service,$(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system/start-registryd.service)
+	$(call cp,core/start-registryd.service,$(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system/start-registryd.service)
 
 core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/registrybox: $(CORE_SRC) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE)
-	ARCH=$(ARCH) PROFILE=$(PROFILE) ./core/build-registrybox.sh
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) PROFILE=$(PROFILE) ./core/build/build-registrybox.sh
 
 tunnel: core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/tunnelbox
 
-install-tunnel: core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/tunnelbox core/startos/start-tunneld.service
+install-tunnel: core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/tunnelbox core/start-tunneld.service
 	$(call mkdir,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin)
 	$(call cp,core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/tunnelbox,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/start-tunnelbox)
 	$(call ln,/usr/bin/start-tunnelbox,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/start-tunneld)
 	$(call ln,/usr/bin/start-tunnelbox,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/start-tunnel)
 
 	$(call mkdir,$(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system)
-	$(call cp,core/startos/start-tunneld.service,$(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system/start-tunneld.service)
+	$(call cp,core/start-tunneld.service,$(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system/start-tunneld.service)
 
 	$(call mkdir,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/scripts)
 	$(call cp,build/lib/scripts/forward-port,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/scripts/forward-port)
 
 core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/tunnelbox: $(CORE_SRC) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE) $(GIT_HASH_FILE) web/dist/static/start-tunnel/index.html
-	ARCH=$(ARCH) PROFILE=$(PROFILE) ./core/build-tunnelbox.sh
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) PROFILE=$(PROFILE) ./core/build/build-tunnelbox.sh
 
 deb: results/$(BASENAME).deb
 
-results/$(BASENAME).deb: dpkg-build.sh $(call ls-files,debian/startos) $(STARTOS_TARGETS)
-	PLATFORM=$(PLATFORM) REQUIRES=debian ./build/os-compat/run-compat.sh ./dpkg-build.sh
+results/$(BASENAME).deb: debian/dpkg-build.sh $(call ls-files,debian/startos) $(STARTOS_TARGETS)
+	PLATFORM=$(PLATFORM) REQUIRES=debian ./build/os-compat/run-compat.sh ./debian/dpkg-build.sh
 
 registry-deb: results/$(REGISTRY_BASENAME).deb
 
-results/$(REGISTRY_BASENAME).deb: dpkg-build.sh $(call ls-files,debian/start-registry) $(REGISTRY_TARGETS)
-	PROJECT=start-registry PLATFORM=$(ARCH) REQUIRES=debian ./build/os-compat/run-compat.sh ./dpkg-build.sh
+results/$(REGISTRY_BASENAME).deb: debian/dpkg-build.sh $(call ls-files,debian/start-registry) $(REGISTRY_TARGETS)
+	PROJECT=start-registry PLATFORM=$(ARCH) REQUIRES=debian ./build/os-compat/run-compat.sh ./debian/dpkg-build.sh
 
 tunnel-deb: results/$(TUNNEL_BASENAME).deb
 
-results/$(TUNNEL_BASENAME).deb: dpkg-build.sh $(call ls-files,debian/start-tunnel) $(TUNNEL_TARGETS) build/lib/scripts/forward-port
-	PROJECT=start-tunnel PLATFORM=$(ARCH) REQUIRES=debian DEPENDS=wireguard-tools,iptables,conntrack ./build/os-compat/run-compat.sh ./dpkg-build.sh
+results/$(TUNNEL_BASENAME).deb: debian/dpkg-build.sh $(call ls-files,debian/start-tunnel) $(TUNNEL_TARGETS) build/lib/scripts/forward-port
+	PROJECT=start-tunnel PLATFORM=$(ARCH) REQUIRES=debian DEPENDS=wireguard-tools,iptables,conntrack ./build/os-compat/run-compat.sh ./debian/dpkg-build.sh
 
 $(IMAGE_TYPE): results/$(BASENAME).$(IMAGE_TYPE)
 
 squashfs: results/$(BASENAME).squashfs
 
 results/$(BASENAME).$(IMAGE_TYPE) results/$(BASENAME).squashfs: $(IMAGE_RECIPE_SRC) results/$(BASENAME).deb
-	./image-recipe/run-local-build.sh "results/$(BASENAME).deb"
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./build/image-recipe/run-local-build.sh "results/$(BASENAME).deb"
 
 # For creating os images. DO NOT USE
 install: $(STARTOS_TARGETS)
@@ -178,18 +171,18 @@ install: $(STARTOS_TARGETS)
 	$(call cp,core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/startbox,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/startbox)
 	$(call ln,/usr/bin/startbox,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/startd)
 	$(call ln,/usr/bin/startbox,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/start-cli)
-	if [ "$(PLATFORM)" = "raspberrypi" ]; then $(call cp,cargo-deps/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/release/pi-beep,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/pi-beep); fi
+	if [ "$(PLATFORM)" = "raspberrypi" ]; then $(call cp,target/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/release/pi-beep,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/pi-beep); fi
 	if /bin/bash -c '[[ "${ENVIRONMENT}" =~ (^|-)unstable($$|-) ]]'; then \
-		$(call cp,cargo-deps/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/flamegraph,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/flamegraph); \
+		$(call cp,target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/flamegraph,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/flamegraph); \
 	fi
 	if /bin/bash -c '[[ "${ENVIRONMENT}" =~ (^|-)console($$|-) ]]'; then \
-		$(call cp,cargo-deps/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/tokio-console,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/tokio-console); \
+		$(call cp,target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/tokio-console,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/tokio-console); \
 	fi
-	$(call cp,cargo-deps/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/startos-backup-fs,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/startos-backup-fs)
+	$(call cp,target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/startos-backup-fs,$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/startos-backup-fs)
 	$(call ln,/usr/bin/startos-backup-fs,$(DESTDIR)/usr/sbin/mount.backup-fs)
 	
 	$(call mkdir,$(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system)
-	$(call cp,core/startos/startd.service,$(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system/startd.service)
+	$(call cp,core/startd.service,$(DESTDIR)/lib/systemd/system/startd.service)
 
 	$(call mkdir,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib)
 	$(call rm,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos)
@@ -197,18 +190,16 @@ install: $(STARTOS_TARGETS)
 	$(call mkdir,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/container-runtime)
 	$(call cp,container-runtime/rootfs.$(ARCH).squashfs,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/container-runtime/rootfs.squashfs)
 
-	$(call cp,PLATFORM.txt,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/PLATFORM.txt)
-	$(call cp,ENVIRONMENT.txt,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/ENVIRONMENT.txt)
-	$(call cp,GIT_HASH.txt,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/GIT_HASH.txt)
-	$(call cp,VERSION.txt,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/VERSION.txt)
-
-	$(call cp,firmware/$(PLATFORM),$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/firmware)
+	$(call cp,build/env/PLATFORM.txt,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/PLATFORM.txt)
+	$(call cp,build/env/ENVIRONMENT.txt,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/ENVIRONMENT.txt)
+	$(call cp,build/env/GIT_HASH.txt,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/GIT_HASH.txt)
+	$(call cp,build/env/VERSION.txt,$(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/startos/VERSION.txt)
 
 update-overlay: $(STARTOS_TARGETS)
 	@echo "\033[33m!!! THIS WILL ONLY REFLASH YOUR DEVICE IN MEMORY !!!\033[0m"
 	@echo "\033[33mALL CHANGES WILL BE REVERTED IF YOU RESTART THE DEVICE\033[0m"
 	@if [ -z "$(REMOTE)" ]; then >&2 echo "Must specify REMOTE" && false; fi
-	@if [ "`ssh $(REMOTE) 'cat /usr/lib/startos/VERSION.txt'`" != "`cat ./VERSION.txt`" ]; then >&2 echo "StartOS requires migrations: update-overlay is unavailable." && false; fi
+	@if [ "`ssh $(REMOTE) 'cat /usr/lib/startos/VERSION.txt'`" != "`cat $(VERSION_FILE)`" ]; then >&2 echo "StartOS requires migrations: update-overlay is unavailable." && false; fi
 	$(call ssh,"sudo systemctl stop startd")
 	$(MAKE) install REMOTE=$(REMOTE) SSHPASS=$(SSHPASS) PLATFORM=$(PLATFORM)
 	$(call ssh,"sudo systemctl start startd")
@@ -245,9 +236,9 @@ update-startbox: core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/startbox
 update-deb: results/$(BASENAME).deb # better than update, but only available from debian
 	@if [ -z "$(REMOTE)" ]; then >&2 echo "Must specify REMOTE" && false; fi
 	$(call ssh,'sudo /usr/lib/startos/scripts/chroot-and-upgrade --create')
-	$(call mkdir,/media/startos/next/tmp/startos-deb)
-	$(call cp,results/$(BASENAME).deb,/media/startos/next/tmp/startos-deb/$(BASENAME).deb)
-	$(call ssh,'sudo /media/startos/next/usr/lib/startos/scripts/chroot-and-upgrade --no-sync "apt-get install -y --reinstall /tmp/startos-deb/$(BASENAME).deb"')
+	$(call mkdir,/media/startos/next/var/tmp/startos-deb)
+	$(call cp,results/$(BASENAME).deb,/media/startos/next/var/tmp/startos-deb/$(BASENAME).deb)
+	$(call ssh,'sudo /media/startos/next/usr/lib/startos/scripts/chroot-and-upgrade --no-sync "apt-get install -y --reinstall /var/tmp/startos-deb/$(BASENAME).deb"')
 
 update-squashfs: results/$(BASENAME).squashfs
 	@if [ -z "$(REMOTE)" ]; then >&2 echo "Must specify REMOTE" && false; fi
@@ -266,7 +257,7 @@ emulate-reflash: $(STARTOS_TARGETS)
 	$(call ssh,'sudo /media/startos/next/usr/lib/startos/scripts/chroot-and-upgrade --no-sync "apt-get install -y $(shell cat ./build/lib/depends)"')
 
 upload-ota: results/$(BASENAME).squashfs
-	TARGET=$(TARGET) KEY=$(KEY) ./upload-ota.sh
+	TARGET=$(TARGET) KEY=$(KEY) ./build/upload-ota.sh
 
 container-runtime/debian.$(ARCH).squashfs: ./container-runtime/download-base-image.sh
 	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./container-runtime/download-base-image.sh
@@ -279,16 +270,16 @@ container-runtime/node_modules/.package-lock.json: container-runtime/package-loc
 	npm --prefix container-runtime ci
 	touch container-runtime/node_modules/.package-lock.json
 
-ts-bindings: core/startos/bindings/index.ts
+ts-bindings: core/bindings/index.ts
 	mkdir -p sdk/base/lib/osBindings
-	rsync -ac --delete core/startos/bindings/ sdk/base/lib/osBindings/
+	rsync -ac --delete core/bindings/ sdk/base/lib/osBindings/
 
-core/startos/bindings/index.ts: $(call ls-files, core) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE)
-	rm -rf core/startos/bindings
-	./core/build-ts.sh
-	ls core/startos/bindings/*.ts | sed 's/core\/startos\/bindings\/\([^.]*\)\.ts/export { \1 } from ".\/\1";/g' | grep -v '"./index"' | tee core/startos/bindings/index.ts
-	npm --prefix sdk exec -- prettier --config ./sdk/base/package.json -w ./core/startos/bindings/*.ts
-	touch core/startos/bindings/index.ts
+core/bindings/index.ts: $(call ls-files, core) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE)
+	rm -rf core/bindings
+	./core/build/build-ts.sh
+	ls core/bindings/*.ts | sed 's/core\/bindings\/\([^.]*\)\.ts/export { \1 } from ".\/\1";/g' | grep -v '"./index"' | tee core/bindings/index.ts
+	npm --prefix sdk exec -- prettier --config ./sdk/base/package.json -w ./core/bindings/*.ts
+	touch core/bindings/index.ts
 
 sdk/dist/package.json sdk/baseDist/package.json: $(call ls-files, sdk) sdk/base/lib/osBindings/index.ts
 	(cd sdk && make bundle)
@@ -303,21 +294,21 @@ container-runtime/dist/node_modules/.package-lock.json container-runtime/dist/pa
 	./container-runtime/install-dist-deps.sh
 	touch container-runtime/dist/node_modules/.package-lock.json
 
-container-runtime/rootfs.$(ARCH).squashfs: container-runtime/debian.$(ARCH).squashfs container-runtime/container-runtime.service container-runtime/update-image.sh container-runtime/deb-install.sh container-runtime/dist/index.js container-runtime/dist/node_modules/.package-lock.json core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/start-container
-	ARCH=$(ARCH) REQUIRES=qemu ./build/os-compat/run-compat.sh ./container-runtime/update-image.sh
+container-runtime/rootfs.$(ARCH).squashfs: container-runtime/debian.$(ARCH).squashfs container-runtime/container-runtime.service container-runtime/update-image.sh container-runtime/update-image-local.sh container-runtime/deb-install.sh container-runtime/dist/index.js container-runtime/dist/node_modules/.package-lock.json core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/start-container
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./container-runtime/update-image-local.sh
 
 build/lib/depends build/lib/conflicts: $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE) $(PLATFORM_FILE) $(shell ls build/dpkg-deps/*)
 	PLATFORM=$(PLATFORM) ARCH=$(ARCH) build/dpkg-deps/generate.sh
 
-$(FIRMWARE_ROMS): build/lib/firmware.json download-firmware.sh $(PLATFORM_FILE)
-	./download-firmware.sh $(PLATFORM)
+$(FIRMWARE_ROMS): build/lib/firmware.json ./build/download-firmware.sh $(PLATFORM_FILE)
+	./build/download-firmware.sh $(PLATFORM)
 
 core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/startbox: $(CORE_SRC) $(COMPRESSED_WEB_UIS) web/patchdb-ui-seed.json $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE)
-	ARCH=$(ARCH) PROFILE=$(PROFILE) ./core/build-startbox.sh
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) PROFILE=$(PROFILE) ./core/build/build-startbox.sh
 	touch core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/$(PROFILE)/startbox
 
 core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/start-container: $(CORE_SRC) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE)
-	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./core/build-start-container.sh
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./core/build/build-start-container.sh
 	touch core/target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/start-container
 
 web/package-lock.json: web/package.json sdk/baseDist/package.json
@@ -333,27 +324,27 @@ web/.angular/.updated: patch-db/client/dist/index.js sdk/baseDist/package.json w
 	mkdir -p web/.angular
 	touch web/.angular/.updated
 
-web/dist/raw/ui/index.html: $(WEB_UI_SRC) $(WEB_SHARED_SRC) web/.angular/.updated
+web/.i18n-checked: $(WEB_SHARED_SRC) $(WEB_UI_SRC) $(WEB_SETUP_WIZARD_SRC) $(WEB_START_TUNNEL_SRC)
+	npm --prefix web run check:i18n
+	touch web/.i18n-checked
+
+web/dist/raw/ui/index.html: $(WEB_UI_SRC) $(WEB_SHARED_SRC) web/.angular/.updated web/.i18n-checked
 	npm --prefix web run build:ui
 	touch web/dist/raw/ui/index.html
 
-web/dist/raw/setup-wizard/index.html: $(WEB_SETUP_WIZARD_SRC) $(WEB_SHARED_SRC) web/.angular/.updated
+web/dist/raw/setup-wizard/index.html: $(WEB_SETUP_WIZARD_SRC) $(WEB_SHARED_SRC) web/.angular/.updated web/.i18n-checked
 	npm --prefix web run build:setup
 	touch web/dist/raw/setup-wizard/index.html
 
-web/dist/raw/install-wizard/index.html: $(WEB_INSTALL_WIZARD_SRC) $(WEB_SHARED_SRC) web/.angular/.updated
-	npm --prefix web run build:install
-	touch web/dist/raw/install-wizard/index.html
-
-web/dist/raw/start-tunnel/index.html: $(WEB_START_TUNNEL_SRC) $(WEB_SHARED_SRC) web/.angular/.updated
+web/dist/raw/start-tunnel/index.html: $(WEB_START_TUNNEL_SRC) $(WEB_SHARED_SRC) web/.angular/.updated web/.i18n-checked
 	npm --prefix web run build:tunnel
 	touch web/dist/raw/start-tunnel/index.html
 
 web/dist/static/%/index.html: web/dist/raw/%/index.html
-	./compress-uis.sh $*
+	./web/compress-uis.sh $*
 
-web/config.json: $(GIT_HASH_FILE) web/config-sample.json
-	jq '.useMocks = false' web/config-sample.json | jq '.gitHash = "$(shell cat GIT_HASH.txt)"' > web/config.json
+web/config.json: $(GIT_HASH_FILE) $(ENVIRONMENT_FILE) web/config-sample.json web/update-config.sh
+	./web/update-config.sh	
 
 patch-db/client/node_modules/.package-lock.json: patch-db/client/package.json
 	npm --prefix patch-db/client ci
@@ -374,17 +365,17 @@ uis: $(WEB_UIS)
 # this is a convenience step to build the UI
 ui: web/dist/raw/ui
 
-cargo-deps/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/release/pi-beep: ./build-cargo-dep.sh
-	ARCH=aarch64 ./build-cargo-dep.sh pi-beep
+target/aarch64-unknown-linux-musl/release/pi-beep: ./build/build-cargo-dep.sh
+	ARCH=aarch64 ./build/build-cargo-dep.sh pi-beep
 
-cargo-deps/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/tokio-console: ./build-cargo-dep.sh
-	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./build-cargo-dep.sh tokio-console
+target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/tokio-console: ./build/build-cargo-dep.sh
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./build/build-cargo-dep.sh tokio-console
 	touch $@
 
-cargo-deps/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/startos-backup-fs: ./build-cargo-dep.sh
-	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./build-cargo-dep.sh --git https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-fs.git startos-backup-fs
+target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/startos-backup-fs: ./build/build-cargo-dep.sh
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./build/build-cargo-dep.sh --git https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-fs.git startos-backup-fs
 	touch $@
 
-cargo-deps/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/flamegraph: ./build-cargo-dep.sh
-	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./build-cargo-dep.sh flamegraph
+target/$(RUST_ARCH)-unknown-linux-musl/release/flamegraph: ./build/build-cargo-dep.sh
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) ./build/build-cargo-dep.sh flamegraph
 	touch $@

README.md

@@ -7,76 +7,64 @@
   <a href="https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os/actions/workflows/startos-iso.yaml">
     <img src="https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os/actions/workflows/startos-iso.yaml/badge.svg">
   </a>
-    <a href="https://heyapollo.com/product/startos">
+  <a href="https://heyapollo.com/product/startos">
     <img alt="Static Badge" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/apollo-review%20%E2%AD%90%E2%AD%90%E2%AD%90%E2%AD%90%E2%AD%90%20-slateblue">
   </a>
   <a href="https://twitter.com/start9labs">
     <img alt="X (formerly Twitter) Follow" src="https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/start9labs">
   </a>
-  <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#community:matrix.start9labs.com">
-    <img alt="Static Badge" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/community-matrix-yellow?logo=matrix">
-  </a>
-  <a href="https://t.me/start9_labs">
-    <img alt="Static Badge" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/community-telegram-blue?logo=telegram">
-  </a>
   <a href="https://docs.start9.com">
     <img alt="Static Badge" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-orange?label=%F0%9F%91%A4%20support">
   </a>
-  <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#community-dev:matrix.start9labs.com">
+  <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#dev-startos:matrix.start9labs.com">
     <img alt="Static Badge" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/developer-matrix-darkcyan?logo=matrix">
   </a>
   <a href="https://start9.com">
     <img alt="Website" src="https://img.shields.io/website?up_message=online&down_message=offline&url=https%3A%2F%2Fstart9.com&logo=website&label=%F0%9F%8C%90%20website">
   </a>
 </div>
-<br />
-<div align="center">
-  <h3>
-    Welcome to the era of Sovereign Computing
-  </h3>
-  <p>
-    StartOS is an open source Linux distribution optimized for running a personal server. It facilitates the discovery, installation, network configuration, service configuration, data backup, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted software services.
-  </p>
-</div>
-<br />
-<p align="center">
-<img src="assets/StartOS.png" alt="StartOS" width="85%">
-</p>
-<br />
 
-## Running StartOS
-> [!WARNING]
-> StartOS is in beta. It lacks features. It doesn't always work perfectly. Start9 servers are not plug and play. Using them properly requires some effort and patience. Please do not use StartOS or purchase a server if you are unable or unwilling to follow instructions and learn new concepts.
+## What is StartOS?
 
