auto update improvements, dont allow process globals (import instead), refactor to use execa more

electron.vite.config.ts

@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
         '@': resolve(__dirname, './src'),
       },
     },
-    define: {
-      'process.env.VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL': JSON.stringify(
-        process.env.VITE_DEV_SERVER_URL
-      ),
-    },
   },
   preload: {
     plugins: [externalizeDepsPlugin()],

eslint.config.ts

@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@ const config = [
 
       'no-console': 'error',
 
+      'no-restricted-globals': [
+        'error',
+        {
+          name: 'process',
+          message:
+            'Import specific properties from "process" instead of using the global: import { platform, env } from "process"',
+        },
+      ],
+
       '@typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types': 'warn',
       '@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type': 'off',
       '@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types': 'off',

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "gerbil",
   "productName": "Gerbil",
-  "version": "1.4.0-beta.3",
+  "version": "1.4.0-beta.4",
   "description": "Run Large Language Models locally",
   "main": "out/main/index.js",
   "homepage": "./",

src/components/TitleBar.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-import { Group, ActionIcon, Box, Image, Select, AppShell } from '@mantine/core';
+import {
+  Group,
+  ActionIcon,
+  Box,
+  Image,
+  Select,
+  AppShell,
+  Tooltip,
+} from '@mantine/core';
 import { Minus, Square, X, Copy, Settings } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { useInterfaceOptions } from '@/hooks/useInterfaceSelection';
@@ -138,6 +146,7 @@ export const TitleBar = ({
         <Group gap="0" style={{ WebkitAppRegion: 'no-drag' }}>
           <UpdateButton />
 
+          <Tooltip label="Settings" position="bottom">
             <ActionIcon
               variant="subtle"
               size={TITLEBAR_HEIGHT}
@@ -152,6 +161,7 @@ export const TitleBar = ({
             >
               <Settings size="1.25rem" />
             </ActionIcon>
+          </Tooltip>
 
           <Box
             style={{

src/components/UpdateButton.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { ActionIcon } from '@mantine/core';
+import { ActionIcon, Tooltip } from '@mantine/core';
-import { CircleFadingArrowUp } from 'lucide-react';
+import { CircleFadingArrowUp, Download } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useAppUpdateChecker } from '@/hooks/useAppUpdateChecker';
 import { TITLEBAR_HEIGHT } from '@/constants';
+import { useState, type MouseEvent } from 'react';
 
 export const UpdateButton = () => {
   const {
@@ -14,14 +15,14 @@ export const UpdateButton = () => {
     installUpdate,
   } = useAppUpdateChecker();
 
+  const [showDownload, setShowDownload] = useState(false);
+
   if (!hasUpdate) return null;
 
-  const isButton = canAutoUpdate;
-  const isLink = !canAutoUpdate && releaseUrl;
-
   let color: 'green' | 'blue' | 'orange' = 'orange';
-  let label = 'New release available';
+  let label = 'New release available - Click to view changelog';
   let onClick: (() => void) | undefined;
+  let icon = <CircleFadingArrowUp size="1.25rem" />;
 
   if (isUpdateDownloaded) {
     color = 'green';
@@ -30,30 +31,53 @@ export const UpdateButton = () => {
   } else if (isDownloading) {
     color = 'blue';
     label = 'Downloading update...';
-  } else if (canAutoUpdate) {
+    icon = <Download size="1.25rem" />;
+  } else if (showDownload && canAutoUpdate) {
     color = 'blue';
     label = 'Download and install update';
-    onClick = downloadUpdate;
+    onClick = () => {
+      downloadUpdate();
+      setShowDownload(false);
+    };
+    icon = <Download size="1.25rem" />;
+  } else {
+    color = 'orange';
+    label = canAutoUpdate
+      ? 'New release available - Click to view changelog, right-click to download'
+      : 'New release available - Click to view changelog';
+    onClick = () => {
+      if (releaseUrl) {
+        window.electronAPI.app.openExternal(releaseUrl);
+      }
+    };
   }
 
