NullHub

Management hub for the nullclaw ecosystem.

NullHub is a single Zig binary with an embedded Svelte web UI for installing, configuring, monitoring, and updating ecosystem components (NullClaw, NullBoiler, NullTickets).

Features

• Install wizard -- manifest-driven guided setup with component-aware flows and local NullTickets -> NullBoiler linking
• Process supervision -- start, stop, restart, crash recovery with backoff
• Health monitoring -- periodic HTTP health checks, dashboard status cards
• Cross-component linking -- auto-connect NullTickets -> NullBoiler, generate native tracker config, and inspect queue/orchestrator status from one UI
• Config management -- structured editors for NullClaw, NullBoiler, and NullTickets, with raw JSON fallback when needed
• Log viewing -- tail and live SSE streaming per instance
• One-click updates -- download, migrate config, rollback on failure
• Multi-instance -- run multiple instances of the same component side by side
• Web UI + CLI -- browser dashboard for humans, CLI for automation

Quick Start

zig build
./zig-out/bin/nullhub

Opens browser to http://nullhub.localhost:19800.

Local access chain:

• http://nullhub.local:19800
• http://nullhub.localhost:19800
• http://127.0.0.1:19800

nullhub tries to publish nullhub.local through dns-sd/Bonjour or avahi-publish when those tools are available, and otherwise falls back to nullhub.localhost and finally 127.0.0.1.

Runtime Prerequisites

• curl is required to fetch releases and binaries.
• tar is required to extract UI module bundles.

When these tools are missing, nullhub will try to install them automatically via available system package managers (apt, dnf, yum, pacman, zypper, apk, brew, winget, choco).

CLI Usage

nullhub                          # Start server + open browser
nullhub serve [--port N]         # Start server without browser

nullhub install <component>      # Terminal wizard
nullhub uninstall <c>/<n>        # Remove instance

nullhub start <c>/<n>            # Start instance
nullhub stop <c>/<n>             # Stop instance
nullhub restart <c>/<n>          # Restart instance
nullhub start-all / stop-all     # Bulk start/stop

nullhub status                   # Table of all instances
nullhub status <c>/<n>           # Single instance detail
nullhub logs <c>/<n> [-f]        # Tail logs (-f for follow)

nullhub check-updates            # Check for new versions
nullhub update <c>/<n>           # Update single instance
nullhub update-all               # Update everything

nullhub config <c>/<n> [--edit]  # View/edit config
nullhub service install          # Register as OS service (systemd/launchd)
nullhub version                  # Print version

Instance addressing uses {component}/{instance-name} everywhere.

Architecture

Zig backend -- HTTP server, process supervisor, installer, manifest engine. Two modes: server (HTTP + supervisor threads) or CLI (direct calls, stdout, exit).

Svelte frontend -- SvelteKit with static adapter, @embedFile'd into the binary. Component UI modules (chat, monitor) loaded dynamically via Svelte 5 mount().

Manifest-driven -- each component publishes nullhub-manifest.json that describes installation, configuration, launch, health checks, wizard steps, and UI modules. NullHub is a generic engine that interprets manifests.

Storage -- all state lives under ~/.nullhub/ (config, instances, binaries, logs, cached manifests).

Development

Backend:

zig build test

Frontend:

cd ui && npm run dev

End-to-end:

./tests/test_e2e.sh

Tech Stack

• Zig 0.15.2
• Svelte 5 + SvelteKit (static adapter)
• JSON over HTTP/1.1, SSE for streaming

Project Layout

src/
  main.zig              # Entry: CLI dispatch or server start
  cli.zig               # CLI command parser & handlers
  server.zig            # HTTP server (API + static UI)
  auth.zig              # Optional bearer token auth
  api/                  # REST endpoints (components, instances, wizard, ...)
  core/                 # Manifest parser, state, platform, paths
  installer/            # Download, build, UI module fetching
  supervisor/           # Process spawn, health checks, manager
  wizard/               # Manifest wizard engine, config writer
ui/src/
  routes/               # SvelteKit pages (dashboard, install, instances, settings)
  lib/components/       # Reusable Svelte components
  lib/api/              # Typed API client
  lib/stores/           # Reactive state (instances, hub config)
tests/
  test_e2e.sh           # End-to-end test script