.gitignore

@@ -33,6 +33,3 @@ report.[0-9]_.[0-9]_.[0-9]_.[0-9]_.json
 
 # Finder (MacOS) folder config
 .DS_Store
-
-# app symlinks (created on boot)
-apps/*/current

README.md

@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ by default, the CLI connects to `localhost:3000` in dev and `toes.local:80` in p
 
 ```bash
 toes config                              # show current host
-TOES_URL=http://192.168.1.50:3000 toes list  # connect to IP
-TOES_URL=http://mypi.local toes list         # connect to hostname
+TOES_URL=http://192.168.1.50:3000 toes list  # full URL
+TOES_HOST=mypi.local toes list           # hostname (port 80)
+TOES_HOST=mypi.local PORT=3000 toes list # hostname + port
 ```
 
 set `NODE_ENV=production` to default to `toes.local:80`.

apps/basic/current

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apps/clock/current

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apps/code/current

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apps/cron/current

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apps/env/current

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apps/profile/current

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apps/risk/current

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apps/todo/current

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apps/truisms/current

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apps/versions/current

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src/cli/commands/manage.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { generateTemplates, type TemplateType } from '%templates'
 import color from 'kleur'
 import { existsSync, mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
 import { basename, join } from 'path'
-import { del, get, getManifest, HOST, makeAppUrl, post } from '../http'
+import { del, get, getManifest, HOST, post } from '../http'
 import { confirm, prompt } from '../prompts'
 import { resolveAppName } from '../name'
 import { pushApp } from './sync'
@@ -20,15 +20,23 @@ export async function configShow() {
 
   const source = process.env.TOES_URL
     ? 'TOES_URL'
+    : process.env.TOES_HOST
+      ? 'TOES_HOST' + (process.env.PORT ? ' + PORT' : '')
       : process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
-      ? '(production)'
-      : '(development)'
+        ? 'default (production)'
+        : 'default (development)'
 
   console.log(`Source: ${color.gray(source)}`)
 
   if (process.env.TOES_URL) {
     console.log(`  TOES_URL=${process.env.TOES_URL}`)
   }
+  if (process.env.TOES_HOST) {
+    console.log(`  TOES_HOST=${process.env.TOES_HOST}`)
+  }
+  if (process.env.PORT) {
+    console.log(`  PORT=${process.env.PORT}`)
+  }
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV) {
     console.log(`  NODE_ENV=${process.env.NODE_ENV}`)
   }
@@ -49,7 +57,7 @@ export async function infoApp(arg?: string) {
   console.log(`  State:   ${app.state}`)
   if (app.port) {
     console.log(`  Port:    ${app.port}`)
-    console.log(`  URL:     ${makeAppUrl(app.port)}`)
+    console.log(`  URL:     http://localhost:${app.port}`)
   }
   if (app.started) {
     const uptime = Date.now() - app.started
@@ -177,7 +185,7 @@ export async function openApp(arg?: string) {
     console.error(`App is not running: ${name}`)
     return
   }
-  const url = makeAppUrl(app.port!)
+  const url = `http://localhost:${app.port}`
   console.log(`Opening ${url}`)
   Bun.spawn(['open', url])
 }

src/cli/http.ts

@@ -7,40 +7,20 @@ function getDefaultHost(): string {
   return `http://localhost:${process.env.PORT ?? 3000}`
 }
 
-const normalizeUrl = (url: string) =>
-  url.startsWith('http://') || url.startsWith('https://') ? url : `http://${url}`
-
-function tryParseError(text: string): string | undefined {
-  try {
-    const json = JSON.parse(text)
-    return json.error
-  } catch {
-    return undefined
-  }
-}
+const defaultPort = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 80 : 3000
 
 export const HOST = process.env.TOES_URL
-  ? normalizeUrl(process.env.TOES_URL)
-  : getDefaultHost()
+  ?? (process.env.TOES_HOST ? `http://${process.env.TOES_HOST}:${process.env.PORT ?? defaultPort}` : undefined)
+  ?? getDefaultHost()
 
 export function makeUrl(path: string): string {
   return `${HOST}${path}`
 }
 
-export function makeAppUrl(port: number): string {
-  const url = new URL(HOST)
-  url.port = String(port)
-  return url.toString().replace(/\/$/, '')
-}
-
 export function handleError(error: unknown): void {
   if (error instanceof Error && 'code' in error && error.code === 'ConnectionRefused') {
     console.error(`🐾 Can't connect to toes server at ${HOST}`)
-    console.error(`   Set TOES_URL to connect to a different host`)
-    return
-  }
-  if (error instanceof Error) {
-    console.error(`Error: ${error.message}`)
+    console.error(`   Set TOES_URL or TOES_HOST to connect to a different host`)
     return
   }
   console.error(error)
@@ -49,11 +29,7 @@ export function handleError(error: unknown): void {
 export async function get<T>(url: string): Promise<T | undefined> {
   try {
     const res = await fetch(makeUrl(url))
-    if (!res.ok) {
-      const text = await res.text()
-      const msg = tryParseError(text) ?? `${res.status} ${res.statusText}`
-      throw new Error(msg)
-    }
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${res.statusText}`)
     return await res.json()
   } catch (error) {
     handleError(error)
@@ -79,11 +55,7 @@ export async function post<T, B = unknown>(url: string, body?: B): Promise<T | u
       headers: body !== undefined ? { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } : undefined,
       body: body !== undefined ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined,
     })
-    if (!res.ok) {
-      const text = await res.text()
-      const msg = tryParseError(text) ?? `${res.status} ${res.statusText}`
-      throw new Error(msg)
-    }
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${res.statusText}`)
     return await res.json()
   } catch (error) {
     handleError(error)
@@ -96,11 +68,7 @@ export async function put(url: string, body: Buffer | Uint8Array): Promise<boole
       method: 'PUT',
       body: body as BodyInit,
     })
-    if (!res.ok) {
-      const text = await res.text()
-      const msg = tryParseError(text) ?? `${res.status} ${res.statusText}`
-      throw new Error(msg)
-    }
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${res.statusText}`)
     return true
   } catch (error) {
     handleError(error)
@@ -112,11 +80,7 @@ export async function download(url: string): Promise<Buffer | undefined> {
   try {
     const fullUrl = makeUrl(url)
     const res = await fetch(fullUrl)
-    if (!res.ok) {
-      const text = await res.text()
-      const msg = tryParseError(text) ?? `${res.status} ${res.statusText}`
-      throw new Error(msg)
-    }
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${res.statusText}`)
     return Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer())
   } catch (error) {
     handleError(error)
@@ -128,11 +92,7 @@ export async function del(url: string): Promise<boolean> {
     const res = await fetch(makeUrl(url), {
       method: 'DELETE',
     })
-    if (!res.ok) {
-      const text = await res.text()
-      const msg = tryParseError(text) ?? `${res.status} ${res.statusText}`
-      throw new Error(msg)
-    }
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${res.statusText}`)
     return true
   } catch (error) {
     handleError(error)