+  const handleContextMenu = (e: MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    if (canAutoUpdate && !isDownloading && !isUpdateDownloaded) {
+      setShowDownload(true);
+      downloadUpdate();
+    }
+  };
+
   return (
+    <Tooltip label={label} position="bottom">
       <ActionIcon
-      component={(isButton ? 'button' : 'a') as 'button' | 'a'}
+        component="button"
-      href={isLink ? releaseUrl : undefined}
-      target={isLink ? '_blank' : undefined}
-      rel={isLink ? 'noopener noreferrer' : undefined}
         variant="subtle"
         color={color}
         size={TITLEBAR_HEIGHT}
         aria-label={label}
         tabIndex={-1}
         onClick={onClick}
+        onContextMenu={handleContextMenu}
         style={{
           borderRadius: 0,
           margin: 0,
         }}
       >
-      <CircleFadingArrowUp size="1.25rem" />
+        {icon}
       </ActionIcon>
+    </Tooltip>
   );
 };

src/hooks/useAppUpdateChecker.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ export const useAppUpdateChecker = () => {
     setIsDownloading(true);
 
     await tryExecute(async () => {
+      const checkResult = await window.electronAPI.updater.checkForUpdates();
+      if (!checkResult) {
+        setIsDownloading(false);
+        return;
+      }
+
       const success = await window.electronAPI.updater.downloadUpdate();
       if (success) {
         setIsUpdateDownloaded(true);

src/main/cli.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import { platform, exit, stdout, stderr, stdin, on } from 'process';
 
 import { terminateProcess } from '@/utils/node/process';
 import { pathExists, readJsonFile } from '@/utils/node/fs';
@@ -28,17 +29,17 @@ export async function handleCliMode(args: string[]) {
     console.error(
       'Error: No binary found. Please run the GUI first to download the binary.'
     );
-    process.exit(1);
+    exit(1);
   }
 
   if (!(await pathExists(currentBinary))) {
     console.error(`Error: Binary not found at: ${currentBinary}`);
     console.error('Please run the GUI to download and configure the binary.');
-    process.exit(1);
+    exit(1);
   }
 
   return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-    const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
+    const isWindows = platform === 'win32';
 
     const child = spawn(currentBinary, args, {
       stdio: isWindows ? 'pipe' : 'inherit',
@@ -50,24 +51,24 @@ export async function handleCliMode(args: string[]) {
       child.stderr?.setEncoding('utf8');
 
       child.stdout?.on('data', (data) => {
-        process.stdout.write(data.toString());
+        stdout.write(data.toString());
       });
 
       child.stderr?.on('data', (data) => {
-        process.stderr.write(data.toString());
+        stderr.write(data.toString());
       });
 
-      if (child.stdin && process.stdin.readable) {
+      if (child.stdin && stdin.readable) {
-        process.stdin.pipe(child.stdin);
+        stdin.pipe(child.stdin);
       }
     }
 
     child.on('exit', (code, signal) => {
       if (signal) {
         console.log(`\nProcess terminated with signal: ${signal}`);
-        process.exit(128 + (signal === 'SIGTERM' ? 15 : 2));
+        exit(128 + (signal === 'SIGTERM' ? 15 : 2));
       } else if (code !== null) {
-        process.exit(code);
+        exit(code);
       } else {
         resolve();
       }
@@ -90,10 +91,10 @@ export async function handleCliMode(args: string[]) {
       }
     };
 
-    process.on('SIGINT', handleSignal);
+    on('SIGINT', handleSignal);
-    process.on('SIGTERM', handleSignal);
+    on('SIGTERM', handleSignal);
-    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    if (platform === 'win32') {
-      process.on('SIGBREAK', handleSignal);
+      on('SIGBREAK', handleSignal);
     }
   });
 }

src/main/gui.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { app } from 'electron';
+import { platform } from 'process';
 
 import {
   createMainWindow,
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export async function initializeApp() {
   createMainWindow();
 
   app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
-    if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+    if (platform === 'darwin') {
       return;
     }
 

src/main/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import { argv, exit } from 'process';
 import { getAppVersion } from '@/utils/node/fs';
 