-### 💰 Buy a Start9 server
-This is the most convenient option. Simply [buy a server](https://store.start9.com) from Start9 and plug it in.
+StartOS is an open-source Linux distribution for running a personal server. It handles discovery, installation, network configuration, data backup, dependency management, and health monitoring of self-hosted services.
 
-### 👷 Build your own server
-This option is easier than you might imagine, and there are 4 reasons why you might prefer it:
-1. You already have hardware
-1. You want to save on shipping costs
-1. You prefer not to divulge your physical address
-1. You just like building things
+**Tech stack:** Rust backend (Tokio/Axum), Angular frontend, Node.js container runtime with LXC, and a custom diff-based database ([Patch-DB](https://github.com/Start9Labs/patch-db)) for reactive state synchronization.
 
-To pursue this option, follow one of our [DIY guides](https://start9.com/latest/diy).
+Services run in isolated LXC containers, packaged as [S9PKs](https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os/blob/master/core/s9pk-structure.md) — a signed, merkle-archived format that supports partial downloads and cryptographic verification.
 
-## ❤️ Contributing
-There are multiple ways to contribute: work directly on StartOS, package a service for the marketplace, or help with documentation and guides. To learn more about contributing, see [here](https://start9.com/contribute/).
+## What can you do with it?
 
-To report security issues, please email our security team - security@start9.com.
+StartOS lets you self-host services that would otherwise depend on third-party cloud providers — giving you full ownership of your data and infrastructure.
 
-## 🌎 Marketplace
-There are dozens of services available for StartOS, and new ones are being added all the time. Check out the full list of available services [here](https://marketplace.start9.com/marketplace). To read more about the Marketplace ecosystem, check out this [blog post](https://blog.start9.com/start9-marketplace-strategy/)
+Browse available services on the [Start9 Marketplace](https://marketplace.start9.com/), including:
 
-## 🖥️ User Interface Screenshots
+- **Bitcoin & Lightning** — Run a full Bitcoin node, Lightning node, BTCPay Server, and other payment infrastructure
+- **Communication** — Self-host Matrix, SimpleX, or other messaging platforms
+- **Cloud Storage** — Run Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, and other productivity tools
 
-<p align="center">
-<img src="assets/registry.png" alt="StartOS Marketplace" width="49%">
-<img src="assets/community.png" alt="StartOS Community Registry" width="49%">
-<img src="assets/c-lightning.png" alt="StartOS NextCloud Service" width="49%">
-<img src="assets/btcpay.png" alt="StartOS BTCPay Service" width="49%">
-<img src="assets/nextcloud.png" alt="StartOS System Settings" width="49%">
-<img src="assets/system.png" alt="StartOS System Settings" width="49%">
-<img src="assets/welcome.png" alt="StartOS System Settings" width="49%">
-<img src="assets/logs.png" alt="StartOS System Settings" width="49%">
-</p>
+Services are added by the community. If a service you want isn't available, you can [package it yourself](https://github.com/Start9Labs/ai-service-packaging/).
+
+## Getting StartOS
+
+### Buy a Start9 server
+
+The easiest path. [Buy a server](https://store.start9.com) from Start9 and plug it in.
+
+### Build your own
+
+Install StartOS on your own hardware. Follow one of the [DIY guides](https://start9.com/latest/diy). Reasons to go this route:
+
+1. You already have compatible hardware
+2. You want to save on shipping costs
+3. You prefer not to share your physical address
+4. You enjoy building things
+
+### Build from source
+
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for environment setup, build instructions, and development workflow.
+
+## Contributing
+
+There are multiple ways to contribute: work directly on StartOS, package a service for the marketplace, or help with documentation and guides. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) or visit [start9.com/contribute](https://start9.com/contribute/).
+
+To report security issues, email [security@start9.com](mailto:security@start9.com).

START-TUNNEL.md

@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-# StartTunnel
-
-A self-hosted WireGuard VPN optimized for creating VLANs and reverse tunneling to personal servers.
-
-You can think of StartTunnel as "virtual router in the cloud".
-
-Use it for private remote access to self-hosted services running on a personal server, or to expose self-hosted services to the public Internet without revealing the host server's IP address.
-
-## Features
-
-- **Create Subnets**: Each subnet creates a private, virtual local area network (VLAN), similar to the LAN created by a home router.
-
-- **Add Devices**: When you add a device (server, phone, laptop) to a subnet, it receives a LAN IP address on that subnet as well as a unique WireGuard config that must be copied, downloaded, or scanned into the device.
-
-- **Forward Ports**: Forwarding a port creates a "reverse tunnel", exposing a specific port on a specific device to the public Internet.
-
-## Installation
-
-1.  Rent a low cost VPS. For most use cases, the cheapest option should be enough.
-
-    - It must have a dedicated public IP address.
-    - For compute (CPU), memory (RAM), and storage (disk), choose the minimum spec.
-    - For transfer (bandwidth), it depends on (1) your use case and (2) your home Internet's _upload_ speed. Even if you intend to serve large files or stream content from your server, there is no reason to pay for speeds that exceed your home Internet's upload speed.
-
-1.  Provision the VPS with the latest version of Debian.
-
-1.  Access the VPS via SSH.
-
-1.  Run the StartTunnel install script:
-
-        curl -fsSL https://start9labs.github.io/start-tunnel | sh
-
-1.  [Initialize the web interface](#web-interface) (recommended)
-
-## Updating
-
-Simply re-run the install command:
-
-```sh
-curl -fsSL https://start9labs.github.io/start-tunnel | sh
-```
-
-## CLI
-
-By default, StartTunnel is managed via the `start-tunnel` command line interface, which is self-documented.
-
-```
-start-tunnel --help
-```
-
-## Web Interface
-
-Enable the web interface (recommended in most cases) to access your StartTunnel from the browser or via API.
-
-1.  Initialize the web interface.
-
-        start-tunnel web init
-
-1.  If your VPS has multiple public IP addresses, you will be prompted to select the IP address at which to host the web interface.
-
-1.  When prompted, enter the port at which to host the web interface. The default is 8443, and we recommend using it. If you change the default, choose an uncommon port to avoid future conflicts.
-
-1.  To access your StartTunnel web interface securely over HTTPS, you need an SSL certificate. When prompted, select whether to autogenerate a certificate or provide your own. _This is only for accessing your StartTunnel web interface_.
-
-1.  You will receive a success message with 3 pieces of information:
-
-    - **<https://IP:port>**: the URL where you can reach your personal web interface.
-    - **Password**: an autogenerated password for your interface. If you lose/forget it, you can reset it using the start-tunnel CLI.
-    - **Root Certificate Authority**: the Root CA of your StartTunnel instance.
-
-1.  If you autogenerated your SSL certificate, visiting the `https://IP:port` URL in the browser will warn you that the website is insecure. This is expected. You have two options for getting past this warning:
-    - option 1 (recommended): [Trust your StartTunnel Root CA on your connecting device](#trusting-your-starttunnel-root-ca).
-    - Option 2: bypass the warning in the browser, creating a one-time security exception.
-
-### Trusting your StartTunnel Root CA
-
-1. Copy the contents of your Root CA (starting with -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and ending with -----END CERTIFICATE-----).
-
-2. Open a text editor:
-
-   - Linux: gedit, nano, or any editor
-   - Mac: TextEdit
-   - Windows: Notepad
-
-3. Paste the contents of your Root CA.
-
-4. Save the file with a `.crt` extension (e.g. `start-tunnel.crt`) (make sure it saves as plain text, not rich text).
-
-5. Trust the Root CA on your client device(s):
-
-   - [Linux](https://staging.docs.start9.com/device-guides/linux/ca.html)
-   - [Mac](https://staging.docs.start9.com/device-guides/mac/ca.html)
-   - [Windows](https://staging.docs.start9.com/device-guides/windows/ca.html)
-   - [Android/Graphene](https://staging.docs.start9.com/device-guides/android/ca.html)
-   - [iOS](https://staging.docs.start9.com/device-guides/ios/ca.html)

TODO.md

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+# AI Agent TODOs
+
+Pending tasks for AI agents. Remove items when completed.
+
+## Unreviewed CLAUDE.md Sections
+
+- [ ] Architecture - Web (`/web`) - @MattDHill
+
+## Features
+
+- [ ] Support preferred external ports besides 443 - @dr-bonez
+
+  **Problem**: Currently, port 443 is the only preferred external port that is actually honored. When a
+  service requests `preferred_external_port: 8443` (or any non-443 value) for SSL, the system ignores
+  the preference and assigns a dynamic-range port (49152-65535). The `preferred_external_port` is only
+  used as a label for Tor mappings and as a trigger for the port-443 special case in `update()`.
+
+  **Goal**: Honor `preferred_external_port` for both SSL and non-SSL binds when the requested port is
+  available, with proper conflict resolution and fallback to dynamic-range allocation.
+
+  ### Design
+
+  **Key distinction**: There are two separate concepts for SSL port usage:
+
+  1. **Port ownership** (`assigned_ssl_port`) — A port exclusively owned by a binding, allocated from
+     `AvailablePorts`. Used for server hostnames (`.local`, mDNS, etc.) and iptables forwards.
+  2. **Domain SSL port** — The port used for domain-based vhost entries. A binding does NOT need to own
+     a port to have a domain vhost on it. The VHostController already supports multiple hostnames on the
+     same port via SNI. Any binding can create a domain vhost entry on any SSL port that the
+     VHostController has a listener for, regardless of who "owns" that port.
+
+  For example: the OS owns port 443 as its `assigned_ssl_port`. A service with
+  `preferred_external_port: 443` won't get 443 as its `assigned_ssl_port` (it's taken), but it CAN
+  still have domain vhost entries on port 443 — SNI routes by hostname.
+
+  #### 1. Preferred Port Allocation for Ownership ✅ DONE
+
+  `AvailablePorts::try_alloc(port) -> Option<u16>` added to `forward.rs`. `BindInfo::new()` and
+  `BindInfo::update()` attempt the preferred port first, falling back to dynamic-range allocation.
+
+  #### 2. Per-Address Enable/Disable ✅ DONE
+
+  Gateway-level `private_disabled`/`public_enabled` on `NetInfo` replaced with per-address
+  `DerivedAddressInfo` on `BindInfo`. `hostname_info` removed from `Host` — computed addresses now
+  live in `BindInfo.addresses.possible`.
+
+  **`DerivedAddressInfo` struct** (on `BindInfo`):
+
+  ```rust
+  pub struct DerivedAddressInfo {
+      pub private_disabled: BTreeSet<HostnameInfo>,
+      pub public_enabled: BTreeSet<HostnameInfo>,
+      pub possible: BTreeSet<HostnameInfo>,  // COMPUTED by update()
+  }
+  ```
+
+  `DerivedAddressInfo::enabled()` returns `possible` filtered by the two sets. `HostnameInfo` derives
+  `Ord` for `BTreeSet` usage. `AddressFilter` (implementing `InterfaceFilter`) derives enabled
+  gateway set from `DerivedAddressInfo` for vhost/forward filtering.
+
+  **RPC endpoint**: `set-gateway-enabled` replaced with `set-address-enabled` (on both
+  `server.host.binding` and `package.host.binding`).
+
+  **How disabling works per address type** (enforcement deferred to Section 3):
+
+  - **WAN/LAN IP:port**: Will be enforced via **source-IP gating** in the vhost layer (Section 3).
+  - **Hostname-based addresses** (`.local`, domains): Disabled by **not creating the vhost/SNI
+    entry** for that hostname.
+
+  #### 3. Eliminate the Port 5443 Hack: Source-IP-Based WAN Blocking (`vhost.rs`, `net_controller.rs`)
+
+  **Current problem**: The `if ssl.preferred_external_port == 443` branch (line 341 of
+  `net_controller.rs`) creates a bespoke dual-vhost setup: port 5443 for private-only access and port
+  443 for public (or public+private). This exists because both public and private traffic arrive on the
+  same port 443 listener, and the current `InterfaceFilter`/`PublicFilter` model distinguishes
+  public/private by which *network interface* the connection arrived on — which doesn't work when both
+  traffic types share a listener.
+
+  **Solution**: Determine public vs private based on **source IP** at the vhost level. Traffic arriving
+  from the gateway IP should be treated as public (the gateway may MASQUERADE/NAT internet traffic, so
+  anything from the gateway is potentially public). Traffic from LAN IPs is private.
+
+  This applies to **all** vhost targets, not just port 443:
+
+  - **Add a `public` field to `ProxyTarget`** (or an enum: `Public`, `Private`, `Both`) indicating
+    what traffic this target accepts, derived from the binding's user-controlled `public` field.
+  - **Modify `VHostTarget::filter()`** (`vhost.rs:342`): Instead of (or in addition to) checking the
+    network interface via `GatewayInfo`, check the source IP of the TCP connection against known gateway
+    IPs. If the source IP matches a gateway or IP outside the subnet, the connection is public;
+    otherwise it's private. Use this to gate against the target's `public` field.
+  - **Eliminate the 5443 port entirely**: A single vhost entry on port 443 (or any shared SSL port) can
+    serve both public and private traffic, with per-target source-IP gating determining which backend
+    handles which connections.
+
+  #### 4. Port Forward Mapping in Patch-DB
+
+  When a binding is marked `public = true`, StartOS must record the required port forwards in patch-db
+  so the frontend can display them to the user. The user then configures these on their router manually.
+
+  For each public binding, store:
+  - The external port the router should forward (the actual vhost port used for domains, or the
+    `assigned_port` / `assigned_ssl_port` for non-domain access)
+  - The protocol (TCP/UDP)
+  - The StartOS LAN IP as the forward target
+  - Which service/binding this forward is for (for display purposes)
+
+  This mapping should be in the public database model so the frontend can read and display it.
+
+  #### 5. Simplify `update()` Domain Vhost Logic (`net_controller.rs`)
+
+  With source-IP gating in the vhost controller:
+
+  - **Remove the `== 443` special case** and the 5443 secondary vhost.
+  - For **server hostnames** (`.local`, mDNS, embassy, startos, localhost): use `assigned_ssl_port`
+    (the port the binding owns).
+  - For **domain-based vhost entries**: attempt to use `preferred_external_port` as the vhost port.
+    This succeeds if the port is either unused or already has an SSL listener (SNI handles sharing).
+    It fails only if the port is already in use by a non-SSL binding, or is a restricted port. On
+    failure, fall back to `assigned_ssl_port`.
+  - The binding's `public` field determines the `ProxyTarget`'s public/private gating.
+  - Hostname info must exactly match the actual vhost port used: for server hostnames, report
+    `ssl_port: assigned_ssl_port`. For domains, report `ssl_port: preferred_external_port` if it was
+    successfully used for the domain vhost, otherwise report `ssl_port: assigned_ssl_port`.
+
+  #### 6. Frontend: Interfaces Page Overhaul (View/Manage Split)
+
+  The current interfaces page is a single page showing gateways (with toggle), addresses, public
+  domains, and private domains. It gets split into two pages: **View** and **Manage**.
+
+  **SDK**: `preferredExternalPort` is already exposed. No additional SDK changes needed.
+
+  ##### View Page
+
+  Displays all computed addresses for the interface (from `BindInfo.addresses`) as a flat list. For each
+  address, show: URL, type (IPv4, IPv6, .local, domain), access level (public/private),
+  gateway name, SSL indicator, enable/disable state, port forward info for public addresses, and a test button
+  for reachability (see Section 7).
+
+  No gateway-level toggles. The old `gateways.component.ts` toggle UI is removed.
+
+  **Note**: Exact UI element placement (where toggles, buttons, info badges go) is sensitive.
+  Prompt the user for specific placement decisions during implementation.
+
+  ##### Manage Page
+
+  Simple CRUD interface for configuring which addresses exist. Two sections:
+
+  - **Public domains**: Add/remove. Uses existing RPC endpoints:
+    - `{server,package}.host.address.domain.public.add`
+    - `{server,package}.host.address.domain.public.remove`
+  - **Private domains**: Add/remove. Uses existing RPC endpoints:
+    - `{server,package}.host.address.domain.private.add`
+    - `{server,package}.host.address.domain.private.remove`
+
+  ##### Key Frontend Files to Modify
+
+  | File | Change |
+  |------|--------|
+  | `web/projects/ui/src/app/routes/portal/components/interfaces/` | Overhaul: split into view/manage |
+  | `web/projects/ui/src/app/routes/portal/components/interfaces/gateways.component.ts` | Remove (replaced by per-address toggles on View page) |
+  | `web/projects/ui/src/app/routes/portal/components/interfaces/interface.service.ts` | Update `MappedServiceInterface` to compute enabled addresses from `DerivedAddressInfo` |
+  | `web/projects/ui/src/app/routes/portal/components/interfaces/addresses/` | Refactor for View page with overflow menu (enable/disable) and test buttons |
+  | `web/projects/ui/src/app/routes/portal/routes/services/services.routes.ts` | Add routes for view/manage sub-pages |
+  | `web/projects/ui/src/app/routes/portal/routes/system/system.routes.ts` | Add routes for view/manage sub-pages |
+
+  #### 7. Reachability Test Endpoint
+
+  New RPC endpoint that tests whether an address is actually reachable, with diagnostic info on
+  failure.
+
+  **RPC endpoint** (`binding.rs` or new file):
+
+  - **`test-address`** — Test reachability of a specific address.
+
+    ```ts
+    interface BindingTestAddressParams {
+      internalPort: number
+      address: HostnameInfo
+    }
+    ```
+
+    The backend simply performs the raw checks and returns the results. The **frontend** owns all
+    interpretation — it already knows the address type, expected IP, expected port, etc. from the
+    `HostnameInfo` data, so it can compare against the backend results and construct fix messaging.
+
+    ```ts
+    interface TestAddressResult {
+      dns: string[] | null      // resolved IPs, null if not a domain address or lookup failed
+      portOpen: boolean | null  // TCP connect result, null if not applicable
+    }
+    ```
+
+    This yields two RPC methods:
+    - `server.host.binding.test-address`
+    - `package.host.binding.test-address`
+
+  The frontend already has the full `HostnameInfo` context (expected IP, domain, port, gateway,
+  public/private). It compares the backend's raw results against the expected state and constructs
+  localized fix instructions. For example:
+  - `dns` returned but doesn't contain the expected WAN IP → "Update DNS A record for {domain}
+    to {wanIp}"
+  - `dns` is `null` for a domain address → "DNS lookup failed for {domain}"
+  - `portOpen` is `false` → "Configure port forward on your router: external {port} TCP →
+    {lanIp}:{port}"
+
+  ### Key Files
+
+  | File | Role |
+  |------|------|
+  | `core/src/net/forward.rs` | `AvailablePorts` — port pool allocation, `try_alloc()` for preferred ports |
+  | `core/src/net/host/binding.rs` | `Bindings` (Map wrapper for patchdb), `BindInfo`/`NetInfo`/`DerivedAddressInfo`/`AddressFilter` — per-address enable/disable, `set-address-enabled` RPC |
+  | `core/src/net/net_controller.rs:259` | `NetServiceData::update()` — computes `DerivedAddressInfo.possible`, vhost/forward/DNS reconciliation, 5443 hack removal |
+  | `core/src/net/vhost.rs` | `VHostController` / `ProxyTarget` — source-IP gating for public/private |
+  | `core/src/net/gateway.rs` | `InterfaceFilter` trait and filter types (`AddressFilter`, `PublicFilter`, etc.) |
+  | `core/src/net/service_interface.rs` | `HostnameInfo` — derives `Ord` for `BTreeSet` usage |
+  | `core/src/net/host/address.rs` | `HostAddress` (flattened struct), domain CRUD endpoints |
+  | `sdk/base/lib/interfaces/Host.ts` | SDK `MultiHost.bindPort()` — no changes needed |
+  | `core/src/db/model/public.rs` | Public DB model — port forward mapping |
+
+- [ ] Extract TS-exported types into a lightweight sub-crate for fast binding generation
+
+  **Problem**: `make ts-bindings` compiles the entire `start-os` crate (with all dependencies: tokio,
+  axum, openssl, etc.) just to run test functions that serialize type definitions to `.ts` files.
+  Even in debug mode, this takes minutes. The generated output is pure type info — no runtime code
+  is needed.
+
+  **Goal**: Generate TS bindings in seconds by isolating exported types in a small crate with minimal
+  dependencies.
+
+  **Approach**: Create a `core/bindings-types/` sub-crate containing (or re-exporting) all 168
+  `#[ts(export)]` types. This crate depends only on `serde`, `ts-rs`, `exver`, and other type-only
+  crates — not on tokio, axum, openssl, etc. Then `build-ts.sh` runs `cargo test -p bindings-types`
+  instead of `cargo test -p start-os`.
+
+  **Challenge**: The exported types are scattered across `core/src/` and reference each other and
+  other crate types. Extracting them requires either moving the type definitions into the sub-crate
+  (and importing them back into `start-os`) or restructuring to share a common types crate.
+
+- [ ] Use auto-generated RPC types in the frontend instead of manual duplicates
+
+  **Problem**: The web frontend manually defines ~755 lines of API request/response types in
+  `web/projects/ui/src/app/services/api/api.types.ts` that can drift from the actual Rust types.
+
+  **Current state**: The Rust backend already has `#[ts(export)]` on RPC param types (e.g.
+  `AddTunnelParams`, `SetWifiEnabledParams`, `LoginParams`), and they are generated into
+  `core/bindings/`. However, commit `71b83245b` ("Chore/unexport api ts #2585", April 2024)
+  deliberately stopped building them into the SDK and had the frontend maintain its own types.
+
+  **Goal**: Reverse that decision — pipe the generated RPC types through the SDK into the frontend
+  so `api.types.ts` can import them instead of duplicating them. This eliminates drift between
+  backend and frontend API contracts.
+
+- [ ] Auto-configure port forwards via UPnP/NAT-PMP/PCP - @dr-bonez
+
+  **Blocked by**: "Support preferred external ports besides 443" (must be implemented and tested
+  end-to-end first).
+
+  **Goal**: When a binding is marked public, automatically configure port forwards on the user's router
+  using UPnP, NAT-PMP, or PCP, instead of requiring manual router configuration. Fall back to
+  displaying manual instructions (the port forward mapping from patch-db) when auto-configuration is
+  unavailable or fails.

