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Membuss Desktop GUI Application

The Membuss Desktop Application (desktop/) is a cross-platform graphical node manager and content client built using Wails v2 (Go + React / TypeScript).

1. Desktop App Architecture​

2. Core Features & Capabilities​

  • Graphical Node Controller: Start, stop, and configure local daemon listening ports and storage directories without terminal commands.
  • Drag-and-Drop Uploader: Drop files or entire directory trees onto the application window for parallel BLAKE3 Merkle tree ingestion.
  • Content Explorer: Browse stored MIDs, copy CIDv1 links, inspect raw DAG nodes, and toggle content sealing.
  • Live Swarm Telemetry: View active libp2p peer connections, peer geographic distribution, and real-time Memex bandwidth graphs.
  • System Tray Integration: Native system tray minimization with background seeding and auto-mirroring.

3. Building Desktop App from Source​

Requirements​

  • Go: 1.25+
  • Node.js: 18+ (npm or pnpm)
  • Wails CLI: go install github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails@latest

Build Steps​

# Navigate to desktop directory
cd desktop

# Launch live development server with hot-reload
wails dev

# Build production executable for host OS
wails build
# Output executable: ./desktop/build/bin/membuss-desktop