-if (process.argv[1] === '--version') {
+if (argv[1] === '--version') {
   (async () => {
     try {
       const version = await getAppVersion();
@@ -10,27 +11,27 @@ if (process.argv[1] === '--version') {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.log('unknown');
     }
-    process.exit(0);
+    exit(0);
   })();
 } else {
   (async () => {
-    const isCliMode = process.argv.includes('--cli');
+    const isCliMode = argv.includes('--cli');
 
     if (isCliMode) {
       try {
         const cliModule = await import('./cli');
-        const args = process.argv.slice(process.argv.indexOf('--cli') + 1);
+        const args = argv.slice(argv.indexOf('--cli') + 1);
         try {
           await cliModule.handleCliMode(args);
         } catch (error) {
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
           console.error('CLI mode error:', error);
-          process.exit(1);
+          exit(1);
         }
       } catch (error) {
         // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
         console.error('Failed to load CLI module:', error);
-        process.exit(1);
+        exit(1);
       }
     } else {
       try {

src/main/ipc.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { ipcMain, shell, app } from 'electron';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import * as os from 'os';
+import { platform, versions, arch } from 'process';
 import type { MantineColorScheme } from '@mantine/core';
 import {
   launchKoboldCpp,
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ import {
   isNpxAvailable,
   getUvVersion,
   getSystemNodeVersion,
+  isAURInstallation,
 } from '@/main/modules/dependencies';
 import { parseKoboldConfig } from '@/utils/node/kobold';
 import { getMainWindow } from '@/main/modules/window';
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ export function setupIPCHandlers() {
     getAvailableBackends(includeDisabled)
   );
 
-  ipcMain.handle('kobold:getPlatform', () => process.platform);
+  ipcMain.handle('kobold:getPlatform', () => platform);
 
   ipcMain.handle('kobold:launchKoboldCpp', (_, args) =>
     launchKoboldCppWithCustomFrontends(args)
@@ -173,13 +175,13 @@ export function setupIPCHandlers() {
 
     return {
       appVersion,
-      electronVersion: process.versions.electron,
+      electronVersion: versions.electron,
-      nodeVersion: process.versions.node,
+      nodeVersion: versions.node,
-      chromeVersion: process.versions.chrome,
+      chromeVersion: versions.chrome,
-      v8Version: process.versions.v8,
+      v8Version: versions.v8,
       osVersion: os.release(),
-      platform: process.platform,
+      platform,
-      arch: process.arch,
+      arch,
       nodeJsSystemVersion,
       uvVersion,
     };
@@ -285,8 +287,17 @@ export function setupIPCHandlers() {
 
   ipcMain.handle('app:isUpdateDownloaded', () => isUpdateDownloaded());
 
-  ipcMain.handle(
+  ipcMain.handle('app:canAutoUpdate', async () => {
-    'app:canAutoUpdate',
+    if (!app.isPackaged) return false;
-    () => process.platform !== 'linux' || Boolean(process.env.APPIMAGE)
+
-  );
+    if (platform === 'linux' && (await isAURInstallation())) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return (
+      platform === 'win32' || platform === 'darwin' || platform === 'linux'
+    );
+  });
+
+  ipcMain.handle('app:isAURInstallation', () => isAURInstallation());
 }

src/main/modules/autoUpdater.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater';
 import { app } from 'electron';
 import { logError } from '@/main/modules/logging';
 import { safeExecute } from '@/utils/node/logger';
+import { isDevelopment } from '@/utils/node/environment';
 
 export interface UpdateInfo {
   version: string;
@@ -34,17 +35,33 @@ function setupAutoUpdater() {
 
 setupAutoUpdater();
 
-export const checkForUpdates = async () =>
+export const checkForUpdates = async () => {
+  if (isDevelopment) {
+    logError('Auto-updater: Cannot check for updates in development mode');
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return (
     (await safeExecute(
       () => autoUpdater.checkForUpdates(),
       'Failed to check for updates'
-  )) !== null;
+    )) !== null
+  );
+};
 
-export const downloadUpdate = async () =>
+export const downloadUpdate = async () => {
+  if (isDevelopment) {
+    logError('Auto-updater: Cannot download updates in development mode');
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return (
     (await safeExecute(
       () => autoUpdater.downloadUpdate(),
       'Failed to download update'
-  )) !== null;
+    )) !== null
+  );
+};
 
 export function quitAndInstall() {
   if (updateDownloaded) {

src/main/modules/binary.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { join, dirname } from 'path';
+import { platform } from 'process';
 import { pathExists } from '@/utils/node/fs';
 import { getCurrentBinaryInfo } from './koboldcpp';
 import { detectGPUCapabilities, detectCPU } from './hardware';
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ async function detectBackendSupportFromPath(koboldBinaryPath: string) {
     const binaryDir = dirname(koboldBinaryPath);
     const internalDir = join(binaryDir, '_internal');
 
