warnings for users that don't have cuda/rocm installed but use binaries that support them

.cspell/project-terms.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+alsa
 AMDGPU
 APPIMAGE
 asar
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ KOBOLDAI
 koboldcpp
 KoboldCpp
 KOBOLDCPP
+libxss
 lora
 lowvram
 Lowvram
@@ -50,8 +52,16 @@ nvidia
 oldpc
 OLDPC
 opencl
+optdepends
 paru
 pkexec
+pkgbase
+PKGBUILD
+pkgdesc
+pkgdir
+pkgname
+pkgrel
+pkgver
 quantmatmul
 radeon
 remotetunnel
@@ -70,6 +80,8 @@ SDXL
 Segoe
 sonarjs
 SPACEBAR
+squashfs
+SRCINFO
 taskkill
 Tauri
 togglefullscreen

.github/workflows/aur-release.yml

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
           # Maintainer: ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.author_name }} <${{ steps.release_info.outputs.author_email }}>
           pkgname=friendly-kobold
           pkgver=${{ steps.release_info.outputs.version }}
-          pkgrel=2
+          pkgrel=3
           pkgdesc="A desktop app for running Large Language Models locally"
           arch=('x86_64')
           url="https://github.com/lone-cloud/friendly-kobold"
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
           pkgbase = friendly-kobold
           	pkgdesc = A desktop app for running Large Language Models locally
           	pkgver = ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.version }}
-          	pkgrel = 2
+          	pkgrel = 3
           	url = https://github.com/lone-cloud/friendly-kobold
           	arch = x86_64
           	license = AGPL-3.0-or-later

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "friendly-kobold",
   "productName": "Friendly Kobold",
-  "version": "0.6.1",
+  "version": "0.6.2",
   "description": "A desktop app for running Large Language Models locally",
   "main": "out/main/index.js",
   "homepage": "./",

src/components/screens/Launch/AdvancedTab.tsx

@@ -33,16 +33,14 @@ export const AdvancedTab = () => {
   useEffect(() => {
     const detectBackendSupport = async () => {
       try {
-        const currentBinaryInfo =
+        const support = await window.electronAPI.kobold.detectBackendSupport();
-          await window.electronAPI.kobold.getCurrentBinaryInfo();
+        if (support) {
-        if (currentBinaryInfo?.path) {
-          const support = await window.electronAPI.kobold.detectBackendSupport(
-            currentBinaryInfo.path
-          );
           setBackendSupport({
             noavx2: support.noavx2,
             failsafe: support.failsafe,
           });
+        } else {
+          setBackendSupport({ noavx2: false, failsafe: false });
         }
       } catch (error) {
         window.electronAPI.logs.logError(

src/components/screens/Launch/GeneralTab/BackendSelector.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { InfoTooltip } from '@/components/InfoTooltip';
 import { BackendSelectItem } from '@/components/screens/Launch/GeneralTab/BackendSelectItem';
 import { useLaunchConfig } from '@/hooks/useLaunchConfig';
+import { checkBackendWarnings } from '@/utils/backendWarnings';
 
 interface BackendSelectorProps {
   onWarningsChange?: (
@@ -89,41 +90,26 @@ export const BackendSelector = ({
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!onWarningsChange) return;
 
-    if (backend !== 'cpu' || !cpuCapabilities) {
+    const updateWarnings = async () => {
-      onWarningsChange([]);
+      try {
-      return;
+        const warnings = await checkBackendWarnings({
-    }
+          backend,
-
+          cpuCapabilities,
-    const warnings: Array<{ type: 'warning' | 'info'; message: string }> = [];
+          noavx2,
-
+          failsafe,
-    if (!cpuCapabilities.avx2 && !noavx2) {
+          availableBackends,
-      warnings.push({
-        type: 'warning',
-        message:
-          'Your CPU does not support AVX2. Enable the "Disable AVX2" option on the Advanced tab to avoid crashes.',
         });
-    }
-
-    if (!cpuCapabilities.avx && !cpuCapabilities.avx2 && !failsafe) {
-      warnings.push({
-        type: 'warning',
-        message:
-          'Your CPU does not support AVX or AVX2. Enable the "Failsafe" option on the Advanced tab to avoid crashes.',
-      });
-    }
-
-    if (
-      availableBackends.length > 0 &&
-      availableBackends.some((b) => b.value === 'cpu')
-    ) {
-      warnings.push({
-        type: 'info',
-        message:
-          "Performance Note: LLMs run significantly faster on GPU-accelerated systems. Consider using NVIDIA's CUDA or AMD's ROCm backends for optimal performance.",
-      });
-    }
-
         onWarningsChange(warnings);
+      } catch (error) {
+        window.electronAPI.logs.logError(
+          'Failed to check backend warnings:',
+          error as Error
+        );
+        onWarningsChange([]);
+      }
+    };
+
+    updateWarnings();
   }, [
     backend,
     cpuCapabilities,

