aggregate instance SSE streams through server bus so UI uses single connection

show loading status only for errors
improve prompt submission history handling
2025-11-23 19:07:10 +00:00 · 2025-11-23 14:42:09 +00:00 · 2025-11-23 14:41:49 +00:00 · 2025-11-23 14:40:37 +00:00 · 2025-11-23 13:38:50 +00:00 · 2025-11-23 12:05:36 +00:00
58 changed files with 1968 additions and 697 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-upload.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-upload.yml
@@ -337,9 +337,6 @@ jobs:
      - name: Ensure rollup native binary
        run: npm install @rollup/rollup-linux-x64-gnu --no-save

-      - name: Bundle server assets for Tauri
-        run: npm run bundle:server --workspace @codenomad/tauri-app
-
      - name: Build Linux bundle (Tauri)
        run: npm run build --workspace @codenomad/tauri-app

--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ _Manage multiple OpenCode sessions side-by-side._
 ![Command palette overlay](docs/screenshots/command-palette.png)
 _Global command palette for keyboard-first control._

-![Image Previews](images/image-previews.png)
+![Image Previews](docs/screenshots/image-previews.png)
 _Rich media previews for images and assets._

-![Browser Support](images/browser-support.png)
+![Browser Support](docs/screenshots/browser-support.png)
 _Browser support via CodeNomad Server._

 </details>
--- a/docs/screenshots/browser-support.png
+++ b/docs/screenshots/browser-support.png
--- a/docs/screenshots/image-previews.png
+++ b/docs/screenshots/image-previews.png
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "codenomad-workspace",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "codenomad-workspace",
-      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "version": "0.2.2",
      "dependencies": {
        "7zip-bin": "^5.2.0",
        "google-auth-library": "^10.5.0"
@@ -8613,7 +8613,7 @@
    },
    "packages/electron-app": {
      "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad-electron-app",
-      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "version": "0.2.2",
      "dependencies": {
        "@codenomad/ui": "file:../ui",
        "@neuralnomads/codenomad": "file:../server"
@@ -8641,7 +8641,7 @@
    },
    "packages/server": {
      "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad",
-      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "version": "0.2.2",
      "dependencies": {
        "@fastify/cors": "^8.5.0",
        "@fastify/reply-from": "^9.8.0",
@@ -8680,14 +8680,14 @@
    },
    "packages/tauri-app": {
      "name": "@codenomad/tauri-app",
-      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "version": "0.2.2",
      "devDependencies": {
        "@tauri-apps/cli": "^2.9.4"
      }
    },
    "packages/ui": {
      "name": "@codenomad/ui",
-      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "version": "0.2.2",
      "dependencies": {
        "@git-diff-view/solid": "^0.0.8",
        "@kobalte/core": "0.13.11",
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "codenomad-workspace",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
  "private": true,
  "description": "CodeNomad monorepo workspace",
  "workspaces": {
--- a/packages/electron-app/electron.vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-app/electron.vite.config.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const uiRoot = resolve(__dirname, "../ui")
 const uiSrc = resolve(uiRoot, "src")
 const uiRendererRoot = resolve(uiRoot, "src/renderer")
 const uiRendererEntry = resolve(uiRendererRoot, "index.html")
+const uiRendererLoadingEntry = resolve(uiRendererRoot, "loading.html")

 export default defineConfig({
  main: {
@@ -54,7 +55,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
    build: {
      outDir: resolve(__dirname, "dist/renderer"),
      rollupOptions: {
-        input: uiRendererEntry,
+        input: {
+          main: uiRendererEntry,
+          loading: uiRendererLoadingEntry,
+        },
      },
    },
  },
--- a/packages/electron-app/electron/main/ipc.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-app/electron/main/ipc.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
-import { BrowserWindow, ipcMain } from "electron"
-import type { CliLogEntry, CliProcessManager, CliStatus } from "./process-manager"
+import { BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, type OpenDialogOptions } from "electron"
+import type { CliProcessManager, CliStatus } from "./process-manager"
+
+interface DialogOpenRequest {
+  mode: "directory" | "file"
+  title?: string
+  defaultPath?: string
+  filters?: Array<{ name?: string; extensions: string[] }>
+}
+
+interface DialogOpenResult {
+  canceled: boolean
+  paths: string[]
+}

 export function setupCliIPC(mainWindow: BrowserWindow, cliManager: CliProcessManager) {
  cliManager.on("status", (status: CliStatus) => {
@@ -14,12 +26,6 @@ export function setupCliIPC(mainWindow: BrowserWindow, cliManager: CliProcessMan
    }
  })

-  cliManager.on("log", (entry: CliLogEntry) => {
-    if (!mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
-      mainWindow.webContents.send("cli:log", entry)
-    }
-  })
-
  cliManager.on("error", (error: Error) => {
    if (!mainWindow.isDestroyed()) {
      mainWindow.webContents.send("cli:error", { message: error.message })
@@ -27,4 +33,27 @@ export function setupCliIPC(mainWindow: BrowserWindow, cliManager: CliProcessMan
  })

  ipcMain.handle("cli:getStatus", async () => cliManager.getStatus())
+
+  ipcMain.handle("dialog:open", async (_, request: DialogOpenRequest): Promise<DialogOpenResult> => {
+    const properties: OpenDialogOptions["properties"] =
+      request.mode === "directory" ? ["openDirectory", "createDirectory"] : ["openFile"]
+
+    const filters = request.filters?.map((filter) => ({
+      name: filter.name ?? "Files",
+      extensions: filter.extensions,
+    }))
+
+    const windowTarget = mainWindow.isDestroyed() ? undefined : mainWindow
+    const dialogOptions: OpenDialogOptions = {
+      title: request.title,
+      defaultPath: request.defaultPath,
+      properties,
+      filters,
+    }
+    const result = windowTarget
+      ? await dialog.showOpenDialog(windowTarget, dialogOptions)
+      : await dialog.showOpenDialog(dialogOptions)
+
+    return { canceled: result.canceled, paths: result.filePaths }
+  })
 }
--- a/packages/electron-app/electron/main/main.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-app/electron/main/main.ts
@@ -30,22 +30,63 @@ function getIconPath() {
  return join(mainDirname, "../resources/icon.png")
 }

-function getLoadingHtmlPath() {
+type LoadingTarget =
+  | { type: "url"; source: string }
+  | { type: "file"; source: string }
+
+function resolveDevLoadingUrl(): string | null {
  if (app.isPackaged) {
-    return join(process.resourcesPath, "loading.html")
+    return null
+  }
+  const devBase = process.env.VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL || process.env.ELECTRON_RENDERER_URL
+  if (!devBase) {
+    return null
  }

-  const distResources = join(mainDirname, "../resources/loading.html")
-  if (existsSync(distResources)) {
-    return distResources
+  try {
+    const normalized = devBase.endsWith("/") ? devBase : `${devBase}/`
+    return new URL("loading.html", normalized).toString()
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn("[cli] failed to construct dev loading URL", devBase, error)
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+function resolveLoadingTarget(): LoadingTarget {
+  const devUrl = resolveDevLoadingUrl()
+  if (devUrl) {
+    return { type: "url", source: devUrl }
+  }
+  const filePath = resolveLoadingFilePath()
+  return { type: "file", source: filePath }
+}
+
+function resolveLoadingFilePath() {
+  const candidates = [
+    join(app.getAppPath(), "dist/renderer/loading.html"),
+    join(process.resourcesPath, "dist/renderer/loading.html"),
+    join(mainDirname, "../dist/renderer/loading.html"),
+  ]
+
+  for (const candidate of candidates) {
+    if (existsSync(candidate)) {
+      return candidate
+    }
  }

-  const devResources = join(mainDirname, "../electron/resources/loading.html")
-  if (existsSync(devResources)) {
-    return devResources
-  }
+  return join(app.getAppPath(), "dist/renderer/loading.html")
+}

-  return join(process.cwd(), "electron/resources/loading.html")
+function loadLoadingScreen(window: BrowserWindow) {
+  const target = resolveLoadingTarget()
+  const loader =
+    target.type === "url"
+      ? window.loadURL(target.source)
+      : window.loadFile(target.source)
+
+  loader.catch((error) => {
+    console.error("[cli] failed to load loading screen:", error)
+  })
 }

 let cachedPreloadPath: string | null = null
@@ -116,10 +157,9 @@ function createWindow() {
    mainWindow.webContents.session.setSpellCheckerEnabled(false)
  }

-  const loadingHtml = getLoadingHtmlPath()
  showingLoadingScreen = true
  currentCliUrl = null
-  mainWindow.loadFile(loadingHtml).catch((error) => console.error("[cli] failed to load loading screen:", error))
+  loadLoadingScreen(mainWindow)

  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
    mainWindow.webContents.openDevTools({ mode: "detach" })
@@ -156,8 +196,7 @@ function showLoadingScreen(force = false) {
  showingLoadingScreen = true
  currentCliUrl = null
  pendingCliUrl = null
-  const loadingHtml = getLoadingHtmlPath()
-  mainWindow.loadFile(loadingHtml).catch((error) => console.error("[cli] failed to load loading screen:", error))
+  loadLoadingScreen(mainWindow)
 }

 function startCliPreload(url: string) {
--- a/packages/electron-app/electron/main/process-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/electron-app/electron/main/process-manager.ts
@@ -263,47 +263,32 @@ export class CliProcessManager extends EventEmitter {
  private resolveCliEntry(options: StartOptions): CliEntryResolution {
    if (options.dev) {
      const tsxPath = this.resolveTsx()
-      const sourceCandidates = [
-        path.resolve(app.getAppPath(), "..", "server", "src", "index.ts"),
-        path.resolve(app.getAppPath(), "..", "packages", "server", "src", "index.ts"),
-        path.resolve(process.cwd(), "packages", "server", "src", "index.ts"),
-      ]
-      const sourceEntry = sourceCandidates.find((candidate) => existsSync(candidate))
-      if (tsxPath && sourceEntry) {
-        return { entry: sourceEntry, runner: "tsx", runnerPath: tsxPath }
+      if (!tsxPath) {
+        throw new Error("tsx is required to run the CLI in development mode. Please install dependencies.")
      }
+      const devEntry = this.resolveDevEntry()
+      return { entry: devEntry, runner: "tsx", runnerPath: tsxPath }
    }
-
-    const dist = this.tryResolveDist()
-    if (dist) {
-      return { entry: dist, runner: "node" }
-    }
-
-    throw new Error("Unable to locate CodeNomad CLI build (dist/bin.js). Please build @neuralnomads/codenomad.")
+ 
+    const distEntry = this.resolveProdEntry()
+    return { entry: distEntry, runner: "node" }
  }
-
+ 
  private resolveTsx(): string | null {
-    try {
-      const resolved = nodeRequire.resolve("tsx/dist/cli.js")
-      if (resolved && existsSync(resolved)) {
-        return resolved
-      }
-    } catch {
-      return null
-    }
-    return null
-  }
-
-  private tryResolveDist(): string | null {
    const candidates: Array<string | (() => string)> = [
-      () => nodeRequire.resolve("@neuralnomads/codenomad/dist/bin.js"),
-      () => nodeRequire.resolve("@neuralnomads/codenomad/dist/bin.js", { paths: [app.getAppPath()] }),
-      path.join(app.getAppPath(), "node_modules", "@neuralnomads", "codenomad", "dist", "bin.js"),
-      path.resolve(app.getAppPath(), "..", "server", "dist", "bin.js"),
-      path.resolve(app.getAppPath(), "..", "packages", "server", "dist", "bin.js"),
-      path.join(process.resourcesPath, "app.asar.unpacked", "node_modules", "@neuralnomads", "codenomad", "dist", "bin.js"),
+      () => nodeRequire.resolve("tsx/cli"),
+      () => nodeRequire.resolve("tsx/dist/cli.mjs"),
+      () => nodeRequire.resolve("tsx/dist/cli.cjs"),
+      path.resolve(process.cwd(), "node_modules", "tsx", "dist", "cli.mjs"),
+      path.resolve(process.cwd(), "node_modules", "tsx", "dist", "cli.cjs"),
+      path.resolve(process.cwd(), "..", "node_modules", "tsx", "dist", "cli.mjs"),
+      path.resolve(process.cwd(), "..", "node_modules", "tsx", "dist", "cli.cjs"),
+      path.resolve(process.cwd(), "..", "..", "node_modules", "tsx", "dist", "cli.mjs"),
+      path.resolve(process.cwd(), "..", "..", "node_modules", "tsx", "dist", "cli.cjs"),
+      path.resolve(app.getAppPath(), "..", "node_modules", "tsx", "dist", "cli.mjs"),
+      path.resolve(app.getAppPath(), "..", "node_modules", "tsx", "dist", "cli.cjs"),
    ]
-
+ 
    for (const candidate of candidates) {
      try {
        const resolved = typeof candidate === "function" ? candidate() : candidate
@@ -314,7 +299,28 @@ export class CliProcessManager extends EventEmitter {
        continue
      }
    }
-
+ 
    return null
  }
+ 
+  private resolveDevEntry(): string {
+    const entry = path.resolve(process.cwd(), "..", "server", "src", "index.ts")
+    if (!existsSync(entry)) {
+      throw new Error(`Dev CLI entry not found at ${entry}. Run npm run dev:electron from the repository root after installing dependencies.`)
+    }
+    return entry
+  }
+ 
+  private resolveProdEntry(): string {
+    try {
+      const entry = nodeRequire.resolve("@neuralnomads/codenomad/dist/bin.js")
+      if (existsSync(entry)) {
+        return entry
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // fall through to error below
+    }
+    throw new Error("Unable to locate CodeNomad CLI build (dist/bin.js). Run npm run build --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad.")
+  }
 }
+
--- a/packages/electron-app/electron/preload/index.cjs
+++ b/packages/electron-app/electron/preload/index.cjs
@@ -5,15 +5,12 @@ const electronAPI = {
    ipcRenderer.on("cli:status", (_, data) => callback(data))
    return () => ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners("cli:status")
  },
-  onCliLog: (callback) => {
-    ipcRenderer.on("cli:log", (_, data) => callback(data))
-    return () => ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners("cli:log")
-  },
  onCliError: (callback) => {
    ipcRenderer.on("cli:error", (_, data) => callback(data))
    return () => ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners("cli:error")
  },
  getCliStatus: () => ipcRenderer.invoke("cli:getStatus"),
+  openDialog: (options) => ipcRenderer.invoke("dialog:open", options),
 }

