Browser and PWA use

The workbench is a browser application served by the Nerve daemon. Electron is the default host, but the same UI can open in a normal browser and be installed as a Progressive Web App.

The service worker registers outside Electron only. Electron deliberately disables it to avoid stale packaged assets and profile migration complexity. Installing the PWA caches the web interface; it does not install or host the daemon.

Local browser development

From a source checkout:

pnpm dev
# or point only the UI at an existing daemon
NERVE_API_TARGET=http://127.0.0.1:3747 pnpm dev:ui

The Vite UI defaults to 127.0.0.1:5173 and proxies API/WebSocket traffic to the configured target or local daemon metadata.

Mobile and responsive use

The UI switches to drawer-based compact navigation below 1024px and phone density below 640px. To access it from another device, the daemon must bind beyond loopback with explicit permission and authentication. Follow LAN and mobile HTTPS rather than exposing a development server casually.

Next steps