src/main/index.ts

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class FriendlyKoboldApp {
     this.ensureInstallDirectory();
     this.windowManager = new WindowManager();
     this.githubService = new GitHubService(this.logManager);
-    this.hardwareService = new HardwareService();
+    this.hardwareService = new HardwareService(this.logManager);
 
     this.koboldManager = new KoboldCppManager(
       this.configManager,

src/main/managers/KoboldCppManager.ts

@@ -142,8 +142,10 @@ export class KoboldCppManager {
       try {
         unlinkSync(tempPackedFilePath);
       } catch (error) {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        this.logManager.logError(
-        console.warn('Failed to cleanup packed file:', error);
+          'Failed to cleanup packed file:',
+          error as Error
+        );
       }
 
       const launcherPath = this.getLauncherPath(unpackedDirPath);
@@ -700,8 +702,10 @@ export class KoboldCppManager {
         try {
           unlinkSync(tempPackedFilePath);
         } catch (error) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          this.logManager.logError(
-          console.warn('Failed to cleanup packed ROCm file:', error);
+            'Failed to cleanup packed ROCm file:',
+            error as Error
+          );
         }
 
         const launcherPath = this.getLauncherPath(unpackedDirPath);

src/main/services/BinaryService.ts

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ export class BinaryService {
     this.hardwareService = hardwareService;
   }
 
-  detectBackendSupport(koboldBinaryPath: string): BackendSupport {
+  private detectBackendSupportFromPath(
+    koboldBinaryPath: string
+  ): BackendSupport {
     if (this.backendSupportCache.has(koboldBinaryPath)) {
       return this.backendSupportCache.get(koboldBinaryPath)!;
     }
@@ -87,6 +89,24 @@ export class BinaryService {
     return support;
   }
 
+  async detectBackendSupport(): Promise<BackendSupport | null> {
+    try {
+      const currentBinaryInfo = await this.koboldManager.getCurrentBinaryInfo();
+
+      if (!currentBinaryInfo?.path) {
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      return this.detectBackendSupportFromPath(currentBinaryInfo.path);
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.logManager.logError(
+        'Error detecting current binary backend support:',
+        error as Error
+      );
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
   async getAvailableBackends(): Promise<
     Array<{ value: string; label: string; devices?: string[] }>
   > {
@@ -106,7 +126,12 @@ export class BinaryService {
         return this.availableBackendsCache.get(cacheKey)!;
       }
 
-      const backendSupport = this.detectBackendSupport(currentBinaryInfo.path);
+      const backendSupport = await this.detectBackendSupport();
+
+      if (!backendSupport) {
+        return [];
+      }
+
       const backends: Array<{
         value: string;
         label: string;

src/main/services/GitHubService.ts

@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ export class GitHubService {
 
       if (!response.ok) {
         if (response.status === 403) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          this.logManager.logError(
-          console.warn(
             'GitHub API rate limit reached, using cached data if available'
           );
           return this.cachedRelease
@@ -78,8 +77,7 @@ export class GitHubService {
 
       if (!response.ok) {
         if (response.status === 403) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          this.logManager.logError(
-          console.warn(
             'GitHub API rate limit reached, using cached data if available'
           );
           return this.cachedRelease;

src/main/services/HardwareService.ts

@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-comments/disallowComments */
 import si from 'systeminformation';
 import { shortenDeviceName } from '@/utils';
+import { LogManager } from '@/main/managers/LogManager';
 import type {
   CPUCapabilities,
   GPUCapabilities,
   BasicGPUInfo,
   HardwareInfo,
+  GPUMemoryInfo,
 } from '@/types/hardware';
 
 export class HardwareService {
   private cpuCapabilitiesCache: CPUCapabilities | null = null;
   private basicGPUInfoCache: BasicGPUInfo | null = null;
   private gpuCapabilitiesCache: GPUCapabilities | null = null;
+  private gpuMemoryInfoCache: GPUMemoryInfo[] | null = null;
+  private logManager: LogManager;
+
+  constructor(logManager: LogManager) {
+    this.logManager = logManager;
+  }
 
   async detectCPU(): Promise<CPUCapabilities> {
     if (this.cpuCapabilitiesCache) {
@@ -37,8 +45,7 @@ export class HardwareService {
 
       return this.cpuCapabilitiesCache;
     } catch (error) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      this.logManager.logError('CPU detection failed:', error as Error);
-      console.warn('CPU detection failed:', error);
       const fallbackCapabilities = {
         avx: false,
         avx2: false,
@@ -98,8 +105,7 @@ export class HardwareService {
 