build-cargo-dep.sh

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-shopt -s expand_aliases
-
-if [ "$0" != "./build-cargo-dep.sh" ]; then
-	>&2 echo "Must be run from start-os directory"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
-	ARCH=$(uname -m)
-fi
-
-RUST_ARCH="$ARCH"
-if [ "$ARCH" = "riscv64" ]; then
-  RUST_ARCH="riscv64gc"
-fi
-
-mkdir -p cargo-deps
-
-source core/builder-alias.sh
-
-RUSTFLAGS="-C target-feature=+crt-static"
-
-rust-zig-builder cargo-zigbuild install $* --target-dir /workdir/cargo-deps/ --target=$RUST_ARCH-unknown-linux-musl
-if [ "$(ls -nd "cargo-deps/$RUST_ARCH-unknown-linux-musl/release/${!#}" | awk '{ print $3 }')" != "$UID" ]; then
-  rust-zig-builder sh -c "chown -R $UID:$UID cargo-deps && chown -R $UID:$UID  /usr/local/cargo"
-fi

build/build-cargo-dep.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.."
+
+set -e
+shopt -s expand_aliases
+
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+	ARCH=$(uname -m)
+fi
+
+RUST_ARCH="$ARCH"
+if [ "$ARCH" = "riscv64" ]; then
+  RUST_ARCH="riscv64gc"
+fi
+
+mkdir -p target
+
+source core/build/builder-alias.sh
+
+RUSTFLAGS="-C target-feature=+crt-static"
+
+rust-zig-builder cargo-zigbuild install $* --target-dir /workdir/target/ --target=$RUST_ARCH-unknown-linux-musl
+if [ "$(ls -nd "target/$RUST_ARCH-unknown-linux-musl/release/${!#}" | awk '{ print $3 }')" != "$UID" ]; then
+  rust-zig-builder sh -c "chown -R $UID:$UID target && chown -R $UID:$UID  /usr/local/cargo"
+fi

build/download-firmware.sh

@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ if [ -z "$PLATFORM" ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-rm -rf ./firmware/$PLATFORM
-mkdir -p ./firmware/$PLATFORM
+rm -rf ./lib/firmware/$PLATFORM
+mkdir -p ./lib/firmware/$PLATFORM
 
-cd ./firmware/$PLATFORM
+cd ./lib/firmware/$PLATFORM
 
 firmwares=()
-while IFS= read -r line; do firmwares+=("$line"); done < <(jq -c ".[] | select(.platform[] | contains(\"$PLATFORM\"))" ../../build/lib/firmware.json)
+while IFS= read -r line; do firmwares+=("$line"); done < <(jq -c ".[] | select(.platform[] | contains(\"$PLATFORM\"))" ../../firmware.json)
 for firmware in "${firmwares[@]}"; do
 	if [ -n "$firmware" ]; then
 		id=$(echo "$firmware" | jq --raw-output '.id')

build/dpkg-deps/depends

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ avahi-utils
 b3sum
 bash-completion
 beep
+binfmt-support
 bmon
 btrfs-progs
 ca-certificates
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ dnsutils
 dosfstools
 e2fsprogs
 ecryptfs-utils
+equivs
 exfatprogs
 flashrom
 fuse3
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ openssh-server
 podman
 psmisc
 qemu-guest-agent
+qemu-user-static
 rfkill
 rsync
 samba-common-bin

build/dpkg-deps/generate.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ FEATURES+=("${ARCH}")
 if [ "$ARCH" != "$PLATFORM" ]; then
     FEATURES+=("${PLATFORM}")
 fi
+if [[ "$PLATFORM" =~ -nonfree$ ]]; then
+    FEATURES+=("nonfree")
+fi
 
 feature_file_checker='
 /^#/ { next }

build/dpkg-deps/nonfree.depends

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
++ firmware-amd-graphics
++ firmware-atheros
++ firmware-brcm80211
++ firmware-iwlwifi
++ firmware-libertas
++ firmware-misc-nonfree
++ firmware-realtek
++ nvidia-container-toolkit
+# + nvidia-driver
+# + nvidia-kernel-dkms

build/env/check-environment.sh

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
 if ! [ -f ./ENVIRONMENT.txt ] || [ "$(cat ./ENVIRONMENT.txt)" != "$ENVIRONMENT" ]; then
     >&2 echo "Updating ENVIRONMENT.txt to \"$ENVIRONMENT\""
     echo -n "$ENVIRONMENT" > ./ENVIRONMENT.txt
 fi
 
-echo -n ./ENVIRONMENT.txt
+echo -n ./build/env/ENVIRONMENT.txt

build/env/check-git-hash.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
 if [ "$GIT_BRANCH_AS_HASH" != 1 ]; then
     GIT_HASH="$(git rev-parse HEAD)$(if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then echo '-modified'; fi)"
 else
@@ -11,4 +13,4 @@ if ! [ -f ./GIT_HASH.txt ] || [ "$(cat ./GIT_HASH.txt)" != "$GIT_HASH" ]; then
     echo -n "$GIT_HASH" > ./GIT_HASH.txt
 fi
 
-echo -n ./GIT_HASH.txt
+echo -n ./build/env/GIT_HASH.txt

build/env/check-platform.sh

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
 if ! [ -f ./PLATFORM.txt ] || [ "$(cat ./PLATFORM.txt)" != "$PLATFORM" ] && [ -n "$PLATFORM" ]; then
     >&2 echo "Updating PLATFORM.txt to \"$PLATFORM\""
     echo -n "$PLATFORM" > ./PLATFORM.txt
 fi
 
-echo -n ./PLATFORM.txt
+echo -n ./build/env/PLATFORM.txt

build/env/check-version.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-FE_VERSION="$(cat web/package.json | grep '"version"' | sed 's/[ \t]*"version":[ \t]*"\([^"]*\)",/\1/')"
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
+
+FE_VERSION="$(cat ../../web/package.json | grep '"version"' | sed 's/[ \t]*"version":[ \t]*"\([^"]*\)",/\1/')"
 
 # TODO: Validate other version sources - backend/Cargo.toml, backend/src/version/mod.rs
 
@@ -10,4 +12,4 @@ if ! [ -f ./VERSION.txt ] || [ "$(cat ./VERSION.txt)" != "$VERSION" ]; then
     echo -n "$VERSION" > ./VERSION.txt
 fi
 
-echo -n ./VERSION.txt
+echo -n ./build/env/VERSION.txt

build/image-recipe/build.sh

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ if [ "$NON_FREE" = 1 ]; then
 	if [ "$IB_SUITE" = "bullseye" ]; then
 		ARCHIVE_AREAS="$ARCHIVE_AREAS non-free"
 	else
-		ARCHIVE_AREAS="$ARCHIVE_AREAS non-free-firmware"
+		ARCHIVE_AREAS="$ARCHIVE_AREAS non-free non-free-firmware"
 	fi
 fi
 
@@ -154,9 +154,12 @@ prompt 0
 timeout 50
 EOF
 
-cp $SOURCE_DIR/splash.png config/bootloaders/syslinux_common/splash.png
-cp $SOURCE_DIR/splash.png config/bootloaders/isolinux/splash.png
-cp $SOURCE_DIR/splash.png config/bootloaders/grub-pc/splash.png
+# Extract splash.png from the deb package
+dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile $DEB_PATH | tar --to-stdout -xf - ./usr/lib/startos/splash.png > /tmp/splash.png
+cp /tmp/splash.png config/bootloaders/syslinux_common/splash.png
+cp /tmp/splash.png config/bootloaders/isolinux/splash.png
+cp /tmp/splash.png config/bootloaders/grub-pc/splash.png
+rm /tmp/splash.png
 
 sed -i -e '2i set timeout=5' config/bootloaders/grub-pc/config.cfg
 
@@ -174,40 +177,123 @@ if [ "${IB_TARGET_PLATFORM}" = "rockchip64" ]; then
 	echo "deb https://apt.armbian.com/ ${IB_SUITE} main" > config/archives/armbian.list
 fi
 
-cat > config/archives/backports.pref <<- EOF
+if [ "$NON_FREE" = 1 ]; then
+	curl -fsSL https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/gpgkey | gpg --dearmor -o config/archives/nvidia-container-toolkit.key
+	curl -s -L https://nvidia.github.io/libnvidia-container/stable/deb/nvidia-container-toolkit.list \
+		| sed 's#deb https://#deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/nvidia-container-toolkit.key.gpg] https://#g' \
+		> config/archives/nvidia-container-toolkit.list
+fi
+
+cat > config/archives/backports.pref <<-EOF
 Package: linux-image-*
 Pin: release n=${IB_SUITE}-backports
 Pin-Priority: 500
+
+Package: linux-headers-*
+Pin: release n=${IB_SUITE}-backports
+Pin-Priority: 500
+
+Package: *nvidia*
+Pin: release n=${IB_SUITE}-backports
+Pin-Priority: 500
 EOF
 
-# Dependencies
-
-## Firmware
-if [ "$NON_FREE" = 1 ]; then
-	echo 'firmware-iwlwifi firmware-misc-nonfree firmware-brcm80211 firmware-realtek firmware-atheros firmware-libertas firmware-amd-graphics' > config/package-lists/nonfree.list.chroot
-fi
+# Hooks
 
 cat > config/hooks/normal/9000-install-startos.hook.chroot << EOF
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -e
 
+if [ "${NON_FREE}" = "1" ] && [ "${IB_TARGET_PLATFORM}" != "raspberrypi" ]; then
+    # install a specific NVIDIA driver version
+
+    # ---------------- configuration ----------------
+    NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION="\${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION:-580.119.02}"
+
+    BASE_URL="https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-${QEMU_ARCH}"
+
+    echo "[nvidia-hook] Using NVIDIA driver: \${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}" >&2
+
+    # ---------------- kernel version ----------------
+
+    # Determine target kernel version from newest /boot/vmlinuz-* in the chroot.
+    KVER="\$(
+        ls -1t /boot/vmlinuz-* 2>/dev/null \
+            | head -n1 \
+            | sed 's|.*/vmlinuz-||'
+    )"
+
+    if [ -z "\${KVER}" ]; then
+        echo "[nvidia-hook] ERROR: no /boot/vmlinuz-* found; cannot determine kernel version" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "[nvidia-hook] Target kernel version: \${KVER}" >&2
+
+    # Ensure kernel headers are present
+	TEMP_APT_DEPS=(build-essential)
+    if [ ! -e "/lib/modules/\${KVER}/build" ]; then
+		TEMP_APT_DEPS+=(linux-headers-\${KVER})
+    fi
+
+    echo "[nvidia-hook] Installing build dependencies" >&2
+
+	/usr/lib/startos/scripts/install-equivs <<-EOF
+	Package: nvidia-depends
+	Version: \${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}
+	Section: unknown
+	Priority: optional
+	Depends: \${dep_list="\$(IFS=', '; echo "\${TEMP_APT_DEPS[*]}")"}
+	EOF
+
+    # ---------------- download and run installer ----------------
+
+    RUN_NAME="NVIDIA-Linux-${QEMU_ARCH}-\${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}.run"
+    RUN_PATH="/root/\${RUN_NAME}"
+    RUN_URL="\${BASE_URL}/\${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}/\${RUN_NAME}"
+
+    echo "[nvidia-hook] Downloading \${RUN_URL}" >&2
+    wget -O "\${RUN_PATH}" "\${RUN_URL}"
+    chmod +x "\${RUN_PATH}"
+
+    echo "[nvidia-hook] Running NVIDIA installer for kernel \${KVER}" >&2
+
+    sh "\${RUN_PATH}" \
+        --silent \
+        --kernel-name="\${KVER}" \
+        --no-x-check \
+        --no-nouveau-check \
+        --no-runlevel-check
+
+    # Rebuild module metadata
+    echo "[nvidia-hook] Running depmod for \${KVER}" >&2
+    depmod -a "\${KVER}"
+
+    echo "[nvidia-hook] NVIDIA \${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION} installation complete for kernel \${KVER}" >&2
+
+    echo "[nvidia-hook] Removing build dependencies..." >&2
+	apt-get purge -y nvidia-depends
+	apt-get autoremove -y
+    echo "[nvidia-hook] Removed build dependencies." >&2
+fi
+
 cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.bak
 
 if [ "${IB_SUITE}" = trixie ] && [ "${IB_TARGET_ARCH}" != riscv64 ]; then
-	echo 'deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bookworm.list
-	apt-get update
-	apt-get install -y postgresql-15
-	rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bookworm.list
-	apt-get update
-	systemctl mask postgresql
+    echo 'deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bookworm.list
+    apt-get update
+    apt-get install -y postgresql-15
+    rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bookworm.list
+    apt-get update
+    systemctl mask postgresql
 fi
 
 if [ "${IB_TARGET_PLATFORM}" = "raspberrypi" ]; then
-	ln -sf /usr/bin/pi-beep /usr/local/bin/beep
-	KERNEL_VERSION=${RPI_KERNEL_VERSION} sh /boot/config.sh > /boot/config.txt
-	mkinitramfs -c gzip -o initrd.img-${RPI_KERNEL_VERSION}-rpi-v8 ${RPI_KERNEL_VERSION}-rpi-v8
-	mkinitramfs -c gzip -o initrd.img-${RPI_KERNEL_VERSION}-rpi-2712 ${RPI_KERNEL_VERSION}-rpi-2712
+    ln -sf /usr/bin/pi-beep /usr/local/bin/beep
+    KERNEL_VERSION=${RPI_KERNEL_VERSION} sh /boot/config.sh > /boot/config.txt
+    mkinitramfs -c gzip -o /boot/initrd.img-${RPI_KERNEL_VERSION}-rpi-v8 ${RPI_KERNEL_VERSION}-rpi-v8
+    mkinitramfs -c gzip -o /boot/initrd.img-${RPI_KERNEL_VERSION}-rpi-2712 ${RPI_KERNEL_VERSION}-rpi-2712
 fi
 
 useradd --shell /bin/bash -G startos -m start9
@@ -218,11 +304,11 @@ usermod -aG systemd-journal start9
 echo "start9 ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" | sudo tee "/etc/sudoers.d/010_start9-nopasswd"
 
 if [ "${IB_TARGET_PLATFORM}" != "raspberrypi" ]; then
-	/usr/lib/startos/scripts/enable-kiosk
+    /usr/lib/startos/scripts/enable-kiosk
 fi
 
 if ! [[ "${IB_OS_ENV}" =~ (^|-)dev($|-) ]]; then
-	passwd -l start9
+    passwd -l start9
 fi
 
