## What / Why
This PR finishes the desktop refactor: the Tauri app is now a thin shell that launches the web server as a sidecar and loads the UI from `http://127.0.0.1:<port>`. All real backend logic lives in `packages/web/server/index.js`; desktop Rust keeps only native integrations (menu/dialog/notifications/updater/deep-link + window chrome).
This unblocks:
- consistent behavior across web/desktop/vscode (single backend)
- simpler desktop maintenance (no duplicated Rust backend)
- host switching between Local + remote instances in desktop
- reliable cold-start behavior on slow machines (VSCode + desktop)
## Key changes
- Desktop sidecar runtime
- build pipeline to bundle web dist + `openchamber-server` sidecar (`packages/desktop/scripts/build-sidecar.mjs`)
- robust local port selection (prefer saved/default, fallback to random; persisted in `~/.config/openchamber/settings.json`)
- improved PATH handling so the sidecar can locate `opencode` CLI (incl `~/.opencode/bin`, overrides, common bins)
- disable native right-click context menu in production builds (dev keeps it)
- Desktop instance switcher (Tauri-only)
- header button + modal to add/edit/delete remote hosts, set default, probe status/ping, switch back to Local escape hatch
- auth gate includes host switcher so you can recover when a remote host is broken/auth-required
- host list stored desktop-locally (not tied to the currently selected remote server)
- Notifications
- decision logic moved server-side; desktop notifications emitted via sidecar stdout and shown natively by Tauri
- prevent double-notifications on desktop Local origin (UI ignores SSE notification when native path is active)
- restore macOS notification sound
- Updates
- Tauri updater used only when viewing Local instance in desktop shell (avoid “remote web update” triggering desktop restart)
- Settings persistence & UX polish
- persist model favorites/recents via `/api/config/settings` (works for web + desktop; not origin-dependent)
- persist per-project sidebar collapse state in `projects[].sidebarCollapsed` via `/api/config/settings` (with debounce on toggles)
- macOS header sizing/traffic-lights offsets fixed (marketing macOS major injected from desktop; MultiRun header aligned)
- VSCode cold-start: keep retrying provider/agent loads after connection to avoid empty UI on slow machines
- misc lint/type fixes + bun.lock sync
- Desktop bootstrap / resiliency
- show onboarding screen when OpenCode CLI is missing (desktop Local origin), with retry hook to restart OpenCode after install
## Testing notes
- Desktop (macOS): switch Local <-> remote, set default host, verify auth gate recovery, native notifications (with sound), updater gated to Local
- Web: favorites/recents + per-project collapsed state persist across reload/restart
- VSCode: slow startup no longer results in missing providers/agents/models
* feat: extend quota providers and add usage dropdown
Add new quota providers:
- Claude (Anthropic API)
- Codex (OpenAI/ChatGPT)
- GitHub Copilot (base + add-on)
- Kimi for Coding
- OpenRouter
UI enhancements:
- Add rate limits dropdown in header with timer icon
- Desktop: sticky header with Used/Remaining toggle, refresh button
- Mobile: full-screen dropdown with same controls
- Per-provider sticky headers with provider logos
- Auto-refresh on open if no data exists
Usage settings page:
- Provider icon next to header
- Show in dropdown toggle per provider
- Global display selector (Usage vs Quota remaining)
- Auto-refresh controls in sidebar
Settings persistence:
- Add usageDisplayMode and usageDropdownProviders settings
- Server-side sanitization for new settings
Provider logo aliases:
- codex -> openai, claude -> anthropic
Bug fixes:
- Fix React error #310 by calling hooks before early returns
- Add aria-describedby to SettingsWindow dialog
- Remove horizontal scroll from dropdown
* fix: Remove duplicate github copilot declarations
- Open Settings as a centered windowed dialog on desktop with a blurred backdrop
- Update SettingsView to support windowed mode and adjust Mac titlebar padding for windowed use
- Export SettingsWindow and switch MainLayout to use it instead of full-screen overlay
* feat: added themes system
* feat: smart sidebar auto-hide for files/diff tabs + lower files sidebar threshold
* feat: added Checkbox component and update theming
- Add reusable Checkbox component for toggles across UI
- Replace several inputs with Checkbox in settings and commands panels
- Add DiffIcon and apply surface/border theming to key UI areas
* feat: Add convert-vscode-theme.cjs to convert VS Code themes to OpenChamber format
* refactor: remove unused permission logic from ChatInput
- Remove unused permission rules parsing logic from ChatInput
