Express 5's app.listen wraps the listen callback in once() and also
invokes it on 'error', with the error as the first argument — at which
point server.address() is null, so the startup log threw a TypeError
and killed the process before the EADDRINUSE handler could try the
next port. Bail out of the callback when it receives an error and let
the 'error' listener own the retry.
Verified: with 4000 occupied the server now logs the retry and comes
up on 4001; with the port free it binds 4000 as before.
- npm start --server=puter.com (or -- --server=...) skips the local backend
and serves the bundled GUI locally, pointed at the remote server's API.
Bare domains resolve to https://api.<domain>; full origins are used
verbatim. gui_origin points at the remote origin so /whoarewe, login,
anti-csrf, socket.io, and builtin apps hit the real backend (CORS-open).
- --extensions=<dir>[;<dir>...] bundles out-of-tree GUI extension
directories (sugar for PUTER_GUI_EXTENSION_PATHS). Their imports resolve
as if the files lived in src/gui/src/extensions, with the extension's own
files taking precedence, and bare imports fall back to the repo-root
node_modules.
- Fix the bit-rotted dev-server: Express 5 wildcard routes, pass gui()
params (previously called with none), inject the service_script shim,
load bundle.min.js + bundle.min.css in prod mode, serve /sdk, and
properly await the webpack build (it previously resolved immediately).
* feat: make the dashboard the default interface at root
The dashboard now loads at / (with /dashboard kept as an alias), and the
desktop moves to a new /desktop route. An "Open Desktop" button pinned at
the bottom of the dashboard sidebar switches to the desktop.
Root URLs that carry a desktop-only flow keep booting the desktop:
auth popups (?embedded_in_popup=), app deep links (?app=), direct
downloads (?download=), fullpage mode (?puter.fullpage=), and iframe
embeds.
Desktop-context redirects are retargeted so desktop users stay on the
desktop: logout, the QR "continue on phone" link, the auth cover-page
logo click, and window close/hide URL resets now use /desktop. OIDC
login/signup gains a strictly whitelisted return_to param (/desktop or
/dashboard) so social login returns to the interface it started from.
Also: the dashboard strips ?ref= like the desktop does, ?auth_token=
cleanup preserves the path and tab hash, the logged-out session list
gets the wallpaper back, ?download= also works at /desktop, and the GUI
dev server serves /desktop and /dashboard.
* Add Open Desktop bento card and CSS
Replace the previous desktop-switch UI with a full-width "Open Desktop" bento card that links to /desktop. Removes the pinned sidebar Open Desktop button and the old desktop-switch button/handler, and adds new CSS variables and styles for the desktop card (icon background, shadow, surface/header colors), hover shadow and arrow transition, and layout/padding adjustments.
Changed files: TabHome.js (removed old switch, added anchor card), UIDashboard.js (removed sidebar button), dashboard.css (new desktop color vars and styles; removed legacy desktop-switch/button styles).
* Remove box-shadow from myapps search input
Delete the box-shadow declarations from input.myapps-search::placeholder in dashboard.css. This simplifies the placeholder styling (removes subtle and light shadow layers), likely to reduce visual noise or fix rendering inconsistency.
* Show index_url hostname for opaque app IDs
Only replace an app's title with the hostname from index_url when the app appears to use an opaque id. Add a check for names starting with 'app-' so the hostname is used only if title, name and uuid are identical and the name looks like an opaque app id. This avoids overwriting meaningful user-facing names that may coincidentally match the uuid and clarifies the intent in the comment.
* Update dashboard.css
Daniel Salazar