       return this.basicGPUInfoCache;
     } catch (error) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+      this.logManager.logError('GPU detection failed:', error as Error);
-      console.warn('GPU detection failed:', error);
       const fallbackGPUInfo = {
         hasAMD: false,
         hasNVIDIA: false,
@@ -443,4 +449,37 @@ export class HardwareService {
       return { supported: false, devices: [] };
     }
   }
+
+  async detectGPUMemory(): Promise<GPUMemoryInfo[]> {
+    if (this.gpuMemoryInfoCache) {
+      return this.gpuMemoryInfoCache;
+    }
+
+    const memoryInfo: GPUMemoryInfo[] = [];
+
+    try {
+      const graphics = await si.graphics();
+
+      for (const controller of graphics.controllers) {
+        if (controller.model) {
+          let vram = controller.vram;
+          // systeminformation returns 0 or 1 if unknown/invalid
+          if (!vram || vram === 1) {
+            vram = null;
+          }
+          memoryInfo.push({
+            deviceName: shortenDeviceName(controller.model),
+            totalMemoryMB: vram,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+
+      this.gpuMemoryInfoCache = memoryInfo;
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.logManager.logError('GPU memory detection failed:', error as Error);
+      this.gpuMemoryInfoCache = [];
+    }
+
+    return this.gpuMemoryInfoCache;
+  }
 }

src/main/utils/IPCHandlers.ts

@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ export class IPCHandlers {
       this.hardwareService.detectGPUCapabilities()
     );
 
+    ipcMain.handle('kobold:detectGPUMemory', () =>
+      this.hardwareService.detectGPUMemory()
+    );
+
     ipcMain.handle('kobold:detectROCm', () =>
       this.hardwareService.detectROCm()
     );
@@ -120,8 +124,8 @@ export class IPCHandlers {
       this.hardwareService.detectAllWithCapabilities()
     );
 
-    ipcMain.handle('kobold:detectBackendSupport', (_, binaryPath: string) =>
+    ipcMain.handle('kobold:detectBackendSupport', () =>
-      this.binaryService.detectBackendSupport(binaryPath)
+      this.binaryService.detectBackendSupport()
     );
 
     ipcMain.handle('kobold:getAvailableBackends', () =>

src/preload/index.ts

@@ -14,17 +14,19 @@ const koboldAPI: KoboldAPI = {
   getPlatform: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:getPlatform'),
   detectGPU: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:detectGPU'),
   detectCPU: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:detectCPU'),
+  detectGPUCapabilities: () =>
+    ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:detectGPUCapabilities'),
+  detectGPUMemory: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:detectGPUMemory'),
   detectROCm: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:detectROCm'),
-  detectBackendSupport: (binaryPath: string) =>
+  detectBackendSupport: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:detectBackendSupport'),
-    ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:detectBackendSupport', binaryPath),
   getAvailableBackends: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:getAvailableBackends'),
   getCurrentInstallDir: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:getCurrentInstallDir'),
   selectInstallDirectory: () =>
     ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:selectInstallDirectory'),
   downloadRelease: (asset) =>
     ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:downloadRelease', asset),
-  launchKoboldCpp: (args?: string[], configFilePath?: string) =>
+  launchKoboldCpp: (args?: string[]) =>
-    ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:launchKoboldCpp', args, configFilePath),
+    ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:launchKoboldCpp', args),
   getConfigFiles: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('kobold:getConfigFiles'),
   saveConfigFile: (
     configName: string,

src/types/electron.d.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   BasicGPUInfo,
   HardwareInfo,
   PlatformInfo,
+  GPUMemoryInfo,
 } from '@/types/hardware';
 
 interface GitHubAsset {
@@ -67,15 +68,17 @@ export interface KoboldAPI {
   getPlatform: () => Promise<PlatformInfo>;
   detectGPU: () => Promise<BasicGPUInfo>;
   detectCPU: () => Promise<CPUCapabilities>;
+  detectGPUCapabilities: () => Promise<GPUCapabilities>;
+  detectGPUMemory: () => Promise<GPUMemoryInfo[]>;
   detectROCm: () => Promise<{ supported: boolean; devices: string[] }>;
-  detectBackendSupport: (binaryPath: string) => Promise<{
+  detectBackendSupport: () => Promise<{
     rocm: boolean;
     vulkan: boolean;
     clblast: boolean;
     noavx2: boolean;
     failsafe: boolean;
     cuda: boolean;
-  }>;
+  } | null>;
   getAvailableBackends: () => Promise<
     Array<{ value: string; label: string; devices?: string[] }>
   >;
@@ -92,8 +95,7 @@ export interface KoboldAPI {
   getROCmDownload: () => Promise<DownloadItem | null>;
   getLatestReleaseWithStatus: () => Promise<ReleaseWithStatus | null>;
   launchKoboldCpp: (
-    args?: string[],
+    args?: string[]
-    configFilePath?: string
   ) => Promise<{ success: boolean; pid?: number; error?: string }>;
   getConfigFiles: () => Promise<
     Array<{ name: string; path: string; size: number }>

src/types/hardware.d.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ export interface CPUCapabilities {
   devices: string[];
 }
 