- Memoize renderTheme in DiffWorkerProvider to avoid unnecessary recalculations
- Remove forceOpaque helper in vscode theme adapter
* fix: guard VSCode theme loading in MarkdownRenderer
* feat: add custom user themes loading and reload
- Load user themes from ~/.config/openchamber/themes at runtime
- Expose /api/config/themes to fetch custom themes
- Allow theme reloading from Settings → Theme → Reload themes in the UI
* feat: display provider logos for favorite/recent models
Show provider logo next to model name in favorites and recents
Render provider logos in ModelControls, ModelMultiSelect, and ModelSelector lists
Maintain zero-logo state for other sections to avoid clutter
* feat: render user message as markdown instead of plain text
Render agent mentions as markdown links in user text
Apply inside list style for chat content to fix list rendering
Rely on SimpleMarkdownRenderer for consistent rendering
* fix(openchamber): adjust layout and overscroll behavior
Enable overscroll-auto on overlay containers for smoother scrolling
Move page content to full-width wrapper and preserve section borders
Show AboutSettings inside its own bordered block when visible
* feat: integrate GitHub auth status store and UI
Introduce GitHubAuthStore to track connection status and polling
Show GitHub avatar in header when connected
Guard issue/pr dialogs behind GitHub auth status and show notices
* feat: add GitHub multi-account support
Add API and UI flow to activate a GitHub account
Show and switch between multiple GitHub accounts in header
Persist and normalize accounts list with current selection
* feat: add chat virtualization and turn grouping infrastructure
Implement VirtualMessageList with virtualization and overscan for smooth scrolling
Refactor MessageList to render only visible messages and pass scroll refs
Introduce TurnGroupingContext and provider to stabilize per-turn rendering and reduce re-renders
* feat: add web server session activity endpoint for visibility restore
Add /api/session-activity endpoint to expose tracked session activity
Use web server activity first when restoring visibility, with fallback to global status
Update server SSE to set session phase on activity events
* feat(chat): split TurnGroupingContext into UI/Streaming contexts
Add separate UI state and streaming contexts to reduce re-renders.
Skip animations for items visible in collapsed view when expanding.
Track shown parts in collapsed mode to fade in progressively
* feat(ui): cache turn groups with expand state and guard web activity
Add isExpanded to the turn cache key to trigger updates correctly
Expose isGroupExpanded from UI state so groups reflect expand/collapse
Limit web server session activity fetch to web runtime only
* feat: add plan/build mode switching and Plan view tab
Add PlanView view and integrate plan tab into main layout
Introduce plan_enter and plan_exit tools with icons and status strings
Persist per-session agent selections in context to reduce UI flicker during mode switches
* feat: enchanced plan discovery checks in header and plan view
* fix(ui): align PlanView and Header with sessionDirectory logic
Remove dependency on context store in header and compute sessionDirectory from session or currentDirectory
Compute display and repo paths using sessionDirectory for PlanView and update path resolution
Poll plan content every 3 seconds to reflect changes without heavy retries
* feat(ui): improve header tab switching and add copy buttons for plan
Switch header tab navigation to central UI store and auto-switch when plan is unavailable
Show checkmark icon after copying file contents or path with auto-hide timeout
Extend plan view path resolution to prefer session directory when present
* fix(ui): remove fixed sessions button and mac titlebar coupling
Remove fixed sessions button from header on desktop Mac
Eliminate Mac titlebar spacer and drag-to-dock logic in sidebar
Update layout to rely on standard header/sidebar without mac-specific tweaks
* feat: improve mobile header with session toggle and back button
Add back button in mobile header to exit session switcher
Show Sessions label when session switcher is open in mobile header
Toggle between opening sessions and back navigation based on session state
Add file management API and UI components
Implement directory listing, search and CRUD operations in desktop backend
Expose new Files API on frontend to list, search, and modify files
* feat: add Files tab for browsing workspace files
- Add Files tab between Diff and Terminal in header
- Implement hierarchical file tree with expand/collapse
- Add fuzzy search with debouncing and relevance ranking
- Support gitignore filtering via `git check-ignore` (web + desktop)
- Add syntax highlighting for 150+ file types
- Add image preview (SVG, PNG, JPG, etc.)
