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thandClaude Opus 4.6 e086db0c2c shopping: #shopping tag, help section, tests, client-side proxy
Three follow-ups:

  - Accept #shopping as an alias for #einkauf. Either tag now makes
    a card show up in the picker; the help blurb in the dialog says
    so explicitly.
  - Add a proper help-overlay section covering the trigger tags,
    how to pick an active list, the phone URL, sync cadence, and
    why phone is check-only.
  - Add a client-side proxy in public/index.php for /api/shopping
    and /api/shopping/check — shopping.js was calling api('api/...')
    which went to hyprcrd, but only the relay had handlers. Without
    this forwarder, push/pull just 404'd. Proxy mirrors the pattern
    used by /api/relay/push.
  - New shopping.test.js: asserts the proxy returns a JSON shape
    with `ok` (works whether or not a relay is configured), the
    hamburger menu toggles as expected, and the picker lists both
    #einkauf + #shopping cards while excluding untagged ones.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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hyprcrd — Electron Desktop App

Wraps the PHP backend in an Electron shell. A static PHP binary is bundled per platform so users don't need PHP installed.

How it works

  1. On launch, the app starts PHP's built-in server on a random port (127.0.0.1)
  2. router.php replaces Apache's .htaccess rewrite rules
  3. A BrowserWindow loads http://127.0.0.1:<port>/
  4. On quit, the PHP process is killed cleanly

User data (database + uploads) is stored outside the app bundle so it survives updates:

  • Dev: electron/appdata/
  • Linux: ~/.config/hyprcrd/data/
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/hyprcrd/data/
  • Windows: %APPDATA%/hyprcrd/data/

Development

cd electron
npm install
npm start          # launches the app using system or bundled PHP

Requires PHP 8.1+ with pdo_sqlite and zip extensions — either on the system PATH or as a static binary in php-bin/<platform>/.

Bundling PHP

Static PHP binaries are not checked into git. Fetch them before building:

./fetch-php.sh     # downloads ~20MB per platform from static-php-cli

Or place them manually (see php-bin/README.md for sources):

php-bin/linux/php
php-bin/darwin/php
php-bin/win32/php.exe

The app prefers the bundled binary. If none is found, it falls back to system PHP. If neither exists, a dialog tells the user what to install.

Building distributables

npm run dist

Uses electron-builder. Output:

Platform Format Location
macOS .dmg dist/
Windows NSIS dist/
Linux AppImage dist/

File structure

electron/
  main.js          Electron main process — spawns PHP, creates window
  preload.js       Exposes window.hyprcrdElectron (platform, isElectron)
  router.php       PHP built-in server router (replaces .htaccess)
  fetch-php.sh     Downloads static PHP binaries for all platforms
  php-bin/         Platform-specific PHP binaries (gitignored)