-    const platform = process.platform;
     const libExtension = platform === 'win32' ? '.dll' : '.so';
 
     const hasKoboldCppLib = async (name: string): Promise<boolean> => {

src/main/modules/comfyui.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { access } from 'fs/promises';
+import { platform, on } from 'process';
 import type { ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 import yauzl from 'yauzl';
 
@@ -80,17 +81,17 @@ async function shouldUpdateComfyUI(workspaceDir: string): Promise<boolean> {
 let comfyUIProcess: ChildProcess | null = null;
 
 function getPythonPath(workspaceDir: string): string {
-  const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
+  const isWindows = platform === 'win32';
   const pythonExecutable = isWindows ? 'python.exe' : 'python';
   const scriptsDir = isWindows ? 'Scripts' : 'bin';
   return join(workspaceDir, '.venv', scriptsDir, pythonExecutable);
 }
 
-process.on('SIGINT', () => {
+on('SIGINT', () => {
   void cleanup();
 });
 
-process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
+on('SIGTERM', () => {
   void cleanup();
 });
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ async function shouldForceCPUMode(): Promise<boolean> {
     const gpus = await getGPUData();
     const hasAMD = gpus.some((gpu) => gpu.deviceName.includes('AMD'));
     const hasNVIDIA = gpus.some((gpu) => gpu.deviceName.includes('NVIDIA'));
-    const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
+    const isWindows = platform === 'win32';
 
     return (hasAMD && isWindows) || (!hasAMD && !hasNVIDIA);
   } catch {
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ async function getPyTorchInstallArgs(pythonPath: string) {
     const gpus = await getGPUData();
     const hasAMD = gpus.some((gpu) => gpu.deviceName.includes('AMD'));
     const hasNVIDIA = gpus.some((gpu) => gpu.deviceName.includes('NVIDIA'));
-    const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32';
+    const isWindows = platform === 'win32';
 
     if (hasAMD && !isWindows) {
       sendKoboldOutput(

src/main/modules/config.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { safeExecute } from '@/utils/node/logger';
 import { getConfigDir } from '@/utils/node/path';
 import { homedir } from 'os';
 import { join } from 'path';
+import { platform } from 'process';
 import { nativeTheme } from 'electron';
 import { PRODUCT_NAME } from '@/constants';
 import type { FrontendPreference } from '@/types';
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ export async function set(key: string, value: ConfigValue) {
 }
 
 function getDefaultInstallDir() {
-  const platform = process.platform;
   const home = homedir();
 
   switch (platform) {

src/main/modules/dependencies.ts

@@ -1,51 +1,23 @@
-import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import { access, readdir } from 'fs/promises';
 import { homedir } from 'os';
 import { join } from 'path';
-
+import { platform, env as processEnv } from 'process';
-interface CommandResult {
+import { app } from 'electron';
-  success: boolean;
+import { execa } from 'execa';
-  output?: string;
-}
 
 async function executeCommand(
   command: string,
   args: string[],
   env: Record<string, string | undefined>,
-  timeout = 5000,
+  timeout = 5000
-  useShell = false
 ) {
   try {
-    const testProcess = spawn(command, args, {
+    const { stdout } = await execa(command, args, {
-      stdio: 'pipe',
       env,
-      shell: useShell,
+      timeout,
-    });
+      reject: false,
-
-    return new Promise<CommandResult>((resolve) => {
-      let output = '';
-      const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
-        testProcess.kill();
-        resolve({ success: false });
-      }, timeout);
-
-      testProcess.stdout?.on('data', (data) => {
-        output += data.toString();
-      });
-
-      testProcess.on('exit', (code) => {
-        clearTimeout(timeoutId);
-        resolve({
-          success: code === 0,
-          output: code === 0 ? output.trim() : undefined,
-        });
-      });
-
-      testProcess.on('error', () => {
-        clearTimeout(timeoutId);
-        resolve({ success: false });
-      });
     });
+    return { success: true, output: stdout.trim() };
   } catch {
     return { success: false };
   }
@@ -64,13 +36,7 @@ export async function getUvVersion() {
 