 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electronAPI", electronAPI)
--- a/packages/electron-app/electron/resources/loading.html
+++ b/packages/electron-app/electron/resources/loading.html
@@ -1,206 +0,0 @@
-<!doctype html>
-<html lang="en">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-    <title>CodeNomad</title>
-    <style>
-      :root {
-        color-scheme: dark;
-      }
-      body {
-        margin: 0;
-        min-height: 100vh;
-        font-family: "Inter", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
-        background-color: #1a1a1a;
-        color: #cfd4dc;
-        display: flex;
-        align-items: center;
-        justify-content: center;
-        padding: 32px;
-        text-align: center;
-      }
-      button {
-        border: none;
-        background: none;
-        font: inherit;
-        color: inherit;
-      }
-      .wrapper {
-        display: flex;
-        flex-direction: column;
-        align-items: center;
-        gap: 20px;
-        max-width: 520px;
-      }
-      .logo {
-        width: 180px;
-        height: auto;
-        filter: drop-shadow(0 15px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35));
-      }
-      .title {
-        font-size: 2.7rem;
-        font-weight: 600;
-        margin: 0;
-        color: #f4f6fb;
-      }
-      .loading-card {
-        margin-top: 12px;
-        width: 100%;
-        max-width: 420px;
-        padding: 22px;
-        border-radius: 18px;
-        background: #151a23;
-        border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
-        box-shadow: 0 20px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
-      }
-      .loading-row {
-        display: flex;
-        align-items: center;
-        justify-content: center;
-        gap: 14px;
-        font-size: 0.95rem;
-        color: #cfd4dc;
-      }
-      .spinner {
-        width: 18px;
-        height: 18px;
-        border-radius: 50%;
-        border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);
-        border-top-color: #6ce3ff;
-        animation: spin 0.9s linear infinite;
-      }
-      .phrase-controls {
-        margin-top: 12px;
-        font-size: 0.9rem;
-        color: #8f96a9;
-        display: flex;
-        justify-content: center;
-        gap: 8px;
-      }
-      .phrase-controls button {
-        color: #8fb5ff;
-        cursor: pointer;
-      }
-
-
-      .logo {
-        width: 180px;
-        height: auto;
-        filter: drop-shadow(0 15px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45));
-      }
-      .title {
-        font-size: 2.7rem;
-        font-weight: 600;
-        margin: 0;
-        color: #f4f6fb;
-      }
-      .loading-card {
-        margin-top: 12px;
-        width: 100%;
-        padding: 22px;
-        border-radius: 18px;
-        background: #0f1421;
-        border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
-        box-shadow: 0 25px 60px rgba(5, 6, 10, 0.6);
-      }
-
-      .wrapper {
-        display: flex;
-        flex-direction: column;
-        align-items: center;
-        gap: 20px;
-        max-width: 520px;
-      }
-      .logo {
-        width: 180px;
-        height: auto;
-      }
-      .title {
-        font-size: 2.7rem;
-        font-weight: 600;
-        margin: 0;
-      }
-      .subtitle {
-        margin: 0;
-        font-size: 1.1rem;
-        color: #aeb3c4;
-      }
-      .loading-card {
-        margin-top: 12px;
-        width: 100%;
-        padding: 20px;
-        border-radius: 14px;
-        background: rgba(13, 16, 24, 0.8);
-        border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
-        box-shadow: 0 25px 60px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
-      }
-      .loading-row {
-        display: flex;
-        align-items: center;
-        justify-content: center;
-        gap: 14px;
-        font-size: 0.95rem;
-        color: #cad0dd;
-      }
-      .spinner {
-        width: 18px;
-        height: 18px;
-        border-radius: 50%;
-        border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);
-        border-top-color: #6ce3ff;
-        animation: spin 0.9s linear infinite;
-      }
-      @keyframes spin {
-        from {
-          transform: rotate(0deg);
-        }
-        to {
-          transform: rotate(360deg);
-        }
-      }
-    </style>
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <div class="wrapper" role="status" aria-live="polite">
-      <img src="./icon.png" alt="CodeNomad" class="logo" />
-      <div>
-        <h1 class="title">CodeNomad</h1>
-      </div>
-      <div class="loading-card">
-        <div class="loading-row">
-          <div class="spinner" aria-hidden="true"></div>
-          <span id="loading-phrase">Warming up the AI neurons…</span>
-        </div>
-        <div class="phrase-controls">
-          <button id="phrase-toggle" type="button">Show another</button>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-    <script>
-      const phrases = [
-        "Warming up the AI neurons…",
-        "Convincing the AI to stop daydreaming…",
-        "Polishing the AI’s code goggles…",
-        "Asking the AI to stop reorganizing your files…",
-        "Feeding the AI additional coffee…",
-        "Teaching the AI not to delete node_modules (again)…",
-        "Telling the AI to act natural before you arrive…",
-        "Asking the AI to please stop rewriting history…",
-        "Letting the AI stretch before its coding sprint…",
-        "Persuading the AI to give you keyboard control…"
-      ]
-
-      const phraseEl = document.getElementById("loading-phrase")
-      const button = document.getElementById("phrase-toggle")
-
-      function pickPhrase() {
-        const next = phrases[Math.floor(Math.random() * phrases.length)]
-        phraseEl.textContent = next
-      }
-
-      pickPhrase()
-      button?.addEventListener("click", pickPhrase)
-    </script>
-  </body>
-</html>
--- a/packages/electron-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/electron-app/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad-electron-app",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
  "description": "CodeNomad - AI coding assistant",
  "author": {
    "name": "Neural Nomads",
--- a/packages/server/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/server/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
  "lockfileVersion": 3,
  "requires": true,
  "packages": {
    "": {
      "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad",
-      "version": "0.2.1",
+      "version": "0.2.2",
      "dependencies": {
        "@fastify/cors": "^8.5.0",
        "commander": "^12.1.0",
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@neuralnomads/codenomad",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
  "description": "CodeNomad Server",
  "author": {
    "name": "Neural Nomads",
--- a/packages/server/src/api-types.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api-types.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ export interface InstanceData {
  agentModelSelections: AgentModelSelection
 }

+export type InstanceStreamStatus = "connecting" | "connected" | "error" | "disconnected"
+
+export interface InstanceStreamEvent {
+  type: string
+  properties?: Record<string, unknown>
+  [key: string]: unknown
+}
+
 export interface BinaryRecord {
  id: string
  path: string
@@ -157,6 +165,8 @@ export type WorkspaceEventType =
  | "config.appChanged"
  | "config.binariesChanged"
  | "instance.dataChanged"
+  | "instance.event"
+  | "instance.eventStatus"

 export type WorkspaceEventPayload =
  | { type: "workspace.created"; workspace: WorkspaceDescriptor }
@@ -167,6 +177,8 @@ export type WorkspaceEventPayload =
  | { type: "config.appChanged"; config: AppConfig }
  | { type: "config.binariesChanged"; binaries: BinaryRecord[] }
  | { type: "instance.dataChanged"; instanceId: string; data: InstanceData }
+  | { type: "instance.event"; instanceId: string; event: InstanceStreamEvent }
+  | { type: "instance.eventStatus"; instanceId: string; status: InstanceStreamStatus; reason?: string }

 export interface ServerMeta {
  /** Base URL clients should target for REST calls (useful for Electron embedding). */
--- a/packages/server/src/events/bus.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/events/bus.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ export class EventBus extends EventEmitter {
  }

  publish(event: WorkspaceEventPayload): boolean {
-    this.logger?.debug({ event }, "Publishing workspace event")
+    if (event.type !== "instance.event" && event.type !== "instance.eventStatus") {
+      this.logger?.debug({ event }, "Publishing workspace event")
+    }
    return super.emit(event.type, event)
  }

@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ export class EventBus extends EventEmitter {
    this.on("config.appChanged", handler)
    this.on("config.binariesChanged", handler)
    this.on("instance.dataChanged", handler)
+    this.on("instance.event", handler)
+    this.on("instance.eventStatus", handler)
    return () => {
      this.off("workspace.created", handler)
      this.off("workspace.started", handler)
@@ -31,6 +35,8 @@ export class EventBus extends EventEmitter {
      this.off("config.appChanged", handler)
      this.off("config.binariesChanged", handler)
      this.off("instance.dataChanged", handler)
+      this.off("instance.event", handler)
+      this.off("instance.eventStatus", handler)
    }
  }
 }
--- a/packages/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/index.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ import { FileSystemBrowser } from "./filesystem/browser"
 import { EventBus } from "./events/bus"
 import { ServerMeta } from "./api-types"
 import { InstanceStore } from "./storage/instance-store"
+import { InstanceEventBridge } from "./workspaces/instance-events"
 import { createLogger } from "./logger"
 import { launchInBrowser } from "./launcher"

 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+
 const packageJson = require("../package.json") as { version: string }
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename)
@@ -121,6 +123,11 @@ async function main() {
  })
  const fileSystemBrowser = new FileSystemBrowser({ rootDir: options.rootDir, unrestricted: options.unrestrictedRoot })
  const instanceStore = new InstanceStore()
+  const instanceEventBridge = new InstanceEventBridge({
+    workspaceManager,
+    eventBus,
+    logger: logger.child({ component: "instance-events" }),
+  })

  const serverMeta: ServerMeta = {
    httpBaseUrl: `http://${options.host}:${options.port}`,
@@ -169,6 +176,7 @@ async function main() {
    }

    try {
+      instanceEventBridge.shutdown()
      await workspaceManager.shutdown()
      logger.info("Workspace manager shutdown complete")
    } catch (error) {
--- a/packages/server/src/server/http-server.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/http-server.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ export function createHttpServer(deps: HttpServerDeps) {

  app.register(replyFrom, {
    contentTypesToEncode: [],
+    undici: {
+      connections: 16,
+      pipelining: 1,
+      bodyTimeout: 0,
+      headersTimeout: 0,
+    },
  })