 EOF
@@ -360,4 +446,4 @@ elif [ "${IMAGE_TYPE}" = img ]; then
 
 fi
 
-chown $IB_UID:$IB_UID $RESULTS_DIR/$IMAGE_BASENAME.*
+chown $IB_UID:$IB_UID $RESULTS_DIR/$IMAGE_BASENAME.*

build/image-recipe/raspberrypi/squashfs/boot/cmdline.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-usb-storage.quirks=152d:0562:u,14cd:121c:u,0781:cfcb:u console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=cb15ae4d-02 rootfstype=ext4 fsck.repair=yes rootwait cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory quiet boot=startos
+usb-storage.quirks=152d:0562:u,14cd:121c:u,0781:cfcb:u console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=cb15ae4d-02 rootfstype=ext4 fsck.repair=yes rootwait cgroup_enable=cpuset cgroup_memory=1 cgroup_enable=memory boot=startos

build/image-recipe/run-local-build.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.."
+
+BASEDIR="$(pwd -P)"
+
+SUITE=trixie
+
+USE_TTY=
+if tty -s; then
+  USE_TTY="-it"
+fi
+
+dockerfile_hash=$(sha256sum ${BASEDIR}/build/image-recipe/Dockerfile | head -c 7)
+
+docker_img_name="start9/build-iso:${SUITE}-${dockerfile_hash}"
+
+platform=linux/${ARCH}
+case $ARCH in
+	x86_64)
+		platform=linux/amd64;;
+	aarch64)
+		platform=linux/arm64;;
+esac
+
+if ! docker run --rm --platform=$platform "${docker_img_name}" true 2> /dev/null; then
+	docker buildx build --load --platform=$platform --build-arg=SUITE=${SUITE} -t "${docker_img_name}" ./build/image-recipe
+fi
+
+docker run $USE_TTY --rm --platform=$platform --privileged -v "$(pwd)/build/image-recipe:/root/image-recipe" -v "$(pwd)/results:/root/results" \
+	-e IB_SUITE="$SUITE" \
+	-e IB_UID="$UID" \
+	-e IB_INCLUDE \
+	"${docker_img_name}" /root/image-recipe/build.sh $@

build/lib/grub-theme/theme.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+desktop-image: "../splash.png"
+title-color: "#ffffff"
+title-font: "Unifont Regular 16"
+title-text: "StartOS Boot Menu with GRUB"
+message-font: "Unifont Regular 16"
+terminal-font: "Unifont Regular 16"
+
+#help bar at the bottom
++ label {
+        top = 100%-50
+        left = 0
+        width = 100%
+        height = 20
+        text = "@KEYMAP_SHORT@"
+        align = "center"
+        color = "#ffffff"
+        font = "Unifont Regular 16"
+}
+
+#boot menu
++ boot_menu {
+        left = 10%
+        width = 80%
+        top = 52%
+        height = 48%-80
+        item_color = "#a8a8a8"
+        item_font = "Unifont Regular 16"
+        selected_item_color= "#ffffff"
+        selected_item_font = "Unifont Regular 16"
+        item_height = 16
+        item_padding = 0
+        item_spacing = 4
+        icon_width = 0
+        icon_heigh = 0
+        item_icon_space = 0
+}
+
+#progress bar
++ progress_bar {
+        id = "__timeout__"
+        left = 15%
+        top = 100%-80
+        height = 16
+        width = 70%
+        font = "Unifont Regular 16"
+        text_color = "#000000"
+        fg_color = "#ffffff"
+        bg_color = "#a8a8a8"
+        border_color = "#ffffff"
+        text = "@TIMEOUT_NOTIFICATION_LONG@"
+}

build/lib/motd

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ parse_essential_db_info() {
     DB_DUMP="/tmp/startos_db.json"
 
     if command -v start-cli >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        start-cli db dump > "$DB_DUMP" 2>/dev/null || return 1
+        timeout 30 start-cli db dump > "$DB_DUMP" 2>/dev/null || return 1
     else
         return 1
     fi

build/lib/scripts/chroot-and-upgrade

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ mount --bind /proc /media/startos/next/proc
 mount --bind /boot /media/startos/next/boot
 mount --bind /media/startos/root /media/startos/next/media/startos/root
 
-if mountpoint /sys/firmware/efi/efivars 2> /dev/null; then
+if mountpoint /sys/firmware/efi/efivars 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
   mount --bind /sys/firmware/efi/efivars /media/startos/next/sys/firmware/efi/efivars
 fi
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ else
     CHROOT_RES=$?
 fi
 
-if mountpoint /media/startos/next/sys/firmware/efi/efivars 2> /dev/null; then
+if mountpoint /media/startos/next/sys/firmware/efi/efivars 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
   umount /media/startos/next/sys/firmware/efi/efivars 
 fi
 
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ if [ "$CHROOT_RES" -eq 0 ]; then
     reboot
 fi
 
-umount -R /media/startos/next
+umount /media/startos/next
 umount /media/startos/upper
 rm -rf /media/startos/upper /media/startos/next

build/lib/scripts/forward-port

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if [ -z "$sip" ] || [ -z "$dip" ] || [ -z "$dprefix" ] || [ -z "$sport" ] || [ -
     exit 1
 fi
 
-NAME="F$(echo "$sip:$sport -> $dip/$dprefix:$dport" | sha256sum | head -c 15)"
+NAME="F$(echo "$sip:$sport -> $dip/$dprefix:$dport ${src_subnet:-any}" | sha256sum | head -c 15)"
 
 for kind in INPUT FORWARD ACCEPT; do
     if ! iptables -C $kind -j "${NAME}_${kind}" 2> /dev/null; then
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ for kind in INPUT FORWARD ACCEPT; do
         iptables -A $kind -j "${NAME}_${kind}"
     fi
 done
-for kind in PREROUTING INPUT OUTPUT POSTROUTING; do
+for kind in PREROUTING OUTPUT; do
     if ! iptables -t nat -C $kind -j "${NAME}_${kind}" 2> /dev/null; then
         iptables -t nat -N "${NAME}_${kind}" 2> /dev/null
         iptables -t nat -A $kind -j "${NAME}_${kind}"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ trap 'err=1' ERR
 for kind in INPUT FORWARD ACCEPT; do
     iptables -F "${NAME}_${kind}" 2> /dev/null
 done
-for kind in PREROUTING INPUT OUTPUT POSTROUTING; do
+for kind in PREROUTING OUTPUT; do
     iptables -t nat -F "${NAME}_${kind}" 2> /dev/null
 done
 if [ "$UNDO" = 1 ]; then
@@ -35,17 +35,22 @@ if [ "$UNDO" = 1 ]; then
     exit $err
 fi
 
-iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_PREROUTING -d "$sip" -p tcp --dport "$sport" -j DNAT --to-destination "$dip:$dport"
-iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_PREROUTING -d "$sip" -p udp --dport "$sport" -j DNAT --to-destination "$dip:$dport"
+# DNAT: rewrite destination for incoming packets (external traffic)
+# When src_subnet is set, only forward traffic from that subnet (private forwards)
+if [ -n "$src_subnet" ]; then
+    iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_PREROUTING -s "$src_subnet" -d "$sip" -p tcp --dport "$sport" -j DNAT --to-destination "$dip:$dport"
+    iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_PREROUTING -s "$src_subnet" -d "$sip" -p udp --dport "$sport" -j DNAT --to-destination "$dip:$dport"
+else
+    iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_PREROUTING -d "$sip" -p tcp --dport "$sport" -j DNAT --to-destination "$dip:$dport"
+    iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_PREROUTING -d "$sip" -p udp --dport "$sport" -j DNAT --to-destination "$dip:$dport"
+fi
+
+# DNAT: rewrite destination for locally-originated packets (hairpin from host itself)
 iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_OUTPUT -d "$sip" -p tcp --dport "$sport" -j DNAT --to-destination "$dip:$dport"
 iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_OUTPUT -d "$sip" -p udp --dport "$sport" -j DNAT --to-destination "$dip:$dport"
 
-iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_PREROUTING -s "$dip/$dprefix" -d "$sip" -p tcp --dport "$sport" -j DNAT --to-destination "$dip:$dport"
-iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_PREROUTING -s "$dip/$dprefix" -d "$sip" -p udp --dport "$sport" -j DNAT --to-destination "$dip:$dport"
-iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_POSTROUTING -s "$dip/$dprefix" -d "$dip" -p tcp --dport "$dport" -j MASQUERADE
-iptables -t nat -A ${NAME}_POSTROUTING -s "$dip/$dprefix" -d "$dip" -p udp --dport "$dport" -j MASQUERADE
-
+# Allow new connections to be forwarded to the destination
 iptables -A ${NAME}_FORWARD -d $dip -p tcp --dport $dport -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
 iptables -A ${NAME}_FORWARD -d $dip -p udp --dport $dport -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
 
-exit $err
+exit $err

build/lib/scripts/install-equivs

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+export DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true
+
+TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+
+(
+    set -e
+    cd $TMP_DIR
+
+    cat > control.equivs
+    equivs-build control.equivs
+    apt-get install -y ./*.deb < /dev/null
+)
+
+rm -rf $TMP_DIR
+
+echo Install complete. >&2
+exit 0

build/lib/scripts/prune-images

@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ if [ -z "$needed" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+MARGIN=${MARGIN:-1073741824}
+target=$((needed + MARGIN))
+
 if [ -h /media/startos/config/current.rootfs ] && [ -e /media/startos/config/current.rootfs ]; then
     echo 'Pruning...'
     current="$(readlink -f /media/startos/config/current.rootfs)"
-    while [[ "$(df -B1 --output=avail --sync /media/startos/images | tail -n1)" -lt "$needed" ]]; do
+    while [[ "$(df -B1 --output=avail --sync /media/startos/images | tail -n1)" -lt "$target" ]]; do
         to_prune="$(ls -t1 /media/startos/images/*.rootfs /media/startos/images/*.squashfs 2> /dev/null | grep -v "$current" | tail -n1)"
         if [ -e "$to_prune" ]; then
             echo "  Pruning $to_prune"

build/lib/scripts/upgrade

@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ mount --bind /proc /media/startos/next/proc
 mount --bind /boot /media/startos/next/boot
 mount --bind /media/startos/root /media/startos/next/media/startos/root
 
-if mountpoint /boot/efi 2> /dev/null; then
+if mountpoint /boot/efi 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
     mkdir -p /media/startos/next/boot/efi
     mount --bind /boot/efi /media/startos/next/boot/efi
 fi
 
-if mountpoint /sys/firmware/efi/efivars 2> /dev/null; then
+if mountpoint /sys/firmware/efi/efivars 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
     mount --bind /sys/firmware/efi/efivars /media/startos/next/sys/firmware/efi/efivars
 fi
 

build/os-compat/buildenv.Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM debian:forky
+FROM debian:trixie
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y \
@@ -12,35 +12,14 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     jq \
     gzip \
     brotli \
-    qemu-user-static \
-    binfmt-support \
     squashfs-tools \
     git \
-    debspawn \
     rsync \
     b3sum \
-    fuse-overlayfs \
     sudo \
-    systemd \
-    systemd-container \
-    systemd-sysv \
-    dbus \
-    dbus-user-session \
     nodejs
 
-RUN systemctl mask \
-    systemd-firstboot.service \
-    systemd-udevd.service \
-    getty@tty1.service \
-    console-getty.service
-
 RUN git config --global --add safe.directory /root/start-os
 
-RUN mkdir -p /etc/debspawn && \
-    echo "AllowUnsafePermissions=true" > /etc/debspawn/global.toml
-
 RUN mkdir -p /root/start-os
 WORKDIR /root/start-os
-
-COPY docker-entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
-ENTRYPOINT [ "/docker-entrypoint.sh" ]

build/os-compat/docker-entrypoint.sh

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-exec /lib/systemd/systemd --unit=multi-user.target --show-status=false --log-target=journal

build/os-compat/run-compat.sh

@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ "$FORCE_COMPAT" = 1 ] || ( [ "$REQUIRES" = "linux" ] && [ "$(uname -s)" != "Linux" ] ) || ( [ "$REQUIRES" = "debian" ] && ! which dpkg > /dev/null ) || ( [ "$REQUIRES" = "qemu" ] && ! which qemu-$ARCH > /dev/null ); then
-    project_pwd="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"/../.. && pwd)/"
-    pwd="$(pwd)/"
-    if ! [[ "$pwd" = "$project_pwd"* ]]; then
-        >&2 echo "Must be run from start-os project dir"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    rel_pwd="${pwd#"$project_pwd"}"
+pwd=$(pwd)
 
-    SYSTEMD_TTY="-P"
-    USE_TTY=
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.."
+
+set -e
+
+rel_pwd="${pwd#"$(pwd)"}"
+
+COMPAT_ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+platform=linux/$COMPAT_ARCH
+
+case $COMPAT_ARCH in
+    x86_64)
+        platform=linux/amd64;;
+    aarch64)
+        platform=linux/arm64;;
+esac
+
+if [ "$FORCE_COMPAT" = 1 ] || ( [ "$REQUIRES" = "linux" ] && [ "$(uname -s)" != "Linux" ] ) || ( [ "$REQUIRES" = "debian" ] && ! which dpkg > /dev/null ); then
     if tty -s; then
         USE_TTY="-it"
-        SYSTEMD_TTY="-t"
     fi
 