 export async function getSystemNodeVersion() {
   const env = await getNodeEnvironment();
-  const result = await executeCommand(
+  const result = await executeCommand('node', ['--version'], env);
-    'node',
-    ['--version'],
-    env,
-    5000,
-    process.platform === 'win32'
-  );
 
   if (result.success && result.output) {
     return result.output.replace(/^v/, '') || null;
@@ -85,7 +51,7 @@ export async function isUvAvailable() {
 }
 
 export async function getUvEnvironment() {
-  const env = { ...process.env };
+  const env = { ...processEnv };
 
   const uvPaths = [
     join(homedir(), '.cargo', 'bin'),
@@ -103,11 +69,11 @@ export async function getUvEnvironment() {
   }
 
   if (existingPaths.length > 0) {
-    const pathSeparator = process.platform === 'win32' ? ';' : ':';
+    const pathSeparator = platform === 'win32' ? ';' : ':';
     env.PATH = `${existingPaths.join(pathSeparator)}${pathSeparator}${env.PATH}`;
   }
 
-  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+  if (platform === 'win32') {
     env.PYTHONIOENCODING = 'utf-8';
     env.PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSSTDIO = '1';
     env.PYTHONUTF8 = '1';
@@ -119,20 +85,14 @@ export async function getUvEnvironment() {
 
 export async function isNpxAvailable() {
   const env = await getNodeEnvironment();
-  const result = await executeCommand(
+  const result = await executeCommand('npx', ['--version'], env);
-    'npx',
-    ['--version'],
-    env,
-    5000,
-    process.platform === 'win32'
-  );
   return result.success;
 }
 
 export async function getNodeEnvironment() {
-  const env = { ...process.env };
+  const env = { ...processEnv };
 
-  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+  if (platform === 'win32') {
     return env;
   }
 
@@ -144,7 +104,7 @@ export async function getNodeEnvironment() {
   ];
 
   const systemPaths: string[] = [];
-  if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+  if (platform === 'darwin') {
     systemPaths.push('/opt/homebrew/bin', '/usr/local/bin');
   }
 
@@ -196,11 +156,36 @@ async function tryVersionManagerPath(
   return false;
 }
 
+export async function isAURInstallation(): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (platform !== 'linux') {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const appPath = app.getAppPath();
+
+  const aurPaths = ['/usr/lib/', '/opt/', '/usr/share/'];
+  const isInSystemPath = aurPaths.some((path) => appPath.startsWith(path));
+
+  if (!isInSystemPath) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execa('pacman', ['-Q', 'gerbil'], {
+      timeout: 1000,
+      reject: false,
+    });
+    return stdout.trim().length > 0;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 function tryAddPathToEnv(
   env: Record<string, string | undefined>,
   path: string
 ) {
-  const pathSeparator = process.platform === 'win32' ? ';' : ':';
+  const pathSeparator = platform === 'win32' ? ';' : ':';
   if (!env.PATH?.includes(path)) {
     env.PATH = `${path}${pathSeparator}${env.PATH}`;
     return true;

src/main/modules/hardware.ts

@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-comments/disallowComments */
 import si from 'systeminformation';
 import { safeExecute } from '@/utils/node/logger';
-import { terminateProcess } from '@/utils/node/process';
 import { getGPUData } from '@/utils/node/gpu';
 import type {
   CPUCapabilities,
   GPUCapabilities,
   BasicGPUInfo,
   GPUMemoryInfo,
-  HardwareDetectionResult,
 } from '@/types/hardware';
-import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import { execa } from 'execa';
 import { formatDeviceName } from '@/utils/format';
 
 let cpuCapabilitiesCache: CPUCapabilities | null = null;
@@ -132,21 +130,17 @@ export async function detectGPUCapabilities() {
 
 async function detectCUDA() {
   try {
-    const nvidia = spawn(
+    const { stdout } = await execa(
       'nvidia-smi',
       ['--query-gpu=name,memory.total,memory.free', '--format=csv,noheader'],
-      { timeout: 5000 }
+      {
+        timeout: 5000,
+        reject: false,
+      }
     );
 
-    let output = '';
+    if (stdout.trim()) {
-    nvidia.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+      const devices = stdout
-      output += data.toString();
-    });
-
-    return new Promise<HardwareDetectionResult>((resolve) => {
-      nvidia.on('close', (code) => {
-        if (code === 0 && output.trim()) {
-          const devices = output
         .trim()
         .split('\n')
         .map((line) => {
@@ -156,24 +150,13 @@ async function detectCUDA() {
         })
         .filter(Boolean);
 
