Add a QML desktop app with an owned Ava backend - #6
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Ava can now run in a Qt Quick desktop window through the optional
ava-desktopentrypoint.The QML/PySide6 UI supports project folders, conversations, streamed replies, queued input, pause/resume, cancellation, and history restoration using the existing Ava HTTP/SSE API.
The app owns a separate loopback backend with per-launch authentication, explicit readiness, bounded shutdown, and parent-exit detection.
The transcript uses an incremental Qt list model and durable event sequence numbers to avoid duplicate replay after reconnecting.
Conversation drafts stay separate, and failed sends retain the draft.
Qt remains an optional dependency; CI exercises the desktop scenarios and rejects QML warnings.
Run with
uv run --extra desktop ava-desktop --project ..GitHub CI passed for
947947aon Ubuntu, including the desktop tests and QML lint.Local validation on Linux with Python 3.12 and Qt 6.11.2:
npm run checkpassed.qmllint --max-warnings 0passed.This is the first desktop slice: selectable plain text and expandable tool output.
Markdown formatting, attachments, diff, browser integration, and desktop installers are not included.
GUI tests use offscreen rendering; real OS input-method integration, macOS behavior, and signed packaging remain unverified.