-    docker run -d --rm --name os-compat --privileged --security-opt apparmor=unconfined -v "${project_pwd}:/root/start-os" -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules:ro start9/build-env
-    while ! docker exec os-compat systemctl is-active --quiet multi-user.target 2> /dev/null; do sleep .5; done
-    docker exec -eARCH -eENVIRONMENT -ePLATFORM -eGIT_BRANCH_AS_HASH -ePROJECT -eDEPENDS -eCONFLICTS $USE_TTY -w "/root/start-os${rel_pwd}" os-compat $@
-    code=$?
-    docker stop os-compat > /dev/null
-    exit $code
+    docker run $USE_TTY --platform=$platform -eARCH -eENVIRONMENT -ePLATFORM -eGIT_BRANCH_AS_HASH -ePROJECT -eDEPENDS -eCONFLICTS -w "/root/start-os${rel_pwd}" --rm -v "$(pwd):/root/start-os" start9/build-env $@
 else 
     exec $@
-fi
+fi

build/raspberrypi/make-image.sh

@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-function partition_for () {
-    if [[ "$1" =~ [0-9]+$ ]]; then
-        echo "$1p$2"
-    else
-        echo "$1$2"
-    fi
-}
-
-VERSION=$(cat VERSION.txt)
-ENVIRONMENT=$(cat ENVIRONMENT.txt)
-GIT_HASH=$(cat GIT_HASH.txt | head -c 7)
-DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d)
-
-ROOT_PART_END=7217792
-
-VERSION_FULL="$VERSION-$GIT_HASH"
-
-if [ -n "$ENVIRONMENT" ]; then
-  VERSION_FULL="$VERSION_FULL~$ENVIRONMENT"
-fi
-
-TARGET_NAME=startos-${VERSION_FULL}-${DATE}_raspberrypi.img
-TARGET_SIZE=$[($ROOT_PART_END+1)*512]
-
-rm -f $TARGET_NAME
-truncate -s $TARGET_SIZE $TARGET_NAME
-(
-    echo o
-    echo x
-    echo i
-    echo "0xcb15ae4d"
-    echo r
-    echo n
-    echo p
-    echo 1
-    echo 2048
-    echo 526335
-    echo t
-    echo c
-    echo n
-    echo p
-    echo 2
-    echo 526336
-    echo $ROOT_PART_END
-    echo a
-    echo 1
-    echo w
-) | fdisk $TARGET_NAME
-OUTPUT_DEVICE=$(sudo losetup --show -fP $TARGET_NAME)
-sudo mkfs.ext4 `partition_for ${OUTPUT_DEVICE} 2`
-sudo mkfs.vfat `partition_for ${OUTPUT_DEVICE} 1`
-
-TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
-
-sudo mount `partition_for ${OUTPUT_DEVICE} 2` $TMPDIR
-sudo mkdir $TMPDIR/boot
-sudo mount `partition_for ${OUTPUT_DEVICE} 1` $TMPDIR/boot
-sudo unsquashfs -f -d $TMPDIR startos.raspberrypi.squashfs
-REAL_GIT_HASH=$(cat $TMPDIR/usr/lib/startos/GIT_HASH.txt)
-REAL_VERSION=$(cat $TMPDIR/usr/lib/startos/VERSION.txt)
-REAL_ENVIRONMENT=$(cat $TMPDIR/usr/lib/startos/ENVIRONMENT.txt)
-sudo sed -i 's| boot=startos| init=/usr/lib/startos/scripts/init_resize\.sh|' $TMPDIR/boot/cmdline.txt
-sudo cp ./build/raspberrypi/fstab $TMPDIR/etc/
-sudo cp ./build/raspberrypi/init_resize.sh $TMPDIR/usr/lib/startos/scripts/init_resize.sh
-sudo umount $TMPDIR/boot
-sudo umount $TMPDIR
-sudo losetup -d $OUTPUT_DEVICE
-
-if [ "$ALLOW_VERSION_MISMATCH" != 1 ]; then
-    if [ "$(cat GIT_HASH.txt)" != "$REAL_GIT_HASH" ]; then
-        >&2 echo "startos.raspberrypi.squashfs GIT_HASH.txt mismatch"
-        >&2 echo "expected $REAL_GIT_HASH (dpkg) found $(cat GIT_HASH.txt) (repo)"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    if [ "$(cat VERSION.txt)" != "$REAL_VERSION" ]; then
-        >&2 echo "startos.raspberrypi.squashfs VERSION.txt mismatch"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    if [ "$(cat ENVIRONMENT.txt)" != "$REAL_ENVIRONMENT" ]; then
-        >&2 echo "startos.raspberrypi.squashfs ENVIRONMENT.txt mismatch"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-fi

build/upload-ota.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    >&2 echo '$VERSION required'
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+if [ "$SKIP_DL" != "1" ]; then
+    if [ "$SKIP_CLEAN" != "1" ]; then
+        rm -rf ~/Downloads/v$VERSION
+        mkdir ~/Downloads/v$VERSION
+        cd ~/Downloads/v$VERSION
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "$RUN_ID" ]; then
+        for arch in aarch64 aarch64-nonfree riscv64 x86_64 x86_64-nonfree; do
+            while ! gh run download -R Start9Labs/start-os $RUN_ID -n $arch.squashfs -D $(pwd); do sleep 1; done
+        done
+        for arch in aarch64 aarch64-nonfree riscv64 x86_64 x86_64-nonfree; do
+            while ! gh run download -R Start9Labs/start-os $RUN_ID -n $arch.iso -D $(pwd); do sleep 1; done
+        done
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "$ST_RUN_ID" ]; then
+        for arch in aarch64 riscv64 x86_64; do
+            while ! gh run download -R Start9Labs/start-os $ST_RUN_ID -n start-tunnel_$arch.deb -D $(pwd); do sleep 1; done
+    done
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "$CLI_RUN_ID" ]; then
+        for arch in aarch64 riscv64 x86_64; do
+            for os in linux macos; do
+                pair=${arch}-${os}
+                if [ "${pair}" = "riscv64-linux" ]; then
+                    target=riscv64gc-unknown-linux-musl
+                elif [ "${pair}" = "riscv64-macos" ]; then
+                    continue
+                elif [ "${os}" = "linux" ]; then
+                    target="${arch}-unknown-linux-musl"
+                elif [ "${os}" = "macos" ]; then
+                    target="${arch}-apple-darwin"
+                fi
+                while ! gh run download -R Start9Labs/start-os $CLI_RUN_ID -n start-cli_$target -D $(pwd); do sleep 1; done
+                mv start-cli "start-cli_${pair}"
+            done
+        done
+    fi
+else
+    cd ~/Downloads/v$VERSION
+fi
+
+start-cli --registry=https://alpha-registry-x.start9.com registry os version add $VERSION "v$VERSION" '' ">=0.3.5 <=$VERSION"
+
+if [ "$SKIP_UL" = "2" ]; then
+    exit 2
+elif [ "$SKIP_UL" != "1" ]; then
+    for file in *.deb start-cli_*; do
+        gh release upload -R Start9Labs/start-os v$VERSION $file
+    done
+    for file in *.iso *.squashfs; do
+        s3cmd put -P $file s3://startos-images/v$VERSION/$file
+    done
+fi
+
+if [ "$SKIP_INDEX" != "1" ]; then
+    for arch in aarch64 aarch64-nonfree riscv64 x86_64 x86_64-nonfree; do
+        for file in *_$arch.squashfs *_$arch.iso; do
+            start-cli --registry=https://alpha-registry-x.start9.com registry os asset add --platform=$arch --version=$VERSION $file https://startos-images.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/v$VERSION/$file
+        done
+    done
+fi
+
+for file in *.iso *.squashfs *.deb start-cli_*; do
+    gpg -u 7CFFDA41CA66056A --detach-sign --armor -o "${file}.asc" "$file"
+done
+
+gpg --export -a 7CFFDA41CA66056A > dr-bonez.key.asc
+tar -czvf signatures.tar.gz *.asc
+
+gh release upload -R Start9Labs/start-os v$VERSION signatures.tar.gz
+
+cat << EOF
+# ISO Downloads
+
+- [x86_64/AMD64](https://startos-images.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/v$VERSION/$(ls *_x86_64-nonfree.iso))
+- [x86_64/AMD64-slim (FOSS-only)](https://startos-images.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/v$VERSION/$(ls *_x86_64.iso) "Without proprietary software or drivers")
+- [aarch64/ARM64](https://startos-images.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/v$VERSION/$(ls *_aarch64-nonfree.iso))
+- [aarch64/ARM64-slim (FOSS-Only)](https://startos-images.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/v$VERSION/$(ls *_aarch64.iso) "Without proprietary software or drivers")
+- [RISCV64 (RVA23)](https://startos-images.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/v$VERSION/$(ls *_riscv64.iso))
+
+EOF
+cat << 'EOF'
+# StartOS Checksums
+
+## SHA-256
+```
+EOF
+sha256sum *.iso *.squashfs
+cat << 'EOF'
+```
+
+## BLAKE-3
+```
+EOF
+b3sum *.iso *.squashfs
+cat << 'EOF'
+```
+
+# Start-Tunnel Checksums
+
+## SHA-256
+```
+EOF
+sha256sum start-tunnel*.deb
+cat << 'EOF'
+```
+
+## BLAKE-3
+```
+EOF
+b3sum start-tunnel*.deb
+cat << 'EOF'
+```
+
+# start-cli Checksums
+
+## SHA-256
+```
+EOF
+sha256sum start-cli_*
+cat << 'EOF'
+```
+
+## BLAKE-3
+```
+EOF
+b3sum start-cli_*
+cat << 'EOF'
+```
+EOF

container-runtime/CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Container Runtime — Node.js Service Manager
+
+Node.js runtime that manages service containers via JSON-RPC. See `RPCSpec.md` in this directory for the full RPC protocol.
+
+## Architecture
+
+```
+LXC Container (uniform base for all services)
+└── systemd
+    └── container-runtime.service
+        └── Loads /usr/lib/startos/package/index.js (from s9pk javascript.squashfs)
+            └── Package JS launches subcontainers (from images in s9pk)
+```
+
+The container runtime communicates with the host via JSON-RPC over Unix socket. Package JavaScript must export functions conforming to the `ABI` type defined in `sdk/base/lib/types.ts`.
+
+## `/media/startos/` Directory (mounted by host into container)
+
+| Path | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| `volumes/<name>/` | Package data volumes (id-mapped, persistent) |
+| `assets/` | Read-only assets from s9pk `assets.squashfs` |
+| `images/<name>/` | Container images (squashfs, used for subcontainers) |
+| `images/<name>.env` | Environment variables for image |
+| `images/<name>.json` | Image metadata |
+| `backup/` | Backup mount point (mounted during backup operations) |
+| `rpc/service.sock` | RPC socket (container runtime listens here) |
+| `rpc/host.sock` | Host RPC socket (for effects callbacks to host) |
+
+## S9PK Structure
+
+See `../core/s9pk-structure.md` for the S9PK package format.

container-runtime/RPCSpec.md

@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
-# Container RPC SERVER Specification
+# Container RPC Server Specification
+
+The container runtime exposes a JSON-RPC server over a Unix socket at `/media/startos/rpc/service.sock`.
 
 ## Methods
 
 ### init
 
-initialize runtime (mount `/proc`, `/sys`, `/dev`, and `/run` to each image in `/media/images`)
+Initialize the runtime and system.
 
-called after os has mounted js and images to the container
+#### params
 
-#### args
-
-`[]`
+```ts
+{
+  id: string,
+  kind: "install" | "update" | "restore" | null,
+}
+```
 
 #### response
 
@@ -18,11 +23,16 @@ called after os has mounted js and images to the container
 
 ### exit
 
-shutdown runtime
+Shutdown runtime and optionally run exit hooks for a target version.
 
-#### args
+#### params
 
-`[]`
+```ts
+{
+  id: string,
+  target: string | null,  // ExtendedVersion or VersionRange
+}
+```
 
 #### response
 
@@ -30,11 +40,11 @@ shutdown runtime
 
 ### start
 
-run main method if not already running
+Run main method if not already running.
 
-#### args
+#### params
 
-`[]`
+None
 
 #### response
 
@@ -42,11 +52,11 @@ run main method if not already running
 
 ### stop
 
-stop main method by sending SIGTERM to child processes, and SIGKILL after timeout
+Stop main method by sending SIGTERM to child processes, and SIGKILL after timeout.
 
-#### args
+#### params
 
-`{ timeout: millis }`
+None
 
 #### response
 
@@ -54,15 +64,16 @@ stop main method by sending SIGTERM to child processes, and SIGKILL after timeou
 
 ### execute
 
-run a specific package procedure
+Run a specific package procedure.
 
-#### args
+#### params
 
 ```ts
 {
-    procedure: JsonPath,
-    input: any,
-    timeout: millis,
+  id: string,           // event ID
+  procedure: string,    // JSON path (e.g., "/backup/create", "/actions/{name}/run")
+  input: any,
+  timeout: number | null,
 }
 ```
 
@@ -72,18 +83,64 @@ run a specific package procedure
 
 ### sandbox
 
-run a specific package procedure in sandbox mode
+Run a specific package procedure in sandbox mode. Same interface as `execute`.
 
-#### args
+UNIMPLEMENTED: this feature is planned but does not exist
+
+#### params
 
 ```ts
 {
-    procedure: JsonPath,
-    input: any,
-    timeout: millis,
+  id: string,
+  procedure: string,
+  input: any,
+  timeout: number | null,
 }
 ```
 
 #### response
 
 `any`
+
+### callback
+
+Handle a callback from an effect.
+
+#### params
+
+```ts
+{
+  id: number,
+  args: any[],
+}
+```
+
+#### response
+
+`null` (no response sent)
+
+### eval
+
+Evaluate a script in the runtime context. Used for debugging.
+
+#### params
+
+```ts
+{
+  script: string,
+}
+```
+
+#### response
+
+`any`
+
+## Procedures
+
+The `execute` and `sandbox` methods route to procedures based on the `procedure` path:
+
+| Procedure                  | Description                  |
+| -------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
+| `/backup/create`           | Create a backup              |
+| `/actions/{name}/getInput` | Get input spec for an action |
+| `/actions/{name}/run`      | Run an action with input     |

container-runtime/deb-install.sh

@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-mkdir -p /run/systemd/resolve
-echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf
-
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y curl rsync qemu-user-static nodejs
 
@@ -16,7 +13,4 @@ sed -i '/\(^\|#\)ForwardToSyslog=/c\ForwardToSyslog=no' /etc/systemd/journald.co
 
 systemctl enable container-runtime.service
 
-rm -rf /run/systemd
-
-rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
 echo "nameserver 10.0.3.1" > /etc/resolv.conf

container-runtime/mkcontainer.sh

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-IMAGE=$1
-
-if [ -z "$IMAGE" ]; then
-    >&2 echo "usage: $0 <image id>"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! [ -d "/media/images/$IMAGE" ]; then
-    >&2 echo "image does not exist"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-container=$(mktemp -d)
-mkdir -p $container/rootfs $container/upper $container/work
-mount -t overlay -olowerdir=/media/images/$IMAGE,upperdir=$container/upper,workdir=$container/work overlay $container/rootfs
-
-rootfs=$container/rootfs
-
-for special in dev sys proc run; do
-    mkdir -p $rootfs/$special
-    mount --bind /$special $rootfs/$special
-done
-
-echo $rootfs

container-runtime/package-lock.json

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     },
     "../sdk/dist": {
       "name": "@start9labs/start-sdk",
-      "version": "0.4.0-beta.45",
+      "version": "0.4.0-beta.48",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@iarna/toml": "^3.0.0",

container-runtime/rmcontainer.sh

@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-rootfs=$1
-if [ -z "$rootfs" ]; then
-    >&2 echo "usage: $0 <container rootfs path>"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-umount --recursive $rootfs
-rm -rf $rootfs/..

container-runtime/src/Adapters/EffectCreator.ts

@@ -178,6 +178,13 @@ export function makeEffects(context: EffectContext): Effects {
         T.Effects["getInstalledPackages"]
       >
     },
+    getServiceManifest(
+      ...[options]: Parameters<T.Effects["getServiceManifest"]>
+    ) {
+      return rpcRound("get-service-manifest", options) as ReturnType<
+        T.Effects["getServiceManifest"]
+      >
+    },
     subcontainer: {
       createFs(options: { imageId: string; name: string }) {
         return rpcRound("subcontainer.create-fs", options) as ReturnType<
@@ -312,6 +319,7 @@ export function makeEffects(context: EffectContext): Effects {
   }
   if (context.callbacks?.onLeaveContext)
     self.onLeaveContext(() => {
+      self.constRetry = undefined
       self.isInContext = false
       self.onLeaveContext = () => {
         console.warn(

container-runtime/src/Adapters/Systems/SystemForEmbassy/DockerProcedureContainer.ts

@@ -82,18 +82,15 @@ export class DockerProcedureContainer extends Drop {
             }),
           )
         } else if (volumeMount.type === "certificate") {
+          const hostInfo = await effects.getHostInfo({
+            hostId: volumeMount["interface-id"],
+          })
           const hostnames = [
             `${packageId}.embassy`,
             ...new Set(
-              Object.values(
-                (
-                  await effects.getHostInfo({
-                    hostId: volumeMount["interface-id"],
-                  })
-                )?.hostnameInfo || {},
-              )
-                .flatMap((h) => h)
-                .flatMap((h) => (h.kind === "onion" ? [h.hostname.value] : [])),
+              Object.values(hostInfo?.bindings || {})
+                .flatMap((b) => b.addresses.possible)
+                .map((h) => h.hostname.value),
             ).values(),
           ]
           const certChain = await effects.getSslCertificate({

container-runtime/src/Adapters/Systems/SystemForEmbassy/MainLoop.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { SDKManifest } from "@start9labs/start-sdk/base/lib/types"
 import { SubContainerRc } from "@start9labs/start-sdk/package/lib/util/SubContainer"
 
 const EMBASSY_HEALTH_INTERVAL = 15 * 1000
-const EMBASSY_PROPERTIES_LOOP = 30 * 1000
 /**
  * We wanted something to represent what the main loop is doing, and
  * in this case it used to run the properties, health, and the docker/ js main.

container-runtime/src/Adapters/Systems/SystemForEmbassy/index.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import {
   transformOldConfigToNew,
 } from "./transformConfigSpec"
 import { partialDiff } from "@start9labs/start-sdk/base/lib/util"
+import { Volume } from "@start9labs/start-sdk/package/lib/util/Volume"
 
 type Optional<A> = A | undefined | null
 function todo(): never {
@@ -61,14 +62,14 @@ export const EMBASSY_JS_LOCATION = "/usr/lib/startos/package/embassy.js"
 
 const configFile = FileHelper.json(
   {
-    volumeId: "embassy",
+    base: new Volume("embassy"),
     subpath: "config.json",
   },
   matches.any,
 )
 const dependsOnFile = FileHelper.json(
   {
-    volumeId: "embassy",
+    base: new Volume("embassy"),
     subpath: "dependsOn.json",
   },
   dictionary([string, array(string)]),
@@ -287,7 +288,6 @@ function convertProperties(
   }
 }
 