  registerWorkspaceRoutes(app, { workspaceManager: deps.workspaceManager })
--- a/packages/server/src/workspaces/instance-events.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/workspaces/instance-events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+import { fetch } from "undici"
+import { EventBus } from "../events/bus"
+import { Logger } from "../logger"
+import { WorkspaceManager } from "./manager"
+import { InstanceStreamEvent, InstanceStreamStatus } from "../api-types"
+
+const INSTANCE_HOST = "127.0.0.1"
+const RECONNECT_DELAY_MS = 1000
+
+interface InstanceEventBridgeOptions {
+  workspaceManager: WorkspaceManager
+  eventBus: EventBus
+  logger: Logger
+}
+
+interface ActiveStream {
+  controller: AbortController
+  task: Promise<void>
+}
+
+export class InstanceEventBridge {
+  private readonly streams = new Map<string, ActiveStream>()
+
+  constructor(private readonly options: InstanceEventBridgeOptions) {
+    const bus = this.options.eventBus
+    bus.on("workspace.started", (event) => this.startStream(event.workspace.id))
+    bus.on("workspace.stopped", (event) => this.stopStream(event.workspaceId))
+    bus.on("workspace.error", (event) => this.stopStream(event.workspace.id))
+  }
+
+  shutdown() {
+    for (const [id, active] of this.streams) {
+      active.controller.abort()
+      this.publishStatus(id, "disconnected")
+    }
+    this.streams.clear()
+  }
+
+  private startStream(workspaceId: string) {
+    if (this.streams.has(workspaceId)) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    const task = this.runStream(workspaceId, controller.signal)
+      .catch((error) => {
+        if (!controller.signal.aborted) {
+          this.options.logger.warn({ workspaceId, err: error }, "Instance event stream failed")
+          this.publishStatus(workspaceId, "error", error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error))
+        }
+      })
+      .finally(() => {
+        const active = this.streams.get(workspaceId)
+        if (active?.controller === controller) {
+          this.streams.delete(workspaceId)
+        }
+      })
+
+    this.streams.set(workspaceId, { controller, task })
+  }
+
+  private stopStream(workspaceId: string) {
+    const active = this.streams.get(workspaceId)
+    if (!active) {
+      return
+    }
+    active.controller.abort()
+    this.streams.delete(workspaceId)
+    this.publishStatus(workspaceId, "disconnected")
+  }
+
+  private async runStream(workspaceId: string, signal: AbortSignal) {
+    while (!signal.aborted) {
+      const port = this.options.workspaceManager.getInstancePort(workspaceId)
+      if (!port) {
+        await this.delay(RECONNECT_DELAY_MS, signal)
+        continue
+      }
+
+      this.publishStatus(workspaceId, "connecting")
+
+      try {
+        await this.consumeStream(workspaceId, port, signal)
+      } catch (error) {
+        if (signal.aborted) {
+          break
+        }
+        this.options.logger.warn({ workspaceId, err: error }, "Instance event stream disconnected")
+        this.publishStatus(workspaceId, "error", error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error))
+        await this.delay(RECONNECT_DELAY_MS, signal)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private async consumeStream(workspaceId: string, port: number, signal: AbortSignal) {
+    const url = `http://${INSTANCE_HOST}:${port}/event`
+    const response = await fetch(url, {
+      headers: { Accept: "text/event-stream" },
+      signal,
+    })
+
+    if (!response.ok || !response.body) {
+      throw new Error(`Instance event stream unavailable (${response.status})`)
+    }
+
+    this.publishStatus(workspaceId, "connected")
+
+    const reader = response.body.getReader()
+    const decoder = new TextDecoder()
+    let buffer = ""
+
+    while (!signal.aborted) {
+      const { done, value } = await reader.read()
+      if (done || !value) {
+        break
+      }
+      buffer += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true })
+      buffer = this.flushEvents(buffer, workspaceId)
+    }
+  }
+
+  private flushEvents(buffer: string, workspaceId: string) {
+    let separatorIndex = buffer.indexOf("\n\n")
+
+    while (separatorIndex >= 0) {
+      const chunk = buffer.slice(0, separatorIndex)
+      buffer = buffer.slice(separatorIndex + 2)
+      this.processChunk(chunk, workspaceId)
+      separatorIndex = buffer.indexOf("\n\n")
+    }
+
+    return buffer
+  }
+
+  private processChunk(chunk: string, workspaceId: string) {
+    const lines = chunk.split(/\r?\n/)
+    const dataLines: string[] = []
+
+    for (const line of lines) {
+      if (line.startsWith(":")) {
+        continue
+      }
+      if (line.startsWith("data:")) {
+        dataLines.push(line.slice(5).trimStart())
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (dataLines.length === 0) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const payload = dataLines.join("\n").trim()
+    if (!payload) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const event = JSON.parse(payload) as InstanceStreamEvent
+      this.options.eventBus.publish({ type: "instance.event", instanceId: workspaceId, event })
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.options.logger.warn({ workspaceId, chunk: payload, err: error }, "Failed to parse instance SSE payload")
+    }
+  }
+
+  private publishStatus(instanceId: string, status: InstanceStreamStatus, reason?: string) {
+    this.options.eventBus.publish({ type: "instance.eventStatus", instanceId, status, reason })
+  }
+
+  private delay(duration: number, signal: AbortSignal) {
+    if (duration <= 0) {
+      return Promise.resolve()
+    }
+    return new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+        signal.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort)
+        resolve()
+      }, duration)
+
+      const onAbort = () => {
+        clearTimeout(timeout)
+        resolve()
+      }
+
+      signal.addEventListener("abort", onAbort, { once: true })
+    })
+  }
+}
--- a/packages/server/src/workspaces/manager.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/workspaces/manager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import path from "path"
+import { spawnSync } from "child_process"
 import { EventBus } from "../events/bus"
 import { ConfigStore } from "../config/store"
 import { BinaryRegistry } from "../config/binaries"
@@ -65,10 +66,11 @@ export class WorkspaceManager {
 
    const id = `${Date.now().toString(36)}`
    const binary = this.options.binaryRegistry.resolveDefault()
+    const resolvedBinaryPath = this.resolveBinaryPath(binary.path)
    const workspacePath = path.isAbsolute(folder) ? folder : path.resolve(this.options.rootDir, folder)
    clearWorkspaceSearchCache(workspacePath)

-    this.options.logger.info({ workspaceId: id, folder: workspacePath, binary: binary.path }, "Creating workspace")
+    this.options.logger.info({ workspaceId: id, folder: workspacePath, binary: resolvedBinaryPath }, "Creating workspace")

    const proxyPath = `/workspaces/${id}/instance`

@@ -79,14 +81,20 @@ export class WorkspaceManager {
      name,
      status: "starting",
      proxyPath,
-      binaryId: binary.id,
+      binaryId: resolvedBinaryPath,
      binaryLabel: binary.label,
      binaryVersion: binary.version,
      createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
      updatedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
    }

+    if (!descriptor.binaryVersion) {
+      descriptor.binaryVersion = this.detectBinaryVersion(resolvedBinaryPath)
+    }
+
    this.workspaces.set(id, descriptor)
+
+
    this.options.eventBus.publish({ type: "workspace.created", workspace: descriptor })

    const environment = this.options.configStore.get().preferences.environmentVariables ?? {}
@@ -95,7 +103,7 @@ export class WorkspaceManager {
      const { pid, port } = await this.runtime.launch({
        workspaceId: id,
        folder: workspacePath,
-        binaryPath: binary.path,
+        binaryPath: resolvedBinaryPath,
        environment,
        onExit: (info) => this.handleProcessExit(info.workspaceId, info),
      })
@@ -161,6 +169,70 @@ export class WorkspaceManager {
    return workspace
  }

+  private resolveBinaryPath(identifier: string): string {
+    if (!identifier) {
+      return identifier
+    }
+
+    const looksLikePath = identifier.includes("/") || identifier.includes("\\") || identifier.startsWith(".")
+    if (path.isAbsolute(identifier) || looksLikePath) {
+      return identifier
+    }
+
+    const locator = process.platform === "win32" ? "where" : "which"
+
+    try {
+      const result = spawnSync(locator, [identifier], { encoding: "utf8" })
+      if (result.status === 0 && result.stdout) {
+        const resolved = result.stdout
+          .split(/\r?\n/)
+          .map((line) => line.trim())
+          .find((line) => line.length > 0)
+
+        if (resolved) {
+          this.options.logger.debug({ identifier, resolved }, "Resolved binary path from system PATH")
+          return resolved
+        }
+      } else if (result.error) {
+        this.options.logger.warn({ identifier, err: result.error }, "Failed to resolve binary path via locator command")
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.options.logger.warn({ identifier, err: error }, "Failed to resolve binary path from system PATH")
+    }
+
+    return identifier
+  }
+
+  private detectBinaryVersion(resolvedPath: string): string | undefined {
+    if (!resolvedPath) {
+      return undefined
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const result = spawnSync(resolvedPath, ["--version"], { encoding: "utf8" })
+      if (result.status === 0 && result.stdout) {
+        const line = result.stdout.split(/\r?\n/).find((entry) => entry.trim().length > 0)
+        if (line) {
+          const normalized = line.trim()
+          const versionMatch = normalized.match(/([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)/)
+          if (versionMatch) {
+            const version = versionMatch[1]
+            this.options.logger.debug({ binary: resolvedPath, version }, "Detected binary version")
+            return version
+          }
+          this.options.logger.debug({ binary: resolvedPath, reported: normalized }, "Binary reported version string")
+          return normalized
+        }
+      } else if (result.error) {
+        this.options.logger.warn({ binary: resolvedPath, err: result.error }, "Failed to read binary version")
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.options.logger.warn({ binary: resolvedPath, err: error }, "Failed to detect binary version")
+    }
+
+    return undefined
+  }
+
  private handleProcessExit(workspaceId: string, info: { code: number | null; requested: boolean }) {
    const workspace = this.workspaces.get(workspaceId)
    if (!workspace) return
--- a/packages/server/src/workspaces/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/workspaces/runtime.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ export class WorkspaceRuntime {
    const env = { ...process.env, ...(options.environment ?? {}) }

    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      this.logger.info({ workspaceId: options.workspaceId, folder: options.folder }, "Launching OpenCode process")
+      this.logger.info(
+        { workspaceId: options.workspaceId, folder: options.folder, binary: options.binaryPath },
+        "Launching OpenCode process",
+      )
      const child = spawn(options.binaryPath, args, {
        cwd: options.folder,
        env,
--- a/packages/tauri-app/Cargo.lock
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/Cargo.lock
@@ -47,6 +47,61 @@ version = "1.0.100"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a23eb6b1614318a8071c9b2521f36b424b2c83db5eb3a0fead4a6c0809af6e61"

+[[package]]
+name = "ashpd"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6cbdf310d77fd3aaee6ea2093db7011dc2d35d2eb3481e5607f1f8d942ed99df"
+dependencies = [
+ "enumflags2",
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-util",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
+ "raw-window-handle",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_repr",
+ "tokio",
+ "url",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-client",
+ "wayland-protocols",
+ "zbus",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-broadcast"
+version = "0.7.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "435a87a52755b8f27fcf321ac4f04b2802e337c8c4872923137471ec39c37532"
+dependencies = [
+ "event-listener",
+ "event-listener-strategy",
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-recursion"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b43422f69d8ff38f95f1b2bb76517c91589a924d1559a0e935d7c8ce0274c11"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.110",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "async-trait"
+version = "0.1.89"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9035ad2d096bed7955a320ee7e2230574d28fd3c3a0f186cbea1ff3c7eed5dbb"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.110",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atk"
 version = "0.18.2"
@@ -325,6 +380,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "serde_json",
 "tauri",
 "tauri-build",
+ "tauri-plugin-dialog",
 "thiserror 1.0.69",
 "which",
 ]
@@ -339,6 +395,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "memchr",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "concurrent-queue"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ca0197aee26d1ae37445ee532fefce43251d24cc7c166799f4d46817f1d3973"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "convert_case"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -577,6 +642,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "89a09f22a6c6069a18470eb92d2298acf25463f14256d24778e1230d789a2aec"
 dependencies = [
 "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "block2 0.6.2",
+ "libc",
 "objc2 0.6.3",
 ]

@@ -591,6 +658,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "syn 2.0.110",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "dlib"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "330c60081dcc4c72131f8eb70510f1ac07223e5d4163db481a04a0befcffa412"
+dependencies = [
+ "libloading",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dlopen2"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -614,6 +690,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "syn 2.0.110",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "downcast-rs"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75b325c5dbd37f80359721ad39aca5a29fb04c89279657cffdda8736d0c0b9d2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dpi"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -676,6 +758,33 @@ version = "1.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4ef6b89e5b37196644d8796de5268852ff179b44e96276cf4290264843743bb7"

+[[package]]
+name = "endi"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a3d8a32ae18130a3c84dd492d4215c3d913c3b07c6b63c2eb3eb7ff1101ab7bf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "enumflags2"
+version = "0.7.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1027f7680c853e056ebcec683615fb6fbbc07dbaa13b4d5d9442b146ded4ecef"
+dependencies = [
+ "enumflags2_derive",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "enumflags2_derive"
+version = "0.7.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "67c78a4d8fdf9953a5c9d458f9efe940fd97a0cab0941c075a813ac594733827"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.110",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "equivalent"
 version = "1.0.2"
@@ -703,6 +812,33 @@ dependencies = [
 "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "event-listener"
+version = "5.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e13b66accf52311f30a0db42147dadea9850cb48cd070028831ae5f5d4b856ab"
+dependencies = [
+ "concurrent-queue",
+ "parking",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "event-listener-strategy"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8be9f3dfaaffdae2972880079a491a1a8bb7cbed0b8dd7a347f668b4150a3b93"
+dependencies = [
+ "event-listener",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "2.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37909eebbb50d72f9059c3b6d82c0463f2ff062c9e95845c43a6c9c0355411be"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fdeflate"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -822,6 +958,19 @@ version = "0.3.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9e5c1b78ca4aae1ac06c48a526a655760685149f0d465d21f37abfe57ce075c6"

+[[package]]
+name = "futures-lite"
+version = "2.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f78e10609fe0e0b3f4157ffab1876319b5b0db102a2c60dc4626306dc46b44ad"
+dependencies = [
+ "fastrand",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "parking",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-macro"
 version = "0.3.31"
@@ -1656,6 +1805,12 @@ version = "0.4.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d26c52dbd32dccf2d10cac7725f8eae5296885fb5703b261f7d0a0739ec807ab"

+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df1d3c3b53da64cf5760482273a98e575c651a67eec7f77df96b5b642de8f039"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "litemap"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -1813,6 +1968,19 @@ version = "1.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "650eef8c711430f1a879fdd01d4745a7deea475becfb90269c06775983bbf086"