-          resolve({
+      return {
         supported: devices.length > 0,
         devices,
-          });
+      };
-        } else {
-          resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
     }
-      });
 
-      nvidia.on('error', () => {
+    return { supported: false, devices: [] };
-        resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
-      });
-
-      setTimeout(async () => {
-        await terminateProcess(nvidia);
-        resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
-      }, 5000);
-    });
   } catch {
     return { supported: false, devices: [] };
   }
@@ -189,6 +172,7 @@ async function findRocminfoCommand() {
   }
 }
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/cognitive-complexity
 export async function detectROCm() {
   try {
     const rocminfoCommand = await findRocminfoCommand();
@@ -197,21 +181,16 @@ export async function detectROCm() {
     }
 
     const isWindows = rocminfoCommand.includes('hipInfo');
-    const rocminfo = spawn(rocminfoCommand, [], { timeout: 5000 });
+    const { stdout } = await execa(rocminfoCommand, [], {
-
+      timeout: 5000,
-    let output = '';
+      reject: false,
-    rocminfo.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-      output += data.toString();
     });
 
-    return new Promise<HardwareDetectionResult>((resolve) => {
+    if (stdout.trim()) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/cognitive-complexity
-      rocminfo.on('close', (code) => {
-        if (code === 0 && output.trim()) {
       const devices: string[] = [];
 
       if (isWindows) {
-            const lines = output.split('\n');
+        const lines = stdout.split('\n');
 
         for (const line of lines) {
           const trimmedLine = line.trim();
@@ -227,7 +206,7 @@ export async function detectROCm() {
           }
         }
       } else {
-            const lines = output.split('\n');
+        const lines = stdout.split('\n');
         for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
           const line = lines[i];
 
@@ -250,8 +229,7 @@ export async function detectROCm() {
               ) {
                 if (lines[searchIndex].includes('Device Type:')) {
                   deviceType =
-                        lines[searchIndex].split('Device Type:')[1]?.trim() ||
+                    lines[searchIndex].split('Device Type:')[1]?.trim() || '';
-                        '';
                   break;
                 }
               }
@@ -264,24 +242,13 @@ export async function detectROCm() {
         }
       }
 
-          resolve({
+      return {
         supported: devices.length > 0,
         devices,
-          });
+      };
-        } else {
-          resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
     }
-      });
 
-      rocminfo.on('error', () => {
+    return { supported: false, devices: [] };
-        resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
-      });
-
-      setTimeout(async () => {
-        await terminateProcess(rocminfo);
-        resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
-      }, 5000);
-    });
   } catch {
     return { supported: false, devices: [] };
   }
@@ -289,18 +256,14 @@ export async function detectROCm() {
 
 async function detectVulkan() {
   try {
-    const vulkaninfo = spawn('vulkaninfo', ['--summary'], { timeout: 5000 });
+    const { stdout } = await execa('vulkaninfo', ['--summary'], {
-
+      timeout: 5000,
-    let output = '';
+      reject: false,
-    vulkaninfo.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-      output += data.toString();
     });
 
-    return new Promise<HardwareDetectionResult>((resolve) => {
+    if (stdout.trim()) {
-      vulkaninfo.on('close', (code) => {
-        if (code === 0 && output.trim()) {
       const devices: string[] = [];
-          const lines = output.split('\n');
+      const lines = stdout.split('\n');
 
       for (const line of lines) {
         if (line.includes('deviceName') && line.includes('=')) {
@@ -314,24 +277,13 @@ async function detectVulkan() {
         }
       }
 
-          resolve({
+      return {
         supported: devices.length > 0,
         devices,
-          });
+      };
-        } else {
-          resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
     }
-      });
 
-      vulkaninfo.on('error', () => {
+    return { supported: false, devices: [] };
-        resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
-      });
-
-      setTimeout(async () => {
-        await terminateProcess(vulkaninfo);
-        resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
-      }, 5000);
-    });
   } catch {
     return { supported: false, devices: [] };
   }
@@ -391,35 +343,20 @@ function findDeviceNameInClInfo(lines: string[], startIndex: number) {
 
 async function detectCLBlast() {
   try {
-    const clinfo = spawn('clinfo', [], { timeout: 3000 });
+    const { stdout } = await execa('clinfo', [], {
-
+      timeout: 3000,
-    let output = '';
+      reject: false,
-    clinfo.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-      output += data.toString();
     });
 