-const DEFAULT_REGISTRY = "https://registry.start9.com"
 export class SystemForEmbassy implements System {
   private version: ExtendedVersion
   currentRunning: MainLoop | undefined
@@ -331,6 +331,10 @@ export class SystemForEmbassy implements System {
     ) {
       this.version.upstream.prerelease = ["alpha"]
     }
+
+    if (this.manifest.id === "nostr") {
+      this.manifest.id = "nostr-rs-relay"
+    }
   }
 
   async init(
@@ -1240,12 +1244,8 @@ async function updateConfig(
             ? ""
             : catchFn(
                 () =>
-                  (specValue.target === "lan-address"
-                    ? filled.addressInfo!.filter({ kind: "mdns" }) ||
-                      filled.addressInfo!.onion
-                    : filled.addressInfo!.onion ||
-                      filled.addressInfo!.filter({ kind: "mdns" })
-                  ).hostnames[0].hostname.value,
+                  filled.addressInfo!.filter({ kind: "mdns" })!.hostnames[0]
+                    .hostname.value,
               ) || ""
         mutConfigValue[key] = url
       }

container-runtime/update-image-local.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.."
+
+USE_TTY=
+if tty -s; then
+  USE_TTY="-it"
+fi
+
+DOCKER_PLATFORM=linux/${ARCH}
+case $ARCH in
+    x86_64)
+        DOCKER_PLATFORM=linux/amd64;;
+    aarch64)
+        DOCKER_PLATFORM=linux/arm64;;
+esac
+
+docker run --rm $USE_TTY --platform=$DOCKER_PLATFORM -eARCH --privileged -v "$(pwd):/root/start-os" start9/build-env /root/start-os/container-runtime/update-image.sh
+if [ "$(ls -nd "rootfs.${ARCH}.squashfs" | awk '{ print $3 }')" != "$UID" ]; then
+  docker run --rm $USE_TTY -v "$(pwd):/root/start-os" start9/build-env chown -R $UID:$UID /root/start-os/container-runtime
+fi

container-runtime/update-image.sh

@@ -9,56 +9,34 @@ if [ "$ARCH" = "riscv64" ]; then
   RUST_ARCH="riscv64gc"
 fi
 
-if mountpoint -q tmp/combined; then sudo umount -l tmp/combined; fi
-if mountpoint -q tmp/lower; then sudo umount tmp/lower; fi
-sudo rm -rf tmp
-mkdir -p tmp/lower tmp/upper tmp/work tmp/combined
-if which squashfuse > /dev/null; then
-    sudo squashfuse debian.${ARCH}.squashfs tmp/lower
-else
-    sudo mount debian.${ARCH}.squashfs tmp/lower
-fi
-if which fuse-overlayfs > /dev/null; then
-    sudo fuse-overlayfs -olowerdir=tmp/lower,upperdir=tmp/upper,workdir=tmp/work overlay tmp/combined
-else
-    sudo mount -t overlay -olowerdir=tmp/lower,upperdir=tmp/upper,workdir=tmp/work overlay tmp/combined
-fi
+mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /tmp
+mkdir -p /tmp/lower /tmp/upper /tmp/work /tmp/combined
+mount -o loop debian.${ARCH}.squashfs /tmp/lower
+mount -t overlay -olowerdir=/tmp/lower,upperdir=/tmp/upper,workdir=/tmp/work overlay /tmp/combined
 
-QEMU=
-if [ "$ARCH" != "$(uname -m)" ]; then
-    QEMU=/usr/bin/qemu-${ARCH}
-    if ! which qemu-$ARCH > /dev/null; then
-        >&2 echo qemu-user is required for cross-platform builds
-        sudo umount tmp/combined
-        sudo umount tmp/lower
-        sudo rm -rf tmp
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    sudo cp $(which qemu-$ARCH) tmp/combined${QEMU}
-fi
-
-sudo mkdir -p tmp/combined/usr/lib/startos/
-sudo rsync -a --copy-unsafe-links dist/ tmp/combined/usr/lib/startos/init/
-sudo chown -R 0:0 tmp/combined/usr/lib/startos/
-sudo cp container-runtime.service tmp/combined/lib/systemd/system/container-runtime.service
-sudo chown 0:0 tmp/combined/lib/systemd/system/container-runtime.service
-sudo cp container-runtime-failure.service tmp/combined/lib/systemd/system/container-runtime-failure.service
-sudo chown 0:0 tmp/combined/lib/systemd/system/container-runtime-failure.service
-sudo cp ../core/target/${RUST_ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl/release/start-container tmp/combined/usr/bin/start-container
-echo -e '#!/bin/bash\nexec start-container "$@"' | sudo tee tmp/combined/usr/bin/start-cli # TODO: remove
-sudo chmod +x tmp/combined/usr/bin/start-cli
-sudo chown 0:0 tmp/combined/usr/bin/start-container
-echo container-runtime | sha256sum | head -c 32 | cat - <(echo) | sudo tee tmp/combined/etc/machine-id
-cat deb-install.sh | sudo systemd-nspawn --console=pipe -D tmp/combined $QEMU /bin/bash
-sudo truncate -s 0 tmp/combined/etc/machine-id
-
-if [ -n "$QEMU" ]; then
-    sudo rm tmp/combined${QEMU}
-fi
+mkdir -p /tmp/combined/usr/lib/startos/
+rsync -a --copy-unsafe-links --info=progress2 dist/ /tmp/combined/usr/lib/startos/init/
+chown -R 0:0 /tmp/combined/usr/lib/startos/
+cp container-runtime.service /tmp/combined/lib/systemd/system/container-runtime.service
+chown 0:0 /tmp/combined/lib/systemd/system/container-runtime.service
+cp container-runtime-failure.service /tmp/combined/lib/systemd/system/container-runtime-failure.service
+chown 0:0 /tmp/combined/lib/systemd/system/container-runtime-failure.service
+cp ../core/target/${RUST_ARCH}-unknown-linux-musl/release/start-container /tmp/combined/usr/bin/start-container
+echo -e '#!/bin/bash\nexec start-container "$@"' > /tmp/combined/usr/bin/start-cli # TODO: remove
+chmod +x /tmp/combined/usr/bin/start-cli
+chown 0:0 /tmp/combined/usr/bin/start-container
+echo container-runtime | sha256sum | head -c 32 | cat - <(echo) > /tmp/combined/etc/machine-id
+rm -f /tmp/combined/etc/resolv.conf
+cp /etc/resolv.conf /tmp/combined/etc/resolv.conf
+for fs in proc sys dev; do
+    mount --bind /$fs /tmp/combined/$fs
+done
+cat deb-install.sh | chroot /tmp/combined /bin/bash
+for fs in proc sys dev; do
+    umount /tmp/combined/$fs
+done
+truncate -s 0 /tmp/combined/etc/machine-id
 
 rm -f rootfs.${ARCH}.squashfs
 mkdir -p ../build/lib/container-runtime
-sudo mksquashfs tmp/combined rootfs.${ARCH}.squashfs
-sudo umount tmp/combined
-sudo umount tmp/lower
-sudo rm -rf tmp
+mksquashfs /tmp/combined rootfs.${ARCH}.squashfs

core/.gitignore

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ secrets.db
 .env
 .editorconfig
 proptest-regressions/**/*
-/startos/bindings/*
+/bindings/*

core/CLAUDE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+# Core — Rust Backend
+
+The Rust backend daemon for StartOS.
+
+## Binaries
+
+- `startbox` — Main daemon (runs as `startd`)
+- `start-cli` — CLI interface
+- `start-container` — Runs inside LXC containers; communicates with host and manages subcontainers
+- `registrybox` — Registry daemon
+- `tunnelbox` — VPN/tunnel daemon
+
+## Key Modules
+
+- `src/context/` — Context types (RpcContext, CliContext, InitContext, DiagnosticContext)
+- `src/service/` — Service lifecycle management with actor pattern (`service_actor.rs`)
+- `src/db/model/` — Patch-DB models (`public.rs` synced to frontend, `private.rs` backend-only)
+- `src/net/` — Networking (DNS, ACME, WiFi, Tor via Arti, WireGuard)
+- `src/s9pk/` — S9PK package format (merkle archive)
+- `src/registry/` — Package registry management
+
+## RPC Pattern
+
+See `rpc-toolkit.md` for JSON-RPC handler patterns and configuration.
+
+## Patch-DB Patterns
+
+Patch-DB provides diff-based state synchronization. Changes to `db/model/public.rs` automatically sync to the frontend.
+
+**Key patterns:**
+- `db.peek().await` — Get a read-only snapshot of the database state
+- `db.mutate(|db| { ... }).await` — Apply mutations atomically, returns `MutateResult`
+- `#[derive(HasModel)]` — Derive macro for types stored in the database, generates typed accessors
+
+**Generated accessor types** (from `HasModel` derive):
+- `as_field()` — Immutable reference: `&Model<T>`
+- `as_field_mut()` — Mutable reference: `&mut Model<T>`
+- `into_field()` — Owned value: `Model<T>`
+
+**`Model<T>` APIs** (from `db/prelude.rs`):
+- `.de()` — Deserialize to `T`
+- `.ser(&value)` — Serialize from `T`
+- `.mutate(|v| ...)` — Deserialize, mutate, reserialize
+- For maps: `.keys()`, `.as_idx(&key)`, `.as_idx_mut(&key)`, `.insert()`, `.remove()`, `.contains_key()`
+
+## i18n
+
+See `i18n-patterns.md` for internationalization key conventions and the `t!()` macro.
+
+## Rust Utilities & Patterns
+
+See `core-rust-patterns.md` for common utilities (Invoke trait, Guard pattern, mount guards, Apply trait, etc.).

core/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,3 +1,252 @@
-[workspace]
+[package]
+authors = ["Aiden McClelland <me@drbonez.dev>"]
+description = "The core of StartOS"
+documentation = "https://docs.rs/start-os"
+edition = "2024"
+keywords = [
+  "bitcoin",
+  "full-node",
+  "lightning",
+  "privacy",
+  "raspberry-pi",
+  "self-hosted",
+]
+license = "MIT"
+name = "start-os"
+readme = "README.md"
+repository = "https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os"
+version = "0.4.0-alpha.20" # VERSION_BUMP
 
-members = ["startos"]
+[lib]
+name = "startos"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "startbox"
+path = "src/main/startbox.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "start-cli"
+path = "src/main/start-cli.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "start-container"
+path = "src/main/start-container.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "registrybox"
+path = "src/main/registrybox.rs"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "tunnelbox"
+path = "src/main/tunnelbox.rs"
+
+[features]
+beta = []
+console = ["console-subscriber", "tokio/tracing"]
+default = []
+dev = []
+test = []
+unstable = ["backtrace-on-stack-overflow"]
+
+[dependencies]
+aes = { version = "0.7.5", features = ["ctr"] }
+async-acme = { version = "0.6.0", git = "https://github.com/dr-bonez/async-acme.git", features = [
+  "use_rustls",
+  "use_tokio",
+] }
+async-compression = { version = "0.4.32", features = [
+  "brotli",
+  "gzip",
+  "tokio",
+  "zstd",
+] }
+async-stream = "0.3.5"
+async-trait = "0.1.74"
+axum = { version = "0.8.4", features = ["ws", "http2"] }
+backtrace-on-stack-overflow = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
+base32 = "0.5.0"
+base64 = "0.22.1"
+base64ct = "1.6.0"
+basic-cookies = "0.1.4"
+blake3 = { version = "1.5.0", features = ["mmap", "rayon"] }
+bytes = "1"
+chrono = { version = "0.4.31", features = ["serde"] }
+clap = { version = "4.4.12", features = ["string"] }
+color-eyre = "0.6.2"
+console = "0.16.2"
+console-subscriber = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
+const_format = "0.2.34"
+cookie = "0.18.0"
+cookie_store = "0.22.0"
+der = { version = "0.7.9", features = ["derive", "pem"] }
+digest = "0.10.7"
+divrem = "1.0.0"
+dns-lookup = "3.0.1"
+ed25519 = { version = "2.2.3", features = ["alloc", "pem", "pkcs8"] }
+ed25519-dalek = { version = "2.2.0", features = [
+  "digest",
+  "hazmat",
+  "pkcs8",
+  "rand_core",
+  "serde",
+  "zeroize",
+] }
+ed25519-dalek-v1 = { package = "ed25519-dalek", version = "1" }
+exver = { version = "0.2.0", git = "https://github.com/Start9Labs/exver-rs.git", features = [
+  "serde",
+] }
+fd-lock-rs = "0.1.4"
+form_urlencoded = "1.2.1"
+futures = "0.3.28"
+gpt = "4.1.0"
+hex = "0.4.3"
+hickory-server = { version = "0.25.2", features = ["resolver"] }
+hmac = "0.12.1"
+http = "1.0.0"
+http-body-util = "0.1"
+hyper = { version = "1.5", features = ["http1", "http2", "server"] }
+hyper-util = { version = "0.1.10", features = [
+  "http1",
+  "http2",
+  "server",
+  "server-auto",
+  "server-graceful",
+  "service",
+  "tokio",
+] }
+id-pool = { version = "0.2.2", default-features = false, features = [
+  "serde",
+  "u16",
+] }
+iddqd = "0.3.14"
+imbl = { version = "6", features = ["serde", "small-chunks"] }
+imbl-value = { version = "0.4.3", features = ["ts-rs"] }
+include_dir = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["metadata"] }
+indexmap = { version = "2.0.2", features = ["serde"] }
+indicatif = { version = "0.18.3", features = ["tokio"] }
+inotify = "0.11.0"
+integer-encoding = { version = "4.0.0", features = ["tokio_async"] }
+ipnet = { version = "2.8.0", features = ["serde"] }
+isocountry = "0.3.2"
+itertools = "0.14.0"
+jaq-core = "0.10.1"
+jaq-std = "0.10.0"
+josekit = "0.10.3"
+jsonpath_lib = { git = "https://github.com/Start9Labs/jsonpath.git" }
+lazy_async_pool = "0.3.3"
+lazy_format = "2.0"
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+lettre = { version = "0.11.18", default-features = false, features = [
+  "aws-lc-rs",
+  "builder",
+  "hostname",
+  "pool",
+  "rustls-platform-verifier",
+  "smtp-transport",
+  "tokio1-rustls",
+] }
+libc = "0.2.149"
+log = "0.4.20"
+mbrman = "0.6.0"
+miette = { version = "7.6.0", features = ["fancy"] }
+mio = "1"
+new_mime_guess = "4"
+nix = { version = "0.30.1", features = [
+  "fs",
+  "hostname",
+  "mount",
+  "net",
+  "process",
+  "sched",
+  "signal",
+  "user",
+] }
+nom = "8.0.0"
+num = "0.4.1"
+num_cpus = "1.16.0"
+num_enum = "0.7.0"
+once_cell = "1.19.0"
+openssh-keys = "0.6.2"
+openssl = { version = "0.10.57", features = ["vendored"] }
+p256 = { version = "0.13.2", features = ["pem"] }
+patch-db = { version = "*", path = "../patch-db/patch-db", features = [
+  "trace",
+] }
+pbkdf2 = "0.12.2"
+pin-project = "1.1.3"
+pkcs8 = { version = "0.10.2", features = ["std"] }
+prettytable-rs = "0.10.0"
+proptest = "1.3.1"
+proptest-derive = "0.7.0"
+qrcode = "0.14.1"
+r3bl_tui = "0.7.6"
+rand = "0.9.2"
+regex = "1.10.2"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.25", features = [
+  "json",
+  "socks",
+  "stream",
+  "http2",
+] }
+reqwest_cookie_store = "0.9.0"
+rpassword = "7.2.0"
+rust-argon2 = "3.0.0"
+rust-i18n = "3.1.5"
+rpc-toolkit = { git = "https://github.com/Start9Labs/rpc-toolkit.git" }
+semver = { version = "1.0.20", features = ["serde"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive", "rc"] }
+serde_cbor = { package = "ciborium", version = "0.2.1" }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+serde_toml = { package = "toml", version = "0.9.9+spec-1.0.0" }
+serde_yaml = { package = "serde_yml", version = "0.0.12" }
+sha-crypt = "0.5.0"
+sha2 = "0.10.2"
+signal-hook = "0.3.17"
+socket2 = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["all"] }
+socks5-impl = { version = "0.7.2", features = ["client", "server"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = [
+  "postgres",
+  "runtime-tokio-rustls",
+], default-features = false }
+sscanf = "0.4.1"
+ssh-key = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["ed25519"] }
+tar = "0.4.40"
+termion = "4.0.5"
+textwrap = "0.16.1"
+thiserror = "2.0.12"
+tokio = { version = "1.38.1", features = ["full"] }
+tokio-rustls = "0.26.4"
+tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.14", features = ["io-util", "net", "sync"] }
+tokio-tar = { git = "https://github.com/dr-bonez/tokio-tar.git" }
+tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.26.2", features = ["native-tls", "url"] }
+tokio-util = { version = "0.7.9", features = ["io"] }
+tower-service = "0.3.3"
+tracing = "0.1.39"
+tracing-error = "0.2.0"
+tracing-journald = "0.3.0"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "=0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
+ts-rs = "9.0.1"
+typed-builder = "0.23.2"
+url = { version = "2.4.1", features = ["serde"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.4.1", features = ["v4"] }
+visit-rs = "0.1.1"
+x25519-dalek = { version = "2.0.1", features = ["static_secrets"] }
+zbus = "5.1.1"
+hashing-serializer = "0.1.1"
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+procfs = "0.18.0"
+pty-process = "0.5.1"
+
+[profile.test]
+opt-level = 3
+
+[profile.dev]
+opt-level = 3
+
+[profile.dev.package.backtrace]
+opt-level = 3
+
+[profile.dev.package.sqlx-macros]
+opt-level = 3

core/build/build-cli.sh

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ PROFILE=${PROFILE:-release}
 if [ "${PROFILE}" = "release" ]; then
 	BUILD_FLAGS="--release"
 else
-  if [ "$PROFILE" != "debug"]; then
+  if [ "$PROFILE" != "debug" ]; then
     >&2 echo "Unknown profile $PROFILE: falling back to debug..."
     PROFILE=debug
   fi
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if [ -z "${TARGET:-}" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-cd ..
+cd ../..
 FEATURES="$(echo "${ENVIRONMENT:-}" | sed 's/-/,/g')"
 RUSTFLAGS=""
 if [[ "${ENVIRONMENT:-}" =~ (^|-)console($|-) ]]; then

core/build/build-registrybox.sh

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if [ "$ARCH" = "riscv64" ]; then
   RUST_ARCH="riscv64gc"
 fi
 
-cd ..
+cd ../..
 FEATURES="$(echo $ENVIRONMENT | sed 's/-/,/g')"
 RUSTFLAGS=""
 

core/build/build-start-container.sh

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if [ "$ARCH" = "riscv64" ]; then
   RUST_ARCH="riscv64gc"
 fi
 
-cd ..
+cd ../..
 FEATURES="$(echo $ENVIRONMENT | sed 's/-/,/g')"
 RUSTFLAGS=""
 

core/build/build-startbox.sh

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if [ "$ARCH" = "riscv64" ]; then
   RUST_ARCH="riscv64gc"
 fi
 
-cd ..
+cd ../..
 FEATURES="$(echo $ENVIRONMENT | sed 's/-/,/g')"
 RUSTFLAGS=""
 

core/build/build-ts.sh

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ source ./builder-alias.sh
 set -ea
 shopt -s expand_aliases
 