+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.30.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74523f3a35e05aba87a1d978330aef40f67b0304ac79c1c00b294c9830543db6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cfg_aliases",
+ "libc",
+ "memoffset",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nodrop"
 version = "0.1.14"
@@ -2132,6 +2300,16 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"

+[[package]]
+name = "ordered-stream"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9aa2b01e1d916879f73a53d01d1d6cee68adbb31d6d9177a8cfce093cced1d50"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pango"
 version = "0.18.3"
@@ -2157,6 +2335,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "system-deps",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "parking"
+version = "2.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f38d5652c16fde515bb1ecef450ab0f6a219d619a7274976324d5e377f7dceba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.5"
@@ -2346,7 +2530,7 @@ checksum = "740ebea15c5d1428f910cd1a5f52cebf8d25006245ed8ade92702f4943d91e07"
 dependencies = [
 "base64 0.22.1",
 "indexmap 2.12.1",
- "quick-xml",
+ "quick-xml 0.38.4",
 "serde",
 "time",
 ]
@@ -2462,6 +2646,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "unicode-ident",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "quick-xml"
+version = "0.37.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "331e97a1af0bf59823e6eadffe373d7b27f485be8748f71471c662c1f269b7fb"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quick-xml"
 version = "0.38.4"
@@ -2511,6 +2704,16 @@ dependencies = [
 "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6db2770f06117d490610c7488547d543617b21bfa07796d7a12f6f1bd53850d1"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -2531,6 +2734,16 @@ dependencies = [
 "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -2549,6 +2762,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "getrandom 0.2.16",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "99d9a13982dcf210057a8a78572b2217b667c3beacbf3a0d8b454f6f82837d38"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_hc"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2677,6 +2899,31 @@ dependencies = [
 "web-sys",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "rfd"
+version = "0.15.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef2bee61e6cffa4635c72d7d81a84294e28f0930db0ddcb0f66d10244674ebed"
+dependencies = [
+ "ashpd",
+ "block2 0.6.2",
+ "dispatch2",
+ "glib-sys",
+ "gobject-sys",
+ "gtk-sys",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "objc2 0.6.3",
+ "objc2-app-kit",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-foundation 0.3.2",
+ "raw-window-handle",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -2695,10 +2942,23 @@ dependencies = [
 "bitflags 2.10.0",
 "errno",
 "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys",
+ "linux-raw-sys 0.4.15",
 "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "1.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd15f8a2c5551a84d56efdc1cd049089e409ac19a3072d5037a17fd70719ff3e"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys 0.11.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.22"
@@ -2771,6 +3031,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "syn 2.0.110",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "scoped-tls"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e1cf6437eb19a8f4a6cc0f7dca544973b0b78843adbfeb3683d1a94a0024a294"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -2992,6 +3258,15 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"

+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.4.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7664a098b8e616bdfcc2dc0e9ac44eb231eedf41db4e9fe95d8d32ec728dedad"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "simd-adler32"
 version = "0.3.7"
@@ -3086,6 +3361,12 @@ version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6ce2be8dc25455e1f91df71bfa12ad37d7af1092ae736f3a6cd0e37bc7810596"

+[[package]]
+name = "static_assertions"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "string_cache"
 version = "0.8.9"
@@ -3354,6 +3635,63 @@ dependencies = [
 "tauri-utils",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "tauri-plugin"
+version = "2.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "076c78a474a7247c90cad0b6e87e593c4c620ed4efdb79cbe0214f0021f6c39d"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "glob",
+ "plist",
+ "schemars 0.8.22",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tauri-utils",
+ "toml 0.9.8",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tauri-plugin-dialog"
+version = "2.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "313f8138692ddc4a2127c4c9607d616a46f5c042e77b3722450866da0aad2f19"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "raw-window-handle",
+ "rfd",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tauri",
+ "tauri-plugin",
+ "tauri-plugin-fs",
+ "thiserror 2.0.17",
+ "url",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tauri-plugin-fs"
+version = "2.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "47df422695255ecbe7bac7012440eddaeefd026656171eac9559f5243d3230d9"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "dunce",
+ "glob",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "schemars 0.8.22",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_repr",
+ "tauri",
+ "tauri-plugin",
+ "tauri-utils",
+ "thiserror 2.0.17",
+ "toml 0.9.8",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tauri-runtime"
 version = "2.9.1"
@@ -3455,6 +3793,19 @@ dependencies = [
 "toml 0.9.8",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.23.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2d31c77bdf42a745371d260a26ca7163f1e0924b64afa0b688e61b5a9fa02f16"
+dependencies = [
+ "fastrand",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustix 1.1.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tendril"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -3557,7 +3908,9 @@ dependencies = [
 "libc",
 "mio",
 "pin-project-lite",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
 "socket2",
+ "tracing",
 "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]

@@ -3722,9 +4075,21 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "784e0ac535deb450455cbfa28a6f0df145ea1bb7ae51b821cf5e7927fdcfbdd0"
 dependencies = [
 "pin-project-lite",
+ "tracing-attributes",
 "tracing-core",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-attributes"
+version = "0.1.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81383ab64e72a7a8b8e13130c49e3dab29def6d0c7d76a03087b3cf71c5c6903"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.110",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-core"
 version = "0.1.34"
@@ -3774,6 +4139,17 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "562d481066bde0658276a35467c4af00bdc6ee726305698a55b86e61d7ad82bb"

+[[package]]
+name = "uds_windows"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "89daebc3e6fd160ac4aa9fc8b3bf71e1f74fbf92367ae71fb83a037e8bf164b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "memoffset",
+ "tempfile",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unic-char-property"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -4018,6 +4394,66 @@ dependencies = [
 "web-sys",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-backend"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "673a33c33048a5ade91a6b139580fa174e19fb0d23f396dca9fa15f2e1e49b35"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "downcast-rs",
+ "rustix 1.1.2",
+ "scoped-tls",
+ "smallvec",
+ "wayland-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-client"
+version = "0.31.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c66a47e840dc20793f2264eb4b3e4ecb4b75d91c0dd4af04b456128e0bdd449d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "rustix 1.1.2",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-scanner",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-protocols"
+version = "0.32.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "efa790ed75fbfd71283bd2521a1cfdc022aabcc28bdcff00851f9e4ae88d9901"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-client",
+ "wayland-scanner",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-scanner"
+version = "0.31.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "54cb1e9dc49da91950bdfd8b848c49330536d9d1fb03d4bfec8cae50caa50ae3"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quick-xml 0.37.5",
+ "quote",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wayland-sys"
+version = "0.31.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34949b42822155826b41db8e5d0c1be3a2bd296c747577a43a3e6daefc296142"
+dependencies = [
+ "dlib",
+ "log",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
 version = "0.3.82"
@@ -4117,7 +4553,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "either",
 "home",
 "once_cell",
- "rustix",
+ "rustix 0.38.44",
 ]

 [[package]]
@@ -4674,6 +5110,62 @@ dependencies = [
 "synstructure",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "zbus"
+version = "5.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b622b18155f7a93d1cd2dc8c01d2d6a44e08fb9ebb7b3f9e6ed101488bad6c91"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-broadcast",
+ "async-recursion",
+ "async-trait",
+ "enumflags2",
+ "event-listener",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-lite",
+ "hex",
+ "nix",
+ "ordered-stream",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_repr",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "uds_windows",
+ "uuid",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "winnow 0.7.13",
+ "zbus_macros",
+ "zbus_names",
+ "zvariant",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zbus_macros"
+version = "5.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cdb94821ca8a87ca9c298b5d1cbd80e2a8b67115d99f6e4551ac49e42b6a314"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-crate 3.4.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.110",
+ "zbus_names",
+ "zvariant",
+ "zvariant_utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zbus_names"
+version = "4.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7be68e64bf6ce8db94f63e72f0c7eb9a60d733f7e0499e628dfab0f84d6bcb97"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "static_assertions",
+ "winnow 0.7.13",
+ "zvariant",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
 version = "0.8.28"
@@ -4747,3 +5239,44 @@ dependencies = [
 "quote",
 "syn 2.0.110",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zvariant"
+version = "5.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2be61892e4f2b1772727be11630a62664a1826b62efa43a6fe7449521cb8744c"
+dependencies = [
+ "endi",
+ "enumflags2",
+ "serde",
+ "url",
+ "winnow 0.7.13",
+ "zvariant_derive",
+ "zvariant_utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zvariant_derive"
+version = "5.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da58575a1b2b20766513b1ec59d8e2e68db2745379f961f86650655e862d2006"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-crate 3.4.0",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.110",
+ "zvariant_utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zvariant_utils"
+version = "3.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c6949d142f89f6916deca2232cf26a8afacf2b9fdc35ce766105e104478be599"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "serde",
+ "syn 2.0.110",
+ "winnow 0.7.13",
+]
--- a/packages/tauri-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 {
  "name": "@codenomad/tauri-app",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "tauri dev",
+    "dev:ui": "npm run dev --workspace @codenomad/ui",
+    "dev:prep": "node ./scripts/dev-prep.js",
+    "dev:bootstrap": "npm run dev:prep && npm run dev:ui",
    "prebuild": "node ./scripts/prebuild.js",
    "bundle:server": "npm --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad run build && npm run prebuild",
    "build": "tauri build"
--- a/packages/tauri-app/scripts/dev-prep.js
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/scripts/dev-prep.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const fs = require("fs")
+const path = require("path")
+const { execSync } = require("child_process")
+
+const root = path.resolve(__dirname, "..")
+const workspaceRoot = path.resolve(root, "..", "..")
+const uiRoot = path.resolve(root, "..", "ui")
+const uiDist = path.resolve(uiRoot, "src", "renderer", "dist")
+const uiLoadingDest = path.resolve(root, "src-tauri", "resources", "ui-loading")
+
+function ensureUiBuild() {
+  const loadingHtml = path.join(uiDist, "loading.html")
+  if (fs.existsSync(loadingHtml)) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  console.log("[dev-prep] UI loader build missing; running workspace build…")
+  execSync("npm --workspace @codenomad/ui run build", {
+    cwd: workspaceRoot,
+    stdio: "inherit",
+  })
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(loadingHtml)) {
+    throw new Error("[dev-prep] failed to produce loading.html after UI build")
+  }
+}
+
+function copyUiLoadingAssets() {
+  const loadingSource = path.join(uiDist, "loading.html")
+  const assetsSource = path.join(uiDist, "assets")
+
+  fs.rmSync(uiLoadingDest, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  fs.mkdirSync(uiLoadingDest, { recursive: true })
+
+  fs.copyFileSync(loadingSource, path.join(uiLoadingDest, "loading.html"))
+  if (fs.existsSync(assetsSource)) {
+    fs.cpSync(assetsSource, path.join(uiLoadingDest, "assets"), { recursive: true })
+  }
+
+  console.log(`[dev-prep] copied loader bundle from ${uiDist}`)
+}
+
+ensureUiBuild()
+copyUiLoadingAssets()
--- a/packages/tauri-app/scripts/prebuild.js
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/scripts/prebuild.js
@@ -1,45 +1,89 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-const fs = require("fs");
-const path = require("path");
-const { execSync } = require("child_process");
+const fs = require("fs")
+const path = require("path")
+const { execSync } = require("child_process")

-const root = path.resolve(__dirname, "..");
-const workspaceRoot = path.resolve(root, "..", "..");
-const serverRoot = path.resolve(root, "..", "server");
-const dest = path.resolve(root, "src-tauri", "resources", "server");
+const root = path.resolve(__dirname, "..")
+const workspaceRoot = path.resolve(root, "..", "..")
+const serverRoot = path.resolve(root, "..", "server")
+const uiRoot = path.resolve(root, "..", "ui")
+const uiDist = path.resolve(uiRoot, "src", "renderer", "dist")
+const serverDest = path.resolve(root, "src-tauri", "resources", "server")
+const uiLoadingDest = path.resolve(root, "src-tauri", "resources", "ui-loading")

-const sources = ["dist", "public", "node_modules", "package.json"];
+const sources = ["dist", "public", "node_modules", "package.json"]

 function ensureServerBuild() {
-  const distPath = path.join(serverRoot, "dist");
-  const publicPath = path.join(serverRoot, "public");
+  const distPath = path.join(serverRoot, "dist")
+  const publicPath = path.join(serverRoot, "public")
  if (fs.existsSync(distPath) && fs.existsSync(publicPath)) {
-    return;
+    return
  }

-  console.log("[prebuild] server build missing; running workspace build...");
+  console.log("[prebuild] server build missing; running workspace build...")
  execSync("npm --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad run build", {
    cwd: workspaceRoot,
    stdio: "inherit",
-  });
+  })

  if (!fs.existsSync(distPath) || !fs.existsSync(publicPath)) {
-    throw new Error("[prebuild] server artifacts still missing after build");
+    throw new Error("[prebuild] server artifacts still missing after build")
  }
 }