-    return new Promise<HardwareDetectionResult>((resolve) => {
+    if (stdout.trim()) {
-      clinfo.on('close', (code) => {
+      const devices = parseClInfoOutput(stdout);
-        if (code === 0 && output.trim()) {
+      return {
-          const devices = parseClInfoOutput(output);
-          resolve({
         supported: devices.length > 0,
         devices,
-          });
+      };
-        } else {
-          resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
     }
-      });
 
-      clinfo.on('error', () => {
+    return { supported: false, devices: [] };
-        resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
-      });
-
-      setTimeout(async () => {
-        await terminateProcess(clinfo);
-        resolve({ supported: false, devices: [] });
-      }, 3000);
-    });
   } catch {
     return { supported: false, devices: [] };
   }

src/main/modules/koboldcpp.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { spawn, ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 import { createWriteStream } from 'fs';
 import { join } from 'path';
+import { platform } from 'process';
 import {
   rm,
   readdir,
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ async function removeDirectoryWithRetry(
         throw error;
       }
 
-      if (isPermissionError && process.platform === 'win32') {
+      if (isPermissionError && platform === 'win32') {
         sendKoboldOutput(
           `Attempt ${attempt}/${maxRetries} failed (file in use), retrying in ${delayMs}ms...`
         );
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ async function downloadFile(asset: GitHubAsset, tempPackedFilePath: string) {
 
   await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
     writer.on('finish', async () => {
-      if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+      if (platform !== 'win32') {
         try {
           await chmod(tempPackedFilePath, 0o755);
         } catch (error) {
@@ -153,9 +154,7 @@ async function setupLauncher(
 
   if (!launcherPath || !(await pathExists(launcherPath))) {
     const expectedLauncherName =
-      process.platform === 'win32'
+      platform === 'win32' ? 'koboldcpp-launcher.exe' : 'koboldcpp-launcher';
-        ? 'koboldcpp-launcher.exe'
-        : 'koboldcpp-launcher';
     const newLauncherPath = join(unpackedDirPath, expectedLauncherName);
 
     if (await pathExists(tempPackedFilePath)) {
@@ -297,7 +296,7 @@ async function patchKcppSduiEmbd(unpackedDir: string) {
 }
 
 async function getLauncherPath(unpackedDir: string) {
-  const extensions = process.platform === 'win32' ? ['.exe', ''] : ['', '.exe'];
+  const extensions = platform === 'win32' ? ['.exe', ''] : ['', '.exe'];
 
   for (const ext of extensions) {
     const launcherPath = join(unpackedDir, `koboldcpp-launcher${ext}`);

src/main/modules/logging.ts

@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ export const initializeLogger = () => {
     format: format.combine(
       format.timestamp(),
       format.printf(({ timestamp, level, message, error }) => {
-        const processInfo = `[${process.type || 'unknown'}:${process.pid}]`;
+        let logEntry = `${timestamp} [MAIN] [${level.toUpperCase()}] ${message}`;
-        let logEntry = `${timestamp} ${processInfo} [${level.toUpperCase()}] ${message}`;
 
         if (error && error instanceof Error) {
           logEntry += `\n  Error: ${error.message}`;
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ export const initializeLogger = () => {
     ],
   });
 
-  setupGlobalErrorHandlers();
   isInitialized = true;
 };
 
@@ -72,18 +70,6 @@ export const flushLogs = () => {
   }
 };
 
-const setupGlobalErrorHandlers = () => {
-  process.on('uncaughtException', (error) => {
-    logError('Uncaught Exception:', error);
-  });
-
-  process.on('unhandledRejection', (reason, _promise) => {
-    const message = `Unhandled Promise Rejection`;
-    const error = reason instanceof Error ? reason : new Error(String(reason));
-    logError(message, error);
-  });
-};
-
 export const getLogFilePath = () =>
   join(app.getPath('userData'), 'logs', 'gerbil.log');
 

src/main/modules/openwebui.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import type { ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 import { join } from 'path';
+import { on } from 'process';
 
 import { logError } from './logging';
 import { safeTryExecute, tryExecute } from '@/utils/node/logger';
@@ -16,11 +17,11 @@ let openWebUIProcess: ChildProcess | null = null;
 
 const OPENWEBUI_BASE_ARGS = ['--python', '3.11', 'open-webui@latest', 'serve'];
 