-PROFILE=${PROFILE:-release}
+PROFILE=${PROFILE:-debug}
 if [ "${PROFILE}" = "release" ]; then
 	BUILD_FLAGS="--release"
 else
-  if [ "$PROFILE" != "debug"]; then
+  if [ "$PROFILE" != "debug" ]; then
     >&2 echo "Unknown profile $PROFILE: falling back to debug..."
     PROFILE=debug
   fi
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if [ "$ARCH" = "riscv64" ]; then
 	RUST_ARCH="riscv64gc"
 fi
 
-cd ..
+cd ../..
 FEATURES="$(echo $ENVIRONMENT | sed 's/-/,/g')"
 RUSTFLAGS=""
 if [[ "${ENVIRONMENT}" =~ (^|-)console($|-) ]]; then
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if [[ "${ENVIRONMENT}" =~ (^|-)console($|-) ]]; then
 fi
 echo "FEATURES=\"$FEATURES\""
 echo "RUSTFLAGS=\"$RUSTFLAGS\""
-rust-zig-builder cargo test --manifest-path=./core/Cargo.toml $BUILD_FLAGS --features test,$FEATURES --locked 'export_bindings_'
-if [ "$(ls -nd "core/startos/bindings" | awk '{ print $3 }')" != "$UID" ]; then
-  rust-zig-builder sh -c "chown -R $UID:$UID core/target && chown -R $UID:$UID core/startos/bindings && chown -R $UID:$UID  /usr/local/cargo"
+rust-zig-builder cargo test --manifest-path=./core/Cargo.toml --lib $BUILD_FLAGS --features test,$FEATURES --locked 'export_bindings_'
+if [ "$(ls -nd "core/bindings" | awk '{ print $3 }')" != "$UID" ]; then
+  rust-zig-builder sh -c "chown -R $UID:$UID core/target && chown -R $UID:$UID core/bindings && chown -R $UID:$UID  /usr/local/cargo"
 fi

core/build/build-tunnelbox.sh

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if [ "$ARCH" = "riscv64" ]; then
   RUST_ARCH="riscv64gc"
 fi
 
-cd ..
+cd ../..
 FEATURES="$(echo $ENVIRONMENT | sed 's/-/,/g')"
 RUSTFLAGS=""
 

core/core-rust-patterns.md

@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+# Utilities & Patterns
+
+This document covers common utilities and patterns used throughout the StartOS codebase.
+
+## Util Module (`core/src/util/`)
+
+The `util` module contains reusable utilities. Key submodules:
+
+| Module | Purpose |
+|--------|---------|
+| `actor/` | Actor pattern implementation for concurrent state management |
+| `collections/` | Custom collection types |
+| `crypto.rs` | Cryptographic utilities (encryption, hashing) |
+| `future.rs` | Future/async utilities |
+| `io.rs` | File I/O helpers (create_file, canonicalize, etc.) |
+| `iter.rs` | Iterator extensions |
+| `net.rs` | Network utilities |
+| `rpc.rs` | RPC helpers |
+| `rpc_client.rs` | RPC client utilities |
+| `serde.rs` | Serialization helpers (Base64, display/fromstr, etc.) |
+| `sync.rs` | Synchronization primitives (SyncMutex, etc.) |
+
+## Command Invocation (`Invoke` trait)
+
+The `Invoke` trait provides a clean way to run external commands with error handling:
+
+```rust
+use crate::util::Invoke;
+
+// Simple invocation
+tokio::process::Command::new("ls")
+    .arg("-la")
+    .invoke(ErrorKind::Filesystem)
+    .await?;
+
+// With timeout
+tokio::process::Command::new("slow-command")
+    .timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(30)))
+    .invoke(ErrorKind::Timeout)
+    .await?;
+
+// With input
+let mut input = Cursor::new(b"input data");
+tokio::process::Command::new("cat")
+    .input(Some(&mut input))
+    .invoke(ErrorKind::Filesystem)
+    .await?;
+
+// Piped commands
+tokio::process::Command::new("cat")
+    .arg("file.txt")
+    .pipe(&mut tokio::process::Command::new("grep").arg("pattern"))
+    .invoke(ErrorKind::Filesystem)
+    .await?;
+```
+
+## Guard Pattern
+
+Guards ensure cleanup happens when they go out of scope.
+
+### `GeneralGuard` / `GeneralBoxedGuard`
+
+For arbitrary cleanup actions:
+
+```rust
+use crate::util::GeneralGuard;
+
+let guard = GeneralGuard::new(|| {
+    println!("Cleanup runs on drop");
+});
+
+// Do work...
+
+// Explicit drop with action
+guard.drop();
+
+// Or skip the action
+// guard.drop_without_action();
+```
+
+### `FileLock`
+
+File-based locking with automatic unlock:
+
+```rust
+use crate::util::FileLock;
+
+let lock = FileLock::new("/path/to/lockfile", true).await?;  // blocking=true
+// Lock held until dropped or explicitly unlocked
+lock.unlock().await?;
+```
+
+## Mount Guard Pattern (`core/src/disk/mount/guard.rs`)
+
+RAII guards for filesystem mounts. Ensures filesystems are unmounted when guards are dropped.
+
+### `MountGuard`
+
+Basic mount guard:
+
+```rust
+use crate::disk::mount::guard::MountGuard;
+use crate::disk::mount::filesystem::{MountType, ReadOnly};
+
+let guard = MountGuard::mount(&filesystem, "/mnt/target", ReadOnly).await?;
+
+// Use the mounted filesystem at guard.path()
+do_something(guard.path()).await?;
+
+// Explicit unmount (or auto-unmounts on drop)
+guard.unmount(false).await?;  // false = don't delete mountpoint
+```
+
+### `TmpMountGuard`
+
+Reference-counted temporary mount (mounts to `/media/startos/tmp/`):
+
+```rust
+use crate::disk::mount::guard::TmpMountGuard;
+use crate::disk::mount::filesystem::ReadOnly;
+
+// Multiple clones share the same mount
+let guard1 = TmpMountGuard::mount(&filesystem, ReadOnly).await?;
+let guard2 = guard1.clone();
+
+// Mount stays alive while any guard exists
+// Auto-unmounts when last guard is dropped
+```
+
+### `GenericMountGuard` trait
+
+All mount guards implement this trait:
+
+```rust
+pub trait GenericMountGuard: std::fmt::Debug + Send + Sync + 'static {
+    fn path(&self) -> &Path;
+    fn unmount(self) -> impl Future<Output = Result<(), Error>> + Send;
+}
+```
+
+### `SubPath`
+
+Wraps a mount guard to point to a subdirectory:
+
+```rust
+use crate::disk::mount::guard::SubPath;
+
+let mount = TmpMountGuard::mount(&filesystem, ReadOnly).await?;
+let subdir = SubPath::new(mount, "data/subdir");
+
+// subdir.path() returns the full path including subdirectory
+```
+
+## FileSystem Implementations (`core/src/disk/mount/filesystem/`)
+
+Various filesystem types that can be mounted:
+
+| Type | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| `bind.rs` | Bind mounts |
+| `block_dev.rs` | Block device mounts |
+| `cifs.rs` | CIFS/SMB network shares |
+| `ecryptfs.rs` | Encrypted filesystem |
+| `efivarfs.rs` | EFI variables |
+| `httpdirfs.rs` | HTTP directory as filesystem |
+| `idmapped.rs` | ID-mapped mounts |
+| `label.rs` | Mount by label |
+| `loop_dev.rs` | Loop device mounts |
+| `overlayfs.rs` | Overlay filesystem |
+
+## Other Useful Utilities
+
+### `Apply` / `ApplyRef` traits
+
+Fluent method chaining:
+
+```rust
+use crate::util::Apply;
+
+let result = some_value
+    .apply(|v| transform(v))
+    .apply(|v| another_transform(v));
+```
+
+### `Container<T>`
+
+Async-safe optional container:
+
+```rust
+use crate::util::Container;
+
+let container = Container::new(None);
+container.set(value).await;
+let taken = container.take().await;
+```
+
+### `HashWriter<H, W>`
+
+Write data while computing hash:
+
+```rust
+use crate::util::HashWriter;
+use sha2::Sha256;
+
+let writer = HashWriter::new(Sha256::new(), file);
+// Write data...
+let (hasher, file) = writer.finish();
+let hash = hasher.finalize();
+```
+
+### `Never` type
+
+Uninhabited type for impossible cases:
+
+```rust
+use crate::util::Never;
+
+fn impossible() -> Never {
+    // This function can never return
+}
+
+let never: Never = impossible();
+never.absurd::<String>()  // Can convert to any type
+```
+
+### `MaybeOwned<'a, T>`
+
+Either borrowed or owned data:
+
+```rust
+use crate::util::MaybeOwned;
+
+fn accept_either(data: MaybeOwned<'_, String>) {
+    // Use &*data to access the value
+}
+
+accept_either(MaybeOwned::from(&existing_string));
+accept_either(MaybeOwned::from(owned_string));
+```
+
+### `new_guid()`
+
+Generate a random GUID:
+
+```rust
+use crate::util::new_guid;
+
+let guid = new_guid();  // Returns InternedString
+```

core/i18n-patterns.md

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# i18n Patterns in `core/`
+
+## Library & Setup
+
+**Crate:** [`rust-i18n`](https://crates.io/crates/rust-i18n) v3.1.5 (`core/Cargo.toml`)
+
+**Initialization** (`core/src/lib.rs:3`):
+```rust
+rust_i18n::i18n!("locales", fallback = ["en_US"]);
+```
+This macro scans `core/locales/` at compile time and embeds all translations as constants.
+
+**Prelude re-export** (`core/src/prelude.rs:4`):
+```rust
+pub use rust_i18n::t;
+```
+Most modules import `t!` via the prelude.
+
+## Translation File
+
+**Location:** `core/locales/i18n.yaml`
+**Format:** YAML v2 (~755 keys)
+
+**Supported languages:** `en_US`, `de_DE`, `es_ES`, `fr_FR`, `pl_PL`
+
+**Entry structure:**
+```yaml
+namespace.sub.key-name:
+  en_US: "English text with %{param}"
+  de_DE: "German text with %{param}"
+  # ...
+```
+
+## Using `t!()`
+
+```rust
+// Simple key
+t!("error.unknown")
+
+// With parameter interpolation (%{name} in YAML)
+t!("bins.deprecated.renamed", old = old_name, new = new_name)
+```
+
+## Key Naming Conventions
+
+Keys use **dot-separated hierarchical namespaces** with **kebab-case** for multi-word segments:
+
+```
+<module>.<submodule>.<descriptive-name>
+```
+
+Examples:
+- `error.incorrect-password` — error kind label
+- `bins.start-init.updating-firmware` — startup phase message
+- `backup.bulk.complete-title` — backup notification title
+- `help.arg.acme-contact` — CLI help text for an argument
+- `context.diagnostic.starting-diagnostic-ui` — diagnostic context status
+
+### Top-Level Namespaces
+
+| Namespace | Purpose |
+|-----------|---------|
+| `error.*` | `ErrorKind` display strings (see `src/error.rs`) |
+| `bins.*` | CLI binary messages (deprecated, start-init, startd, etc.) |
+| `init.*` | Initialization phase labels |
+| `setup.*` | First-run setup messages |
+| `context.*` | Context startup messages (diagnostic, setup, CLI) |
+| `service.*` | Service lifecycle messages |
+| `backup.*` | Backup/restore operation messages |
+| `registry.*` | Package registry messages |
+| `net.*` | Network-related messages |
+| `middleware.*` | Request middleware messages (auth, etc.) |
+| `disk.*` | Disk operation messages |
+| `lxc.*` | Container management messages |
+| `system.*` | System monitoring/metrics messages |
+| `notifications.*` | User-facing notification messages |
+| `update.*` | OS update messages |
+| `util.*` | Utility messages (TUI, RPC) |
+| `ssh.*` | SSH operation messages |
+| `shutdown.*` | Shutdown-related messages |
+| `logs.*` | Log-related messages |
+| `auth.*` | Authentication messages |
+| `help.*` | CLI help text (`help.arg.<arg-name>`) |
+| `about.*` | CLI command descriptions |
+
+## Locale Selection
+
+`core/src/bins/mod.rs:15-36` — `set_locale_from_env()`:
+
+1. Reads `LANG` environment variable
+2. Strips `.UTF-8` suffix
+3. Exact-matches against available locales, falls back to language-prefix match (e.g. `en_GB` matches `en_US`)
+
+## Adding New Keys
+
+1. Add the key to `core/locales/i18n.yaml` with all 5 language translations
+2. Use the `t!("your.key.name")` macro in Rust code
+3. Follow existing namespace conventions — match the module path where the key is used
+4. Use kebab-case for multi-word segments
+5. Translations are validated at compile time

core/rpc-toolkit.md

@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+# rpc-toolkit
+
+StartOS uses [rpc-toolkit](https://github.com/Start9Labs/rpc-toolkit) for its JSON-RPC API. This document covers the patterns used in this codebase.
+
+## Overview
+
+The API is JSON-RPC (not REST). All endpoints are RPC methods organized in a hierarchical command structure.
+
+## Handler Functions
+
+There are four types of handler functions, chosen based on the function's characteristics:
+
+### `from_fn_async` - Async handlers
+For standard async functions. Most handlers use this.
+
+```rust
+pub async fn my_handler(ctx: RpcContext, params: MyParams) -> Result<MyResponse, Error> {
+    // Can use .await
+}
+
+from_fn_async(my_handler)
+```
+
+### `from_fn_async_local` - Non-thread-safe async handlers
+For async functions that are not `Send` (cannot be safely moved between threads). Use when working with non-thread-safe types.
+
+```rust
+pub async fn cli_download(ctx: CliContext, params: Params) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    // Non-Send async operations
+}
+
+from_fn_async_local(cli_download)
+```
+
+### `from_fn_blocking` - Sync blocking handlers
+For synchronous functions that perform blocking I/O or long computations.
+
+```rust
+pub fn query_dns(ctx: RpcContext, params: DnsParams) -> Result<DnsResponse, Error> {
+    // Blocking operations (file I/O, DNS lookup, etc.)
+}
+
+from_fn_blocking(query_dns)
+```
+
+### `from_fn` - Sync non-blocking handlers
+For pure functions or quick synchronous operations with no I/O.
+
+```rust
+pub fn echo(ctx: RpcContext, params: EchoParams) -> Result<String, Error> {
+    Ok(params.message)
+}
+
+from_fn(echo)
+```
+
+## ParentHandler
+
+Groups related RPC methods into a hierarchy:
+
+```rust
+use rpc_toolkit::{Context, HandlerExt, ParentHandler, from_fn_async};
+
+pub fn my_api<C: Context>() -> ParentHandler<C> {
+    ParentHandler::new()
+        .subcommand("list", from_fn_async(list_handler).with_call_remote::<CliContext>())
+        .subcommand("create", from_fn_async(create_handler).with_call_remote::<CliContext>())
+}
+```
+
+## Handler Extensions
+
+Chain methods to configure handler behavior.
+
+**Ordering rules:**
+1. `with_about()` must come AFTER other CLI modifiers (`no_display()`, `with_custom_display_fn()`, etc.)
+2. `with_call_remote()` must be the LAST adapter in the chain
+
+| Method | Purpose |
+|--------|---------|
+| `.with_metadata("key", Value)` | Attach metadata for middleware |
+| `.no_cli()` | RPC-only, not available via CLI |
+| `.no_display()` | No CLI output |
+| `.with_display_serializable()` | Default JSON/YAML output for CLI |
+| `.with_custom_display_fn(\|_, res\| ...)` | Custom CLI output formatting |
+| `.with_about("about.description")` | Add help text (i18n key) - **after CLI modifiers** |
+| `.with_call_remote::<CliContext>()` | Enable CLI to call remotely - **must be last** |
+
+### Correct ordering example:
+```rust
+from_fn_async(my_handler)
+    .with_metadata("sync_db", Value::Bool(true))  // metadata early
+    .no_display()                                  // CLI modifier
+    .with_about("about.my-handler")                // after CLI modifiers
+    .with_call_remote::<CliContext>()              // always last
+```
+
+## Metadata by Middleware
+
+Metadata tags are processed by different middleware. Group them logically:
+
+### Auth Middleware (`middleware/auth/mod.rs`)
+
+| Metadata | Default | Description |
+|----------|---------|-------------|
+| `authenticated` | `true` | Whether endpoint requires authentication. Set to `false` for public endpoints. |
+
+### Session Auth Middleware (`middleware/auth/session.rs`)
+
+| Metadata | Default | Description |
+|----------|---------|-------------|
+| `login` | `false` | Special handling for login endpoints (rate limiting, cookie setting) |
+| `get_session` | `false` | Inject session ID into params as `__Auth_session` |
+
+### Signature Auth Middleware (`middleware/auth/signature.rs`)
+
+| Metadata | Default | Description |
+|----------|---------|-------------|
+| `get_signer` | `false` | Inject signer public key into params as `__Auth_signer` |
+
+### Registry Auth (extends Signature Auth)
+
+| Metadata | Default | Description |
+|----------|---------|-------------|
+| `admin` | `false` | Require admin privileges (signer must be in admin list) |
+| `get_device_info` | `false` | Inject device info header for hardware filtering |
+
+### Database Middleware (`middleware/db.rs`)
+
+| Metadata | Default | Description |
+|----------|---------|-------------|
+| `sync_db` | `false` | Sync database after mutation, add `X-Patch-Sequence` header |
+
+## Context Types
+
+Different contexts for different execution environments:
+
+- `RpcContext` - Web/RPC requests with full service access
+- `CliContext` - CLI operations, calls remote RPC
+- `InitContext` - During system initialization
+- `DiagnosticContext` - Diagnostic/recovery mode
+- `RegistryContext` - Registry daemon context
+- `EffectContext` - Service effects context (container-to-host calls)
+
+## Parameter Structs
+
+Parameters use derive macros for JSON-RPC, CLI parsing, and TypeScript generation:
+
+```rust
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Parser, TS)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]  // JSON-RPC uses camelCase
+#[command(rename_all = "kebab-case")]  // CLI uses kebab-case
+#[ts(export)]  // Generate TypeScript types
+pub struct MyParams {
+    pub package_id: PackageId,
+}
+```
+
+### Middleware Injection
+
+Auth middleware can inject values into params using special field names:
+
+```rust
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Parser, TS)]
+pub struct MyParams {
+    #[ts(skip)]
+    #[serde(rename = "__Auth_session")]  // Injected by session auth
+    session: InternedString,
+
+    #[ts(skip)]
+    #[serde(rename = "__Auth_signer")]   // Injected by signature auth
+    signer: AnyVerifyingKey,
+
+    #[ts(skip)]
+    #[serde(rename = "__Auth_userAgent")] // Injected during login
+    user_agent: Option<String>,
+}
+```
+
+## Common Patterns
+
+### Adding a New RPC Endpoint
+
+1. Define params struct with `Deserialize, Serialize, Parser, TS`
+2. Choose handler type based on sync/async and thread-safety
+3. Write handler function taking `(Context, Params) -> Result<Response, Error>`
+4. Add to parent handler with appropriate extensions (display modifiers before `with_about`)
+5. TypeScript types auto-generated via `make ts-bindings`
+
+### Public (Unauthenticated) Endpoint
+
+```rust
+from_fn_async(get_info)
+    .with_metadata("authenticated", Value::Bool(false))
+    .with_display_serializable()
+    .with_about("about.get-info")
+    .with_call_remote::<CliContext>()  // last
+```
+
+### Mutating Endpoint with DB Sync
+
+```rust
+from_fn_async(update_config)
+    .with_metadata("sync_db", Value::Bool(true))
+    .no_display()
+    .with_about("about.update-config")
+    .with_call_remote::<CliContext>()  // last
+```
+
+### Session-Aware Endpoint
+
+```rust
+from_fn_async(logout)
+    .with_metadata("get_session", Value::Bool(true))
+    .no_display()
+    .with_about("about.logout")
+    .with_call_remote::<CliContext>()  // last
+```
+
+## File Locations
+
+- Handler definitions: Throughout `core/src/` modules
+- Main API tree: `core/src/lib.rs` (`main_api()`, `server()`, `package()`)
+- Auth middleware: `core/src/middleware/auth/`
+- DB middleware: `core/src/middleware/db.rs`
+- Context types: `core/src/context/`