-ensureServerBuild();
-
-fs.rmSync(dest, { recursive: true, force: true });
-fs.mkdirSync(dest, { recursive: true });
-
-for (const name of sources) {
-  const from = path.join(serverRoot, name);
-  const to = path.join(dest, name);
-  if (!fs.existsSync(from)) {
-    console.warn(`[prebuild] skipped missing ${from}`);
-    continue;
+function ensureUiBuild() {
+  const loadingHtml = path.join(uiDist, "loading.html")
+  if (fs.existsSync(loadingHtml)) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  console.log("[prebuild] ui build missing; running workspace build...")
+  execSync("npm --workspace @codenomad/ui run build", {
+    cwd: workspaceRoot,
+    stdio: "inherit",
+  })
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(loadingHtml)) {
+    throw new Error("[prebuild] ui loading assets missing after build")
  }
-  fs.cpSync(from, to, { recursive: true });
-  console.log(`[prebuild] copied ${from} -> ${to}`);
 }
+
+function copyServerArtifacts() {
+  fs.rmSync(serverDest, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  fs.mkdirSync(serverDest, { recursive: true })
+
+  for (const name of sources) {
+    const from = path.join(serverRoot, name)
+    const to = path.join(serverDest, name)
+    if (!fs.existsSync(from)) {
+      console.warn(`[prebuild] skipped missing ${from}`)
+      continue
+    }
+    fs.cpSync(from, to, { recursive: true })
+    console.log(`[prebuild] copied ${from} -> ${to}`)
+  }
+}
+
+function copyUiLoadingAssets() {
+  const loadingSource = path.join(uiDist, "loading.html")
+  const assetsSource = path.join(uiDist, "assets")
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(loadingSource)) {
+    throw new Error("[prebuild] cannot find built loading.html")
+  }
+
+  fs.rmSync(uiLoadingDest, { recursive: true, force: true })
+  fs.mkdirSync(uiLoadingDest, { recursive: true })
+
+  fs.copyFileSync(loadingSource, path.join(uiLoadingDest, "loading.html"))
+  if (fs.existsSync(assetsSource)) {
+    fs.cpSync(assetsSource, path.join(uiLoadingDest, "assets"), { recursive: true })
+  }
+
+  console.log(`[prebuild] prepared UI loading assets from ${uiDist}`)
+}
+
+ensureServerBuild()
+ensureUiBuild()
+copyServerArtifacts()
+copyUiLoadingAssets()
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ thiserror = "1"
 anyhow = "1"
 which = "4"
 libc = "0.2"
+tauri-plugin-dialog = "2"
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/capabilities/main-window.json
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/capabilities/main-window.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/capabilities.json",
+  "identifier": "main-window-native-dialogs",
+  "description": "Grant the main window access to required core features and native dialog commands.",
+  "remote": {
+    "urls": [
+      "http://127.0.0.1:*",
+      "http://localhost:*"
+    ]
+  },
+  "windows": ["main"],
+  "permissions": [
+    "core:default",
+    "dialog:allow-open"
+  ]
+}
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/gen/schemas/acl-manifests.json
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/gen/schemas/acl-manifests.json
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/gen/schemas/capabilities.json
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/gen/schemas/capabilities.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{}
+{"main-window-native-dialogs":{"identifier":"main-window-native-dialogs","description":"Grant the main window access to required core features and native dialog commands.","remote":{"urls":["http://127.0.0.1:*","http://localhost:*"]},"local":true,"windows":["main"],"permissions":["core:default","dialog:allow-open"]}}
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json
@@ -2143,6 +2143,72 @@
          "type": "string",
          "const": "core:window:deny-unminimize",
          "markdownDescription": "Denies the unminimize command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "This permission set configures the types of dialogs\navailable from the dialog plugin.\n\n#### Granted Permissions\n\nAll dialog types are enabled.\n\n\n\n#### This default permission set includes:\n\n- `allow-ask`\n- `allow-confirm`\n- `allow-message`\n- `allow-save`\n- `allow-open`",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:default",
+          "markdownDescription": "This permission set configures the types of dialogs\navailable from the dialog plugin.\n\n#### Granted Permissions\n\nAll dialog types are enabled.\n\n\n\n#### This default permission set includes:\n\n- `allow-ask`\n- `allow-confirm`\n- `allow-message`\n- `allow-save`\n- `allow-open`"
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the ask command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:allow-ask",
+          "markdownDescription": "Enables the ask command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the confirm command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:allow-confirm",
+          "markdownDescription": "Enables the confirm command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the message command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:allow-message",
+          "markdownDescription": "Enables the message command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the open command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:allow-open",
+          "markdownDescription": "Enables the open command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the save command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:allow-save",
+          "markdownDescription": "Enables the save command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the ask command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:deny-ask",
+          "markdownDescription": "Denies the ask command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the confirm command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:deny-confirm",
+          "markdownDescription": "Denies the confirm command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the message command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:deny-message",
+          "markdownDescription": "Denies the message command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the open command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:deny-open",
+          "markdownDescription": "Denies the open command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the save command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:deny-save",
+          "markdownDescription": "Denies the save command without any pre-configured scope."
        }
      ]
    },
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/gen/schemas/macOS-schema.json
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/gen/schemas/macOS-schema.json
@@ -2143,6 +2143,72 @@
          "type": "string",
          "const": "core:window:deny-unminimize",
          "markdownDescription": "Denies the unminimize command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "This permission set configures the types of dialogs\navailable from the dialog plugin.\n\n#### Granted Permissions\n\nAll dialog types are enabled.\n\n\n\n#### This default permission set includes:\n\n- `allow-ask`\n- `allow-confirm`\n- `allow-message`\n- `allow-save`\n- `allow-open`",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:default",
+          "markdownDescription": "This permission set configures the types of dialogs\navailable from the dialog plugin.\n\n#### Granted Permissions\n\nAll dialog types are enabled.\n\n\n\n#### This default permission set includes:\n\n- `allow-ask`\n- `allow-confirm`\n- `allow-message`\n- `allow-save`\n- `allow-open`"
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the ask command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:allow-ask",
+          "markdownDescription": "Enables the ask command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the confirm command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:allow-confirm",
+          "markdownDescription": "Enables the confirm command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the message command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:allow-message",
+          "markdownDescription": "Enables the message command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the open command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:allow-open",
+          "markdownDescription": "Enables the open command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Enables the save command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:allow-save",
+          "markdownDescription": "Enables the save command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the ask command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:deny-ask",
+          "markdownDescription": "Denies the ask command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the confirm command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:deny-confirm",
+          "markdownDescription": "Denies the confirm command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the message command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:deny-message",
+          "markdownDescription": "Denies the message command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the open command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:deny-open",
+          "markdownDescription": "Denies the open command without any pre-configured scope."
+        },
+        {
+          "description": "Denies the save command without any pre-configured scope.",
+          "type": "string",
+          "const": "dialog:deny-save",
+          "markdownDescription": "Denies the save command without any pre-configured scope."
        }
      ]
    },
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/cli_manager.rs
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/cli_manager.rs
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ impl CliProcessManager {
                Ok(_) => {
                    let line = buffer.trim_end();
                    if !line.is_empty() {
-                        let _ = app.emit("cli:log", json!({"stream": stream, "message": line}));
+                        log_line(&format!("[cli][{}] {}", stream, line));

                        if ready.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
                            continue;
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ fn cli_get_status(state: tauri::State<AppState>) -> CliStatus {

 fn main() {
    tauri::Builder::default()
+        .plugin(tauri_plugin_dialog::init())
        .manage(AppState {
            manager: CliProcessManager::new(),
        })
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -4,17 +4,20 @@
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "identifier": "ai.opencode.client",
  "build": {
-    "beforeDevCommand": "",
+    "beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev:bootstrap",
    "beforeBuildCommand": "npm run bundle:server",
-    "frontendDist": "../src"
+    "frontendDist": "resources/ui-loading"
  },
+
+ 
+
  "app": {
    "withGlobalTauri": true,
    "windows": [
      {
        "label": "main",
        "title": "CodeNomad",
-        "url": "index.html",
+        "url": "loading.html",
        "width": 1400,
        "height": 900,
        "minWidth": 800,
@@ -22,21 +25,23 @@
        "center": true,
        "resizable": true,
        "fullscreen": false,
-        "decorations": true
+        "decorations": true,
+        "theme": "Dark",
+        "backgroundColor": "#1a1a1a"
      }
    ],
    "security": {
      "assetProtocol": {
        "scope": ["**"]
-      }
+      },
+      "capabilities": ["main-window-native-dialogs"]
    }
  },
  "bundle": {
    "active": true,
    "resources": [
-      "../src/index.html",
-      "../src/icon.png",
-      "resources/server"
+      "resources/server",
+      "resources/ui-loading"
    ],
    "icon": ["icon.icns", "icon.ico", "icon.png"],
    "targets": ["app", "appimage", "deb", "rpm", "nsis"]
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src/icon.png
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src/icon.png
--- a/packages/tauri-app/src/index.html
+++ b/packages/tauri-app/src/index.html
@@ -1,197 +0,0 @@
-<!doctype html>
-<html lang="en">
-  <head>
-    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-    <title>CodeNomad</title>
-    <style>
-      :root {
-        color-scheme: dark;
-      }
-      body {
-        margin: 0;
-        min-height: 100vh;
-        font-family: "Inter", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif;
-        background-color: #1a1a1a;
-        color: #cfd4dc;
-        display: flex;
-        align-items: center;
-        justify-content: center;
-        padding: 32px;
-        text-align: center;
-      }
-      button {
-        border: none;
-        background: none;
-        font: inherit;
-        color: inherit;
-      }
-      .wrapper {
-        display: flex;
-        flex-direction: column;
-        align-items: center;
-        gap: 20px;
-        max-width: 520px;
-      }
-      .logo {
-        width: 180px;
-        height: auto;
-        filter: drop-shadow(0 15px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35));
-      }
-      .title {
-        font-size: 2.7rem;
-        font-weight: 600;
-        margin: 0;
-        color: #f4f6fb;
-      }
-      .loading-card {
-        margin-top: 12px;
-        width: 100%;
-        max-width: 420px;
-        padding: 22px;
-        border-radius: 18px;
-        background: #151a23;
-        border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
-        box-shadow: 0 20px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
-      }
-      .loading-row {
-        display: flex;
-        align-items: center;
-        justify-content: center;
-        gap: 14px;
-        font-size: 0.95rem;
-        color: #cfd4dc;
-      }
-      .spinner {
-        width: 18px;
-        height: 18px;
-        border-radius: 50%;
-        border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);
-        border-top-color: #6ce3ff;
-        animation: spin 0.9s linear infinite;
-      }
-      .phrase-controls {
-        margin-top: 12px;
-        font-size: 0.9rem;
-        color: #8f96a9;
-        display: flex;
-        justify-content: center;
-        gap: 8px;
-      }
-      .phrase-controls button {
-        color: #8fb5ff;
-        cursor: pointer;
-      }
-      .error {
-        margin-top: 12px;
-        color: #ff9ea9;
-        font-size: 0.95rem;
-      }
-      @keyframes spin {
-        from {
-          transform: rotate(0deg);
-        }
-        to {
-          transform: rotate(360deg);
-        }
-      }
-    </style>
-  </head>
-  <body>
-    <div class="wrapper" role="status" aria-live="polite">
-      <img src="./icon.png" alt="CodeNomad" class="logo" />
-      <div>
-        <h1 class="title">CodeNomad</h1>
-      </div>
-      <div class="loading-card">
-        <div class="loading-row">
-          <div class="spinner" aria-hidden="true"></div>
-          <span id="loading-phrase">Warming up the AI neurons…</span>
-        </div>
-        <div class="phrase-controls">
-          <button id="phrase-toggle" type="button">Show another</button>
-        </div>
-        <div class="error" id="error"></div>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-    <script>
-      const phrases = [
-        "Warming up the AI neurons…",
-        "Convincing the AI to stop daydreaming…",
-        "Polishing the AI’s code goggles…",
-        "Asking the AI to stop reorganizing your files…",
-        "Feeding the AI additional coffee…",
-        "Teaching the AI not to delete node_modules (again)…",
-        "Telling the AI to act natural before you arrive…",
-        "Asking the AI to please stop rewriting history…",
-        "Letting the AI stretch before its coding sprint…",
-        "Persuading the AI to give you keyboard control…",
-      ]
-
-      const phraseEl = document.getElementById("loading-phrase")
-      const button = document.getElementById("phrase-toggle")
-      const errorEl = document.getElementById("error")
-
-      function pickPhrase() {
-        const next = phrases[Math.floor(Math.random() * phrases.length)]
-        phraseEl.textContent = next
-      }
-
-      function setError(message) {
-        errorEl.textContent = message || ""
-      }
-
-      function navigateTo(url) {
-        if (!url) return
-        window.location.replace(url)
-      }
-
-      async function bootstrap() {
-        pickPhrase()
-        button?.addEventListener("click", pickPhrase)
-
-        if (!window.__TAURI__ || !window.__TAURI__.event || !window.__TAURI__.invoke) {
-          return
-        }
-
-        const { listen } = window.__TAURI__.event
-        const invoke = window.__TAURI__.invoke
-
-        listen("cli:ready", (event) => {
-          const payload = event?.payload || {}
-          if (payload.url) {
-            navigateTo(payload.url)
-          }
-        })
-
-        listen("cli:error", (event) => {
-          const payload = event?.payload || {}
-          if (payload.message) {
-            setError(payload.message)
-          }
-        })
-
-        listen("cli:status", (event) => {
-          const payload = event?.payload || {}
-          if (payload.state !== "ready") {
-            setError("")
-          }
-        })
-
-        try {
-          const status = await invoke("cli_get_status")
-          if (status?.state === "ready" && status.url) {
-            navigateTo(status.url)
-          }
-          if (status?.state === "error" && status.error) {
-            setError(status.error)
-          }
-        } catch (error) {
-          setError(String(error))
-        }
-      }
-
-      bootstrap()
-    </script>
-  </body>
-</html>
--- a/packages/ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/ui/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
  "name": "@codenomad/ui",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.2.2",
  "private": true,
  "type": "module",
  "scripts": {
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/folder-selection-view.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/folder-selection-view.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useConfig } from "../stores/preferences"
 import AdvancedSettingsModal from "./advanced-settings-modal"
 import DirectoryBrowserDialog from "./directory-browser-dialog"
 import Kbd from "./kbd"
+import { openNativeFolderDialog, supportsNativeDialogs } from "../lib/native/native-functions"

 const codeNomadLogo = new URL("../images/CodeNomad-Icon.png", import.meta.url).href

