No more Node, just Rust.

Author: ronilan

.cargo/config.toml

@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ build-config = "build --release --bin config"
 build-package = "build --release --bin package"
 build-run = "build --release --bin run"
 build-tools = "build --release --bin config --bin package --bin run"
+
+[net]
+# Use the git CLI (and its credential helper, configured via `gh auth login`)
+# to fetch git dependencies — this is to access the private repo.
+git-fetch-with-cli = true

.github/workflows/downloadable_binaries.yml

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   # Builds the plain terminal binary on all
-  # four target platforms. build_terminal.js has no --target flag, so
-  # this can only cross four OS *runners*, not cross-compile from one.
+  # four target platforms. The package tool builds natively on each
+  # runner OS, so this crosses four OS *runners*, not cross-compiles.
   build-terminal:
     if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.terminal }}
     name: Build Terminal Binary (${{ matrix.name }})
@@ -71,17 +71,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
-      - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
-
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          cache: pnpm
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install
-
       # Build the Rust package tool first, then use it for all subsequent builds.
       - name: Build tools
         shell: bash
@@ -147,7 +136,7 @@ jobs:
           path: "*-terminal-${{ matrix.name }}.zip"
 
   # Builds the macOS-native binary (built with the
-  # macos-native feature) and wraps it into a .app + .dmg via bundle.js.
+  # macos-native feature) and wraps it into a .app + .dmg.
   build-macos-native:
     if: ${{ github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || inputs.macos }}
     name: Build macOS Native (${{ matrix.name }})
@@ -179,23 +168,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
-      - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
-
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          cache: pnpm
-
-      # librsvg provides rsvg-convert, used by bundle.js to render the app
-      # icon at multiple sizes for the .icns file. sips/iconutil/hdiutil
-      # are built into macOS, no install needed.
-      - name: Install macOS bundling deps
-        run: brew install librsvg
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install
-
       # Build the Rust package tool first, then use it for all subsequent builds.
       - name: Build tools
         shell: bash
@@ -262,17 +234,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
-      - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
-
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          cache: pnpm
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install
-
       # Build the Rust package tool first, then use it for all subsequent builds.
       - name: Build tools
         shell: bash

.github/workflows/github_pages.yml

@@ -72,15 +72,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config --global url."https://${{ secrets.INCREDIBLE_ALPHA }}@github.com/".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
 
-      # Installs the pnpm CLI on the runner (pnpm isn't preinstalled like npm is).
-      # Needed before any `pnpm install` / `pnpm run` calls below.
-      - name: Setup pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v6
-
       # Prepares the runner for a GitHub Pages deployment (sets up Pages-specific
-      # env/config) and ensures Node.js is available. This does NOT install project
-      # dependencies — that's the separate "Install dependencies" step below.
-      - name: Setup Pages & Node
+      # env/config).
+      - name: Setup Pages
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v6 
 
       # wasm-pack compiles Rust -> WebAssembly and packages it for JS consumption.
@@ -89,11 +83,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install wasm-pack
         run: curl https://rustwasm.github.io/wasm-pack/installer/init.sh -sSf | sh
 
-      # Installs JS dependencies declared in package.json (via pnpm-lock.yaml).
-      # Required before running any pnpm scripts, including build:wasm below.
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install
-
       # Build the Rust package tool, then use it for the WASM build.
       - name: Build tools
         shell: bash

.gitignore

@@ -38,7 +38,3 @@ Cargo.lock
 /package.exe
 /run.exe
 
-# JavaScript / pnpm workspace
-**/node_modules
-pnpm-debug.log*
-.pnpm-store*

markdowns/DEVELOPMENT.md

@@ -4,12 +4,30 @@ This project builds and packages for four platforms from a single codebase: **Te
 
 **Build the tools** (from the repo root):
 
+Build all three tools (config, package, run):
+
 ```bash
 cargo build-tools
-tools/copy.js
 ```
 
-This builds all three tools (config, package, run) and copies the binaries to the project root.
+Then copy the freshly built binaries to the project root:
+
+**macOS:**
+
+```bash
+cp target/release/config target/release/package target/release/run .
+chmod +x config package run
+```
+
+**Windows (PowerShell):**
+
+```powershell
+copy target\release\config.exe .
+copy target\release\package.exe .
+copy target\release\run.exe .
+```
+
+The tools are then executed from the project root (`./config`, `./package`, `./run` on macOS; `config.exe`, `package.exe`, `run.exe` on Windows).
 
 **Configure the app:**
 

markdowns/DEVELOPMENT_PREREQUISITES.md

@@ -8,16 +8,14 @@ This document outlines the system requirements and installation steps needed to
 * Cargo
 * Incredible
 * WebAssembly
-* Pnpm
-* Vite
 * macOS AppKit (via objc2)
 * Windows API (via windows-rs)
 
 ## GitHub Authentication
 
 This project depends on the private [incredible-alpha](https://github.com/ronilan/incredible-alpha) crate, pulled by Cargo as a git dependency over HTTPS. The first build (`cargo build-tools`) will fail until your machine can read that repo.
 
-The easiest way to authenticate is the GitHub CLI:
+The easiest way to authenticate is the [GitHub CLI](https://cli.github.com/) — download and install it from [cli.github.com](https://cli.github.com/) if you don't have it already:
 
 ```bash
 gh auth login
@@ -29,36 +27,21 @@ Alternatively, create a fine-grained Personal Access Token with read access to `
 
 ## macOS
 
-1. **Install Rust** - In Terminal, run the command from [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs/):
-   ```bash
-   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
-   ```
-2. **Install Xcode Command Line Tools**:
+1. **Install Xcode Command Line Tools**:
    ```bash
    xcode-select --install
    ```
-3. **Enable pnpm**:
-   ```bash
-   corepack enable
-   ```
-4. **Install wasm-pack**:
+2. **Install Rust** - Download and run the installer from [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs/)
+3. **Install wasm-pack**:
    ```bash
    cargo install wasm-pack
    ```
-5. **Install librsvg** (for macOS app icon generation):
-   ```bash
-   brew install librsvg
-   ```
 
 ## Windows
 
 1. **Install Rust** - Download and run [rustup-init.exe](https://rustup.rs/) from [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs/)
-2. **Enable pnpm** - Open PowerShell and run:
-   ```powershell
-   corepack enable
-   ```
-3. **Install wasm-pack** - In PowerShell:
+2. **Install wasm-pack** - In PowerShell:
    ```powershell
    cargo install wasm-pack
    ```
-4. **Install Visual Studio Build Tools** - Download from [visualstudio.microsoft.com](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2022). In the installer, select the **"Desktop development with C++"** workload. This is required to compile the `sharp` native image module and provides the Windows SDK.
+3. **Install Visual Studio Build Tools** - Download from [visualstudio.microsoft.com](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2022). In the installer, select the **"Desktop development with C++"** workload. This provides the Windows SDK and is required to build the native Windows binary.