src/client/components/AppDetail.tsx

@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ export function AppDetail({ app, render }: { app: App, render: () => void }) {
               <InfoRow>
                 <InfoLabel>URL</InfoLabel>
                 <InfoValue>
-                  <Link href={`${location.protocol}//${location.hostname}:${app.port}`} target="_blank">
-                    {location.protocol}//{location.hostname}:{app.port}
+                  <Link href={`http://localhost:${app.port}`} target="_blank">
+                    http://localhost:{app.port}
                   </Link>
                 </InfoValue>
               </InfoRow>

src/client/tool-iframes.ts

@@ -47,17 +47,15 @@ export function initToolIframes() {
   if (iframes.size === 0) {
     const existingIframes = container.querySelectorAll('iframe')
     existingIframes.forEach(iframe => {
-      try {
-        const url = new URL(iframe.src)
-        const port = parseInt(url.port, 10)
+      const match = iframe.src.match(/localhost:(\d+)/)
+      if (match && match[1]) {
+        const port = parseInt(match[1], 10)
         const toolName = iframe.dataset.toolName
         const appName = iframe.dataset.appName
-        if (port && toolName) {
+        if (toolName) {
           const cacheKey = appName ? `${toolName}:${appName}` : toolName
           iframes.set(cacheKey, { iframe, port })
         }
-      } catch {
-        // Invalid URL, skip
       }
     })
   }
@@ -70,13 +68,11 @@ export function initToolIframes() {
   `
 }
 
-// Build URL with params using TOES_URL base
+// Build URL with params
 function buildToolUrl(port: number, params: Record<string, string>): string {
-  const base = new URL(window.location.origin)
-  base.port = String(port)
   const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(params)
   const query = searchParams.toString()
-  return query ? `${base.origin}?${query}` : base.origin
+  return query ? `http://localhost:${port}?${query}` : `http://localhost:${port}`
 }
 
 // Build cache key from tool name and params

src/server/apps.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { App as SharedApp, AppState } from '@types'
 import type { Subprocess } from 'bun'
 import { DEFAULT_EMOJI } from '@types'
-import { appendFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, realpathSync, renameSync, symlinkSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { appendFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, readdirSync, readFileSync, realpathSync, renameSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
 import { join, resolve } from 'path'
 import { appLog, hostLog, setApps } from './tui'
 
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ export function initApps() {
   initPortPool()
   setupShutdownHandlers()
   rotateLogs()
-  createAppSymlinks()
   discoverApps()
   runApps()
 }
@@ -293,37 +292,6 @@ function allAppDirs() {
     .sort()
 }
 
-function createAppSymlinks() {
-  for (const app of readdirSync(APPS_DIR, { withFileTypes: true })) {
-    if (!app.isDirectory()) continue
-    const appDir = join(APPS_DIR, app.name)
-    const currentPath = join(appDir, 'current')
-    if (existsSync(currentPath)) continue
-
-    // Find valid version directories
-    const versions = readdirSync(appDir, { withFileTypes: true })
-      .filter(e => {
-        if (!e.isDirectory()) return false
-        const pkgPath = join(appDir, e.name, 'package.json')
-        if (!existsSync(pkgPath)) return false
-        try {
-          const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf-8'))
-          return !!pkg.scripts?.toes
-        } catch {
-          return false
-        }
-      })
-      .map(e => e.name)
-      .sort()
-      .reverse()
-
-    const latest = versions[0]
-    if (latest) {
-      symlinkSync(latest, currentPath)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 function discoverApps() {
   for (const dir of allAppDirs()) {
     const { pkg, error } = loadApp(dir)

src/server/index.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { allApps, initApps, TOES_URL } from '$apps'
+import { allApps, initApps } from '$apps'
 import appsRouter from './api/apps'
 import syncRouter from './api/sync'
 import { Hype } from '@because/hype'
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ app.get('/tool/:tool', c => {
     return c.text(`Tool "${toolName}" not found or not running`, 404)
   }
   const params = new URLSearchParams(c.req.query()).toString()
-  const base = new URL(TOES_URL)
-  base.port = String(tool.port)
-  const url = params ? `${base.origin}?${params}` : base.origin
+  const url = params ? `http://localhost:${tool.port}?${params}` : `http://localhost:${tool.port}`
   return c.redirect(url)
 })