- Add line numbers, wrap toggle, and copy button
- Desktop: split-pane layout matching DiffView
- Mobile: drill-in navigation with full-width sidebar
- Update help dialog with Cmd+3 shortcut
- Increase header breakpoint to 940px for new tab
* feat: enhance context and session stores to track agent/model/variant choices for historical sessions
* feat: implement line selection and commenting functionality in FilesView
Add command to open active session in editor panel.
Introduce editor view mode for displaying sessions alongside files.
Update toolbar navigation for editor and sidebar modes.
On iOS devices, when the keyboard is open, there's a home indicator bar
(approximately 34px tall) at the bottom of the keyboard that needs additional
safe area padding.
Changes:
- Add --oc-keyboard-home-indicator CSS variable
- Add ios-keyboard-safe-area class for keyboard open state
- Detect iOS userAgent and set keyboard home indicator height
- Apply ios-keyboard-safe-area class to ChatInput when keyboard is open
Co-authored-by: Jovines <jovines@qq.com>
* feat: Implement project management store with project path validation and synchronization
- Added `useProjectsStore` for managing projects, including adding, removing, renaming, and validating project paths.
- Implemented persistence for projects and active project ID using safe storage.
- Introduced synchronization from desktop settings to keep project data consistent.
- Enhanced session store to manage sessions by directory and added new methods for session management.
- Updated todo store to fetch session todos based on the directory context.
- Refactored server code to validate and resolve project directories for various API endpoints.
- Added project entry validation and sanitization to ensure data integrity.
* feat(settings): migrate legacy project settings and update settings loading logic
* feat: enhance project management with directory-aware settings and improved agent/command source handling
* feat: enhance session and project management with directory-aware settings and improved configuration refresh logic
* feat: enhance project management with worktree manager integration and project directory resolution
* feat: enhance agent groups store with project directory resolution and loading logic
* feat: add heartbeat management and global wrapping for SSE blocks in agent and chat providers
* feat: refactor command and project handling in useCommandsStore
- Replaced useDirectoryStore with useProjectsStore to manage project paths.
- Introduced getRequestDirectory function to determine the active project directory.
- Updated command fetching to respect project-level scoping.
- Enhanced error handling and logging for command configuration fetching.
- Improved command configuration saving and updating to utilize project directory context.
feat: enhance project path normalization in useProjectsStore
- Added resolveTildePath function to expand paths starting with ~.
- Updated normalizeProjectPath to utilize home directory for path expansion.
fix: update permission handling in useSessionStore
- Changed Permission type to PermissionRequest for clarity.
- Updated respondToPermission method to use requestId instead of permissionId.
refactor: improve permission utilities
- Introduced types for PermissionAction and PermissionRule.
- Enhanced getAgentDefinition and resolveConfigStore functions for better type safety.
- Added resolvePermissionAction to streamline permission resolution logic.
feat: add agent configuration retrieval endpoint
- Implemented new API endpoint to fetch agent configuration based on project directory.