core/run-tests.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 
-source ./builder-alias.sh
+source ./build/builder-alias.sh
 
 set -ea
 shopt -s expand_aliases

core/s9pk-structure.md

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# S9PK Package Format
+
+S9PK is the package format for StartOS services. Version 2 uses a merkle archive structure for efficient downloading and cryptographic verification.
+
+## File Format
+
+S9PK files begin with a 3-byte header: `0x3b 0x3b 0x02` (magic bytes + version 2).
+
+The archive is cryptographically signed using Ed25519 with prehashed content (SHA-512 over blake3 merkle root hash).
+
+## Archive Structure
+
+```
+/
+├── manifest.json           # Package metadata (required)
+├── icon.<ext>              # Package icon - any image/* format (required)
+├── LICENSE.md              # License text (required)
+├── dependencies/           # Dependency metadata (optional)
+│   └── <package-id>/
+│       ├── metadata.json   # DependencyMetadata
+│       └── icon.<ext>      # Dependency icon
+├── javascript.squashfs     # Package JavaScript code (required)
+├── assets.squashfs         # Static assets (optional, legacy: assets/ directory)
+└── images/                 # Container images by architecture
+    └── <arch>/             # e.g., x86_64, aarch64, riscv64
+        ├── <image-id>.squashfs  # Container filesystem
+        ├── <image-id>.json      # Image metadata
+        └── <image-id>.env       # Environment variables
+```
+
+## Components
+
+### manifest.json
+
+The package manifest contains all metadata:
+
+| Field | Type | Description |
+|-------|------|-------------|
+| `id` | string | Package identifier (e.g., `bitcoind`) |
+| `title` | string | Display name |
+| `version` | string | Extended version string |
+| `satisfies` | string[] | Version ranges this version satisfies |
+| `releaseNotes` | string/object | Release notes (localized) |
+| `canMigrateTo` | string | Version range for forward migration |
+| `canMigrateFrom` | string | Version range for backward migration |
+| `license` | string | License type |
+| `wrapperRepo` | string | StartOS wrapper repository URL |
+| `upstreamRepo` | string | Upstream project URL |
+| `supportSite` | string | Support site URL |
+| `marketingSite` | string | Marketing site URL |
+| `donationUrl` | string? | Optional donation URL |
+| `docsUrl` | string? | Optional documentation URL |
+| `description` | object | Short and long descriptions (localized) |
+| `images` | object | Image configurations by image ID |
+| `volumes` | string[] | Volume IDs for persistent data |
+| `alerts` | object | User alerts for lifecycle events |
+| `dependencies` | object | Package dependencies |
+| `hardwareRequirements` | object | Hardware requirements (arch, RAM, devices) |
+| `hardwareAcceleration` | boolean | Whether package uses hardware acceleration |
+| `gitHash` | string? | Git commit hash |
+| `osVersion` | string | Minimum StartOS version |
+| `sdkVersion` | string? | SDK version used to build |
+
+### javascript.squashfs
+
+Contains the package JavaScript that implements the `ABI` interface from `@start9labs/start-sdk-base`. This code runs in the container runtime and manages the package lifecycle.
+
+The squashfs is mounted at `/usr/lib/startos/package/` and the runtime loads `index.js`.
+
+### images/
+
+Container images organized by architecture:
+
+- **`<image-id>.squashfs`** - Container root filesystem
+- **`<image-id>.json`** - Image metadata (entrypoint, user, workdir, etc.)
+- **`<image-id>.env`** - Environment variables for the container
+
+Images are built from Docker/Podman and converted to squashfs. The `ImageConfig` in manifest specifies:
+- `arch` - Supported architectures
+- `emulateMissingAs` - Fallback architecture for emulation
+- `nvidiaContainer` - Whether to enable NVIDIA container support
+
+### assets.squashfs
+
+Static assets accessible to the package, mounted read-only at `/media/startos/assets/` in the container.
+
+### dependencies/
+
+Metadata for dependencies displayed in the UI:
+- `metadata.json` - Just title for now
+- `icon.<ext>` - Icon for the dependency
+
+## Merkle Archive
+
+The S9PK uses a merkle tree structure where each file and directory has a blake3 hash. This enables:
+
+1. **Partial downloads** - Download and verify individual files
+2. **Integrity verification** - Verify any subset of the archive
+3. **Efficient updates** - Only download changed portions
+4. **DOS protection** - Size limits enforced before downloading content
+
+Files are sorted by priority for streaming (manifest first, then icon, license, dependencies, javascript, assets, images).
+
+## Building S9PK
+
+Use `start-cli s9pk pack` to build packages:
+
+```bash
+start-cli s9pk pack <manifest-path> -o <output.s9pk>
+```
+
+Images can be sourced from:
+- Docker/Podman build (`--docker-build`)
+- Existing Docker tag (`--docker-tag`)
+- Pre-built squashfs files
+
+## Related Code
+
+- `core/src/s9pk/v2/mod.rs` - S9pk struct and serialization
+- `core/src/s9pk/v2/manifest.rs` - Manifest types
+- `core/src/s9pk/v2/pack.rs` - Packing logic
+- `core/src/s9pk/merkle_archive/` - Merkle archive implementation

core/src/account.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use openssl::x509::X509;
 use crate::db::model::DatabaseModel;
 use crate::hostname::{Hostname, generate_hostname, generate_id};
 use crate::net::ssl::{gen_nistp256, make_root_cert};
-use crate::net::tor::TorSecretKey;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::util::serde::Pem;
 
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ pub struct AccountInfo {
     pub server_id: String,
     pub hostname: Hostname,
     pub password: String,
-    pub tor_keys: Vec<TorSecretKey>,
     pub root_ca_key: PKey<Private>,
     pub root_ca_cert: X509,
     pub ssh_key: ssh_key::PrivateKey,
@@ -36,7 +34,6 @@ impl AccountInfo {
     pub fn new(password: &str, start_time: SystemTime) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let server_id = generate_id();
         let hostname = generate_hostname();
-        let tor_key = vec![TorSecretKey::generate()];
         let root_ca_key = gen_nistp256()?;
         let root_ca_cert = make_root_cert(&root_ca_key, &hostname, start_time)?;
         let ssh_key = ssh_key::PrivateKey::from(ssh_key::private::Ed25519Keypair::random(
@@ -48,7 +45,6 @@ impl AccountInfo {
             server_id,
             hostname,
             password: hash_password(password)?,
-            tor_keys: tor_key,
             root_ca_key,
             root_ca_cert,
             ssh_key,
@@ -61,17 +57,6 @@ impl AccountInfo {
         let hostname = Hostname(db.as_public().as_server_info().as_hostname().de()?);
         let password = db.as_private().as_password().de()?;
         let key_store = db.as_private().as_key_store();
-        let tor_addrs = db
-            .as_public()
-            .as_server_info()
-            .as_network()
-            .as_host()
-            .as_onions()
-            .de()?;
-        let tor_keys = tor_addrs
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|tor_addr| key_store.as_onion().get_key(&tor_addr))
-            .collect::<Result<_, _>>()?;
         let cert_store = key_store.as_local_certs();
         let root_ca_key = cert_store.as_root_key().de()?.0;
         let root_ca_cert = cert_store.as_root_cert().de()?.0;
@@ -82,7 +67,6 @@ impl AccountInfo {
             server_id,
             hostname,
             password,
-            tor_keys,
             root_ca_key,
             root_ca_cert,
             ssh_key,
@@ -97,17 +81,6 @@ impl AccountInfo {
         server_info
             .as_pubkey_mut()
             .ser(&self.ssh_key.public_key().to_openssh()?)?;
-        server_info
-            .as_network_mut()
-            .as_host_mut()
-            .as_onions_mut()
-            .ser(
-                &self
-                    .tor_keys
-                    .iter()
-                    .map(|tor_key| tor_key.onion_address())
-                    .collect(),
-            )?;
         server_info.as_password_hash_mut().ser(&self.password)?;
         db.as_private_mut().as_password_mut().ser(&self.password)?;
         db.as_private_mut()
@@ -117,9 +90,6 @@ impl AccountInfo {
             .as_developer_key_mut()
             .ser(Pem::new_ref(&self.developer_key))?;
         let key_store = db.as_private_mut().as_key_store_mut();
-        for tor_key in &self.tor_keys {
-            key_store.as_onion_mut().insert_key(tor_key)?;
-        }
         let cert_store = key_store.as_local_certs_mut();
         if cert_store.as_root_cert().de()?.0 != self.root_ca_cert {
             cert_store
@@ -148,11 +118,5 @@ impl AccountInfo {
             self.hostname.no_dot_host_name(),
             self.hostname.local_domain_name(),
         ]
-        .into_iter()
-        .chain(
-            self.tor_keys
-                .iter()
-                .map(|k| InternedString::from_display(&k.onion_address())),
-        )
     }
 }

core/src/action.rs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn action_api<C: Context>() -> ParentHandler<C> {
             "get-input",
             from_fn_async(get_action_input)
                 .with_display_serializable()
-                .with_about("Get action input spec")
+                .with_about("about.get-action-input-spec")
                 .with_call_remote::<CliContext>(),
         )
         .subcommand(
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ pub fn action_api<C: Context>() -> ParentHandler<C> {
                     }
                     Ok(())
                 })
-                .with_about("Run service action")
+                .with_about("about.run-service-action")
                 .with_call_remote::<CliContext>(),
         )
         .subcommand(
             "clear-task",
             from_fn_async(clear_task)
                 .no_display()
-                .with_about("Clear a service task")
+                .with_about("about.clear-service-task")
                 .with_call_remote::<CliContext>(),
         )
 }
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ pub struct ActionInput {
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, TS, Parser)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct GetActionInputParams {
+    #[arg(help = "help.arg.package-id")]
     pub package_id: PackageId,
+    #[arg(help = "help.arg.action-id")]
     pub action_id: ActionId,
 }
 
@@ -280,8 +282,11 @@ pub struct RunActionParams {
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
 struct CliRunActionParams {
+    #[arg(help = "help.arg.package-id")]
     pub package_id: PackageId,
+    #[arg(help = "help.arg.event-id")]
     pub event_id: Option<Guid>,
+    #[arg(help = "help.arg.action-id")]
     pub action_id: ActionId,
     #[command(flatten)]
     pub input: StdinDeserializable<Option<Value>>,
@@ -360,9 +365,11 @@ pub async fn run_action(
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 #[command(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub struct ClearTaskParams {
+    #[arg(help = "help.arg.package-id")]
     pub package_id: PackageId,
+    #[arg(help = "help.arg.replay-id")]
     pub replay_id: ReplayId,
-    #[arg(long)]
+    #[arg(long, help = "help.arg.force-clear-task")]
     #[serde(default)]
     pub force: bool,
 }

core/src/auth.rs

@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ pub async fn write_shadow(password: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
         match line.split_once(":") {
             Some((user, rest)) if user == "start9" || user == "kiosk" => {
                 let (_, rest) = rest.split_once(":").ok_or_else(|| {
-                    Error::new(eyre!("malformed /etc/shadow"), ErrorKind::ParseSysInfo)
+                    Error::new(
+                        eyre!("{}", t!("auth.malformed-etc-shadow")),
+                        ErrorKind::ParseSysInfo,
+                    )
                 })?;
                 shadow_file
                     .write_all(format!("{user}:{hash}:{rest}\n").as_bytes())
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ impl PasswordType {
             PasswordType::String(x) => Ok(x),
             PasswordType::EncryptedWire(x) => x.decrypt(current_secret).ok_or_else(|| {
                 Error::new(
-                    color_eyre::eyre::eyre!("Couldn't decode password"),
+                    color_eyre::eyre::eyre!("{}", t!("auth.couldnt-decode-password")),
                     crate::ErrorKind::Unknown,
                 )
             }),
@@ -125,19 +128,19 @@ where
             "login",
             from_fn_async(cli_login::<AC>)
                 .no_display()
-                .with_about("Log in a new auth session"),
+                .with_about("about.login-new-auth-session"),
         )
         .subcommand(
             "logout",
             from_fn_async(logout::<AC>)
                 .with_metadata("get_session", Value::Bool(true))
                 .no_display()
-                .with_about("Log out of current auth session")
+                .with_about("about.logout-current-auth-session")
                 .with_call_remote::<CliContext>(),
         )
         .subcommand(
             "session",
-            session::<C, AC>().with_about("List or kill auth sessions"),
+            session::<C, AC>().with_about("about.list-or-kill-auth-sessions"),
         )
         .subcommand(
             "reset-password",
@@ -147,14 +150,14 @@ where
             "reset-password",
             from_fn_async(cli_reset_password)
                 .no_display()
-                .with_about("Reset password"),
+                .with_about("about.reset-password"),
         )
         .subcommand(
             "get-pubkey",
             from_fn_async(get_pubkey)
                 .with_metadata("authenticated", Value::Bool(false))
                 .no_display()
-                .with_about("Get public key derived from server private key")
+                .with_about("about.get-pubkey-from-server")
                 .with_call_remote::<CliContext>(),
         )
 }
@@ -184,7 +187,11 @@ async fn cli_login<C: SessionAuthContext>(
 where
     CliContext: CallRemote<C>,
 {
-    let password = rpassword::prompt_password("Password: ")?;
+    let password = if let Ok(password) = std::env::var("PASSWORD") {
+        password
+    } else {
+        rpassword::prompt_password("Password: ")?
+    };
 
     ctx.call_remote::<C>(
         &parent_method.into_iter().chain(method).join("."),
@@ -204,12 +211,12 @@ pub fn check_password(hash: &str, password: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
     ensure_code!(
         argon2::verify_encoded(&hash, password.as_bytes()).map_err(|_| {
             Error::new(
-                eyre!("Password Incorrect"),
+                eyre!("{}", t!("auth.password-incorrect")),
                 crate::ErrorKind::IncorrectPassword,
             )
         })?,
         crate::ErrorKind::IncorrectPassword,
-        "Password Incorrect"
+        t!("auth.password-incorrect")
     );
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -323,14 +330,14 @@ where
                 .with_metadata("get_session", Value::Bool(true))
                 .with_display_serializable()
                 .with_custom_display_fn(|handle, result| display_sessions(handle.params, result))
-                .with_about("Display all auth sessions")
+                .with_about("about.display-all-auth-sessions")
                 .with_call_remote::<CliContext>(),
         )
         .subcommand(
             "kill",
             from_fn_async(kill::<AC>)
                 .no_display()
-                .with_about("Terminate existing auth session(s)")
+                .with_about("about.terminate-auth-sessions")
                 .with_call_remote::<CliContext>(),
         )
 }
@@ -414,6 +421,7 @@ impl AsLogoutSessionId for KillSessionId {
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 #[command(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub struct KillParams {
+    #[arg(help = "help.arg.session-ids")]
     ids: Vec<String>,
 }
 
@@ -430,7 +438,9 @@ pub async fn kill<C: SessionAuthContext>(
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 #[command(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub struct ResetPasswordParams {
+    #[arg(help = "help.arg.old-password")]
     old_password: Option<PasswordType>,
+    #[arg(help = "help.arg.new-password")]
     new_password: Option<PasswordType>,
 }
 
@@ -443,13 +453,13 @@ async fn cli_reset_password(
         ..
     }: HandlerArgs<CliContext>,
 ) -> Result<(), RpcError> {
-    let old_password = rpassword::prompt_password("Current Password: ")?;
+    let old_password = rpassword::prompt_password(&t!("auth.prompt-current-password"))?;
 
     let new_password = {
-        let new_password = rpassword::prompt_password("New Password: ")?;
-        if new_password != rpassword::prompt_password("Confirm: ")? {
+        let new_password = rpassword::prompt_password(&t!("auth.prompt-new-password"))?;
+        if new_password != rpassword::prompt_password(&t!("auth.prompt-confirm"))? {
             return Err(Error::new(
-                eyre!("Passwords do not match"),
+                eyre!("{}", t!("auth.passwords-do-not-match")),
                 crate::ErrorKind::IncorrectPassword,
             )
             .into());
@@ -482,7 +492,7 @@ pub async fn reset_password_impl(
             .with_kind(crate::ErrorKind::IncorrectPassword)?
         {
             return Err(Error::new(
-                eyre!("Incorrect Password"),
+                eyre!("{}", t!("auth.password-incorrect")),
                 crate::ErrorKind::IncorrectPassword,
             ));
         }