@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const FolderSelectionView: Component<FolderSelectionViewProps> = (props) => {
  const [focusMode, setFocusMode] = createSignal<"recent" | "new" | null>("recent")
  const [selectedBinary, setSelectedBinary] = createSignal(preferences().lastUsedBinary || "opencode")
  const [isFolderBrowserOpen, setIsFolderBrowserOpen] = createSignal(false)
+  const nativeDialogsAvailable = supportsNativeDialogs()
  let recentListRef: HTMLDivElement | undefined
 
  const folders = () => recentFolders()
@@ -29,9 +31,8 @@ const FolderSelectionView: Component<FolderSelectionViewProps> = (props) => {
  // Update selected binary when preferences change
  createEffect(() => {
    const lastUsed = preferences().lastUsedBinary
-    if (lastUsed && lastUsed !== selectedBinary()) {
-      setSelectedBinary(lastUsed)
-    }
+    if (!lastUsed) return
+    setSelectedBinary((current) => (current === lastUsed ? current : lastUsed))
  })


@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ const FolderSelectionView: Component<FolderSelectionViewProps> = (props) => {

    if (isBrowseShortcut) {
      e.preventDefault()
-      handleBrowse()
+      void handleBrowse()
      return
    }

@@ -172,9 +173,20 @@ const FolderSelectionView: Component<FolderSelectionViewProps> = (props) => {
    props.onSelectFolder(path, selectedBinary())
  }
 
-  function handleBrowse() {
+  async function handleBrowse() {
    if (isLoading()) return
    setFocusMode("new")
+    if (nativeDialogsAvailable) {
+      const fallbackPath = folders()[0]?.path
+      const selected = await openNativeFolderDialog({
+        title: "Select Workspace",
+        defaultPath: fallbackPath,
+      })
+      if (selected) {
+        handleFolderSelect(selected)
+      }
+      return
+    }
    setIsFolderBrowserOpen(true)
  }
 
@@ -313,7 +325,7 @@ const FolderSelectionView: Component<FolderSelectionViewProps> = (props) => {

              <div class="panel-body">
                <button
-                  onClick={handleBrowse}
+                  onClick={() => void handleBrowse()}
                  disabled={props.isLoading}
                  class="button-primary w-full flex items-center justify-center text-sm disabled:cursor-not-allowed"
                  onMouseEnter={() => setFocusMode("new")}
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/instance-info.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/instance-info.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const InstanceInfo: Component<InstanceInfoProps> = (props) => {
  const [isLoadingMetadata, setIsLoadingMetadata] = createSignal(true)

  const metadata = () => props.instance.metadata
+  const binaryVersion = () => props.instance.binaryVersion || metadata()?.version
  const mcpServers = () => {
    const status = metadata()?.mcpStatus
    return status ? parseMcpStatus(status) : []
@@ -104,11 +105,12 @@ const InstanceInfo: Component<InstanceInfoProps> = (props) => {
          ...(lspStatus ? { lspStatus } : {}),
        }

-        if (!nextMetadata.version) {
-          nextMetadata.version = "0.15.8"
+        if (!nextMetadata.version && instance.binaryVersion) {
+          nextMetadata.version = instance.binaryVersion
        }

        updateInstance(instanceId, { metadata: nextMetadata })
+
      } catch (error) {
        if (!cancelled) {
          console.error("Failed to load instance metadata:", error)
@@ -173,13 +175,13 @@ const InstanceInfo: Component<InstanceInfoProps> = (props) => {
          )}
        </Show>

-        <Show when={metadata()?.version}>
+        <Show when={binaryVersion()}>
          <div>
            <div class="text-xs font-medium text-muted uppercase tracking-wide mb-1">
              OpenCode Version
            </div>
            <div class="text-xs px-2 py-1.5 rounded border bg-surface-secondary border-base text-primary">
-              v{metadata()?.version}
+              v{binaryVersion()}
            </div>
          </div>
        </Show>
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/opencode-binary-selector.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/opencode-binary-selector.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { FolderOpen, Trash2, Check, AlertCircle, Loader2, Plus } from "lucide-so
 import { useConfig } from "../stores/preferences"
 import { serverApi } from "../lib/api-client"
 import FileSystemBrowserDialog from "./filesystem-browser-dialog"
+import { openNativeFileDialog, supportsNativeDialogs } from "../lib/native/native-functions"

 interface BinaryOption {
  path: string
@@ -32,8 +33,10 @@ const OpenCodeBinarySelector: Component<OpenCodeBinarySelectorProps> = (props) =
  const [versionInfo, setVersionInfo] = createSignal<Map<string, string>>(new Map<string, string>())
  const [validatingPaths, setValidatingPaths] = createSignal<Set<string>>(new Set<string>())
  const [isBinaryBrowserOpen, setIsBinaryBrowserOpen] = createSignal(false)
-
+  const nativeDialogsAvailable = supportsNativeDialogs()
+ 
  const binaries = () => opencodeBinaries()
+
  const lastUsedBinary = () => preferences().lastUsedBinary

  const customBinaries = createMemo(() => binaries().filter((binary) => binary.path !== "opencode"))
@@ -128,9 +131,19 @@ const OpenCodeBinarySelector: Component<OpenCodeBinarySelectorProps> = (props) =
    }
  }

-  function handleBrowseBinary() {
+  async function handleBrowseBinary() {
    if (props.disabled) return
    setValidationError(null)
+    if (nativeDialogsAvailable) {
+      const selected = await openNativeFileDialog({
+        title: "Select OpenCode Binary",
+      })
+      if (selected) {
+        setCustomPath(selected)
+        void handleValidateAndAdd(selected)
+      }
+      return
+    }
    setIsBinaryBrowserOpen(true)
  }
 
@@ -245,7 +258,7 @@ const OpenCodeBinarySelector: Component<OpenCodeBinarySelectorProps> = (props) =

          <button
            type="button"
-            onClick={handleBrowseBinary}
+            onClick={() => void handleBrowseBinary()}
            disabled={props.disabled}
            class="selector-button selector-button-secondary w-full flex items-center justify-center gap-2"
          >
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/prompt-input.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/prompt-input.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ interface PromptInputProps {
 export default function PromptInput(props: PromptInputProps) {
  const [prompt, setPromptInternal] = createSignal("")
  const [history, setHistory] = createSignal<string[]>([])
+  const HISTORY_LIMIT = 100
  const [historyIndex, setHistoryIndex] = createSignal(-1)
  const [historyDraft, setHistoryDraft] = createSignal<string | null>(null)
  const [, setIsFocused] = createSignal(false)
@@ -499,11 +500,27 @@ export default function PromptInput(props: PromptInputProps) {
  async function handleSend() {
    const text = prompt().trim()
    const currentAttachments = attachments()
-    if (props.disabled || !text) return
+    if (props.disabled || (!text && currentAttachments.length === 0)) return

    const resolvedPrompt = resolvePastedPlaceholders(text, currentAttachments)
    const isShellMode = mode() === "shell"

+    const refreshHistory = async () => {
+      try {
+        await addToHistory(props.instanceFolder, resolvedPrompt)
+        setHistory((prev) => {
+          const next = [resolvedPrompt, ...prev]
+          if (next.length > HISTORY_LIMIT) {
+            next.length = HISTORY_LIMIT
+          }
+          return next
+        })
+        setHistoryIndex(-1)
+      } catch (historyError) {
+        console.error("Failed to update prompt history:", historyError)
+      }
+    }
+
    clearPrompt()
    clearAttachments(props.instanceId, props.sessionId)
    setIgnoredAtPositions(new Set<number>())
@@ -512,10 +529,6 @@ export default function PromptInput(props: PromptInputProps) {
    setHistoryDraft(null)

    try {
-      await addToHistory(props.instanceFolder, resolvedPrompt)
-      const updated = await getHistory(props.instanceFolder)
-      setHistory(updated)
-      setHistoryIndex(-1)
      if (isShellMode) {
        if (props.onRunShell) {
          await props.onRunShell(resolvedPrompt)
@@ -523,8 +536,9 @@ export default function PromptInput(props: PromptInputProps) {
          await props.onSend(resolvedPrompt, [])
        }
      } else {
-        await props.onSend(text, currentAttachments)
+        await props.onSend(resolvedPrompt, currentAttachments)
      }
+      void refreshHistory()
    } catch (error) {
      console.error("Failed to send message:", error)
      showAlertDialog("Failed to send message", {
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/native/electron/functions.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/native/electron/functions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import type { NativeDialogOptions } from "../native-functions"
+
+interface ElectronDialogResult {
+  canceled?: boolean
+  paths?: string[]
+  path?: string | null
+}
+
+interface ElectronAPI {
+  openDialog?: (options: NativeDialogOptions) => Promise<ElectronDialogResult>
+}
+
+function coerceFirstPath(result?: ElectronDialogResult | null): string | null {
+  if (!result || result.canceled) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const paths = Array.isArray(result.paths) ? result.paths : result.path ? [result.path] : []
+  if (paths.length === 0) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return paths[0] ?? null
+}
+
+export async function openElectronNativeDialog(options: NativeDialogOptions): Promise<string | null> {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+    return null
+  }
+  const api = (window as Window & { electronAPI?: ElectronAPI }).electronAPI
+  if (!api?.openDialog) {
+    return null
+  }
+  try {
+    const result = await api.openDialog(options)
+    return coerceFirstPath(result)
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("[native] electron dialog failed", error)
+    return null
+  }
+}
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/native/native-functions.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/native/native-functions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { runtimeEnv } from "../runtime-env"
+import type { NativeDialogOptions } from "./types"
+import { openElectronNativeDialog } from "./electron/functions"
+import { openTauriNativeDialog } from "./tauri/functions"
+
+export type { NativeDialogOptions, NativeDialogFilter, NativeDialogMode } from "./types"
+
+function resolveNativeHandler(): ((options: NativeDialogOptions) => Promise<string | null>) | null {
+  switch (runtimeEnv.host) {
+    case "electron":
+      return openElectronNativeDialog
+    case "tauri":
+      return openTauriNativeDialog
+    default:
+      return null
+  }
+}
+
+export function supportsNativeDialogs(): boolean {
+  return resolveNativeHandler() !== null
+}
+
+async function openNativeDialog(options: NativeDialogOptions): Promise<string | null> {
+  const handler = resolveNativeHandler()
+  if (!handler) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return handler(options)
+}
+
+export async function openNativeFolderDialog(options?: Omit<NativeDialogOptions, "mode">): Promise<string | null> {
+  return openNativeDialog({ mode: "directory", ...(options ?? {}) })
+}
+
+export async function openNativeFileDialog(options?: Omit<NativeDialogOptions, "mode">): Promise<string | null> {
+  return openNativeDialog({ mode: "file", ...(options ?? {}) })
+}
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/native/tauri/functions.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/native/tauri/functions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import type { NativeDialogOptions } from "../native-functions"
+
+interface TauriDialogModule {
+  open?: (
+    options: {
+      title?: string
+      defaultPath?: string
+      filters?: { name?: string; extensions: string[] }[]
+      directory?: boolean
+      multiple?: boolean
+    },
+  ) => Promise<string | string[] | null>
+}
+
+interface TauriBridge {
+  dialog?: TauriDialogModule
+}
+
+export async function openTauriNativeDialog(options: NativeDialogOptions): Promise<string | null> {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  const tauriBridge = (window as Window & { __TAURI__?: TauriBridge }).__TAURI__
+  const dialogApi = tauriBridge?.dialog
+  if (!dialogApi?.open) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const response = await dialogApi.open({
+      title: options.title,
+      defaultPath: options.defaultPath,
+      directory: options.mode === "directory",
+      multiple: false,
+      filters: options.filters?.map((filter) => ({
+        name: filter.name,
+        extensions: filter.extensions,
+      })),
+    })
+
+    if (!response) {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    if (Array.isArray(response)) {
+      return response[0] ?? null
+    }
+
+    return response
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error("[native] tauri dialog failed", error)
+    return null
+  }
+}
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/native/types.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/native/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+export type NativeDialogMode = "directory" | "file"
+
+export interface NativeDialogFilter {
+  name?: string
+  extensions: string[]
+}
+
+export interface NativeDialogOptions {
+  mode: NativeDialogMode
+  title?: string
+  defaultPath?: string
+  filters?: NativeDialogFilter[]
+}
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/runtime-env.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/runtime-env.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+export type HostRuntime = "electron" | "tauri" | "web"
+export type PlatformKind = "desktop" | "mobile"
+
+export interface RuntimeEnvironment {
+  host: HostRuntime
+  platform: PlatformKind
+}
+
+declare global {
+  interface Window {
+    electronAPI?: unknown
+    __TAURI__?: {
+      invoke?: <T = unknown>(cmd: string, args?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<T>
+      event?: {
+        listen: (event: string, handler: (payload: { payload: unknown }) => void) => Promise<() => void>
+      }
+      dialog?: {
+        open?: (options: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<string | string[] | null>
+        save?: (options: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<string | null>
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function detectHost(): HostRuntime {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+    return "web"
+  }
+
+  const win = window as Window & { electronAPI?: unknown }
+  if (typeof win.electronAPI !== "undefined") {
+    return "electron"
+  }
+
+  if (typeof win.__TAURI__ !== "undefined") {
+    return "tauri"
+  }
+
+  if (typeof navigator !== "undefined" && /tauri/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
+    return "tauri"
+  }
+
+  return "web"
+}
+
+function detectPlatform(): PlatformKind {
+  if (typeof navigator === "undefined") {
+    return "desktop"
+  }
+
+  const uaData = (navigator as any).userAgentData
+  if (uaData?.mobile) {
+    return "mobile"
+  }
+
+  const ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase()
+  if (/android|iphone|ipad|ipod|blackberry|mini|windows phone|mobile|silk/.test(ua)) {
+    return "mobile"
+  }
+
+  return "desktop"
+}
+
+let cachedEnv: RuntimeEnvironment | null = null
+
+export function detectRuntimeEnvironment(): RuntimeEnvironment {
+  if (cachedEnv) {
+    return cachedEnv
+  }
+  cachedEnv = {
+    host: detectHost(),
+    platform: detectPlatform(),
+  }
+  if (typeof console !== "undefined") {
+    const message = `[runtime] host=${cachedEnv.host} platform=${cachedEnv.platform}`
+    console.info(message)
+  }
+  return cachedEnv
+}
+
+export const runtimeEnv = detectRuntimeEnvironment()
+
+export const isElectronHost = () => runtimeEnv.host === "electron"
+export const isTauriHost = () => runtimeEnv.host === "tauri"
+export const isWebHost = () => runtimeEnv.host === "web"
+export const isMobilePlatform = () => runtimeEnv.platform === "mobile"
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/sse-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/sse-manager.ts
@@ -14,16 +14,15 @@ import type {
  EventSessionIdle,
  EventSessionUpdated,
 } from "@opencode-ai/sdk"
-import { CODENOMAD_API_BASE } from "./api-client"
+import { serverEvents } from "./server-events"
+import type {
+  InstanceStreamEvent,
+  InstanceStreamStatus,
+  WorkspaceEventPayload,
+} from "../../../server/src/api-types"