- Enhanced getAgentPermissionSource to prioritize project-level permissions.
chore: update SDK version in package.json files
- Bumped @opencode-ai/sdk version to ^1.1.1 across all relevant package.json files.
refactor: streamline bridge message handling
- Updated handleBridgeMessage to accept directory parameter for agent and command requests.
- Improved local API request handling to extract directory from query parameters and headers.
feat: enhance project configuration management
- Added functions to retrieve and merge project configuration paths.
- Improved handling of existing project configuration files for agents and commands.
* feat: enhance VSCode integration and session management
- Added support for a sticky sidebar header background in light and dark themes.
- Introduced functions to read VSCode workspace directory and check if running in VSCode.
- Implemented detailed logging for session loading and creation processes.
- Enhanced session filtering based on directory structure and canonical paths.
- Added a new method to reorder projects and prevent modifications in VSCode workspace.
- Improved error handling and logging for app initialization and markdown file parsing.
- Updated API checks and health checks to ensure readiness before proceeding.
- Refactored code for better readability and maintainability across various modules.
* feat: improve agent and branch selection logic, enhance session management, and update multi-run creation response
* feat: add worktree management actions in agent group detail and sidebar, including delete and keep only options
* fix(ui): share IME guard and cover multi-run
* fix(session): reduce maximum visible sessions in group from 7 to 5
* Add Agent Manager
* Basic Mock UP
* Fix Comand naming Ctrl+P Uses Category to group
* Move the UI in views
* Agent Manager Landing Page
* Fix attachment buig
* Change Session Name for multi run to incoporate groupSlug
* First running UI
* Fix Max Model Multi Run
* Rework Agent Group detection
* ignore false positives with ' ' in it
* Simplify Logic
* remove unused dropdowns
* Clean up
* Update Changelog
Change Keyboard Shortcuts dialog shortcut from Cmd+H to Cmd+.
Update memory debug shortcut from Cmd+Shift+M to Cmd+Shift+D
Modify model selector shortcut to use Cmd+Shift+M
* feat(ui): update keyboard shortcuts to use platform-appropriate modifier keys
* fix(macos): update keyboard shortcuts to use Cmd modifier
Change Command Palette shortcut from Ctrl+X to Cmd+K
Update all menu shortcuts to use Cmd instead of Ctrl on macOS
* Fix linter issue
The app now opens to a new chat by default on startup
New chats no longer create a session until you send your first message
Fixed mobile and VSCode sessions handling for better consistency
* feat: add UI customization and model management features
Add comprehensive UI customization options and enhanced model selection:
- **Favorite & Recent Models**: Star models for quick access, track 5 most recent
- Add favorite/recent sections to model dropdowns
- Persist preferences in local storage
- Works in ModelControls and ModelSelector components
- **Tool Call Expansion Settings**: Control default expansion state for tool outputs
- Three modes: collapsed, activity (summary), detailed
- Applies to activity groups and individual tool calls
- Configurable in Appearance Settings
- **Font Size & Spacing Controls**: Adjustable typography and layout density
- Font size: 50-200% scaling of all semantic typography
- Spacing/padding: 50-200% scaling of margins, gaps, line heights
- Real-time preview with reset buttons
- Settings in Appearance Settings
- **VSCode Extension Settings View**: Full settings access in VSCode extension
- Add settings navigation and view type
- Settings button in header
- Navigate between sessions, chat, and settings
Technical changes:
- Enhanced useUIStore with new state management
- Dynamic CSS variable scaling for typography and spacing
- Typography helper functions for variable access
- ThemeProvider integration for auto-applying scales
* fix: hide theme mode in VSCode and fix detailed tool expansion
- Hide "Theme Mode" setting in VSCode extension settings as VSCode
dynamically applies its own theme to the extension
- Fix bug where tools from subsequent messages in a turn weren't
expanded when "Detailed" mode was selected
- Now correctly aggregates all tool IDs from turnGroupingContext when
calculating effective expanded tools for progressive groups
Bohdan Triapitsyn