re-implement sillytavern to be manually and locally installed instead of relying on npx, update systeminformation, less main layout padding

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "gerbil",
   "productName": "Gerbil",
-  "version": "1.17.1",
+  "version": "1.18.0",
   "description": "Run Large Language Models locally",
   "main": "out/main/index.js",
   "homepage": "./",
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@codemirror/search": "^6.5.11",
     "@codemirror/theme-one-dark": "^6.1.3",
-    "@codemirror/view": "^6.39.5",
+    "@codemirror/view": "^6.39.6",
     "@fontsource/inter": "^5.2.8",
     "@huggingface/gguf": "^0.3.2",
     "@mantine/core": "^8.3.10",
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "rehype-raw": "^7.0.0",
     "rehype-sanitize": "^6.0.0",
     "remark-gfm": "^4.0.1",
-    "systeminformation": "^5.27.15",
+    "systeminformation": "^5.27.16",
     "winston": "^3.19.0",
     "winston-daily-rotate-file": "^5.0.0",
     "yauzl": "^3.2.0",

src/components/App/index.tsx

@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ export const App = () => {
           position: 'relative',
           overflow: 'auto',
           paddingTop: 0,
+          paddingBottom: 0,
+          paddingLeft: isInterfaceScreen ? 0 : '.5rem',
+          paddingRight: isInterfaceScreen ? 0 : '.5rem',
           top: TITLEBAR_HEIGHT,
-          paddingBottom: isInterfaceScreen ? 0 : '1rem',
         }}
       >
         <ErrorBoundary>

src/main/modules/sillytavern.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 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';
@@ -13,14 +12,12 @@ import { terminateProcess } from '@/utils/node/process';
 import { pathExists, readJsonFile, writeJsonFile } from '@/utils/node/fs';
 import { parseKoboldConfig } from '@/utils/node/kobold';
 import { getNodeEnvironment } from './dependencies';
+import { getInstallDir } from './config';
 
 let sillyTavernProcess: ChildProcess | null = null;
 let proxyServer: Server | null = null;
-let detectedDataRoot: string | null = null;
 
 const SILLYTAVERN_BASE_ARGS = [
-  'sillytavern',
-  '--global',
   '--listen',
   '--browserLaunchEnabled',
   'false',
@@ -35,47 +32,120 @@ on('SIGTERM', () => {
   void stopFrontend();
 });
 
-function getFallbackDataRoot() {
+function getSillyTavernDataDir() {
-  const home = homedir();
+  return join(getInstallDir(), 'sillytavern-data');
+}
 
-  switch (platform) {
+function getSillyTavernInstallDir() {
-    case 'win32':
+  return join(getInstallDir(), 'sillytavern-server');
-      return join(home, 'AppData', 'Local', 'SillyTavern', 'Data', 'data');
+}
-    case 'darwin':
+
+function getSillyTavernServerPath() {
   return join(
-        home,
+    getSillyTavernInstallDir(),
-        'Library',
+    'node_modules',
-        'Application Support',
+    'sillytavern',
-        'SillyTavern',
+    'server.js'
-        'data'
   );
-    case 'linux':
-    default:
-      return join(home, '.local', 'share', 'SillyTavern', 'data');
-  }
-}
-
-function getSillyTavernDataRoot() {
-  if (detectedDataRoot) {
-    return detectedDataRoot;
-  }
-
-  const fallback = getFallbackDataRoot();
-  detectedDataRoot = fallback;
-  return fallback;
 }
 
 function getSillyTavernSettingsPath() {
-  const dataRoot = getSillyTavernDataRoot();
+  return join(getSillyTavernDataDir(), 'default-user', 'settings.json');
-  return join(dataRoot, 'default-user', 'settings.json');
+}
+
+async function ensureSillyTavernInstalled() {
+  const serverPath = getSillyTavernServerPath();
+  const installDir = getSillyTavernInstallDir();
+  const env = await getNodeEnvironment();
+
+  const nodeModulesPath = join(installDir, 'node_modules');
+  const jsquashFlatPath = join(nodeModulesPath, '@jsquash');
+
+  if (await pathExists(jsquashFlatPath)) {
+    sendKoboldOutput('Detected old flat installation, cleaning up...');
+    await tryExecute(async () => {
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+        const rmCmd = platform === 'win32' ? 'rmdir' : 'rm';
+        const rmArgs =
+          platform === 'win32'
+            ? ['/s', '/q', nodeModulesPath]
+            : ['-rf', nodeModulesPath];
+
+        spawn(rmCmd, rmArgs, {
+          stdio: 'inherit',
+          shell: true,
+        })
+          .on('exit', (code) =>
+            code === 0
+              ? resolve()
+              : reject(new Error(`Failed with code ${code}`))
+          )
+          .on('error', reject);
+      });
+    }, 'Failed to clean old installation');
+  }
+
+  if (await pathExists(serverPath)) {
+    sendKoboldOutput('Checking for SillyTavern updates...');
+  } else {
+    sendKoboldOutput('Installing SillyTavern via npm...');
+  }
+
+  return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const npmProcess = spawn(
+      'npm',
+      [
+        'install',
+        'sillytavern@latest',
+        '--prefix',
+        installDir,
+        '--no-save',
+        '--install-strategy=nested',
+      ],
+      {
+        stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+        env,
+        shell: platform === 'win32',
+      }
+    );
+
+    if (npmProcess.stdout) {
+      npmProcess.stdout.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
+        sendKoboldOutput(data.toString().trim());
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (npmProcess.stderr) {
+      npmProcess.stderr.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
+        sendKoboldOutput(data.toString().trim());
+      });
+    }
+
+    npmProcess.on('exit', (code) => {
+      if (code === 0) {
+        sendKoboldOutput('SillyTavern is ready');
+        resolve();
+      } else {
+        reject(new Error(`npm install failed with code ${code}`));
+      }
+    });
+
+    npmProcess.on('error', (error) => {
+      reject(error);
+    });
+  });
 }
 