-interface SSEConnection {
-  instanceId: string
-  proxyPath: string
-  eventSource: EventSource
-  status: "connecting" | "connected" | "disconnected" | "error"
-  reconnectAttempts: number
-  reconnectTimer?: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>
-}
+type InstanceEventPayload = Extract<WorkspaceEventPayload, { type: "instance.event" }>
+type InstanceStatusPayload = Extract<WorkspaceEventPayload, { type: "instance.eventStatus" }>

 interface TuiToastEvent {
  type: "tui.toast.show"
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ interface TuiToastEvent {
  }
 }

-type SSEEvent = 
+type SSEEvent =
  | MessageUpdateEvent
  | MessageRemovedEvent
  | MessagePartUpdatedEvent
@@ -48,73 +47,40 @@ type SSEEvent =
  | EventPermissionReplied
  | EventLspUpdated
  | TuiToastEvent
-  | { type: string; properties?: Record<string, unknown> } // Fallback for unknown event types
+  | { type: string; properties?: Record<string, unknown> }

-const [connectionStatus, setConnectionStatus] = createSignal<
-  Map<string, "connecting" | "connected" | "disconnected" | "error">
->(new Map())
+type ConnectionStatus = InstanceStreamStatus
+
+const [connectionStatus, setConnectionStatus] = createSignal<Map<string, ConnectionStatus>>(new Map())

 class SSEManager {
-  private connections = new Map<string, SSEConnection>()
-  private static readonly MAX_RECONNECT_DELAY_MS = 5000
-
-  connect(instanceId: string, proxyPath: string, reconnectAttempts = 0): void {
-    const existing = this.connections.get(instanceId)
-    if (existing) {
-      this.clearReconnectTimer(existing)
-      existing.eventSource.close()
-    }
-
-    const url = buildInstanceEventsUrl(proxyPath)
-    const eventSource = new EventSource(url)
-
-    const connection: SSEConnection = {
-      instanceId,
-      proxyPath,
-      eventSource,
-      status: "connecting",
-      reconnectAttempts,
-    }
-
-    this.connections.set(instanceId, connection)
-    this.updateConnectionStatus(instanceId, "connecting")
-
-    eventSource.onopen = () => {
-      connection.status = "connected"
-      connection.reconnectAttempts = 0
-      this.updateConnectionStatus(instanceId, "connected")
-      console.log(`[SSE] Connected to instance ${instanceId}`)
-    }
-
-    eventSource.onmessage = (event) => {
-      try {
-        const data = JSON.parse(event.data)
-        this.handleEvent(instanceId, data)
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.error("[SSE] Failed to parse event:", error)
+  constructor() {
+    serverEvents.on("instance.eventStatus", (event) => {
+      const payload = event as InstanceStatusPayload
+      this.updateConnectionStatus(payload.instanceId, payload.status)
+      if (payload.status === "error") {
+        const reason = payload.reason ?? "Instance stream error"
+        void this.onConnectionLost?.(payload.instanceId, reason)
      }
-    }
+    })

-    eventSource.onerror = () => {
-      connection.status = "error"
-      this.updateConnectionStatus(instanceId, "error")
-      console.error(`[SSE] Connection error for instance ${instanceId}`)
-      this.handleConnectionError(instanceId, "Connection to instance lost")
-    }
+    serverEvents.on("instance.event", (event) => {
+      const payload = event as InstanceEventPayload
+      this.updateConnectionStatus(payload.instanceId, "connected")
+      this.handleEvent(payload.instanceId, payload.event as SSEEvent)
+    })
  }

-  disconnect(instanceId: string): void {
-    const connection = this.connections.get(instanceId)
-    if (connection) {
-      this.clearReconnectTimer(connection)
-      connection.eventSource.close()
-      this.connections.delete(instanceId)
-      this.updateConnectionStatus(instanceId, "disconnected")
-      console.log(`[SSE] Disconnected from instance ${instanceId}`)
-    }
+  seedStatus(instanceId: string, status: ConnectionStatus) {
+    this.updateConnectionStatus(instanceId, status)
  }

-  private handleEvent(instanceId: string, event: SSEEvent): void {
+  private handleEvent(instanceId: string, event: SSEEvent | InstanceStreamEvent): void {
+    if (!event || typeof event !== "object" || typeof (event as { type?: unknown }).type !== "string") {
+      console.warn("[SSE] Dropping malformed event", event)
+      return
+    }
+
    console.log("[SSE] Received event:", event.type, event)

    switch (event.type) {
@@ -159,35 +125,7 @@ class SSEManager {
    }
  }

-  private handleConnectionError(instanceId: string, reason: string): void {
-    const connection = this.connections.get(instanceId)
-    if (!connection) return
-
-    connection.eventSource.close()
-
-    const nextAttempt = connection.reconnectAttempts + 1
-    const delay = Math.min(nextAttempt * 1000, SSEManager.MAX_RECONNECT_DELAY_MS)
-
-    connection.reconnectAttempts = nextAttempt
-    connection.status = "connecting"
-    this.updateConnectionStatus(instanceId, "connecting")
-
-    console.warn(`[SSE] Attempting reconnect ${nextAttempt} for instance ${instanceId}`)
-
-    connection.reconnectTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-      connection.reconnectTimer = undefined
-      this.connect(instanceId, connection.proxyPath, nextAttempt)
-    }, delay)
-  }
-
-  private clearReconnectTimer(connection: SSEConnection): void {
-    if (connection.reconnectTimer) {
-      clearTimeout(connection.reconnectTimer)
-      connection.reconnectTimer = undefined
-    }
-  }
-
-  private updateConnectionStatus(instanceId: string, status: SSEConnection["status"]): void {
+  private updateConnectionStatus(instanceId: string, status: ConnectionStatus): void {
    setConnectionStatus((prev) => {
      const next = new Map(prev)
      next.set(instanceId, status)
@@ -209,7 +147,7 @@ class SSEManager {
  onLspUpdated?: (instanceId: string, event: EventLspUpdated) => void
  onConnectionLost?: (instanceId: string, reason: string) => void | Promise<void>

-  getStatus(instanceId: string): "connecting" | "connected" | "disconnected" | "error" | null {
+  getStatus(instanceId: string): ConnectionStatus | null {
    return connectionStatus().get(instanceId) ?? null
  }

@@ -218,19 +156,4 @@ class SSEManager {
  }
 }

-function buildInstanceEventsUrl(proxyPath: string): string {
-  const normalized = normalizeProxyPath(proxyPath)
-  const base = stripTrailingSlashes(CODENOMAD_API_BASE)
-  return `${base}${normalized}/event`
-}
-
-function normalizeProxyPath(proxyPath: string): string {
-  const withLeading = proxyPath.startsWith("/") ? proxyPath : `/${proxyPath}`
-  return withLeading.replace(/\/+/g, "/").replace(/\/+$/, "")
-}
-
-function stripTrailingSlashes(input: string): string {
-  return input.replace(/\/+$/, "")
-}
-
 export const sseManager = new SSEManager()
--- a/packages/ui/src/lib/theme.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/theme.tsx
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@ function applyTheme(dark: boolean) {
 export function ThemeProvider(props: { children: JSX.Element }) {
  const systemPrefersDark = window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)")
  const { themePreference, setThemePreference } = useConfig()
-  const [isDark, setIsDarkSignal] = createSignal(false)
+  const [isDark, setIsDarkSignal] = createSignal(true)

  const resolveDarkTheme = () => {
-    const preference = themePreference()
-    if (preference === "system") {
-      return systemPrefersDark.matches
-    }
-    return preference === "dark"
+    themePreference()
+    return true
  }

  const applyResolvedTheme = () => {
@@ -42,11 +39,8 @@ export function ThemeProvider(props: { children: JSX.Element }) {
  })

  onMount(() => {
-    const handleSystemThemeChange = (event: MediaQueryListEvent) => {
-      if (themePreference() === "system") {
-        setIsDarkSignal(event.matches)
-        applyTheme(event.matches)
-      }
+    const handleSystemThemeChange = () => {
+      applyResolvedTheme()
    }

    systemPrefersDark.addEventListener("change", handleSystemThemeChange)
@@ -56,12 +50,12 @@ export function ThemeProvider(props: { children: JSX.Element }) {
    }
  })

-  const setTheme = (dark: boolean) => {
-    setThemePreference(dark ? "dark" : "light")
+  const setTheme = (_dark: boolean) => {
+    setThemePreference("dark")
  }

  const toggleTheme = () => {
-    setTheme(!isDark())
+    setTheme(true)
  }

  return <ThemeContext.Provider value={{ isDark, toggleTheme, setTheme }}>{props.children}</ThemeContext.Provider>
--- a/packages/ui/src/main.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/main.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import App from "./App"
 import { ThemeProvider } from "./lib/theme"
 import { ConfigProvider } from "./stores/preferences"
 import { InstanceConfigProvider } from "./stores/instance-config"
+import { runtimeEnv } from "./lib/runtime-env"
 import "./index.css"
 import "@git-diff-view/solid/styles/diff-view-pure.css"