-process.on('SIGINT', () => {
+on('SIGINT', () => {
   void cleanup();
 });
 
-process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
+on('SIGTERM', () => {
   void cleanup();
 });
 

src/main/modules/performance.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import { execa } from 'execa';
 import { platform } from 'process';
 import { safeExecute } from '@/utils/node/logger';
 
@@ -12,37 +12,16 @@ const LINUX_PERFORMANCE_APPS = [
 ];
 
 async function tryLaunchCommand(command: string, args: string[] = []) {
-  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+  try {
-    const child = spawn(command, args, {
+    await execa(command, args, {
       detached: true,
       stdio: 'ignore',
+      timeout: 2000,
     });
-
+    return true;
-    let hasResolved = false;
+  } catch {
-
+    return false;
-    child.on('error', () => {
-      if (!hasResolved) {
-        hasResolved = true;
-        resolve(false);
   }
-    });
-
-    child.on('spawn', () => {
-      if (!hasResolved) {
-        hasResolved = true;
-        child.unref();
-        resolve(true);
-      }
-    });
-
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      if (!hasResolved) {
-        hasResolved = true;
-        child.kill();
-        resolve(false);
-      }
-    }, 2000);
-  });
 }
 
 export const openPerformanceManager = async () =>

src/main/modules/sillytavern.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import { createServer, request, type Server } from 'http';
 import { homedir } from 'os';
 import { join } from 'path';
+import { platform, on } from 'process';
 import type { ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 
 import { logError } from './logging';
@@ -26,16 +27,15 @@ const SILLYTAVERN_BASE_ARGS = [
   '--disableCsrf',
 ];
 
-process.on('SIGINT', () => {
+on('SIGINT', () => {
   void cleanup();
 });
 
-process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
+on('SIGTERM', () => {
   void cleanup();
 });
 
 function getFallbackDataRoot() {
-  const platform = process.platform;
   const home = homedir();
 
   switch (platform) {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ async function createNpxProcess(args: string[]) {
     stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
     detached: false,
     env,
-    shell: process.platform === 'win32',
+    shell: platform === 'win32',
   });
 }
 

src/preload/index.ts

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ const updaterAPI: UpdaterAPI = {
   quitAndInstall: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('app:quitAndInstall'),
   isUpdateDownloaded: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('app:isUpdateDownloaded'),
   canAutoUpdate: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('app:canAutoUpdate'),
+  isAURInstallation: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('app:isAURInstallation'),
 };
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {

src/types/electron.d.ts

@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ export interface UpdaterAPI {
   quitAndInstall: () => void;
   isUpdateDownloaded: () => Promise<boolean>;
   canAutoUpdate: () => Promise<boolean>;
+  isAURInstallation: () => Promise<boolean>;
 }
 
 declare global {

src/utils/node/assets.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { join } from 'path';
+import { resourcesPath } from 'process';
 import { isDevelopment } from '@/utils/node/environment';
 
 export function getAssetPath(assetName: string) {
   if (isDevelopment) {
     return join(__dirname, '../../assets', assetName);
   } else {
-    return join(process.resourcesPath, '..', 'assets', assetName);
+    return join(resourcesPath, '..', 'assets', assetName);
   }
 }

src/utils/node/environment.ts

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-export const isDevelopment = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development';
+import { env } from 'process';
+
+export const isDevelopment = env.NODE_ENV === 'development';

src/utils/node/path.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { homedir } from 'os';
+import { platform } from 'process';
 import { PRODUCT_NAME, CONFIG_FILE_NAME } from '@/constants';
 
 export function getConfigDir() {
@@ -7,7 +8,6 @@ export function getConfigDir() {
 }
 
 function getConfigDirPath() {
-  const platform = process.platform;
   const home = homedir();
 
   switch (platform) {

src/utils/node/process.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
+import { platform } from 'process';
 import type { ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 
 export interface ProcessTerminationOptions {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ export async function terminateProcess(
   }
 
   try {
-    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+    if (platform === 'win32') {
       await killWindowsProcessTree(childProcess.pid, logError);
 
       await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {