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Co-authored-by: Mariusz Kogen <k0gen@pm.me>
Co-authored-by: Matt Hill <mattnine@protonmail.com>
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# StartOS Web
StartOS web UIs are written in [Angular/Typescript](https://angular.io/docs) and leverage the [Ionic Framework](https://ionicframework.com/) component library.
StartOS conditionally serves one of three Web UIs, depending on the state of the system and user choice.
- **install-wizard** - UI for installing StartOS, served on localhost.
- **setup-wizard** - UI for setting up StartOS, served on start.local.
- **ui** - primary UI for administering StartOS, served on various hosts unique to the instance.
Additionally, there are two libraries for shared code:
- **marketplace** - library code shared between the StartOS UI and Start9's [brochure marketplace](https://github.com/Start9Labs/brochure-marketplace).
- **shared** - library code shared between the various web UIs and marketplace lib.
## Environment Setup
#### Install NodeJS and NPM
- [Install nodejs](https://nodejs.org/en/)
- [Install npm](https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm)
#### Check that your versions match the ones below
```sh
node --version
v22.15.0
npm --version
v11.3.0
```
#### Install and enable the Prettier extension for your text editor
#### Clone StartOS and load submodules
```sh
git clone https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os.git
cd start-os
git submodule update --init --recursive
```
#### Move to web directory and install dependencies
```sh
cd web
npm ci
npm run build:deps
```
> Note if you are on **Windows** you need to install `make` for these scripts to work. Easiest way to do so is to install [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/install) and then run `choco install make`.
#### Copy `config-sample.json` to a new file `config.json`.
```sh
cp config-sample.json config.json
```
- By default, "useMocks" is set to `true`.
- Use "maskAs" to mock the host from which the web UI is served. Valid values are `tor`, `local`, `localhost`, `ipv4`, `ipv6`, and `clearnet`.
- Use "maskAsHttps" to mock the protocol over which the web UI is served. `true` means https; `false` means http.
## Running the development server
You can develop using mocks (recommended to start) or against a live server. Either way, any code changes will live reload the development server and refresh the browser page.
### Using mocks
#### Start the standard development server
```sh
npm run start:install
npm run start:setup
npm run start:ui
```
### Proxying to a live server
#### In `config.json`, set "useMocks" to `false`
#### Copy `proxy.conf-sample.json` to a new file `proxy.conf.json`
```sh
cp proxy.conf-sample.json proxy.conf.json
```
#### Replace every instance of "\<CHANGEME>\" with the hostname of your remote server
#### Start the proxy development server
```sh
npm run start:ui:proxy
```
## Translations
### Currently supported languages
- Spanish
- Polish
- German
<!-- - Korean
- Russian
- Japanese
- Hebrew
- Arabic
- Mandarin
- Hindi
- Portuguese
- French
- Italian
- Thai -->
### Adding a new translation
When prompting AI to translate the English dictionary, it is recommended to only give it 50-100 entries at a time. Beyond that it struggles. Remember to sanity check the results and ensure keys/values align in the resulting dictionary.
#### Sample AI prompt
Translate the English dictionary below into `<language>`. Format the result as a javascript object with the numeric values of the English dictionary as keys in the translated dictionary. These translations are for the web UI of StartOS, a graphical server operating system optimized for self-hosting. Comments may be included in the English dictionary to provide additional context.
#### Adding to StartOS
- In the `shared` project:
1. Create a new file (`language.ts`) in `src/i18n/dictionaries`
1. Export the dictionary in `src/public-api.ts`
1. Update the `I18N_PROVIDERS` array in `src/i18n/i18n.providers.ts` (2 places)
1. Update the `languages` array in `/src/i18n/i18n.service.ts`
- Here in this README:
1. Add the language to the list of supported languages below
### Updating the English dictionary
#### Sample AI prompt
Translate the English dictionary below into the languages beneath the dictionary. Format the result as a javascript object with translated language as keys, mapping to a javascript object with the numeric values of the English dictionary as keys and the translations as values. These translations are for the web UI of StartOS, a graphical server operating system optimized for self-hosting. Comments may be included in the English dictionary to provide additional context.
English dictionary:
```
'Hello': 420,
'Goodby': 421
```
Languages:
- Spanish
- Polish
- German
#### Adding to StartOS
In the `shared` project, copy/past the translations into their corresponding dictionaries in `/src/i18n/dictionaries`.