@@ -12,6 +13,11 @@ if (!root) {
  throw new Error("Root element not found")
 }

+if (typeof document !== "undefined") {
+  document.documentElement.dataset.runtimeHost = runtimeEnv.host
+  document.documentElement.dataset.runtimePlatform = runtimeEnv.platform
+}
+
 render(
  () => (
    <ConfigProvider>
--- a/packages/ui/src/renderer/index.html
+++ b/packages/ui/src/renderer/index.html
@@ -6,30 +6,18 @@
    <title>CodeNomad</title>
    <style>
      :root {
-        color-scheme: light dark;
+        color-scheme: dark;
      }
-      /* html,
+      html,
      body {
-        background-color: #ffffff;
-        color: #1a1a1a;
+        background-color: #1a1a1a;
+        color: #e0e0e0;
      }
-      @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { */
-        html,
-        body {
-          background-color: #1a1a1a;
-          color: #e0e0e0;
-        }
-      /* } */
    </style>
    <script>
      ;(function () {
        try {
-          const prefersDark = window.matchMedia && window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches
-          // if (prefersDark) {
-            document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', 'dark')
-          // } else {
-          //   document.documentElement.removeAttribute('data-theme')
-          // }
+          document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', 'dark')
        } catch (error) {
          console.warn('Failed to apply initial theme', error)
        }
--- a/packages/ui/src/renderer/loading.html
+++ b/packages/ui/src/renderer/loading.html
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+    <title>CodeNomad</title>
+    <script>
+      ;(function () {
+        try {
+          document.documentElement.setAttribute('data-theme', 'dark')
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.warn('Failed to apply initial theme', error)
+        }
+      })()
+    </script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="loading-root"></div>
+    <script type="module" src="./loading/main.tsx"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
--- a/packages/ui/src/renderer/loading/loading.css
+++ b/packages/ui/src/renderer/loading/loading.css
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+:root {
+  color-scheme: dark;
+}
+
+body {
+  margin: 0;
+  min-height: 100vh;
+  background-color: var(--surface-base, #0f141f);
+  color: var(--text-primary, #cfd4dc);
+  font-family: var(--font-family-sans, "Inter", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif);
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  padding: 32px;
+}
+
+button {
+  border: none;
+  background: none;
+  font: inherit;
+  color: inherit;
+}
+
+.loading-wrapper {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 24px;
+  max-width: 520px;
+  width: 100%;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.loading-logo {
+  width: 180px;
+  height: auto;
+  filter: drop-shadow(0 20px 60px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45));
+}
+
+.loading-heading {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 4px;
+}
+
+.loading-title {
+  font-size: 2.8rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--text-primary, #f4f6fb);
+}
+
+.loading-status {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 1rem;
+  color: var(--text-muted, #aeb3c4);
+}
+
+.loading-card {
+  margin-top: 12px;
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: 420px;
+  padding: 22px;
+  border-radius: 18px;
+  background: rgba(13, 16, 24, 0.85);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
+  box-shadow: 0 25px 60px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
+}
+
+.loading-row {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 14px;
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+}
+
+.spinner {
+  width: 20px;
+  height: 20px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);
+  border-top-color: #6ce3ff;
+  animation: spin 0.9s linear infinite;
+}
+
+.phrase-controls {
+  margin-top: 12px;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  color: var(--text-muted, #8f96a9);
+}
+
+.phrase-controls button {
+  color: #8fb5ff;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.loading-error {
+  margin-top: 12px;
+  color: #ff9ea9;
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+}
+
+@keyframes spin {
+  from {
+    transform: rotate(0deg);
+  }
+  to {
+    transform: rotate(360deg);
+  }
+}
--- a/packages/ui/src/renderer/loading/main.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/renderer/loading/main.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+import { Show, createSignal, onCleanup, onMount } from "solid-js"
+import { render } from "solid-js/web"
+import iconUrl from "../../images/CodeNomad-Icon.png"
+import { runtimeEnv, isTauriHost } from "../../lib/runtime-env"
+import "../../index.css"
+import "./loading.css"
+
+const phrases = [
+  "Warming up the AI neurons…",
+  "Convincing the AI to stop daydreaming…",
+  "Polishing the AI’s code goggles…",
+  "Asking the AI to stop reorganizing your files…",
+  "Feeding the AI additional coffee…",
+  "Teaching the AI not to delete node_modules (again)…",
+  "Telling the AI to act natural before you arrive…",
+  "Asking the AI to please stop rewriting history…",
+  "Letting the AI stretch before its coding sprint…",
+  "Persuading the AI to give you keyboard control…",
+]
+
+interface CliStatus {
+  state?: string
+  url?: string | null
+  error?: string | null
+}
+
+interface TauriBridge {
+  invoke?: <T = unknown>(cmd: string, args?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<T>
+  event?: {
+    listen: (event: string, handler: (payload: { payload: unknown }) => void) => Promise<() => void>
+  }
+}
+
+function pickPhrase(previous?: string) {
+  const filtered = phrases.filter((phrase) => phrase !== previous)
+  const source = filtered.length > 0 ? filtered : phrases
+  const index = Math.floor(Math.random() * source.length)
+  return source[index]
+}
+
+function navigateTo(url?: string | null) {
+  if (!url) return
+  window.location.replace(url)
+}
+
+function getTauriBridge(): TauriBridge | null {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") {
+    return null
+  }
+  const bridge = (window as { __TAURI__?: TauriBridge }).__TAURI__
+  if (!bridge || !bridge.event || !bridge.invoke) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return bridge
+}
+
+function annotateDocument() {
+  if (typeof document === "undefined") {
+    return
+  }
+  document.documentElement.dataset.runtimeHost = runtimeEnv.host
+  document.documentElement.dataset.runtimePlatform = runtimeEnv.platform
+}
+
+function LoadingApp() {
+  const [phrase, setPhrase] = createSignal(pickPhrase())
+  const [error, setError] = createSignal<string | null>(null)
+  const [status, setStatus] = createSignal<string | null>(null)
+
+  const changePhrase = () => setPhrase(pickPhrase(phrase()))
+
+  onMount(() => {
+    annotateDocument()
+    setPhrase(pickPhrase())
+    const unsubscribers: Array<() => void> = []
+
+    async function bootstrapTauri(tauriBridge: TauriBridge | null) {
+      if (!tauriBridge || !tauriBridge.event || !tauriBridge.invoke) {
+        return
+      }
+      try {
+        const readyUnlisten = await tauriBridge.event.listen("cli:ready", (event) => {
+          const payload = (event?.payload as CliStatus) || {}
+          setError(null)
+          setStatus(null)
+          navigateTo(payload.url)
+        })
+        const errorUnlisten = await tauriBridge.event.listen("cli:error", (event) => {
+          const payload = (event?.payload as CliStatus) || {}
+          if (payload.error) {
+            setError(payload.error)
+            setStatus("Encountered an issue")
+          }
+        })
+        const statusUnlisten = await tauriBridge.event.listen("cli:status", (event) => {
+          const payload = (event?.payload as CliStatus) || {}
+          if (payload.state === "error" && payload.error) {
+            setError(payload.error)
+            setStatus("Encountered an issue")
+            return
+          }
+          if (payload.state && payload.state !== "ready") {
+            setError(null)
+            setStatus(null)
+          }
+        })
+        unsubscribers.push(readyUnlisten, errorUnlisten, statusUnlisten)
+
+        const result = await tauriBridge.invoke<CliStatus>("cli_get_status")
+        if (result?.state === "ready" && result.url) {
+          navigateTo(result.url)
+        } else if (result?.state === "error" && result.error) {
+          setError(result.error)
+          setStatus("Encountered an issue")
+        }
+      } catch (err) {
+        setError(String(err))
+        setStatus("Encountered an issue")
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (isTauriHost()) {
+      void bootstrapTauri(getTauriBridge())
+    }
+
+    onCleanup(() => {
+      unsubscribers.forEach((unsubscribe) => {
+        try {
+          unsubscribe()
+        } catch {
+          /* noop */
+        }
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  return (
+    <div class="loading-wrapper" role="status" aria-live="polite">
+      <img src={iconUrl} alt="CodeNomad" class="loading-logo" width="180" height="180" />
+      <div class="loading-heading">
+        <h1 class="loading-title">CodeNomad</h1>
+        <Show when={status()}>{(statusText) => <p class="loading-status">{statusText()}</p>}</Show>
+      </div>
+      <div class="loading-card">
+        <div class="loading-row">
+          <div class="spinner" aria-hidden="true" />
+          <span>{phrase()}</span>
+        </div>
+        <div class="phrase-controls">
+          <button type="button" onClick={changePhrase}>
+            Show another
+          </button>
+        </div>
+        {error() && <div class="loading-error">{error()}</div>}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+const root = document.getElementById("loading-root")
+
+if (!root) {
+  throw new Error("Loading root element not found")
+}
+
+render(() => <LoadingApp />, root)
--- a/packages/ui/src/stores/instances.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/stores/instances.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ function workspaceDescriptorToInstance(descriptor: WorkspaceDescriptor): Instanc
    error: descriptor.error,
    client: existing?.client ?? null,
    metadata: existing?.metadata,
-    binaryPath: descriptor.binaryLabel,
+    binaryPath: descriptor.binaryId ?? descriptor.binaryLabel ?? existing?.binaryPath,
+    binaryLabel: descriptor.binaryLabel,
+    binaryVersion: descriptor.binaryVersion ?? existing?.binaryVersion,
    environmentVariables: existing?.environmentVariables ?? preferences().environmentVariables ?? {},
  }
 }
@@ -87,7 +89,6 @@ function attachClient(descriptor: WorkspaceDescriptor) {

  if (instance.client) {
    sdkManager.destroyClient(descriptor.id)
-    sseManager.disconnect(descriptor.id)
  }

  const client = sdkManager.createClient(descriptor.id, nextProxyPath)
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ function attachClient(descriptor: WorkspaceDescriptor) {
    proxyPath: nextProxyPath,
    status: "ready",
  })
-  sseManager.connect(descriptor.id, nextProxyPath)
+  sseManager.seedStatus(descriptor.id, "connecting")
  void hydrateInstanceData(descriptor.id).catch((error) => {
    console.error("Failed to hydrate instance data", error)
  })
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ function releaseInstanceResources(instanceId: string) {
  if (instance.client) {
    sdkManager.destroyClient(instanceId)
  }
-  sseManager.disconnect(instanceId)
+  sseManager.seedStatus(instanceId, "disconnected")
 }

 async function hydrateInstanceData(instanceId: string) {
--- a/packages/ui/src/types/global.d.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/types/global.d.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,46 @@
 export {}

 declare global {
+  interface ElectronDialogFilter {
+    name?: string
+    extensions: string[]
+  }
+
+  interface ElectronDialogOptions {
+    mode: "directory" | "file"
+    title?: string
+    defaultPath?: string
+    filters?: ElectronDialogFilter[]
+  }
+
+  interface ElectronDialogResult {
+    canceled?: boolean
+    paths?: string[]
+    path?: string | null
+  }
+
+  interface ElectronAPI {
+    onCliStatus?: (callback: (data: unknown) => void) => () => void
+    onCliError?: (callback: (data: unknown) => void) => () => void
+    getCliStatus?: () => Promise<unknown>
+    openDialog?: (options: ElectronDialogOptions) => Promise<ElectronDialogResult>
+  }
+
+  interface TauriDialogModule {
+    open?: (options: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<string | string[] | null>
+    save?: (options: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<string | null>
+  }
+
+  interface TauriBridge {
+    invoke?: <T = unknown>(cmd: string, args?: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<T>
+    dialog?: TauriDialogModule
+  }
+
  interface Window {
    __CODENOMAD_API_BASE__?: string
    __CODENOMAD_EVENTS_URL__?: string
+    electronAPI?: ElectronAPI
+    __TAURI__?: TauriBridge
  }
 }
+
--- a/packages/ui/src/types/instance.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/types/instance.ts
@@ -39,5 +39,7 @@ export interface Instance {
  client: OpencodeClient | null
  metadata?: InstanceMetadata
  binaryPath?: string
+  binaryLabel?: string
+  binaryVersion?: string
  environmentVariables?: Record<string, string>
 }
--- a/packages/ui/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/vite.config.ts
@@ -24,5 +24,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
  },
  build: {
    outDir: "dist",
+    rollupOptions: {
+      input: {
+        main: resolve(__dirname, "./src/renderer/index.html"),
+        loading: resolve(__dirname, "./src/renderer/loading.html"),
+      },
+    },
  },
 })
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Shantur Rathore	1741e49568	aggregate instance SSE streams through server bus so UI uses single connection	2025-11-23 19:07:10 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	8577b3d1e6	show loading status only for errors	2025-11-23 14:42:09 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	011533b3c4	improve prompt submission history handling	2025-11-23 14:41:49 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	002efad9ad	cap CLI proxy concurrency	2025-11-23 14:40:37 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	3ce5569b82	route CLI logs to host processes only	2025-11-23 13:38:50 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	d7c0c225b9	chore: align monorepo package versions with 0.2.2	2025-11-23 12:05:36 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	f4de0103a8	Resolve CLI binary metadata for UI	2025-11-23 11:59:12 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	0a9b7fafed	Align Tauri dev flow with shared renderer	2025-11-23 10:37:45 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	073604c9f5	Force dark theme defaults across shells	2025-11-23 10:00:16 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	4062b43380	Enable native dialogs across shells	2025-11-23 00:36:43 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	00bd9f9c1c	Allow proxy streams to stay open	2025-11-22 21:50:04 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	3edb0ac09e	Add runtime environment detection	2025-11-22 21:46:53 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	e9f3c4ee52	Unify loader assets across shells	2025-11-22 21:20:29 +00:00
Shantur Rathore	92420d9e02	Move screenshots to correct folder	2025-11-21 21:59:58 +00:00