+export interface GPUMemoryInfo {
+  deviceName: string;
+  totalMemoryMB: number | null;
+}
+
 export interface GPUCapabilities {
   cuda: {
     supported: boolean;

src/utils/backendWarnings.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+export interface BackendWarning {
+  type: 'warning' | 'info';
+  message: string;
+}
+
+interface WarningParams {
+  backend: string;
+  cpuCapabilities: {
+    avx: boolean;
+    avx2: boolean;
+  } | null;
+  noavx2: boolean;
+  failsafe: boolean;
+  availableBackends: Array<{
+    value: string;
+    label: string;
+    devices?: string[];
+  }>;
+}
+
+export const checkBackendWarnings = async (
+  params?: WarningParams
+  // eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/cognitive-complexity
+): Promise<BackendWarning[]> => {
+  const warnings: BackendWarning[] = [];
+
+  try {
+    const [backendSupport, gpuCapabilities] = await Promise.all([
+      window.electronAPI.kobold.detectBackendSupport(),
+      window.electronAPI.kobold.detectGPUCapabilities(),
+    ]);
+
+    if (!backendSupport) {
+      return warnings;
+    }
+
+    if (backendSupport.cuda && !gpuCapabilities.cuda.supported) {
+      warnings.push({
+        type: 'warning',
+        message:
+          'Your KoboldCpp binary supports CUDA, but CUDA runtime is not detected on your system.',
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (backendSupport.rocm && !gpuCapabilities.rocm.supported) {
+      warnings.push({
+        type: 'warning',
+        message:
+          'Your KoboldCpp binary supports ROCm, but ROCm runtime is not detected on your system.',
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (params) {
+      const { backend, cpuCapabilities, noavx2, failsafe, availableBackends } =
+        params;
+
+      const isGpuBackend = ['cuda', 'rocm', 'vulkan', 'clblast'].includes(
+        backend
+      );
+
+      if (isGpuBackend) {
+        try {
+          const gpuMemoryInfo =
+            await window.electronAPI.kobold.detectGPUMemory();
+          const lowVramGpus = gpuMemoryInfo.filter(
+            (gpu) =>
+              typeof gpu.totalMemoryMB === 'number' && gpu.totalMemoryMB < 8192
+          );
+
+          if (lowVramGpus.length > 0) {
+            warnings.push({
+              type: 'warning',
+              message: `Low VRAM detected (${lowVramGpus
+                .map(
+                  (gpu) =>
+                    `${gpu.deviceName}: ${(gpu.totalMemoryMB! / 1024).toFixed(1)}GB`
+                )
+                .join(
+                  ', '
+                )}). Consider using smaller models, reducing GPU layers, or enabling the "Low VRAM" option on the Advanced tab.`,
+            });
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          window.electronAPI.logs.logError(
+            'Failed to detect GPU memory:',
+            error as Error
+          );
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (backend === 'cpu' && cpuCapabilities) {
+        if (!cpuCapabilities.avx2 && !noavx2) {
+          warnings.push({
+            type: 'warning',
+            message:
+              'Your CPU does not support AVX2. Enable the "Disable AVX2" option on the Advanced tab to avoid crashes.',
+          });
+        }
+
+        if (!cpuCapabilities.avx && !cpuCapabilities.avx2 && !failsafe) {
+          warnings.push({
+            type: 'warning',
+            message:
+              'Your CPU does not support AVX or AVX2. Enable the "Failsafe" option on the Advanced tab to avoid crashes.',
+          });
+        }
+
+        if (
+          availableBackends.length > 0 &&
+          availableBackends.some((b) => b.value === 'cpu')
+        ) {
+          warnings.push({
+            type: 'info',
+            message:
+              "LLMs run significantly faster on GPU-accelerated systems. Consider using NVIDIA's CUDA, AMD's ROCm or Vulkan backends for optimal performance.",
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return warnings;
+  } catch (error) {
+    window.electronAPI.logs.logError(
+      'Failed to check backend warnings:',
+      error as Error
+    );
+    return warnings;
+  }
+};