 async function createNpxProcess(args: string[]) {
   const env = await getNodeEnvironment();
-  return spawn('npx', args, {
+  const serverJsPath = getSillyTavernServerPath();
+  const installDir = getSillyTavernInstallDir();
+
+  return spawn('node', [serverJsPath, ...args], {
     stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
     detached: false,
     env,
+    cwd: installDir,
     shell: platform === 'win32',
   });
 }
@@ -288,6 +358,7 @@ export async function startFrontend(args: string[]) {
 
     sendKoboldOutput(`Preparing SillyTavern to connect via proxy...`);
 
+    await ensureSillyTavernInstalled();
     await ensureSillyTavernSettings();
     await setupSillyTavernConfig(isImageMode);
 
@@ -295,10 +366,14 @@ export async function startFrontend(args: string[]) {
       `Starting ${config.name} frontend on port ${config.port}...`
     );
 
+    const sillyTavernDataDir = getSillyTavernDataDir();
+
     const sillyTavernArgs = [
       ...SILLYTAVERN_BASE_ARGS,
       '--port',
       config.port.toString(),
+      '--dataRoot',
+      sillyTavernDataDir,
     ];
 
     sillyTavernProcess = await createNpxProcess(sillyTavernArgs);

yarn.lock

@@ -315,15 +315,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@codemirror/view@npm:^6.0.0, @codemirror/view@npm:^6.17.0, @codemirror/view@npm:^6.23.0, @codemirror/view@npm:^6.27.0, @codemirror/view@npm:^6.35.0, @codemirror/view@npm:^6.39.5":
+"@codemirror/view@npm:^6.0.0, @codemirror/view@npm:^6.17.0, @codemirror/view@npm:^6.23.0, @codemirror/view@npm:^6.27.0, @codemirror/view@npm:^6.35.0, @codemirror/view@npm:^6.39.6":
-  version: 6.39.5
+  version: 6.39.6
-  resolution: "@codemirror/view@npm:6.39.5"
+  resolution: "@codemirror/view@npm:6.39.6"
   dependencies:
     "@codemirror/state": "npm:^6.5.0"
     crelt: "npm:^1.0.6"
     style-mod: "npm:^4.1.0"
     w3c-keyname: "npm:^2.2.4"
-  checksum: 10c0/54fc600b54c336283e8c73b6a0a99156880682121d73c2d4b74fc5a93f956e33b54ba16cd7debbf5fc28a48b18aeb643217e5200e3af0588909ca90cb275e957
+  checksum: 10c0/2c858a22c871f1865e09a4eb50b2398fc2ac945d217645c79692904bd0b48688ca2ba186fdfd5ed07fce671e22ae4424935efabcbc4d947c9559f801a4e94053
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -4124,7 +4124,7 @@ __metadata:
   dependencies:
     "@codemirror/search": "npm:^6.5.11"
     "@codemirror/theme-one-dark": "npm:^6.1.3"
-    "@codemirror/view": "npm:^6.39.5"
+    "@codemirror/view": "npm:^6.39.6"
     "@eslint/js": "npm:^9.39.2"
     "@fontsource/inter": "npm:^5.2.8"
     "@huggingface/gguf": "npm:^0.3.2"
@@ -4165,7 +4165,7 @@ __metadata:
     rehype-sanitize: "npm:^6.0.0"
     remark-gfm: "npm:^4.0.1"
     rollup-plugin-visualizer: "npm:^6.0.5"
-    systeminformation: "npm:^5.27.15"
+    systeminformation: "npm:^5.27.16"
     typescript: "npm:^5.9.3"
     vite: "npm:^7.3.0"
     winston: "npm:^3.19.0"
@@ -7840,12 +7840,12 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"systeminformation@npm:^5.27.15":
+"systeminformation@npm:^5.27.16":
-  version: 5.27.15
+  version: 5.27.16
-  resolution: "systeminformation@npm:5.27.15"
+  resolution: "systeminformation@npm:5.27.16"
   bin:
     systeminformation: lib/cli.js
-  checksum: 10c0/839d629eb9200ed9bc726a73d8b3a8cce0d77bd7796a983944099bd7a3ee48b93b27397a94eab3a5cc04a5fe61e46dcf3732691d33d70bdd0c638afca984990a
+  checksum: 10c0/2fc5fe3d081aeafff02ab89fa516df47559f15d017790f018208f75926e402df7f6e383c1a1716429093558545d4c8d57dd8fc2cf9aa568c4edc2f8e2dd0423f
   conditions: (os=darwin | os=linux | os=win32 | os=freebsd | os=openbsd | os=netbsd | os=sunos | os=android)
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard