release: 1.8.2-alpha

Tauri decides dev-vs-production from the `custom-protocol` feature, not from
--release, and both workflows build the setup exe with a plain `cargo build`.
So cfg(dev) stayed on, the frontend was never embedded, and the window a
tester opened loaded devUrl: "localhost refused to connect" on a blank
800x580. The feature is a default of the crate now, with a build.rs guard
that fails a release build without it, and build.rs tracks setup/dist so a
changed window cannot be left out of the binary it is supposed to be in.

Behind that, the next wall: /releases/latest answers only with full
releases, and every release here is an alpha, so it 404s. The setup app read
that as a refused key and the app's Stable channel read it as a token that
cannot see the repository — both have been broken since the first alpha.
Each now lists /releases and takes the newest that is neither a draft nor
the rolling nightly, which the list really does put first.

And check_saved_key threw the saved key away on any failure at all, a
dropped connection included. The entry it deletes is the app's own updater
token, so only a refusal clears it now.

The release notes name the file to hand a tester: six assets on the page and
nothing saying which, while the bare NSIS installer is the biggest of them
and installs with no key gate and no signature check.

.github/workflows/nightly.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+# The nightly: every day at 06:00 UTC (or by hand), build `main` as
+# `X.Y.Z-nightly.YYYYMMDD.<sha>` — X.Y.Z being the version the tree declares
+# with its prerelease part dropped — and publish it as the rolling `nightly`
+# prerelease, replacing yesterday's. The app's Nightly channel reads
+# `releases/download/nightly/latest.json`; a different build is always an
+# update there (updater.rs), so the number does not need to climb.
+#
+# Same secrets and optional publish target as release.yml.
+name: nightly
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 6 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          workspaces: "./src-tauri -> ../target"
+
+      - run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Stamp the nightly version
+        id: stamp
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          base=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version.split('-')[0]")
+          ver="$base-nightly.$(date -u +%Y%m%d).$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+          echo "version=$ver" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          node -e '
+            const fs = require("fs"); const v = process.argv[1];
+            for (const f of ["package.json", "package-lock.json"]) {
+              const j = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(f, "utf8"));
+              j.version = v; if (j.packages && j.packages[""]) j.packages[""].version = v;
+              fs.writeFileSync(f, JSON.stringify(j, null, 2) + "\n");
+            }
+            const c = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("src-tauri/tauri.conf.json", "utf8"));
+            c.version = v; fs.writeFileSync("src-tauri/tauri.conf.json", JSON.stringify(c, null, 2) + "\n");
+          ' "$ver"
+          sed -i "0,/^version = \"[^\"]*\"/s//version = \"$ver\"/" Cargo.toml
+          echo "nightly $ver"
+
+      - name: Replace yesterday's nightly
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASES_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TARGET: ${{ vars.RELEASES_OWNER || github.repository_owner }}/${{ vars.RELEASES_REPO || github.event.repository.name }}
+        run: gh release delete nightly --repo "$TARGET" --cleanup-tag --yes || true
+
+      - name: Build, sign and publish
+        uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASES_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+        with:
+          owner: ${{ vars.RELEASES_OWNER || github.repository_owner }}
+          repo: ${{ vars.RELEASES_REPO || github.event.repository.name }}
+          tagName: nightly
+          releaseName: "Nightly ${{ steps.stamp.outputs.version }}"
+          releaseBody: "Built from main at ${{ github.sha }}. Nightlies can break."
+          releaseDraft: false
+          prerelease: true
+          includeUpdaterJson: true
+          args: --bundles nsis
+
+      # A private repository's assets are reachable only through the API, so the
+      # manifest's download URLs become API asset URLs — the app sends its token
+      # and `Accept: application/octet-stream` for those (updater.rs). Public
+      # repositories serve the same URLs to anyone, so nothing is lost.
+      - name: Point the manifest at the API assets
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASES_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TARGET: ${{ vars.RELEASES_OWNER || github.repository_owner }}/${{ vars.RELEASES_REPO || github.event.repository.name }}
+          TAG: nightly
+        run: |
+          gh release download "$TAG" --repo "$TARGET" --pattern latest.json --output latest.json --clobber
+          gh api "repos/$TARGET/releases/tags/$TAG" > release.json
+          node -e '
+            const fs = require("fs");
+            const m = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("latest.json", "utf8"));
+            const rel = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("release.json", "utf8"));
+            for (const p of Object.values(m.platforms)) {
+              const name = decodeURIComponent(p.url.split("/").pop());
+              const a = rel.assets.find((x) => x.name === name);
+              if (!a) { console.error("no asset named", name); process.exit(1); }
+              p.url = a.url;
+            }
+            fs.writeFileSync("latest.json", JSON.stringify(m, null, 2) + "\n");
+            console.log(JSON.stringify(m, null, 2));
+          '
+          gh release upload "$TAG" latest.json --repo "$TARGET" --clobber
+
+      # The file testers run: our own setup window (setup/). It carries no
+      # installer — it downloads the latest release with the tester's key and
+      # verifies the signature — so it is built the same for every release.
+      - name: Build SoulStream Setup
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.stamp.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          npx vite build --config vite.setup.config.js
+          cargo build --release -p soulstream-setup
+          cp target/release/SoulStream-Setup.exe "SoulStream-Setup-$VERSION.exe"
+          ls -la "SoulStream-Setup-$VERSION.exe"
+
+      # Which of the files on the page a tester runs, said on the page: the
+      # bare NSIS installer reads like the download and installs with no key
+      # gate and no signature check.
+      - name: Publish SoulStream Setup
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASES_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TARGET: ${{ vars.RELEASES_OWNER || github.repository_owner }}/${{ vars.RELEASES_REPO || github.event.repository.name }}
+          TAG: nightly
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.stamp.outputs.version }}
+          SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+        run: |
+          gh release upload "$TAG" "SoulStream-Setup-$VERSION.exe" --repo "$TARGET" --clobber
+          {
+            echo "### Download \`SoulStream-Setup-$VERSION.exe\`"
+            echo
+            echo "It asks for your alpha key, fetches this build with it, checks the signature and installs — no admin prompt."
+            echo
+            echo "The other files are the ones Setup uses:"
+            echo
+            echo "- \`SoulStream_${VERSION}_x64-setup.exe\` — the bare installer Setup downloads. Running it yourself skips the key and the signature check."
+            echo "- \`SoulStream_${VERSION}_x64-setup.exe.sig\` — its signature."
+            echo "- \`latest.json\` — the manifest the app's Nightly channel reads."
+            echo
+            echo "Built from main at $SHA. Nightlies can break."
+          } > notes.md
+          gh release edit "$TAG" --repo "$TARGET" --notes-file notes.md

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+# A release: push a tag `v1.8.0` (the version in tauri.conf.json, package.json
+# and Cargo.toml must already say 1.8.0) and this builds the Windows installer,
+# signs its updater artifact with the project key, and publishes a GitHub
+# release carrying the installer, its .sig and latest.json — the manifest the
+# app's Stable channel reads (src-tauri/src/updater.rs).
+#
+# Secrets this needs on the repository:
+#   TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY           the private key (content of soulstream.key)
+#   TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD  its password — empty (or unset) for a key without one
+# Optional, to publish somewhere other than this repository (this one is
+# private, and a private release cannot be read by the updater without a
+# token — a separate PUBLIC releases repo is the usual answer):
+#   RELEASES_TOKEN   a token with contents:write on that repository
+#   vars.RELEASES_OWNER / vars.RELEASES_REPO   where to publish
+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ["v*"]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+          cache: npm
+
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          workspaces: "./src-tauri -> ../target"
+
+      - run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Read the version
+        id: version
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "version=$(node -p "require('./src-tauri/tauri.conf.json').version")" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Build, sign and publish
+        uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASES_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TAURI_SIGNING_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+        with:
+          owner: ${{ vars.RELEASES_OWNER || github.repository_owner }}
+          repo: ${{ vars.RELEASES_REPO || github.event.repository.name }}
+          tagName: v__VERSION__
+          releaseName: "SoulStream __VERSION__"
+          releaseBody: "See the commits since the last release."
+          releaseDraft: false
+          prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}
+          includeUpdaterJson: true
+          args: --bundles nsis
+
+      # A private repository's assets are reachable only through the API, so the
+      # manifest's download URLs become API asset URLs — the app sends its token
+      # and `Accept: application/octet-stream` for those (updater.rs). Public
+      # repositories serve the same URLs to anyone, so nothing is lost.
+      - name: Point the manifest at the API assets
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASES_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TARGET: ${{ vars.RELEASES_OWNER || github.repository_owner }}/${{ vars.RELEASES_REPO || github.event.repository.name }}
+          TAG: v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          gh release download "$TAG" --repo "$TARGET" --pattern latest.json --output latest.json --clobber
+          gh api "repos/$TARGET/releases/tags/$TAG" > release.json
+          node -e '
+            const fs = require("fs");
+            const m = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("latest.json", "utf8"));
+            const rel = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync("release.json", "utf8"));
+            for (const p of Object.values(m.platforms)) {
+              const name = decodeURIComponent(p.url.split("/").pop());
+              const a = rel.assets.find((x) => x.name === name);
+              if (!a) { console.error("no asset named", name); process.exit(1); }
+              p.url = a.url;
+            }
+            fs.writeFileSync("latest.json", JSON.stringify(m, null, 2) + "\n");
+            console.log(JSON.stringify(m, null, 2));
+          '
+          gh release upload "$TAG" latest.json --repo "$TARGET" --clobber
+
+      # The file testers run: our own setup window (setup/). It carries no
+      # installer — it downloads the latest release with the tester's key and
+      # verifies the signature — so it is built the same for every release.
+      - name: Build SoulStream Setup
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          npx vite build --config vite.setup.config.js
+          cargo build --release -p soulstream-setup
+          cp target/release/SoulStream-Setup.exe "SoulStream-Setup-$VERSION.exe"
+          ls -la "SoulStream-Setup-$VERSION.exe"
+
+      # Six files on the page and nothing saying which one a tester runs: the
+      # NSIS installer is the biggest and reads like the download, and running
+      # it puts the app on with no key gate and no signature check. The notes
+      # go on last, once the file they point at is actually up.
+      - name: Publish SoulStream Setup
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASES_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TARGET: ${{ vars.RELEASES_OWNER || github.repository_owner }}/${{ vars.RELEASES_REPO || github.event.repository.name }}
+          TAG: v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          gh release upload "$TAG" "SoulStream-Setup-$VERSION.exe" --repo "$TARGET" --clobber
+          {
+            echo "### Download \`SoulStream-Setup-$VERSION.exe\`"
+            echo
+            echo "It asks for your alpha key, fetches this release with it, checks the signature and installs — no admin prompt."
+            echo
+            echo "The other files are the ones Setup uses:"
+            echo
+            echo "- \`SoulStream_${VERSION}_x64-setup.exe\` — the bare installer Setup downloads. Running it yourself skips the key and the signature check."
+            echo "- \`SoulStream_${VERSION}_x64-setup.exe.sig\` — its signature."
+            echo "- \`latest.json\` — the manifest the in-app updater reads."
+            echo
+            echo "See the commits since the last release."
+          } > notes.md
+          gh release edit "$TAG" --repo "$TARGET" --notes-file notes.md

.gitignore

@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ GAMEPLAN.md
 
 # Logo/icon kits — worked on outside this repo, not shipped from it
 branding/
+
+# the setup app frontend build (vite.setup.config.js)
+setup/dist/
+setup/src-tauri/gen/

Cargo.toml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 resolver = "2"
 members = [
     "src-tauri",
+    "setup/src-tauri",
     "crates/soulseek-proto",
     "crates/soulseek-client",
     "crates/player",
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.7.0-alpha"
+version = "1.8.2-alpha"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.77.2"
 authors = ["Trifecta Solutions"]

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "soulstream",
-  "version": "1.7.0-alpha",
+  "version": "1.8.2-alpha",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "soulstream",
-      "version": "1.7.0-alpha",
+      "version": "1.8.2-alpha",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "@tauri-apps/api": "^2"

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "soulstream",
-  "version": "1.7.0-alpha",
+  "version": "1.8.2-alpha",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "SoulStream — music player, downloader and streamer for the Soulseek network",
   "scripts": {

setup/index.html

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+    <title>SoulStream Setup</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="app"></div>
+    <script type="module" src="/src/main.js"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>

setup/src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+[package]
+name = "soulstream-setup"
+version.workspace = true
+description = "SoulStream Setup — the installer testers run: our own window, the alpha key as the gate, the real installer downloaded from the private release and verified"
+authors.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+rust-version.workspace = true
+
+# One file to hand out: SoulStream-Setup.exe. Not bundled — it IS the bundle.
+[[bin]]
+name = "SoulStream-Setup"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+# Tauri serves the frontend it embedded at compile time only with this on;
+# without it the window loads `devUrl` instead and a tester gets a blank
+# window saying "localhost refused to connect". The workflows build this
+# crate with plain `cargo build` — no Tauri CLI to turn it on for them — so
+# it is a DEFAULT feature here: every build that does not say otherwise is a
+# shippable one. `--no-default-features` is the build that talks to the vite
+# dev server on 1425.
+[features]
+default = ["custom-protocol"]
+custom-protocol = ["tauri/custom-protocol"]
+
+[build-dependencies]
+tauri-build = { version = "2", features = [] }
+serde_json.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+tauri = { version = "2", features = [] }
+serde.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
+# The alpha key goes where the app reads it: the Credential Manager.
+keyring = { version = "3", features = ["windows-native"] }
+dirs = "5"
+rfd = "0.15"
+winreg = "0.52"
+# The release comes down from GitHub with the key, and its signature is
+# checked against the same public key the app's updater trusts.
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
+minisign-verify = "0.2"
+base64 = "0.21"

setup/src-tauri/build.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//! The setup app trusts exactly what the app's updater trusts: the public
+//! key in the app's tauri.conf.json. Read at build time so there is one
+//! copy of it in the repository.
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+fn main() {
+    // The frontend is embedded only when tauri's `custom-protocol` feature is
+    // on; without it the window points at devUrl and the exe we hand a tester
+    // shows "localhost refused to connect". It is a default feature, so this
+    // only fires when something turned the defaults off — and it fires at
+    // build time rather than on the tester's machine.
+    if tauri_build::is_dev() && std::env::var("PROFILE").as_deref() == Ok("release") {
+        panic!("SoulStream Setup: a release build needs the `custom-protocol` feature (on by default); without it the window loads devUrl and is blank");
+    }
+    let manifest = PathBuf::from(std::env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap());
+    let conf = manifest.join("../../src-tauri/tauri.conf.json");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", conf.display());
+    // tauri-build tracks the config, not the frontend the exe embeds: without
+    // this, a changed Setup.svelte rebuilds `setup/dist` and cargo hands back
+    // yesterday's binary, still carrying yesterday's window.
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", manifest.join("../dist").display());
+    let text = std::fs::read_to_string(&conf).expect("read src-tauri/tauri.conf.json");
+    let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&text).expect("parse tauri.conf.json");
+    let pubkey = json["plugins"]["updater"]["pubkey"]
+        .as_str()
+        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+        .expect("plugins.updater.pubkey in src-tauri/tauri.conf.json");
+    let out = Path::new(&std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap()).join("pubkey.rs");
+    std::fs::write(&out, format!("pub const PUBKEY: &str = {pubkey:?};\n")).expect("write pubkey.rs");
+    tauri_build::build();
+}

setup/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "../gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json",
+  "identifier": "default",
+  "description": "The setup window: its own chrome (drag, minimize, close) and the app's commands.",
+  "windows": ["main"],
+  "permissions": [
+    "core:default",
+    "core:window:allow-start-dragging",
+    "core:window:allow-minimize",
+    "core:window:allow-close"
+  ]
+}

setup/src-tauri/src/main.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,544 @@
+//! SoulStream Setup — the file a tester runs. Our own window in the app's
+//! stack (a Tauri webview drawing the first-run tour's design). The alpha
+//! key is the gate: it is checked against GitHub first, and only a key that
+//! can read the private repository gets any further. The installer is then
+//! DOWNLOADED from the latest release with that key (never carried inside
+//! this exe, where it could be pulled out), its signature verified against
+//! the same public key the app's updater trusts, and run silently. The key
+//! goes to the Credential Manager where the app reads it, the choices into
+//! the app's config.json, and the app is launched.
+//!
+//! Without WebView2 this window cannot draw. main() checks the runtime
+//! first and, if it is missing, says so and leaves — the app itself needs
+//! WebView2 too, so there is nothing to install on such a machine yet.
+#![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]
+
+mod pubkey {
+    include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/pubkey.rs"));
+}
+
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Command;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use base64::Engine;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use tauri::{AppHandle, Emitter};
+
+const REPO: &str = "KeelrLeek/SoulStream";
+/// The rolling prerelease `.github/workflows/nightly.yml` replaces daily —
+/// never the one Setup installs.
+const NIGHTLY_TAG: &str = "nightly";
+const APP_DATA_DIRNAME: &str = "com.soulstream.app";
+const KEYRING_SERVICE: &str = "com.soulstream.app";
+const KEYRING_TOKEN_USER: &str = "updater-token";
+const USER_AGENT: &str = concat!("SoulStream-Setup/", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+
+fn app_data_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    dirs::data_dir().map(|d| d.join(APP_DATA_DIRNAME))
+}
+
+fn config_path() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    app_data_dir().map(|d| d.join("config.json"))
+}
+
+fn load_config() -> serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value> {
+    config_path()
+        .and_then(|p| std::fs::read_to_string(p).ok())
+        .and_then(|s| serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&s).ok())
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_object().cloned())
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+}
+
+fn save_config(cfg: &serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let p = config_path().ok_or("no app data folder")?;
+    if let Some(dir) = p.parent() {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(dir).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    }
+    let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&serde_json::Value::Object(cfg.clone()))
+        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    std::fs::write(&p, json).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+}
+
+fn music_dir() -> PathBuf {
+    dirs::audio_dir()
+        .or_else(dirs::home_dir)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("."))
+}
+
+fn keyring_entry() -> Option<keyring::Entry> {
+    keyring::Entry::new(KEYRING_SERVICE, KEYRING_TOKEN_USER).ok()
+}
+
+fn saved_key() -> Option<String> {
+    keyring_entry()
+        .and_then(|e| e.get_password().ok())
+        .map(|t| t.trim().to_string())
+        .filter(|t| !t.is_empty())
+}
+
+/// Where the installer put the app, from the uninstall entry it registers;
+/// the per-user default when there is none yet.
+fn install_location() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    use winreg::enums::HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
+    use winreg::RegKey;
+    let hkcu = RegKey::predef(HKEY_CURRENT_USER);
+    if let Ok(uninstall) = hkcu.open_subkey(r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall") {
+        for name in uninstall.enum_keys().flatten() {
+            if let Ok(k) = uninstall.open_subkey(&name) {
+                let display: String = k.get_value("DisplayName").unwrap_or_default();
+                if display == "SoulStream" {
+                    if let Ok(loc) = k.get_value::<String, _>("InstallLocation") {
+                        let loc = loc.trim_matches('"');
+                        if !loc.is_empty() {
+                            return Some(PathBuf::from(loc));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    dirs::data_local_dir().map(|d| d.join("SoulStream"))
+}
+
+fn installed_version() -> Option<String> {
+    use winreg::enums::HKEY_CURRENT_USER;
+    use winreg::RegKey;
+    let uninstall = RegKey::predef(HKEY_CURRENT_USER)
+        .open_subkey(r"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall")
+        .ok()?;
+    for name in uninstall.enum_keys().flatten() {
+        if let Ok(k) = uninstall.open_subkey(&name) {
+            let display: String = k.get_value("DisplayName").unwrap_or_default();
+            if display == "SoulStream" {
+                return k.get_value::<String, _>("DisplayVersion").ok();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+fn app_exe() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    let dir = install_location()?;
+    for name in ["SoulStream.exe", "app.exe"] {
+        let p = dir.join(name);
+        if p.is_file() {
+            return Some(p);
+        }
+    }
+    None
+}
+
+fn webview2_present() -> bool {
+    use winreg::enums::{HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE};
+    use winreg::RegKey;
+    const CLIENT: &str = r"Software\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}";
+    const CLIENT_WOW: &str = r"SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate\Clients\{F3017226-FE2A-4295-8BDF-00C3A9A7E4C5}";
+    for (hive, path) in [
+        (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, CLIENT_WOW),
+        (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, CLIENT),
+        (HKEY_CURRENT_USER, CLIENT),
+    ] {
+        if let Ok(k) = RegKey::predef(hive).open_subkey(path) {
+            if let Ok(pv) = k.get_value::<String, _>("pv") {
+                if !pv.trim().is_empty() && pv.trim() != "0.0.0.0" {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    false
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------- GitHub
+
+/// The latest release as the key can see it: the installer and its
+/// signature, by their API asset URLs (a private repository's assets are
+/// reachable only that way).
+#[derive(Serialize, Clone)]
+struct Release {
+    version: String,
+    name: String,
+    published: Option<String>,
+    installer_name: String,
+    installer_size: u64,
+    installer_url: String,
+    sig_url: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// Why a release lookup failed, and whether it was the KEY that GitHub
+/// refused. Only a refusal is a reason to throw the saved key away — a
+/// laptop between wifi networks is not, and the entry thrown away is the
+/// one the app reads for its own updates.
+struct Failure {
+    message: String,
+    key_refused: bool,
+}
+
+impl Failure {
+    fn plain(message: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self { message: message.into(), key_refused: false }
+    }
+    fn refused(message: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
+        Self { message: message.into(), key_refused: true }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Failure> for String {
+    fn from(f: Failure) -> Self {
+        f.message
+    }
+}
+
+/// A bare message is never a refusal — a release missing its installer says
+/// nothing about the key that read it.
+impl From<&str> for Failure {
+    fn from(m: &str) -> Self {
+        Failure::plain(m)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<String> for Failure {
+    fn from(m: String) -> Self {
+        Failure::plain(m)
+    }
+}
+
+fn client() -> Result<reqwest::Client, String> {
+    reqwest::Client::builder()
+        .timeout(Duration::from_secs(60))
+        .user_agent(USER_AGENT)
+        .build()
+        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+}
+
+async fn fetch_release(token: &str) -> Result<Release, Failure> {
+    // Not `/releases/latest`: that endpoint answers with the newest FULL
+    // release and every SoulStream release so far is a prerelease, so it
+    // 404s and a perfectly good key reads back as a bad one. The list comes
+    // newest first — take the first that is neither a draft nor the rolling
+    // nightly, which is not what a tester is here to install.
+    let resp = client()?
+        .get(format!("https://api.github.com/repos/{REPO}/releases?per_page=30"))
+        .bearer_auth(token)
+        .header(reqwest::header::ACCEPT, "application/vnd.github+json")
+        .header("X-GitHub-Api-Version", "2022-11-28")
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| Failure::plain(format!("Could not reach GitHub — is this computer online? ({e})")))?;
+    match resp.status().as_u16() {
+        200 => {}
+        401 => return Err(Failure::refused("That key was refused.")),
+        403 => return Err(Failure::refused("That key cannot read the SoulStream repository.")),
+        // A private repository answers 404 to a key that cannot see it.
+        404 => return Err(Failure::refused("No release found — or that key cannot see the repository.")),
+        s => return Err(Failure::plain(format!("GitHub answered {s}."))),
+    }
+    let list: Vec<serde_json::Value> =
+        resp.json().await.map_err(|e| Failure::plain(e.to_string()))?;
+    // The key worked; there is simply nothing published yet. Not its fault.
+    let v = list
+        .into_iter()
+        .find(|r| {
+            r["draft"].as_bool() != Some(true) && r["tag_name"].as_str() != Some(NIGHTLY_TAG)
+        })
+        .ok_or_else(|| Failure::plain("That key works, but the repository has no release to install yet."))?;
+    let tag = v["tag_name"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
+    let assets = v["assets"].as_array().cloned().unwrap_or_default();
+    let find = |suffix: &str| {
+        assets
+            .iter()
+            .find(|a| a["name"].as_str().map_or(false, |n| n.ends_with(suffix)))
+            .cloned()
+    };
+    let installer = find("_x64-setup.exe").ok_or("The release carries no installer.")?;
+    let sig = find("_x64-setup.exe.sig");
+    Ok(Release {
+        version: tag.trim_start_matches('v').to_string(),
+        name: v["name"].as_str().unwrap_or(tag).to_string(),
+        published: v["published_at"].as_str().map(String::from),
+        installer_name: installer["name"].as_str().unwrap_or("SoulStream-setup.exe").to_string(),
+        installer_size: installer["size"].as_u64().unwrap_or(0),
+        installer_url: installer["url"].as_str().unwrap_or("").to_string(),
+        sig_url: sig.and_then(|a| a["url"].as_str().map(String::from)),
+    })
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Clone)]
+struct Phase {
+    phase: String,
+    detail: String,
+    received: u64,
+    total: u64,
+}
+
+fn phase(app: &AppHandle, name: &str, detail: impl Into<String>, received: u64, total: u64) {
+    let _ = app.emit(
+        "setup:phase",
+        Phase { phase: name.into(), detail: detail.into(), received, total },
+    );
+}
+
+/// An asset, streamed down with the key; progress goes to the window.
+async fn download(app: &AppHandle, token: &str, url: &str, total: u64, label: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>, String> {
+    let mut resp = client()?
+        .get(url)
+        .bearer_auth(token)
+        .header(reqwest::header::ACCEPT, "application/octet-stream")
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("The download failed to start: {e}"))?;
+    if !resp.status().is_success() {
+        return Err(format!("The download was refused ({}).", resp.status().as_u16()));
+    }
+    let total = resp.content_length().unwrap_or(total);
+    let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(total as usize);
+    let mut last = std::time::Instant::now();
+    while let Some(chunk) = resp.chunk().await.map_err(|e| format!("The download broke off: {e}"))? {
+        bytes.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+        if last.elapsed() >= Duration::from_millis(120) {
+            last = std::time::Instant::now();
+            phase(app, "downloading", label, bytes.len() as u64, total);
+        }
+    }
+    phase(app, "downloading", label, bytes.len() as u64, total);
+    Ok(bytes)
+}
+
+/// The updater plugin's check, verbatim: the pubkey and the signature are
+/// base64 wrappings of minisign's text formats.
+fn verify_signature(data: &[u8], signature_b64: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let decode = |s: &str| -> Result<String, String> {
+        let raw = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD
+            .decode(s.trim())
+            .map_err(|e| format!("signature is not base64: {e}"))?;
+        String::from_utf8(raw).map_err(|_| "signature is not text".to_string())
+    };
+    let public_key = minisign_verify::PublicKey::decode(&decode(pubkey::PUBKEY)?)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("public key: {e}"))?;
+    let signature = minisign_verify::Signature::decode(&decode(signature_b64)?)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("signature: {e}"))?;
+    public_key
+        .verify(data, &signature, true)
+        .map_err(|e| format!("the installer does not match its signature: {e}"))
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------- commands
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct Defaults {
+    version: String,
+    music_dir: String,
+    library_dir: String,
+    library_layout: String,
+    glass_mode: bool,
+    loudness: bool,
+    has_token: bool,
+    installed_version: Option<String>,
+    install_location: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+fn defaults() -> Defaults {
+    let cfg = load_config();
+    let music = music_dir();
+    let library_dir = cfg
+        .get("download_dir")
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+        .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty())
+        .map(String::from)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| {
+            // The app's own default, legacy name honoured.
+            let legacy = music.join("SoulSeek+");
+            if legacy.is_dir() { legacy } else { music.join("SoulStream") }
+                .to_string_lossy()
+                .into_owned()
+        });
+    let library_layout = cfg
+        .get("library_layout")
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+        .filter(|s| !s.trim().is_empty())
+        .map(String::from)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "{artist}\\{album}".into());
+    Defaults {
+        version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").into(),
+        music_dir: music.to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
+        library_dir,
+        library_layout,
+        glass_mode: cfg.get("glass_mode").and_then(|v| v.as_bool()).unwrap_or(false),
+        loudness: cfg.get("volume_normalization").and_then(|v| v.as_bool()).unwrap_or(true),
+        has_token: saved_key().is_some(),
+        installed_version: installed_version(),
+        install_location: install_location().map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().into_owned()),
+    }
+}
+
+/// The gate. A key that can read the release is saved to the Credential
+/// Manager and answered with what it would install; any other is refused
+/// and nothing is kept.
+#[tauri::command]
+async fn verify_key(token: String) -> Result<Release, String> {
+    let t = token.trim().to_string();
+    if t.is_empty() {
+        return Err("Paste your alpha key first.".into());
+    }
+    let release = fetch_release(&t).await?;
+    let e = keyring_entry().ok_or("the Credential Manager is not available")?;
+    e.set_password(&t).map_err(|e| format!("the Credential Manager refused the key: {e}"))?;
+    Ok(release)
+}
+
+/// A key saved by an earlier run, re-checked: still good, or gone.
+#[tauri::command]
+async fn check_saved_key() -> Result<Option<Release>, String> {
+    let Some(t) = saved_key() else { return Ok(None) };
+    match fetch_release(&t).await {
+        Ok(r) => Ok(Some(r)),
+        Err(e) if e.key_refused => {
+            // The same Credential Manager entry the app reads for its own
+            // updates, so it goes only when GitHub actually turned it down.
+            if let Some(entry) = keyring_entry() {
+                let _ = entry.delete_credential();
+            }
+            Err(format!("The key saved on this computer no longer works — {}", e.message))
+        }
+        Err(e) => Err(e.message),
+    }
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+async fn pick_folder() -> Option<String> {
+    tauri::async_runtime::spawn_blocking(|| {
+        rfd::FileDialog::new()
+            .set_title("Where your music lives")
+            .pick_folder()
+            .map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+    })
+    .await
+    .ok()
+    .flatten()
+}
+
+/// The choices, merged into the app's config.json (everything else in it is
+/// kept), and the first-run flag set: the tour asked its questions here.
+#[tauri::command]
+fn write_config(
+    library_dir: String,
+    library_layout: String,
+    glass_mode: bool,
+    loudness: bool,
+) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let mut cfg = load_config();
+    let lib = library_dir.trim();
+    if !lib.is_empty() {
+        cfg.insert("download_dir".into(), lib.into());
+    }
+    let lay = library_layout.trim();
+    if !lay.is_empty() {
+        cfg.insert("library_layout".into(), lay.into());
+    }
+    cfg.insert("glass_mode".into(), glass_mode.into());
+    cfg.insert("volume_normalization".into(), loudness.into());
+    cfg.insert("setup_done".into(), true.into());
+    if !cfg.contains_key("update_channel") {
+        cfg.insert("update_channel".into(), "stable".into());
+    }
+    save_config(&cfg)
+}
+
+/// Download the latest release with the saved key, verify it, run it
+/// silently. Phases go to the window; the result is the install folder.
+#[tauri::command]
+async fn install(app: AppHandle) -> Result<String, String> {
+    let run = async {
+        let token = saved_key().ok_or("No alpha key is saved — go back and verify one.")?;
+        phase(&app, "resolving", "Asking GitHub for the latest release…", 0, 0);
+        let release = fetch_release(&token).await?;
+        let sig_url = release
+            .sig_url
+            .clone()
+            .ok_or("The release carries no signature; refusing to install it.")?;
+        let label = format!("SoulStream {} · {:.1} MB", release.version, release.installer_size as f64 / 1e6);
+        let bytes = download(&app, &token, &release.installer_url, release.installer_size, &label).await?;
+        phase(&app, "verifying", "Checking the installer's signature…", bytes.len() as u64, bytes.len() as u64);
+        let sig = download(&app, &token, &sig_url, 0, "signature").await?;
+        let sig = String::from_utf8(sig).map_err(|_| "the signature is not text".to_string())?;
+        verify_signature(&bytes, &sig)?;
+        let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join("SoulStream-Setup");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        let exe = dir.join(&release.installer_name);
+        std::fs::write(&exe, &bytes).map_err(|e| format!("could not write the installer: {e}"))?;
+        phase(&app, "installing", "Copying SoulStream into place…", 0, 0);
+        let status = tauri::async_runtime::spawn_blocking(move || Command::new(&exe).arg("/S").status())
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
+            .map_err(|e| format!("could not start the installer: {e}"))?;
+        if !status.success() {
+            return Err(format!("the installer ended with code {}", status.code().unwrap_or(-1)));
+        }
+        let loc = install_location().map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().into_owned()).unwrap_or_default();
+        Ok::<String, String>(loc)
+    };
+    match run.await {
+        Ok(loc) => {
+            phase(&app, "done", loc.clone(), 0, 0);
+            Ok(loc)
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            phase(&app, "failed", e.clone(), 0, 0);
+            Err(e)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Open the installed app and leave.
+#[tauri::command]
+fn launch(app: AppHandle) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let exe = app_exe().ok_or("SoulStream is not installed here")?;
+    Command::new(&exe)
+        .current_dir(exe.parent().unwrap_or(&exe))
+        .spawn()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("could not start SoulStream: {e}"))?;
+    app.exit(0);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+fn quit(app: AppHandle) {
+    app.exit(0);
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    if !webview2_present() {
+        // Nothing here can draw without it, and neither can the app.
+        rfd::MessageDialog::new()
+            .set_title("SoulStream Setup")
+            .set_description("SoulStream needs Microsoft Edge WebView2, which this computer does not have. Install it from Microsoft, then run Setup again.")
+            .show();
+        return;
+    }
+    tauri::Builder::default()
+        .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![
+            defaults,
+            verify_key,
+            check_saved_key,
+            pick_folder,
+            write_config,
+            install,
+            launch,
+            quit
+        ])
+        .run({
+            #[cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), allow(unused_mut))]
+            let mut context = tauri::generate_context!();
+            // Driving the window from a probe, debug builds only.
+            #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+            if let Ok(port) = std::env::var("SOULSTREAM_SETUP_CDP") {
+                for w in &mut context.config_mut().app.windows {
+                    w.additional_browser_args = Some(format!("--remote-debugging-port={port}"));
+                }
+            }
+            context
+        })
+        .expect("SoulStream Setup could not start");
+}

setup/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
+  "productName": "SoulStream Setup",
+  "version": "1.8.2-alpha",
+  "identifier": "com.soulstream.setup",
+  "build": {
+    "beforeDevCommand": "npx vite --config vite.setup.config.js",
+    "devUrl": "http://localhost:1425",
+    "beforeBuildCommand": "npx vite build --config vite.setup.config.js",
+    "frontendDist": "../dist"
+  },
+  "app": {
+    "windows": [
+      {
+        "label": "main",
+        "title": "SoulStream Setup",
+        "width": 800,
+        "height": 580,
+        "resizable": false,
+        "maximizable": false,
+        "decorations": false,
+        "center": true,
+        "backgroundColor": "#121212"
+      }
+    ],
+    "security": {
+      "csp": null
+    }
+  },
+  "bundle": {
+    "active": false,
+    "icon": [
+      "../../src-tauri/icons/32x32.png",
+      "../../src-tauri/icons/128x128.png",
+      "../../src-tauri/icons/icon.ico"
+    ]
+  }
+}

setup/src/Setup.svelte

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+<script>
+    // SoulStream Setup: the first-run tour's design, standing in for the
+    // Windows installer. Welcome → the alpha key (the gate: verified against
+    // GitHub, nothing installs without one) → the music folder → the look →
+    // Install (the latest release downloaded with the key, its signature
+    // checked, the NSIS installer run silently; phases from the backend) →
+    // Done, Open SoulStream. Every choice is written into the app's config
+    // before the install runs, the key into the Credential Manager, so the
+    // app opens straight into itself.
+    import { onMount, tick } from "svelte";
+    import { fly, scale } from "svelte/transition";
+    import { cubicOut, quintOut } from "svelte/easing";
+    import { invoke } from "@tauri-apps/api/core";
+    import { listen } from "@tauri-apps/api/event";
+    import { getCurrentWindow } from "@tauri-apps/api/window";
+    import Icon from "../../src/components/Icon.svelte";
+
+    const STEPS = [
+        { id: "welcome", label: "Welcome", icon: "sparkle" },
+        { id: "key", label: "Alpha key", icon: "key" },
+        { id: "library", label: "Your library", icon: "library" },
+        { id: "look", label: "Look & sound", icon: "eye" },
+        { id: "install", label: "Install", icon: "download" },
+        { id: "done", label: "Ready", icon: "check" },
+    ];
+    const PRESETS = [
+        ["{artist}\\{album}", "Artist › Album"],
+        ["{artist}\\{year} - {album}", "Artist › Year - Album"],
+        ["{artist} - {album}", "Artist - Album"],
+    ];
+
+    let step = $state(0);
+    let dir = $state(1);
+    let d = $state(null);
+    let alphaKey = $state("");
+    let hasToken = $state(false);
+    // What the key can see: set only by a successful check, cleared by a failed one.
+    let keyOk = $state(null);
+    let verifying = $state(false);
+    let libraryDir = $state("");
+    let layout = $state("");
+    let glass = $state(false);
+    let loudness = $state(true);
+    let busy = $state(false);
+    let error = $state("");
+    let phase = $state({ phase: "", detail: "", received: 0, total: 0 });
+    const pct = $derived(phase.total > 0 ? Math.min(100, Math.round((phase.received / phase.total) * 100)) : null);
+    let installedAt = $state("");
+    let panelEl = $state(null);
+
+    const cur = $derived(STEPS[step]);
+    const installing = $derived(cur.id === "install" && phase.phase !== "done" && phase.phase !== "failed");
+    const reduced = () => typeof matchMedia === "function" && matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches;
+    const dur = (ms) => (reduced() ? 0 : ms);
+
+    onMount(async () => {
+        try {
+            d = await invoke("defaults");
+            libraryDir = d.library_dir;
+            layout = d.library_layout;
+            glass = !!d.glass_mode;
+            loudness = d.loudness !== false;
+            hasToken = !!d.has_token;
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = String(e);
+        }
+        if (hasToken) {
+            verifying = true;
+            try {
+                keyOk = await invoke("check_saved_key");
+            } catch (e) {
+                hasToken = false;
+                keyOk = null;
+                error = String(e);
+            } finally {
+                verifying = false;
+            }
+        }
+        const un = await listen("setup:phase", (e) => {
+            phase = e.payload ?? { phase: "", detail: "", received: 0, total: 0 };
+            if (phase.phase === "done") {
+                installedAt = phase.detail;
+                go(1);
+            } else if (phase.phase === "failed") {
+                error = phase.detail;
+            }
+        });
+        await tick();
+        panelEl?.querySelector(".primary")?.focus();
+        return () => un();
+    });
+
+    async function go(delta) {
+        dir = delta;
+        step = Math.max(0, Math.min(STEPS.length - 1, step + delta));
+        await tick();
+        panelEl?.querySelector(".primary")?.focus();
+    }
+
+    async function verify() {
+        const k = alphaKey.trim();
+        if (!k || verifying) return;
+        verifying = true;
+        error = "";
+        try {
+            keyOk = await invoke("verify_key", { token: k });
+            hasToken = true;
+            alphaKey = "";
+        } catch (e) {
+            keyOk = null;
+            error = String(e);
+        } finally {
+            verifying = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function pickDir() {
+        const p = await invoke("pick_folder").catch(() => null);
+        if (p) libraryDir = p;
+    }
+
+    async function next() {
+        if (busy || installing) return;
+        error = "";
+        if (cur.id === "key") {
+            if (alphaKey.trim() && !keyOk) {
+                await verify();
+                if (!keyOk) return;
+            }
+            if (!keyOk) {
+                error = "An accepted alpha key is needed to install.";
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        if (cur.id === "look") {
+            // The choices land first, then the installer runs.
+            busy = true;
+            try {
+                await invoke("write_config", { libraryDir, libraryLayout: layout, glassMode: glass, loudness });
+            } catch (e) {
+                error = String(e);
+            } finally {
+                busy = false;
+            }
+            if (error) return;
+            await go(1);
+            phase = { phase: "resolving", detail: "", received: 0, total: 0 };
+            void invoke("install").catch((e) => {
+                error = String(e);
+                phase = { phase: "failed", detail: String(e), received: 0, total: 0 };
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+        if (cur.id === "done") return launch();
+        await go(1);
+    }
+
+    function back() {
+        if (step === 0 || busy || installing || cur.id === "done") return;
+        go(-1);
+    }
+
+    async function launch() {
+        try {
+            await invoke("launch");
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = String(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    function quit() {
+        void invoke("quit");
+    }
+
+    function onKeydown(e) {
+        if (e.key !== "Enter" || e.shiftKey) return;
+        const t = e.target;
+        if (t instanceof HTMLButtonElement) return;
+        e.preventDefault();
+        next();
+    }
+
+    const win = () => getCurrentWindow();
+</script>
+
+<svelte:window onkeydown={onKeydown} />
+
+<div class="panel" bind:this={panelEl} role="dialog" aria-modal="true" aria-labelledby="fr-title">
+    <div class="chrome" data-tauri-drag-region>
+        <span class="wtitle" data-tauri-drag-region>SoulStream Setup</span>
+        <button class="wbtn" onclick={() => win().minimize()} title="Minimize" aria-label="Minimize"><Icon name="minus" size={14} /></button>
+        <button class="wbtn x" onclick={() => (installing ? null : win().close())} title="Close" aria-label="Close" disabled={installing}><Icon name="x" size={14} /></button>
+    </div>
+
+    <aside class="rail" data-tauri-drag-region>
+        <div class="brand" data-tauri-drag-region>
+            <img src="/logo.png" alt="" draggable="false" />
+            <span>SoulStream</span>
+        </div>
+        <ol>
+            {#each STEPS as s, i (s.id)}
+                <li class:on={i === step} class:done={i < step} aria-current={i === step ? "step" : undefined}>
+                    <span class="dot">
+                        {#if i < step}<Icon name="check" size={11} />{:else}<Icon name={s.icon} size={12} />{/if}
+                    </span>
+                    <span class="lab">{s.label}</span>
+                </li>
+            {/each}
+        </ol>
+        <div class="railfoot">{d ? `SoulStream ${d.version}` : ""}<br />Everything here lives in Settings too.</div>
+    </aside>
+
+    <div class="stage">
+        <div class="steps">
+            {#key step}
+                <section
+                    class="step"
+                    in:fly={{ x: 36 * dir, duration: dur(380), easing: quintOut, delay: dur(60) }}
+                    out:fly={{ x: -36 * dir, duration: dur(200), easing: cubicOut }}
+                >
+                    {#if cur.id === "welcome"}
+                        <div class="welcome">
+                            <div class="halo" in:scale={{ start: 0.6, duration: dur(760), easing: quintOut }}>
+                                <img class="mark" src="/logo.png" alt="" draggable="false" />
+                            </div>
+                            <h1 id="fr-title" in:fly={{ y: 14, duration: dur(520), delay: dur(220), easing: quintOut }}>
+                                {d?.installed_version ? "Set SoulStream up again" : "Welcome to SoulStream"}
+                            </h1>
+                            <p class="lede" in:fly={{ y: 14, duration: dur(520), delay: dur(340), easing: quintOut }}>
+                                {#if d?.installed_version}
+                                    SoulStream {d.installed_version} is already on this computer. This installs
+                                    the latest release in its place and keeps your music and settings. About a minute,
+                                    no admin prompt.
+                                {:else}
+                                    Your library on your own disk, music from people on Soulseek, and a community
+                                    that runs on a peer you own. Your alpha key, two short questions, then about a
+                                    minute to download and install — no admin prompt, and your music never lives
+                                    inside the program.
+                                {/if}
+                            </p>
+                            <ul class="pills" in:fly={{ y: 10, duration: dur(520), delay: dur(460), easing: quintOut }}>
+                                {#each STEPS.slice(1, 4) as s (s.id)}
+                                    <li><Icon name={s.icon} size={13} /> {s.label}</li>
+                                {/each}
+                            </ul>
+                        </div>
+                    {:else if cur.id === "key"}
+                        <h1 id="fr-title">Your alpha key</h1>
+                        <p class="lede">
+                            SoulStream is in a closed alpha. This key — one per tester, able only to read the
+                            private repository — is how Setup fetches the app and how the app finds updates
+                            later. It goes to the Windows Credential Manager, not a plain file. Nothing installs
+                            without it.
+                        </p>
+                        <div class="card">
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="label">
+                                    <div class="name">Alpha key {#if keyOk}<span class="tag ok">accepted</span>{:else if verifying}<span class="tag">checking…</span>{/if}</div>
+                                    <div class="hint">
+                                        {#if keyOk}
+                                            SoulStream <b>{keyOk.version}</b> is what it will install{#if keyOk.installer_size} — {(keyOk.installer_size / 1e6).toFixed(1)} MB{/if}. Paste another key to replace it.
+                                        {:else}
+                                            Paste the key you were given (it starts with github_pat_) and press Verify. Setup asks GitHub whether the key can read the release.
+                                        {/if}
+                                    </div>
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="ctl">
+                                    <input type="password" class="mono" bind:value={alphaKey} placeholder={keyOk ? "••••••••••••" : "github_pat_…"} spellcheck="false" autocomplete="off" aria-label="Alpha key" onkeydown={(e) => { if (e.key === "Enter") { e.stopPropagation(); verify(); } }} />
+                                    <button class="ax-white" onclick={verify} disabled={verifying || !alphaKey.trim()}>{verifying ? "Checking…" : "Verify"}</button>
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    {:else if cur.id === "library"}
+                        <h1 id="fr-title">Where does your music live?</h1>
+                        <p class="lede">
+                            Downloads land in this folder, it is always shared on Soulseek, and albums are filed
+                            into it by the format below. Files already in it are never moved.
+                        </p>
+                        <div class="card">
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="label">
+                                    <div class="name">Library folder</div>
+                                    <div class="path">{libraryDir || "Not chosen yet"}</div>
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="ctl"><button class="ax-white" onclick={pickDir} disabled={busy}>Choose folder…</button></div>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="label">
+                                    <div class="name">Album folder format</div>
+                                    <div class="hint">Use {"{artist}"}, {"{album}"}, {"{date}"} or {"{year}"}; "\" starts a subfolder.</div>
+                                    <div class="presets">
+                                        {#each PRESETS as [v, l] (v)}
+                                            <button class="preset" class:on={layout.trim() === v} onclick={() => (layout = v)}>{l}</button>
+                                        {/each}
+                                    </div>
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="ctl"><input class="mono" bind:value={layout} spellcheck="false" autocomplete="off" aria-label="Album folder format" /></div>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    {:else if cur.id === "look"}
+                        <h1 id="fr-title">How the window is drawn</h1>
+                        <p class="lede">Both can be changed any time in Settings.</p>
+                        <div class="card">
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="label">
+                                    <div class="name">Dark glass</div>
+                                    <div class="hint">Whatever is behind the window glows through the app's dark surfaces with a live blur (Windows acrylic). Menus and dialogs stay solid.</div>
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="ctl">
+                                    <span class="tval">{glass ? "dark glass" : "solid"}</span>
+                                    <button class="toggle" class:on={glass} role="switch" aria-checked={glass} aria-label="Dark glass" onclick={() => (glass = !glass)}><i></i></button>
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="label">
+                                    <div class="name">Loudness normalization</div>
+                                    <div class="hint">Every track plays at roughly the same level (−14 LUFS). Off plays each file as recorded.</div>
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="ctl">
+                                    <span class="tval">{loudness ? "on" : "off"}</span>
+                                    <button class="toggle" class:on={loudness} role="switch" aria-checked={loudness} aria-label="Loudness normalization" onclick={() => (loudness = !loudness)}><i></i></button>
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    {:else if cur.id === "install"}
+                        <h1 id="fr-title">{phase.phase === "failed" ? "That did not go through" : "Installing SoulStream"}</h1>
+                        <p class="lede">
+                            {#if phase.phase === "failed"}
+                                {phase.detail}
+                            {:else if phase.phase === "downloading"}
+                                Downloading {phase.detail}{pct != null ? ` · ${pct}%` : "…"}
+                            {:else if phase.phase === "verifying"}
+                                {phase.detail}
+                            {:else if phase.phase === "installing"}
+                                {phase.detail} Nothing to click; this takes a moment.
+                            {:else}
+                                {phase.detail || "Starting…"}
+                            {/if}
+                        </p>
+                        <div class="progress" class:failed={phase.phase === "failed"} class:busy={pct == null && phase.phase !== "failed"} aria-hidden="true"><i style={pct != null ? `width: ${pct}%` : ""}></i></div>
+                        <ul class="summary">
+                            <li><span class="ic"><Icon name="key" size={14} /></span><span class="what">Alpha key</span><b>{keyOk ? `accepted · SoulStream ${keyOk.version}` : "not set"}</b></li>
+                            <li><span class="ic"><Icon name="folder-open" size={14} /></span><span class="what">Library</span><b class="mono">{libraryDir}</b></li>
+                            <li><span class="ic"><Icon name="eye" size={14} /></span><span class="what">Window</span><b>{glass ? "dark glass" : "solid"}</b></li>
+                        </ul>
+                    {:else}
+                        <h1 id="fr-title">SoulStream is ready</h1>
+                        <p class="lede">Installed to <span class="mono">{installedAt}</span>. It lives in your Start menu now; your music stays where you chose.</p>
+                        <ul class="summary">
+                            {#each [
+                                ["key", "Alpha key", keyOk ? "accepted" : "set"],
+                                ["folder-open", "Library", libraryDir],
+                                ["eye", "Window", glass ? "dark glass" : "solid"],
+                                ["volume", "Loudness", loudness ? "normalized" : "as recorded"],
+                            ] as [icon, what, value], i (what)}
+                                <li in:fly={{ y: 10, duration: dur(360), delay: dur(120 + i * 70), easing: quintOut }}>
+                                    <span class="ic"><Icon name={icon} size={14} /></span>
+                                    <span class="what">{what}</span>
+                                    <b class:mono={what === "Library"}>{value}</b>
+                                </li>
+                            {/each}
+                        </ul>
+                    {/if}
+                </section>
+            {/key}
+        </div>
+
+        <footer class="foot">
+            {#if step > 0 && cur.id !== "done" && !installing}
+                <button class="ax-ghost" onclick={back} disabled={busy}>Back</button>
+            {/if}
+            <span class="spacer"></span>
+            {#if error && cur.id !== "install"}<span class="err">{error}</span>{/if}
+            {#if cur.id === "welcome"}
+                <button class="ax-fill primary" onclick={next} disabled={!d}>Let's set it up <Icon name="chevron-right" size={14} /></button>
+            {:else if cur.id === "key"}
+                <button class="ax-fill primary" onclick={next} disabled={busy || verifying || !keyOk}>Next <Icon name="chevron-right" size={14} /></button>
+            {:else if cur.id === "look"}
+                <button class="ax-fill primary big" onclick={next} disabled={busy}><Icon name="download" size={13} /> {busy ? "Saving…" : "Install SoulStream"}</button>
+            {:else if cur.id === "install"}
+                {#if phase.phase === "failed"}
+                    <button class="ax-ghost" onclick={quit}>Close</button>
+                    <button class="ax-fill primary" onclick={() => { error = ""; phase = { phase: "resolving", detail: "", received: 0, total: 0 }; void invoke("install").catch((e) => { error = String(e); phase = { phase: "failed", detail: String(e), received: 0, total: 0 }; }); }}>Try again</button>
+                {/if}
+            {:else if cur.id === "done"}
+                <button class="lnk" onclick={quit}>Close</button>
+                <button class="ax-fill primary big" onclick={launch}>Open SoulStream</button>
+            {:else}
+                <button class="ax-fill primary" onclick={next} disabled={busy}>Next <Icon name="chevron-right" size={14} /></button>
+            {/if}
+        </footer>
+    </div>
+</div>
+
+<style>
+    :global(html, body) { height: 100%; margin: 0; background: #121212; overflow: hidden; }
+    :global(#app) { height: 100%; }
+    .panel {
+        height: 100vh;
+        display: grid;
+        grid-template-columns: 212px 1fr;
+        grid-template-rows: 30px 1fr;
+        background: var(--bg-elevated);
+        color: var(--text-primary);
+        --surf: var(--bg-elevated);
+        --surf-hi: var(--bg-highlight);
+        --hair: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07);
+        --ok: #3ddc84;
+        user-select: none;
+    }
+    /* ── our own title strip ──────────────────────────────────────── */
+    .chrome {
+        grid-column: 1 / -1;
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        gap: 2px;
+        padding: 0 4px 0 14px;
+        background: var(--bg-base);
+        border-bottom: 1px solid var(--hair);
+    }
+    .wtitle { flex: 1; font-size: 11.5px; font-weight: 800; color: var(--text-muted); letter-spacing: 0.02em; }
+    .wbtn { width: 34px; height: 24px; border-radius: 6px; display: grid; place-items: center; color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .wbtn:hover:not(:disabled) { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1); color: #fff; }
+    .wbtn.x:hover:not(:disabled) { background: #c42b1c; color: #fff; }
+    .wbtn:disabled { opacity: 0.35; }
+
+    /* ── the rail ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+    .rail { display: flex; flex-direction: column; background: var(--bg-base); border-right: 1px solid var(--hair); padding: 22px 16px 18px; min-width: 0; }
+    .brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; padding: 0 6px 22px; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: 0.01em; }
+    .brand img { width: 26px; height: 26px; border-radius: 7px; }
+    .rail ol { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 4px; }
+    .rail li { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; padding: 8px 8px; border-radius: 10px; color: var(--text-muted); font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 700; transition: color 0.2s, background 0.2s; }
+    .rail li.on { color: var(--text-primary); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); }
+    .rail li.done { color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .dot { width: 24px; height: 24px; border-radius: 50%; display: grid; place-items: center; background: var(--surf-hi); color: var(--text-secondary); flex: none; transition: background 0.2s, color 0.2s; }
+    .rail li.on .dot { background: var(--accent); color: #000; }
+    .rail li.done .dot { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ok) 18%, transparent); color: var(--ok); }
+    .railfoot { margin-top: auto; font-size: 11px; color: var(--text-muted); line-height: 1.5; padding: 0 6px; }
+
+    /* ── the stage ────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+    .stage { display: grid; grid-template-rows: 1fr auto; min-width: 0; }
+    .steps { position: relative; display: grid; overflow: hidden; }
+    .steps > .step { grid-area: 1 / 1; padding: 30px 32px 8px; overflow: auto; min-height: 0; }
+    h1 { font-size: 22px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0 0 8px; line-height: 1.15; }
+    .lede { font-size: 13px; color: var(--text-secondary); line-height: 1.55; margin: 0 0 18px; max-width: 58ch; }
+    .mono { font-family: "Cascadia Code", Consolas, monospace; font-size: 12px; }
+
+    .welcome { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; text-align: center; padding-top: 14px; }
+    .welcome h1 { font-size: 26px; margin-top: 18px; }
+    .welcome .lede { max-width: 48ch; }
+    .halo { position: relative; width: 108px; height: 108px; display: grid; place-items: center; }
+    .halo::before {
+        content: "";
+        position: absolute;
+        inset: -18px;
+        border-radius: 50%;
+        background: radial-gradient(circle, color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 55%, transparent) 0, color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 18%, transparent) 38%, transparent 70%);
+        animation: breathe 3.8s ease-in-out infinite;
+    }
+    .mark { position: relative; width: 84px; height: 84px; border-radius: 22px; box-shadow: 0 18px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); }
+    @keyframes breathe {
+        0%, 100% { transform: scale(1); opacity: 0.85; }
+        50% { transform: scale(1.1); opacity: 1; }
+    }
+    .pills { list-style: none; margin: 4px 0 0; padding: 0; display: flex; gap: 8px; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; }
+    .pills li { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; padding: 6px 12px; border-radius: 99px; background: var(--surf-hi); font-size: 12px; font-weight: 800; color: var(--text-secondary); }
+
+    .card { background: var(--surf); border: 1px solid var(--hair); border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden; }
+    .row { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 16px; padding: 14px 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--hair); }
+    .card > .row:first-child { border-top: none; }
+    .label { min-width: 0; flex: 1; }
+    .name { font-size: 13.5px; font-weight: 700; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+    .hint { font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-secondary); margin-top: 3px; line-height: 1.45; max-width: 60ch; }
+    .path { font-family: "Cascadia Code", Consolas, monospace; font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--text-secondary); word-break: break-all; margin-top: 3px; }
+    .ctl { flex: none; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
+    .tag { font-size: 10px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: 0.05em; padding: 2px 7px; border-radius: 99px; background: var(--accent-soft); color: var(--accent-hover); display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 4px; white-space: nowrap; }
+    .tag.ok { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ok) 14%, transparent); color: #5ee89a; }
+    .tval { font-size: 12px; font-weight: 800; color: var(--text-secondary); min-width: 62px; text-align: right; }
+    .toggle { width: 38px; height: 21px; border-radius: 99px; background: var(--surf-hi); position: relative; flex: none; transition: 0.18s; }
+    .toggle i { position: absolute; top: 3px; left: 3px; width: 15px; height: 15px; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--text-muted); transition: 0.18s; }
+    .toggle.on { background: var(--accent); }
+    .toggle.on i { left: 20px; background: #000; }
+    .presets { display: flex; gap: 6px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 8px; }
+    .preset { padding: 4px 10px; border-radius: 99px; font-size: 11.5px; font-weight: 800; background: var(--surf-hi); color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .preset:hover { color: #fff; }
+    .preset.on { background: var(--accent); color: #000; }
+    input { height: 32px; padding: 0 10px; border-radius: 8px; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1); color: var(--text-primary); font: inherit; font-size: 13px; min-width: 0; user-select: text; }
+    input:focus { outline: none; border-color: var(--accent); }
+    input.mono { font-family: "Cascadia Code", Consolas, monospace; font-size: 12px; width: 220px; }
+
+    .progress { height: 6px; border-radius: 99px; background: var(--surf-hi); overflow: hidden; margin: 6px 0 18px; max-width: 420px; }
+    .progress i { display: block; height: 100%; width: 0; border-radius: 99px; background: var(--accent); transition: width 0.2s; }
+    .progress.busy i { width: 38%; animation: slide 1.4s ease-in-out infinite; }
+    .progress.failed i { animation: none; width: 100%; background: #ff8d98; }
+    @keyframes slide {
+        0% { transform: translateX(-100%); }
+        100% { transform: translateX(280%); }
+    }
+    .summary { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 6px; }
+    .summary li { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 28px 130px 1fr; align-items: center; gap: 8px; padding: 10px 12px; border-radius: 10px; background: var(--surf); border: 1px solid var(--hair); font-size: 13px; }
+    .summary .ic { display: grid; place-items: center; color: var(--accent-hover); }
+    .summary .what { color: var(--text-secondary); font-weight: 700; }
+    .summary b { font-weight: 800; min-width: 0; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
+    .summary b.mono { font-weight: 600; }
+
+    .foot { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; padding: 14px 24px 18px 32px; border-top: 1px solid var(--hair); }
+    .spacer { flex: 1; }
+    .err { font-size: 12px; color: #ff8d98; max-width: 40ch; }
+    .lnk { color: var(--text-muted); font-weight: 700; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 2px; padding: 0 6px; }
+    .lnk:hover:not(:disabled) { color: var(--text-primary); }
+    .ax-ghost { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; height: 32px; padding: 0 14px; border-radius: 99px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 800; border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.28); transition: 0.18s; white-space: nowrap; }
+    .ax-ghost:hover:not(:disabled) { border-color: #fff; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08); }
+    .ax-ghost:disabled { opacity: 0.45; cursor: default; }
+    .ax-fill { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; height: 34px; padding: 0 18px; border-radius: 99px; font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 800; background: var(--accent); color: #000; white-space: nowrap; transition: background 0.18s; }
+    .ax-fill:hover:not(:disabled) { background: var(--accent-hover); }
+    .ax-fill:disabled { opacity: 0.55; cursor: default; }
+    .ax-fill.big { height: 38px; padding: 0 22px; font-size: 13.5px; }
+    .ax-white { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; height: 32px; padding: 0 16px; border-radius: 99px; font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 800; background: #fff; color: #000; white-space: nowrap; transition: transform 0.15s; }
+    .ax-white:hover:not(:disabled) { transform: scale(1.03); }
+    .ax-white:disabled { opacity: 0.55; cursor: default; }
+    @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+        .halo::before, .progress i { animation: none; }
+    }
+</style>

setup/src/main.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// SoulStream Setup's page: the app's own stylesheet (tokens, fonts, buttons)
+// and one component, the tour as an installer.
+import "../../src/styles/global.css";
+import { mount } from "svelte";
+import Setup from "./Setup.svelte";
+
+mount(Setup, { target: document.getElementById("app") });

src-tauri/Cargo.toml

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ tagger = { path = "../crates/tagger" }
 metadata = { path = "../crates/metadata" }
 library = { path = "../crates/library" }
 audio-formats = { path = "../crates/audio-formats" }
+tauri-plugin-updater = "2"
+semver = "1"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 windows = { version = "0.61.3", features = [

src-tauri/src/commands.rs

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ pub struct Settings {
     pub word_timing: bool,
     /// Dark-glass acrylic backdrop, default off.
     pub glass_mode: bool,
+    /// The first-run tour has been completed or skipped on this install.
+    pub setup_done: bool,
 }
 
 #[tauri::command]
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ pub async fn get_settings(
         volume_normalization: config::volume_normalization(&cfg),
         word_timing: config::word_timing(&cfg),
         glass_mode: config::glass_mode(&cfg),
+        setup_done: config::setup_done(&cfg),
         username: cfg.username,
     })
 }
@@ -149,6 +152,7 @@ pub async fn set_settings(
     volume_normalization: Option<bool>,
     word_timing: Option<bool>,
     glass_mode: Option<bool>,
+    setup_done: Option<bool>,
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
     let mut cfg = config::load(&app);
     let library_folder_moved = download_dir
@@ -223,6 +227,9 @@ pub async fn set_settings(
     if glass_mode.is_some() {
         cfg.glass_mode = glass_mode;
     }
+    if setup_done.is_some() {
+        cfg.setup_done = setup_done;
+    }
     config::save(&app, &cfg);
 
     // A new library folder is a new library. Re-base immediately rather than

src-tauri/src/config.rs

@@ -175,6 +175,22 @@ pub struct AppConfig {
     /// of it is ever published or sent to the person it describes.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub contacts: Vec<ContactMeta>,
+    /// The first-run setup has been completed, or skipped, on this install.
+    /// None → false: a fresh install opens on the welcome tour before the
+    /// app, and Settings → Account can run it again.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub setup_done: Option<bool>,
+    /// The in-app updater (updater.rs). Channel "stable" (None) or
+    /// "nightly"; auto-check None → true; the two endpoints override the
+    /// built-in release URLs (a mirror, a public releases repo, a Gitea).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub update_channel: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub update_auto_check: Option<bool>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub update_endpoint_stable: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub update_endpoint_nightly: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -243,6 +259,10 @@ pub fn word_timing(cfg: &AppConfig) -> bool {
     cfg.word_timing.unwrap_or(false)
 }
 
+pub fn setup_done(cfg: &AppConfig) -> bool {
+    cfg.setup_done.unwrap_or(false)
+}
+
 /// One-time migration after the identifier rename: the app-data dir moved
 /// from `com.trifecta.soulseek-plus` to the new identifier's folder. Rename
 /// the old dir into place so the library DB, config and stream cache
@@ -479,6 +499,32 @@ fn entry(username: &str) -> Option<keyring::Entry> {
     keyring::Entry::new(KEYRING_SERVICE, username).ok()
 }
 
+/// The updater's read-only token for a private release source (updater.rs),
+/// in the Credential Manager beside the Soulseek password: it is a
+/// credential, and config.json is a plain file that travels on the drive.
+const UPDATE_TOKEN_USER: &str = "updater-token";
+
+pub fn save_update_token(token: &str) {
+    if let Some(e) = entry(UPDATE_TOKEN_USER) {
+        if let Err(err) = e.set_password(token) {
+            log::warn!("failed to store the update token in credential manager: {err}");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn load_update_token() -> Option<String> {
+    entry(UPDATE_TOKEN_USER)
+        .and_then(|e| e.get_password().ok())
+        .map(|t| t.trim().to_string())
+        .filter(|t| !t.is_empty())
+}
+
+pub fn clear_update_token() {
+    if let Some(e) = entry(UPDATE_TOKEN_USER) {
+        let _ = e.delete_credential();
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn save_password(username: &str, password: &str) {
     if let Some(e) = entry(username) {
         if let Err(err) = e.set_password(password) {

src-tauri/src/lib.rs

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ mod overlap;
 mod holdings;
 mod state;
 mod thumbbar;
+mod updater;
 mod vocal_sep;
 mod youtube_playlist;
 mod youtube_setlist;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ mod ytdlp;
 pub fn run() {
     tauri::Builder::default()
         .manage(state::AppState::default())
+        .manage(updater::UpdaterState::default())
         .setup(|app| {
             app.handle().plugin(
                 tauri_plugin_log::Builder::default()
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ pub fn run() {
                     .build(),
             )?;
             app.handle().plugin(tauri_plugin_dialog::init())?;
+            app.handle().plugin(tauri_plugin_updater::Builder::new().build())?;
             // Must run before anything touches the app-data dir.
             config::migrate_app_data(app.handle());
             // Prepare the small local vision model while the user is still on
@@ -75,6 +78,9 @@ pub fn run() {
             // by default) and forwards adapter status to the webview. Fully
             // isolated — its absence or failure touches nothing else.
             freenet::init(app.handle());
+            // Release checks: one shortly after launch, then every six hours,
+            // never installing on their own (updater.rs).
+            updater::init(app.handle());
             if let Err(e) = pipeline::init(app.handle()) {
                 log::error!("library init failed: {e}");
             } else {
@@ -90,6 +96,10 @@ pub fn run() {
         })
         .invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![
             commands::app_status,
+            updater::updater_status,
+            updater::updater_check,
+            updater::updater_set,
+            updater::updater_install,
             commands::excluded_search_phrases,
             commands::get_credentials,
             commands::connect_and_login,
@@ -370,11 +380,17 @@ pub fn run() {
                  --autoplay-policy=no-user-gesture-required \
                  --enable-smooth-scrolling \
                  --force-color-profile=srgb";
+            // One cfg over BOTH statements: the attribute on the `let cdp`
+            // alone left the `format!` below reading a name that release
+            // builds never define — every `tauri build` since 0.1.0-alpha.3
+            // failed on it (found 2026-09-09 making the first installer).
             #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
-            // A second instance needs its own CDP port, or it silently fails
-            // to bind and cannot be driven at all.
-            let cdp = std::env::var("SOULSTREAM_CDP_PORT").unwrap_or_else(|_| "9222".into());
-            let args = format!("{base} --remote-debugging-port={cdp}");
+            let args = {
+                // A second instance needs its own CDP port, or it silently
+                // fails to bind and cannot be driven at all.
+                let cdp = std::env::var("SOULSTREAM_CDP_PORT").unwrap_or_else(|_| "9222".into());
+                format!("{base} --remote-debugging-port={cdp}")
+            };
             #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
             let args = base.to_string();
             for window in &mut context.config_mut().app.windows {

src-tauri/src/overlap.rs

@@ -87,10 +87,13 @@ fn key(username: &str) -> String {
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------- names
 
-/// Bracketed chunks go — "(2019)", "[FLAC]", "{web}" — then only letters and
-/// digits remain, lowercased; a leading "the" goes too. "Sigur Rós" and
-/// "sigur ros" are not the same string here, and that is a known miss.
+/// Bracketed chunks go — "(2019)", "[FLAC]", "{web}" — and so does a
+/// dash-led edition tail — "Pinkerton - Deluxe Edition", "Foo - EP" — then
+/// only letters and digits remain, lowercased; a leading "the" goes too.
+/// "Sigur Rós" and "sigur ros" are not the same string here, and that is a
+/// known miss.
 pub(crate) fn norm(s: &str) -> String {
+    let s = strip_edition_tail(s);
     let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
     let mut depth = 0i32;
     for c in s.chars() {
@@ -115,6 +118,41 @@ pub(crate) fn norm(s: &str) -> String {
     out
 }
 
+/// The catalogue spells an edition after a spaced dash where a folder would
+/// bracket it — "Pinkerton - Deluxe Edition" is the gap card, "Pinkerton
+/// (Deluxe Edition)" the folder — so a dash-led tail that reads as an
+/// edition goes the way brackets do, and only that tail: "Boards of Canada -
+/// Geogaddi" is a name with a dash in it and stays whole. Found 2026-09-09
+/// when the deluxe card beside a marked Pinkerton carried no "has it".
+fn strip_edition_tail(s: &str) -> &str {
+    let mut s = s.trim_end();
+    loop {
+        let Some((at, len)) = [" - ", " – ", " — "]
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|d| s.rfind(d).map(|i| (i, d.len())))
+            .max_by_key(|(i, _)| *i)
+        else {
+            return s;
+        };
+        let tail: String = s[at + len..]
+            .chars()
+            .filter(|c| c.is_alphanumeric())
+            .flat_map(|c| c.to_lowercase())
+            .collect();
+        if !is_edition_tail(&tail) {
+            return s;
+        }
+        s = s[..at].trim_end();
+    }
+}
+
+fn is_edition_tail(t: &str) -> bool {
+    matches!(t, "ep" | "single")
+        || ["deluxe", "remaster", "edition", "expanded", "anniversary", "reissue", "bonus", "explicit"]
+            .iter()
+            .any(|w| t.contains(w))
+}
+
 fn is_disc_folder(s: &str) -> bool {
     let n: String = s.to_lowercase().chars().filter(|c| c.is_alphanumeric()).collect();
     for p in ["cd", "disc", "disk", "vol", "volume", "side"] {
@@ -352,4 +390,21 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(norm("2000 - Spirit They're Gone Spirit They've Vanished"), "spirittheyregonespirittheyvevanished");
         assert!(is_disc_folder("Disc 2") && is_disc_folder("cd1") && !is_disc_folder("Discovery"));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn dash_led_editions_go_the_way_brackets_do() {
+        assert_eq!(norm("Pinkerton - Deluxe Edition"), "pinkerton");
+        assert_eq!(norm("Pinkerton – Deluxe Edition"), "pinkerton");
+        assert_eq!(norm("Pinkerton — Deluxe Edition"), "pinkerton");
+        assert_eq!(norm("Pinkerton - Deluxe Edition (2010)"), "pinkerton");
+        assert_eq!(norm("Album - Deluxe Edition - Remastered"), "album");
+        assert_eq!(norm("Kid A - 2019 Remaster"), "kida");
+        assert_eq!(norm("Foo - EP"), "foo");
+        assert_eq!(norm("Foo - Single"), "foo");
+        assert_eq!(norm("Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition) [2010]"), norm("Pinkerton - Deluxe Edition"));
+        // A dash inside a name is not an edition.
+        assert_eq!(norm("Boards of Canada - Geogaddi"), "boardsofcanadageogaddi");
+        assert_eq!(norm("Album - Live"), "albumlive");
+        assert_eq!(norm("1996 - Expert Knob Twiddlers"), "expertknobtwiddlers");
+    }
 }

src-tauri/src/updater.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,555 @@
+//! The in-app updater: checks a release manifest, offers what it finds, and
+//! hands the installer to `tauri-plugin-updater` (signature verified against
+//! the key baked into tauri.conf.json). Two channels — `stable`, the latest
+//! GitHub release, and `nightly`, a rolling prerelease rebuilt from `main`
+//! by `.github/workflows/nightly.yml` — with the manifest URLs overridable
+//! in config (a mirror, a separate public releases repo, a Gitea). Nothing
+//! is ever installed without the user pressing Install: the automatic
+//! check only records what it found and tells the webview.
+//!
+//! PRIVATE RELEASES (the closed alpha): the repository is private, and a
+//! private release cannot be read without a token. With a read-only token
+//! saved in the Credential Manager (Settings → Updates → Access token), a
+//! GitHub source is resolved through the API instead of the browser URLs:
+//! `GET /repos/{o}/{r}/releases/tags/{tag}` for a pinned tag, and for
+//! `latest` a `GET /repos/{o}/{r}/releases` whose first entry that is
+//! neither a draft nor the rolling `nightly` wins. NOT `/releases/latest`:
+//! that answers only with full releases, and every release here is an
+//! alpha, so it 404s. Either way the `latest.json` asset is found, the
+//! plugin fetches THAT asset URL with
+//! `Authorization: Bearer` + `Accept: application/octet-stream`, and the
+//! manifest's own download URLs are API asset URLs too — the workflows
+//! rewrite them after publishing — so the installer downloads with the same
+//! headers. Any non-GitHub source simply gets the token as a bearer header.
+//! Without a token the public browser URLs are used, unchanged.
+//!
+//! Versions: a nightly is `X.Y.Z-nightly.YYYYMMDD.sha`, so on the nightly
+//! channel any different build is an update; on stable, newer wins, and a
+//! machine that was on nightly is offered the stable with the same base
+//! number or higher (semver would call that a downgrade and refuse).
+
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use serde::Serialize;
+use tauri::{AppHandle, Emitter, Manager, State, Url};
+use tauri_plugin_updater::{Update, UpdaterExt};
+
+use crate::config;
+
+pub const DEFAULT_STABLE: &str =
+    "https://github.com/KeelrLeek/SoulStream/releases/latest/download/latest.json";
+pub const DEFAULT_NIGHTLY: &str =
+    "https://github.com/KeelrLeek/SoulStream/releases/download/nightly/latest.json";
+/// The tag `nightly.yml` rewrites daily. Never what `latest` should resolve to.
+const NIGHTLY_TAG: &str = "nightly";
+
+/// First automatic check after launch, then the interval between checks.
+const FIRST_CHECK: Duration = Duration::from_secs(25);
+const CHECK_EVERY: Duration = Duration::from_secs(6 * 60 * 60);
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct UpdaterState {
+    inner: Mutex<Inner>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct Inner {
+    found: Option<Update>,
+    checking: bool,
+    installing: bool,
+    last_check: Option<i64>,
+    last_error: Option<String>,
+    progress: Option<Progress>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct Progress {
+    pub received: u64,
+    pub total: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Clone)]
+pub struct Available {
+    pub version: String,
+    pub notes: Option<String>,
+    pub date: Option<i64>,
+}
+
+/// What the Settings card and the toast read.
+#[derive(Serialize, Clone)]
+pub struct Status {
+    pub version: String,
+    pub channel: String,
+    pub auto_check: bool,
+    pub endpoint_stable: String,
+    pub endpoint_nightly: String,
+    pub default_stable: String,
+    pub default_nightly: String,
+    /// A read-only token for a private source is saved (never the token).
+    pub has_token: bool,
+    /// "github" when the current channel's source is a GitHub releases URL
+    /// (resolved through the API when a token is set), else "raw".
+    pub source_kind: String,
+    pub available: Option<Available>,
+    pub checking: bool,
+    pub installing: bool,
+    pub last_check: Option<i64>,
+    pub last_error: Option<String>,
+    pub progress: Option<Progress>,
+    /// A dev build run from the target dir has nothing to update in place.
+    pub dev_build: bool,
+}
+
+fn now() -> i64 {
+    std::time::SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .map(|d| d.as_secs() as i64)
+        .unwrap_or(0)
+}
+
+pub fn channel_of(cfg: &config::AppConfig) -> String {
+    match cfg.update_channel.as_deref() {
+        Some("nightly") => "nightly".into(),
+        _ => "stable".into(),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn auto_check(cfg: &config::AppConfig) -> bool {
+    cfg.update_auto_check.unwrap_or(true)
+}
+
+fn endpoint(cfg: &config::AppConfig, channel: &str) -> String {
+    let pick = |v: &Option<String>, d: &str| {
+        v.as_deref()
+            .map(str::trim)
+            .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+            .map(String::from)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| d.to_string())
+    };
+    if channel == "nightly" {
+        pick(&cfg.update_endpoint_nightly, DEFAULT_NIGHTLY)
+    } else {
+        pick(&cfg.update_endpoint_stable, DEFAULT_STABLE)
+    }
+}
+
+/// A GitHub releases URL, taken apart: `github.com/{owner}/{repo}/releases/
+/// latest/download/<file>` or `…/releases/download/{tag}/<file>`.
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct GitHubSource {
+    pub owner: String,
+    pub repo: String,
+    /// `latest`, or `tags/<tag>` — the API path segment.
+    pub release: String,
+    pub file: String,
+}
+
+pub fn github_source(url: &Url) -> Option<GitHubSource> {
+    if url.host_str()? != "github.com" {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let seg: Vec<&str> = url.path_segments()?.filter(|s| !s.is_empty()).collect();
+    match seg.as_slice() {
+        [owner, repo, "releases", "latest", "download", file] => Some(GitHubSource {
+            owner: owner.to_string(),
+            repo: repo.to_string(),
+            release: "latest".into(),
+            file: file.to_string(),
+        }),
+        [owner, repo, "releases", "download", tag, file] => Some(GitHubSource {
+            owner: owner.to_string(),
+            repo: repo.to_string(),
+            release: format!("tags/{tag}"),
+            file: file.to_string(),
+        }),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+fn status(app: &AppHandle) -> Status {
+    let cfg = config::load(app);
+    let channel = channel_of(&cfg);
+    let ep = endpoint(&cfg, &channel);
+    let source_kind = match Url::parse(&ep).ok().and_then(|u| github_source(&u)) {
+        Some(_) => "github",
+        None => "raw",
+    };
+    let st = app.state::<UpdaterState>();
+    let inner = st.inner.lock().unwrap();
+    Status {
+        version: app.package_info().version.to_string(),
+        endpoint_stable: endpoint(&cfg, "stable"),
+        endpoint_nightly: endpoint(&cfg, "nightly"),
+        default_stable: DEFAULT_STABLE.into(),
+        default_nightly: DEFAULT_NIGHTLY.into(),
+        has_token: config::load_update_token().is_some(),
+        source_kind: source_kind.into(),
+        auto_check: auto_check(&cfg),
+        channel,
+        available: inner.found.as_ref().map(|u| Available {
+            version: u.version.clone(),
+            notes: u.body.clone(),
+            date: u.date.map(|d| d.unix_timestamp()),
+        }),
+        checking: inner.checking,
+        installing: inner.installing,
+        last_check: inner.last_check,
+        last_error: inner.last_error.clone(),
+        progress: inner.progress,
+        dev_build: cfg!(debug_assertions),
+    }
+}
+
+fn announce(app: &AppHandle) {
+    let _ = app.emit("updater:status", status(app));
+}
+
+/// One authenticated GitHub API GET, its failures already in words.
+async fn github_json(
+    client: &reqwest::Client,
+    url: &str,
+    token: &str,
+    user_agent: &str,
+) -> Result<serde_json::Value, String> {
+    let resp = client
+        .get(url)
+        .header(reqwest::header::AUTHORIZATION, format!("Bearer {token}"))
+        .header(reqwest::header::ACCEPT, "application/vnd.github+json")
+        .header(reqwest::header::USER_AGENT, user_agent)
+        .header("X-GitHub-Api-Version", "2022-11-28")
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| format!("could not reach the GitHub API: {e}"))?;
+    match resp.status().as_u16() {
+        200 => {}
+        401 => return Err("the access token was refused".into()),
+        403 => return Err("the access token cannot read that repository".into()),
+        404 => return Err("no release found — or the token cannot see the repository".into()),
+        s => return Err(format!("GitHub answered {s}")),
+    }
+    resp.json().await.map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+}
+
+/// Ask the GitHub API where a private release keeps its `latest.json`.
+async fn resolve_github_asset(
+    src: &GitHubSource,
+    token: &str,
+    user_agent: &str,
+) -> Result<Url, String> {
+    let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+        .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
+        .build()
+        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    let repo = format!("https://api.github.com/repos/{}/{}", src.owner, src.repo);
+    let body = if src.release == "latest" {
+        // `/releases/latest` answers with the newest FULL release, and every
+        // SoulStream release so far is a prerelease — so it 404s and Stable
+        // reports the token cannot see the repository. The list comes newest
+        // first: take the first that is neither a draft nor the rolling
+        // nightly, which the Nightly channel asks for by tag instead.
+        let list = github_json(&client, &format!("{repo}/releases?per_page=30"), token, user_agent)
+            .await?;
+        list.as_array()
+            .and_then(|rs| {
+                rs.iter()
+                    .find(|r| {
+                        r["draft"].as_bool() != Some(true)
+                            && r["tag_name"].as_str() != Some(NIGHTLY_TAG)
+                    })
+                    .cloned()
+            })
+            .ok_or("no release found — or the token cannot see the repository")?
+    } else {
+        github_json(
+            &client,
+            &format!("{repo}/releases/{}", src.release),
+            token,
+            user_agent,
+        )
+        .await?
+    };
+    let assets = body["assets"].as_array().cloned().unwrap_or_default();
+    let asset = assets
+        .iter()
+        .find(|a| a["name"].as_str() == Some(src.file.as_str()))
+        .ok_or_else(|| format!("the release has no {}", src.file))?;
+    let url = asset["url"].as_str().ok_or("asset without a URL")?;
+    Url::parse(url).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+}
+
+/// One check against the current channel's manifest. Records the result
+/// (found update, time, error) and announces it; never installs.
+async fn check_inner(app: &AppHandle) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let cfg = config::load(app);
+    let channel = channel_of(&cfg);
+    let nightly = channel == "nightly";
+    let ep = endpoint(&cfg, &channel);
+    let mut url = Url::parse(&ep).map_err(|e| format!("update source is not a URL: {e}"))?;
+    let token = config::load_update_token();
+    let user_agent = format!("SoulStream/{}", app.package_info().version);
+    let mut headers = reqwest::header::HeaderMap::new();
+    headers.insert(
+        reqwest::header::USER_AGENT,
+        user_agent.parse().map_err(|_| "user agent")?,
+    );
+    let gh = github_source(&url);
+    if let Some(t) = &token {
+        headers.insert(
+            reqwest::header::AUTHORIZATION,
+            format!("Bearer {t}").parse().map_err(|_| "token has characters a header cannot carry")?,
+        );
+        if let Some(src) = &gh {
+            url = resolve_github_asset(src, t, &user_agent).await?;
+        }
+    }
+    if gh.is_some() {
+        // Asset URLs (the API kind the workflows write into the manifest, and
+        // the one resolved above) hand over bytes only for this Accept; the
+        // browser URLs do not mind it.
+        headers.insert(
+            reqwest::header::ACCEPT,
+            "application/octet-stream".parse().map_err(|_| "accept")?,
+        );
+    }
+    let updater = app
+        .updater_builder()
+        .endpoints(vec![url])
+        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?
+        .headers(headers)
+        .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
+        .version_comparator(move |current, release| {
+            if nightly {
+                // Every nightly carries its date and commit: a different
+                // build is an update, older number or not.
+                return release.version != current;
+            }
+            if release.version > current {
+                return true;
+            }
+            // Back from nightly to stable: the release with the nightly's
+            // base number, or higher, is the way home.
+            if current.pre.as_str().starts_with("nightly") && release.version.pre.is_empty() {
+                let base = |v: &semver::Version| (v.major, v.minor, v.patch);
+                return base(&release.version) >= base(&current);
+            }
+            false
+        })
+        .build()
+        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    let result = updater.check().await;
+    let st = app.state::<UpdaterState>();
+    let mut inner = st.inner.lock().unwrap();
+    inner.last_check = Some(now());
+    inner.checking = false;
+    match result {
+        Ok(found) => {
+            if let Some(u) = &found {
+                log::info!("updater: {} {} available on {channel}", u.version, u.target);
+            } else {
+                log::info!("updater: up to date on {channel}");
+            }
+            inner.found = found;
+            inner.last_error = None;
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            let mut msg = e.to_string();
+            if token.is_none() && gh.is_some() && msg.contains("valid release JSON") {
+                msg.push_str(" — a private repository needs an access token (Settings → Updates)");
+            }
+            log::warn!("updater: check on {channel} failed: {msg}");
+            inner.found = None;
+            inner.last_error = Some(msg.clone());
+            Err(msg)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn run_check(app: &AppHandle) -> Result<(), String> {
+    {
+        let st = app.state::<UpdaterState>();
+        let mut inner = st.inner.lock().unwrap();
+        if inner.checking || inner.installing {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        inner.checking = true;
+    }
+    announce(app);
+    let r = match check_inner(app).await {
+        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+        Err(e) => {
+            // check_inner records its own errors; a failure before the
+            // check ran (a bad URL, the API) lands here.
+            let st = app.state::<UpdaterState>();
+            let mut inner = st.inner.lock().unwrap();
+            inner.last_check = Some(now());
+            inner.found = None;
+            inner.last_error = Some(e.clone());
+            Err(e)
+        }
+    };
+    {
+        let st = app.state::<UpdaterState>();
+        st.inner.lock().unwrap().checking = false;
+    }
+    announce(app);
+    r
+}
+
+/// The automatic checks: one shortly after launch, then every six hours,
+/// as long as the setting allows. Finding one only announces it.
+pub fn init(app: &AppHandle) {
+    let app = app.clone();
+    tauri::async_runtime::spawn(async move {
+        tokio::time::sleep(FIRST_CHECK).await;
+        loop {
+            if auto_check(&config::load(&app)) {
+                let _ = run_check(&app).await;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(CHECK_EVERY).await;
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub fn updater_status(app: AppHandle) -> Status {
+    status(&app)
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn updater_check(app: AppHandle) -> Result<Status, String> {
+    run_check(&app).await?;
+    Ok(status(&app))
+}
+
+/// Channel, automatic checking, the two manifest URLs, and the access token
+/// (empty clears it; it lives in the Credential Manager). A channel change
+/// forgets whatever the old channel found.
+#[tauri::command]
+pub fn updater_set(
+    app: AppHandle,
+    state: State<'_, UpdaterState>,
+    channel: Option<String>,
+    auto_check: Option<bool>,
+    endpoint_stable: Option<String>,
+    endpoint_nightly: Option<String>,
+    token: Option<String>,
+) -> Status {
+    let mut cfg = config::load(&app);
+    if let Some(c) = channel {
+        let c = if c == "nightly" { "nightly" } else { "stable" };
+        if channel_of(&cfg) != c {
+            let mut inner = state.inner.lock().unwrap();
+            inner.found = None;
+            inner.last_error = None;
+            inner.last_check = None;
+        }
+        cfg.update_channel = Some(c.to_string());
+    }
+    if let Some(a) = auto_check {
+        cfg.update_auto_check = Some(a);
+    }
+    if let Some(e) = endpoint_stable {
+        cfg.update_endpoint_stable = Some(e.trim().to_string()).filter(|s| !s.is_empty());
+    }
+    if let Some(e) = endpoint_nightly {
+        cfg.update_endpoint_nightly = Some(e.trim().to_string()).filter(|s| !s.is_empty());
+    }
+    if let Some(t) = token {
+        let t = t.trim();
+        if t.is_empty() {
+            config::clear_update_token();
+        } else {
+            config::save_update_token(t);
+        }
+        // A new key to the door: the last answer no longer applies.
+        let mut inner = state.inner.lock().unwrap();
+        inner.last_error = None;
+    }
+    config::save(&app, &cfg);
+    let s = status(&app);
+    let _ = app.emit("updater:status", s.clone());
+    s
+}
+
+/// Download the found update and run its installer. On Windows the plugin
+/// starts the installer (passive mode, per tauri.conf.json) and exits this
+/// process, so anything after a success here never runs.
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn updater_install(app: AppHandle) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let update = {
+        let st = app.state::<UpdaterState>();
+        let mut inner = st.inner.lock().unwrap();
+        if inner.installing {
+            return Err("already installing".into());
+        }
+        let Some(u) = inner.found.clone() else {
+            return Err("no update has been found — check first".into());
+        };
+        inner.installing = true;
+        inner.progress = Some(Progress { received: 0, total: None });
+        u
+    };
+    announce(&app);
+    let progress_app = app.clone();
+    let mut received: u64 = 0;
+    let mut last_emit = std::time::Instant::now();
+    let result = update
+        .download_and_install(
+            move |chunk, total| {
+                received += chunk as u64;
+                if last_emit.elapsed() >= Duration::from_millis(150) {
+                    last_emit = std::time::Instant::now();
+                    let _ = progress_app.emit(
+                        "updater:progress",
+                        Progress { received, total },
+                    );
+                }
+            },
+            || {
+                log::info!("updater: download complete, handing over to the installer");
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+    let st = app.state::<UpdaterState>();
+    let mut inner = st.inner.lock().unwrap();
+    inner.installing = false;
+    inner.progress = None;
+    match result {
+        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+        Err(e) => {
+            let msg = e.to_string();
+            log::warn!("updater: install failed: {msg}");
+            inner.last_error = Some(msg.clone());
+            drop(inner);
+            announce(&app);
+            Err(msg)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn github_urls_are_taken_apart() {
+        let u = Url::parse(DEFAULT_STABLE).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            github_source(&u),
+            Some(GitHubSource {
+                owner: "KeelrLeek".into(),
+                repo: "SoulStream".into(),
+                release: "latest".into(),
+                file: "latest.json".into()
+            })
+        );
+        let u = Url::parse(DEFAULT_NIGHTLY).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(github_source(&u).unwrap().release, "tags/nightly");
+        let u = Url::parse("https://git.whoagland.com/Keelrleek/SoulStream/releases/download/v1/latest.json").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(github_source(&u), None);
+        let u = Url::parse("https://github.com/KeelrLeek/SoulStream/releases").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(github_source(&u), None);
+    }
+}

src-tauri/tauri.conf.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "../node_modules/@tauri-apps/cli/config.schema.json",
   "productName": "SoulStream",
-  "version": "1.7.0-alpha",
+  "version": "1.8.2-alpha",
   "identifier": "com.soulstream.app",
   "build": {
     "beforeDevCommand": "npm run dev",
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
   },
   "bundle": {
     "active": true,
-    "targets": ["nsis"],
+    "targets": [
+      "nsis"
+    ],
     "resources": [
       "resources/FidelityFX_CLI.exe",
       "resources/FidelityFX-LICENSE.txt",
@@ -67,7 +69,27 @@
     "windows": {
       "nsis": {
         "installMode": "currentUser",
-        "startMenuFolder": "SoulStream"
+        "startMenuFolder": "SoulStream",
+        "installerIcon": "icons/icon.ico",
+        "uninstallerIcon": "icons/icon.ico",
+        "headerImage": "installer/header.bmp",
+        "sidebarImage": "installer/sidebar.bmp",
+        "languages": [
+          "English"
+        ],
+        "displayLanguageSelector": false
+      }
+    },
+    "createUpdaterArtifacts": true
+  },
+  "plugins": {
+    "updater": {
+      "pubkey": "dW50cnVzdGVkIGNvbW1lbnQ6IG1pbmlzaWduIHB1YmxpYyBrZXk6IDQxOTQyMEVCN0QwMUJCNjgKUldSb3V3Rjk2eUNVUWJaZUpZcUt1VWlZbmo1Sm9tS01zMTAzSjJpdksrazQ2dVNGU0RxKzAreTIK",
+      "endpoints": [
+        "https://github.com/KeelrLeek/SoulStream/releases/latest/download/latest.json"
+      ],
+      "windows": {
+        "installMode": "passive"
       }
     }
   }

src/App.svelte

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
     import LyricsSyncEditor from "./components/LyricsSyncEditor.svelte";
     import ImportWindow from "./components/ImportWindow.svelte";
     import LoginModal from "./components/LoginModal.svelte";
+    import FirstRun from "./components/FirstRun.svelte";
+    import { firstRun } from "./lib/firstRun.svelte.js";
+    import UpdateToast from "./components/UpdateToast.svelte";
+    import { startUpdaterWatch } from "./lib/updater.svelte.js";
     import PreviewOverlay from "./components/PreviewOverlay.svelte";
     import DebugOverlay from "./components/DebugOverlay.svelte";
     import GlassBar from "./components/GlassBar.svelte";
@@ -128,7 +132,13 @@
     // Dark-glass mode is persisted in config; the window boots solid and
     // glasses up as soon as the setting arrives (no-op when off).
     void getSettings()
-        .then((s) => s?.glass_mode && applyGlass(true))
+        .then((s) => {
+            if (s?.glass_mode) applyGlass(true);
+            // A fresh install (no setup_done in its config) meets the
+            // first-run tour before anything else; FirstRun.svelte stamps
+            // the flag when it is finished or skipped.
+            if (s && !s.setup_done) firstRun.open = true;
+        })
         .catch(() => {});
     // Windows drops the acrylic blur for the length of a live resize and the
     // window stays transparent through it, so the desktop punches through
@@ -136,6 +146,9 @@
     // armGlassResizeGuard. Armed unconditionally: the CSS gates on .glass, and
     // this way the mode can be toggled mid-drag without leaving stale state.
     armGlassResizeGuard();
+    // The updater's status and finds arrive as events; the backend checks
+    // on its own schedule and never installs without the button.
+    startUpdaterWatch();
     autoConnect();
     // Sealed cargo arrives on the inbox check, and that has to keep happening
     // wherever the user is — not only while the Community page is mounted.
@@ -157,6 +170,7 @@
     class:player-expanded={ui.playerExpanded}
     class:np-dragging={ui.nowPlayingDragging}
     class:preview-open={previewUi.open}
+    class:setup-open={firstRun.open}
     style="--np-open-width: {ui.nowPlayingWidth}px"
 >
     <TitleBar />
@@ -175,7 +189,7 @@
          would be masked with it; the per-frame page-mask this replaces
          never tracked cleanly). The inner div KEEPS the .content class:
          every page resolves its scroll pane via closest(".content"). -->
-    <main class="pane-shell" class:barless={!BAR_VIEWS.has(ui.view)} inert={previewUi.open || undefined}>
+    <main class="pane-shell" class:barless={!BAR_VIEWS.has(ui.view)} inert={previewUi.open || firstRun.open || undefined}>
         <GlassBar hidden={!BAR_VIEWS.has(ui.view)} />
         <div class="content" use:floatScroll>
             <CurrentView />
@@ -189,6 +203,7 @@
     <UploadToast />
     <ProposalToast />
     <FollowNewsToast />
+    <UpdateToast />
     <WhoHasSheet />
     <SetlistScanChip />
     <PreviewOverlay />
@@ -196,6 +211,9 @@
     <ArtworkViewer />
     <ImportWindow />
     <LoginModal />
+    <!-- Above the login modal: the tour has its own sign-in step, and a
+         failed auto-connect at boot must not raise the modal over it. -->
+    <FirstRun />
     <DebugOverlay />
 </div>
 
@@ -208,7 +226,10 @@
        visible (dimmed under the scrim) but cannot command main audio. */
     .app.preview-open :global(.sidebar),
     .app.preview-open :global(.nowplaying),
-    .app.preview-open :global(.player) {
+    .app.preview-open :global(.player),
+    .app.setup-open :global(.sidebar),
+    .app.setup-open :global(.nowplaying),
+    .app.setup-open :global(.player) {
         pointer-events: none;
     }
 

src/components/FirstRun.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,632 @@
+<script>
+    // The first-run setup: a tour that stands in front of the app on a fresh
+    // install (config.setup_done unset) and asks for the things the app
+    // cannot guess — where music lives, the Soulseek account, whether the
+    // community peer runs, how the window is drawn. Every answer is applied
+    // the moment its step is left, so a skip halfway loses nothing, and
+    // Settings → Account runs the tour again. Solid surfaces on purpose:
+    // no backdrop-filter anywhere (dead over the frost, Library.svelte's
+    // note) — the scrim is a plain veil, the panel the elevated surface.
+    import { tick } from "svelte";
+    import { fade, fly, scale } from "svelte/transition";
+    import { cubicOut, quintOut } from "svelte/easing";
+    import Icon from "./Icon.svelte";
+    import * as api from "../lib/api.js";
+    import { app, connect } from "../lib/state.svelte.js";
+    import { applyGlass } from "../lib/glass.js";
+    import { firstRun, finishFirstRun } from "../lib/firstRun.svelte.js";
+    import {
+        community,
+        refreshFreenet,
+        setFreenetEnabled,
+        refreshPersona,
+        createPersona,
+        publishProfile,
+        personaKey,
+    } from "../lib/community.svelte.js";
+
+    const STEPS = [
+        { id: "welcome", label: "Welcome", icon: "sparkle" },
+        { id: "alpha", label: "Alpha key", icon: "key" },
+        { id: "library", label: "Your library", icon: "library" },
+        { id: "soulseek", label: "Soulseek", icon: "users" },
+        { id: "community", label: "Community", icon: "globe" },
+        { id: "look", label: "Look & sound", icon: "eye" },
+        { id: "ready", label: "Ready", icon: "check" },
+    ];
+    // Album folder formats offered as one-click presets; the field beside
+    // them takes anything Settings would.
+    const PRESETS = [
+        ["{artist}\\{album}", "Artist › Album"],
+        ["{artist}\\{year} - {album}", "Artist › Year - Album"],
+        ["{artist} - {album}", "Artist - Album"],
+    ];
+
+    let step = $state(0);
+    let dir = $state(1);
+    let settings = $state(null);
+    let libraryDir = $state("");
+    let layout = $state("");
+    let username = $state("");
+    let password = $state("");
+    let remember = $state(true);
+    let freenetOn = $state(false);
+    let displayName = $state("");
+    let glass = $state(false);
+    let loudness = $state(true);
+    // The closed alpha's read-only release key (updater.rs): typed here,
+    // kept by the backend in the Credential Manager, never read back.
+    let alphaKey = $state("");
+    let hasToken = $state(false);
+    let busy = $state(false);
+    let error = $state("");
+    let closing = $state(false);
+    let panelEl = $state(null);
+
+    const cur = $derived(STEPS[step]);
+    const online = $derived(app.connection === "online");
+    const reduced = () => typeof matchMedia === "function" && matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches;
+    const dur = (ms) => (reduced() ? 0 : ms);
+
+    $effect(() => {
+        if (!firstRun.open) return;
+        step = 0;
+        dir = 1;
+        error = "";
+        closing = false;
+        password = "";
+        void load();
+    });
+
+    async function load() {
+        try {
+            settings = await api.getSettings();
+            libraryDir = settings.download_dir ?? "";
+            layout = settings.library_layout ?? "";
+            username = settings.username ?? "";
+            glass = !!settings.glass_mode;
+            loudness = settings.volume_normalization !== false;
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = String(e);
+        }
+        try {
+            await refreshFreenet();
+            freenetOn = !!community.freenet?.enabled;
+        } catch {
+            freenetOn = false;
+        }
+        try {
+            hasToken = !!(await api.updaterStatus()).has_token;
+        } catch {
+            hasToken = false;
+        }
+        await tick();
+        panelEl?.querySelector(".primary")?.focus();
+    }
+
+    async function commit(patch) {
+        busy = true;
+        error = "";
+        try {
+            await api.setSettings(patch);
+            return true;
+        } catch (e) {
+            error = String(e);
+            return false;
+        } finally {
+            busy = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function pickDir() {
+        const dir = await api.pickFolder().catch(() => null);
+        if (dir) libraryDir = dir;
+    }
+
+    async function signIn() {
+        if (!username.trim() || !password) return;
+        await connect(username.trim(), password, remember);
+    }
+
+    async function setGlass(v) {
+        glass = v;
+        // Applies live, like Settings: the acrylic and the CSS thinning land
+        // together, and the scrim lets the change show around the panel.
+        if (await commit({ glassMode: v })) applyGlass(v);
+    }
+
+    async function setLoudness(v) {
+        loudness = v;
+        await commit({ volumeNormalization: v });
+    }
+
+    async function next() {
+        if (busy || closing) return;
+        if (cur.id === "alpha") {
+            const k = alphaKey.trim();
+            if (k) {
+                busy = true;
+                error = "";
+                try {
+                    await api.updaterSet({ token: k });
+                    hasToken = true;
+                    alphaKey = "";
+                    // The first check can start now; the toast reports it.
+                    void api.updaterCheck().catch(() => {});
+                } catch (e) {
+                    error = String(e);
+                } finally {
+                    busy = false;
+                }
+                if (error) return;
+            }
+        } else if (cur.id === "library") {
+            const patch = {};
+            if (libraryDir && libraryDir !== settings?.download_dir) patch.downloadDir = libraryDir;
+            const lay = layout.trim();
+            if (lay && lay !== settings?.library_layout) patch.libraryLayout = lay;
+            if (Object.keys(patch).length) {
+                if (!(await commit(patch))) return;
+                if (settings) {
+                    if (patch.downloadDir) settings.download_dir = patch.downloadDir;
+                    if (patch.libraryLayout) settings.library_layout = patch.libraryLayout;
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (cur.id === "community") {
+            if (freenetOn !== !!community.freenet?.enabled) {
+                busy = true;
+                error = "";
+                try {
+                    await setFreenetEnabled(freenetOn);
+                } catch (e) {
+                    error = String(e);
+                } finally {
+                    busy = false;
+                }
+                if (error) return;
+            }
+        }
+        if (step < STEPS.length - 1) {
+            dir = 1;
+            step += 1;
+            await tick();
+            panelEl?.querySelector(".primary")?.focus();
+        }
+    }
+
+    function back() {
+        if (step === 0 || busy || closing) return;
+        dir = -1;
+        step -= 1;
+    }
+
+    async function finish() {
+        if (closing) return;
+        closing = true;
+        const name = displayName.trim();
+        const wantsIdentity = freenetOn && name;
+        await finishFirstRun();
+        if (wantsIdentity) {
+            // Off the tour, best effort: the peer may still be coming up.
+            // Either half can be redone from Community → You.
+            void (async () => {
+                try {
+                    await refreshPersona();
+                    if (!personaKey()) await createPersona();
+                    await publishProfile(name, "");
+                } catch {
+                    // Community → You shows the state and the buttons
+                }
+            })();
+        }
+    }
+
+    function onKeydown(e) {
+        if (!firstRun.open || closing) return;
+        if (e.key === "Tab") return trapTab(e);
+        if (e.key !== "Enter" || e.shiftKey) return;
+        const t = e.target;
+        if (t instanceof HTMLButtonElement || t instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement) return;
+        if (t instanceof HTMLInputElement && t.form) return; // the sign-in form submits itself
+        e.preventDefault();
+        if (cur.id === "ready") finish();
+        else next();
+    }
+
+    function trapTab(e) {
+        if (!panelEl) return;
+        const focusables = [...panelEl.querySelectorAll('button:not([disabled]), input:not([disabled]), [tabindex]:not([tabindex="-1"])')];
+        if (!focusables.length) return;
+        const first = focusables[0];
+        const last = focusables[focusables.length - 1];
+        if (e.shiftKey && document.activeElement === first) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            last.focus();
+        } else if (!e.shiftKey && document.activeElement === last) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            first.focus();
+        } else if (!panelEl.contains(document.activeElement)) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            first.focus();
+        }
+    }
+</script>
+
+<svelte:window onkeydown={onKeydown} />
+
+{#if firstRun.open}
+    <div class="scrim" transition:fade={{ duration: dur(260) }} role="presentation">
+        <div
+            class="panel"
+            bind:this={panelEl}
+            role="dialog"
+            aria-modal="true"
+            aria-labelledby="fr-title"
+            in:scale={{ start: 0.96, duration: dur(460), easing: quintOut }}
+            out:scale={{ start: 1.03, duration: dur(320), easing: cubicOut }}
+        >
+            <aside class="rail" aria-label="Setup steps">
+                <div class="brand">
+                    <img src="/logo.png" alt="" draggable="false" />
+                    <span>SoulStream</span>
+                </div>
+                <ol>
+                    {#each STEPS as s, i (s.id)}
+                        <li class:on={i === step} class:done={i < step} aria-current={i === step ? "step" : undefined}>
+                            <span class="dot">
+                                {#if i < step}<Icon name="check" size={11} />{:else}<Icon name={s.icon} size={12} />{/if}
+                            </span>
+                            <span class="lab">{s.label}</span>
+                        </li>
+                    {/each}
+                </ol>
+                <div class="railfoot">Everything here lives in Settings too.</div>
+            </aside>
+
+            <div class="stage">
+                <div class="steps">
+                    {#key step}
+                        <section
+                            class="step"
+                            in:fly={{ x: 36 * dir, duration: dur(380), easing: quintOut, delay: dur(60) }}
+                            out:fly={{ x: -36 * dir, duration: dur(200), easing: cubicOut }}
+                        >
+                            {#if cur.id === "welcome"}
+                                <div class="welcome">
+                                    <div class="halo" in:scale={{ start: 0.6, duration: dur(760), easing: quintOut }}>
+                                        <img class="mark" src="/logo.png" alt="" draggable="false" />
+                                    </div>
+                                    <h1 id="fr-title" in:fly={{ y: 14, duration: dur(520), delay: dur(220), easing: quintOut }}>Welcome to SoulStream</h1>
+                                    <p class="lede" in:fly={{ y: 14, duration: dur(520), delay: dur(340), easing: quintOut }}>
+                                        Your library on your own disk, music from people on Soulseek, and a community
+                                        that runs on a peer you own. Four short questions and the app is yours.
+                                    </p>
+                                    <ul class="pills" in:fly={{ y: 10, duration: dur(520), delay: dur(460), easing: quintOut }}>
+                                        {#each STEPS.slice(1, 6) as s (s.id)}
+                                            <li><Icon name={s.icon} size={13} /> {s.label}</li>
+                                        {/each}
+                                    </ul>
+                                </div>
+                            {:else if cur.id === "alpha"}
+                                <h1 id="fr-title">Your alpha key</h1>
+                                <p class="lede">
+                                    SoulStream is in a closed alpha. New builds come from a private repository, and
+                                    this key — one per tester, able only to read them — is how your copy finds
+                                    updates. It goes to the Windows Credential Manager, not a plain file. Without it
+                                    the app runs, but cannot update itself.
+                                </p>
+                                <div class="card">
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <div class="label">
+                                            <div class="name">Alpha key {#if hasToken}<span class="tag ok">set</span>{/if}</div>
+                                            <div class="hint">{hasToken ? "A key is saved on this computer. Paste another to replace it, or press Next to keep it." : "Paste the key you were given. It starts with github_pat_."}</div>
+                                        </div>
+                                        <div class="ctl"><input type="password" class="mono" bind:value={alphaKey} placeholder={hasToken ? "••••••••••••" : "github_pat_…"} spellcheck="false" autocomplete="off" aria-label="Alpha key" /></div>
+                                    </div>
+                                </div>
+                            {:else if cur.id === "library"}
+                                <h1 id="fr-title">Where does your music live?</h1>
+                                <p class="lede">
+                                    Downloads land in this folder, it is always shared on Soulseek, and albums are
+                                    filed into it by the format below. Files already in it are never moved.
+                                </p>
+                                <div class="card">
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <div class="label">
+                                            <div class="name">Library folder</div>
+                                            <div class="path">{libraryDir || "Not chosen yet"}</div>
+                                        </div>
+                                        <div class="ctl"><button class="ax-white" onclick={pickDir} disabled={busy}>Choose folder…</button></div>
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <div class="label">
+                                            <div class="name">Album folder format</div>
+                                            <div class="hint">Use {"{artist}"}, {"{album}"}, {"{date}"} or {"{year}"}; "\" starts a subfolder.</div>
+                                            <div class="presets">
+                                                {#each PRESETS as [v, l] (v)}
+                                                    <button class="preset" class:on={layout.trim() === v} onclick={() => (layout = v)}>{l}</button>
+                                                {/each}
+                                            </div>
+                                        </div>
+                                        <div class="ctl"><input class="mono" bind:value={layout} spellcheck="false" autocomplete="off" aria-label="Album folder format" /></div>
+                                    </div>
+                                </div>
+                            {:else if cur.id === "soulseek"}
+                                <h1 id="fr-title">Your Soulseek account</h1>
+                                <p class="lede">
+                                    Any username and password works — a new account is created on first sign-in,
+                                    so pick something unique. The password goes to the Windows Credential Manager,
+                                    never a plain file.
+                                </p>
+                                {#if online}
+                                    <div class="card">
+                                        <div class="row">
+                                            <div class="label">
+                                                <div class="name">Signed in <span class="tag ok">online</span></div>
+                                                <div class="hint">As <b>{app.username}</b>. Your library folder is being shared. You can switch accounts any time in Settings → Account.</div>
+                                            </div>
+                                        </div>
+                                    </div>
+                                {:else}
+                                    <form class="card form" onsubmit={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); signIn(); }}>
+                                        <label class="field">
+                                            <span>Username</span>
+                                            <input bind:value={username} spellcheck="false" autocomplete="off" />
+                                        </label>
+                                        <label class="field">
+                                            <span>Password</span>
+                                            <input type="password" bind:value={password} autocomplete="off" />
+                                        </label>
+                                        <label class="check"><input type="checkbox" bind:checked={remember} /> Remember me on this computer</label>
+                                        {#if app.loginError}<div class="err">{app.loginError}</div>{/if}
+                                        <div class="formfoot">
+                                            <button class="ax-white" type="submit" disabled={app.connection === "connecting" || !username.trim() || !password}>
+                                                {app.connection === "connecting" ? "Connecting…" : "Sign in"}
+                                            </button>
+                                            <span class="hint">Or press Later and sign in when you first play something.</span>
+                                        </div>
+                                    </form>
+                                {/if}
+                            {:else if cur.id === "community"}
+                                <h1 id="fr-title">A community on your own peer</h1>
+                                <p class="lede">
+                                    The social side — an identity, a profile, shared playlists, friends and Spaces —
+                                    runs on Freenet, a peer on this machine. Off by default, and nothing is ever
+                                    published until you press a button that says so.
+                                </p>
+                                <div class="card">
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <div class="label">
+                                            <div class="name">Run the community peer <span class="tag">experimental</span></div>
+                                            <div class="hint">Uses some network, disk and CPU in the background. Turning it off later is instant and touches nothing else in the app.</div>
+                                        </div>
+                                        <div class="ctl">
+                                            <span class="tval">{freenetOn ? "on" : "off"}</span>
+                                            <button class="toggle" class:on={freenetOn} role="switch" aria-checked={freenetOn} aria-label="Run the community peer" onclick={() => (freenetOn = !freenetOn)} disabled={busy}><i></i></button>
+                                        </div>
+                                    </div>
+                                    {#if freenetOn}
+                                        <div class="row" in:fly={{ y: -6, duration: dur(220) }}>
+                                            <div class="label">
+                                                <div class="name">Display name</div>
+                                                <div class="hint">What others see on your profile. Optional — the identity is created either way, and the profile can be written from Community → You.</div>
+                                            </div>
+                                            <div class="ctl"><input bind:value={displayName} placeholder="Your name" maxlength="48" spellcheck="false" autocomplete="off" aria-label="Display name" /></div>
+                                        </div>
+                                    {/if}
+                                </div>
+                            {:else if cur.id === "look"}
+                                <h1 id="fr-title">How the window is drawn</h1>
+                                <p class="lede">Both apply as you flip them, so look at the window behind this card.</p>
+                                <div class="card">
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <div class="label">
+                                            <div class="name">Dark glass</div>
+                                            <div class="hint">Whatever is behind the window glows through the app's dark surfaces with a live blur (Windows acrylic). Menus and dialogs stay solid.</div>
+                                        </div>
+                                        <div class="ctl">
+                                            <span class="tval">{glass ? "dark glass" : "solid"}</span>
+                                            <button class="toggle" class:on={glass} role="switch" aria-checked={glass} aria-label="Dark glass" onclick={() => setGlass(!glass)} disabled={busy}><i></i></button>
+                                        </div>
+                                    </div>
+                                    <div class="row">
+                                        <div class="label">
+                                            <div class="name">Loudness normalization</div>
+                                            <div class="hint">Every track plays at roughly the same level (−14 LUFS). Off plays each file as recorded.</div>
+                                        </div>
+                                        <div class="ctl">
+                                            <span class="tval">{loudness ? "on" : "off"}</span>
+                                            <button class="toggle" class:on={loudness} role="switch" aria-checked={loudness} aria-label="Loudness normalization" onclick={() => setLoudness(!loudness)} disabled={busy}><i></i></button>
+                                        </div>
+                                    </div>
+                                </div>
+                            {:else}
+                                <h1 id="fr-title">You're set</h1>
+                                <p class="lede">Here is what you chose. Every line of it lives in Settings.</p>
+                                <ul class="summary">
+                                    {#each [
+                                        ["key", "Alpha key", hasToken ? "set" : "not set — updates need it"],
+                                        ["folder-open", "Library", libraryDir || "not chosen"],
+                                        ["users", "Soulseek", online ? `signed in as ${app.username}` : "not signed in yet"],
+                                        ["globe", "Community peer", freenetOn ? (displayName.trim() ? `on · ${displayName.trim()}` : "on") : "off"],
+                                        ["eye", "Window", glass ? "dark glass" : "solid"],
+                                        ["volume", "Loudness", loudness ? "normalized" : "as recorded"],
+                                    ] as [icon, what, value], i (what)}
+                                        <li in:fly={{ y: 10, duration: dur(360), delay: dur(120 + i * 70), easing: quintOut }}>
+                                            <span class="ic"><Icon name={icon} size={14} /></span>
+                                            <span class="what">{what}</span>
+                                            <b class:mono={what === "Library"}>{value}</b>
+                                        </li>
+                                    {/each}
+                                </ul>
+                            {/if}
+                        </section>
+                    {/key}
+                </div>
+
+                <footer class="foot">
+                    {#if step > 0}
+                        <button class="ax-ghost" onclick={back} disabled={busy || closing}>Back</button>
+                    {/if}
+                    <span class="spacer"></span>
+                    {#if error}<span class="err">{error}</span>{/if}
+                    {#if cur.id === "welcome"}
+                        <button class="lnk" onclick={finish} disabled={closing}>Skip setup</button>
+                        <button class="ax-fill primary" onclick={next} disabled={closing}>Let's set it up <Icon name="chevron-right" size={14} /></button>
+                    {:else if cur.id === "ready"}
+                        <button class="ax-fill primary big" onclick={finish} disabled={closing}>Open SoulStream</button>
+                    {:else}
+                        {#if (cur.id === "soulseek" && !online) || (cur.id === "alpha" && !hasToken && !alphaKey.trim())}
+                            <button class="lnk" onclick={next} disabled={busy}>Later</button>
+                        {/if}
+                        <button class="ax-fill primary" onclick={next} disabled={busy || closing}>{busy ? "Saving…" : "Next"} <Icon name="chevron-right" size={14} /></button>
+                    {/if}
+                </footer>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{/if}
+
+<style>
+    .scrim {
+        position: fixed;
+        inset: 0;
+        z-index: 110;
+        display: grid;
+        place-items: center;
+        /* A plain veil — never a backdrop-filter (dead over the frost). */
+        background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.72);
+        --surf: var(--bg-elevated);
+        --surf-hi: var(--bg-highlight);
+        --hair: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.07);
+        --ok: #3ddc84;
+    }
+    .panel {
+        width: min(780px, 94vw);
+        height: min(560px, 92vh);
+        display: grid;
+        grid-template-columns: 212px 1fr;
+        background: var(--bg-elevated);
+        border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
+        border-radius: 18px;
+        box-shadow: 0 30px 80px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+        overflow: hidden;
+        color: var(--text-primary);
+    }
+
+    /* ── the rail ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+    .rail {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        background: var(--bg-base);
+        border-right: 1px solid var(--hair);
+        padding: 22px 16px 18px;
+        min-width: 0;
+    }
+    .brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; padding: 0 6px 22px; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: 0.01em; }
+    .brand img { width: 26px; height: 26px; border-radius: 7px; }
+    .rail ol { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 4px; }
+    .rail li { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; padding: 8px 8px; border-radius: 10px; color: var(--text-muted); font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 700; transition: color 0.2s, background 0.2s; }
+    .rail li.on { color: var(--text-primary); background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); }
+    .rail li.done { color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .dot { width: 24px; height: 24px; border-radius: 50%; display: grid; place-items: center; background: var(--surf-hi); color: var(--text-secondary); flex: none; transition: background 0.2s, color 0.2s; }
+    .rail li.on .dot { background: var(--accent); color: #000; }
+    .rail li.done .dot { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ok) 18%, transparent); color: var(--ok); }
+    .railfoot { margin-top: auto; font-size: 11px; color: var(--text-muted); line-height: 1.5; padding: 0 6px; }
+
+    /* ── the stage ────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+    .stage { display: grid; grid-template-rows: 1fr auto; min-width: 0; }
+    .steps { position: relative; display: grid; overflow: hidden; }
+    /* In and out share the cell so a step leaving never pushes the next. */
+    .steps > .step { grid-area: 1 / 1; padding: 30px 32px 8px; overflow: auto; min-height: 0; }
+    h1 { font-size: 22px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: 0 0 8px; line-height: 1.15; }
+    .lede { font-size: 13px; color: var(--text-secondary); line-height: 1.55; margin: 0 0 18px; max-width: 58ch; }
+
+    .welcome { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; text-align: center; padding-top: 14px; }
+    .welcome h1 { font-size: 26px; margin-top: 18px; }
+    .welcome .lede { max-width: 46ch; }
+    .halo {
+        position: relative;
+        width: 108px;
+        height: 108px;
+        display: grid;
+        place-items: center;
+    }
+    .halo::before {
+        content: "";
+        position: absolute;
+        inset: -18px;
+        border-radius: 50%;
+        background: radial-gradient(circle, color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 55%, transparent) 0, color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 18%, transparent) 38%, transparent 70%);
+        animation: breathe 3.8s ease-in-out infinite;
+    }
+    .mark { position: relative; width: 84px; height: 84px; border-radius: 22px; box-shadow: 0 18px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5); }
+    @keyframes breathe {
+        0%, 100% { transform: scale(1); opacity: 0.85; }
+        50% { transform: scale(1.1); opacity: 1; }
+    }
+    .pills { list-style: none; margin: 4px 0 0; padding: 0; display: flex; gap: 8px; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; }
+    .pills li { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; padding: 6px 12px; border-radius: 99px; background: var(--surf-hi); font-size: 12px; font-weight: 800; color: var(--text-secondary); }
+
+    /* Settings' own card vocabulary, so the tour and the page read as one. */
+    .card { background: var(--surf); border: 1px solid var(--hair); border-radius: 12px; overflow: hidden; }
+    .row { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 16px; padding: 14px 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--hair); }
+    .card > .row:first-child { border-top: none; }
+    .label { min-width: 0; flex: 1; }
+    .name { font-size: 13.5px; font-weight: 700; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+    .hint { font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-secondary); margin-top: 3px; line-height: 1.45; max-width: 60ch; }
+    .hint b { color: var(--text-primary); font-weight: 700; }
+    .path { font-family: "Cascadia Code", Consolas, monospace; font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--text-secondary); word-break: break-all; margin-top: 3px; }
+    .ctl { flex: none; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; }
+    .tag { font-size: 10px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: 0.05em; padding: 2px 7px; border-radius: 99px; background: var(--accent-soft); color: var(--accent-hover); display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 4px; white-space: nowrap; }
+    .tag.ok { background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ok) 14%, transparent); color: #5ee89a; }
+    .tval { font-size: 12px; font-weight: 800; color: var(--text-secondary); min-width: 62px; text-align: right; }
+    .toggle { width: 38px; height: 21px; border-radius: 99px; background: var(--surf-hi); position: relative; flex: none; transition: 0.18s; }
+    .toggle i { position: absolute; top: 3px; left: 3px; width: 15px; height: 15px; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--text-muted); transition: 0.18s; }
+    .toggle.on { background: var(--accent); }
+    .toggle.on i { left: 20px; background: #000; }
+    .toggle:disabled { opacity: 0.45; cursor: default; }
+
+    .presets { display: flex; gap: 6px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 8px; }
+    .preset { padding: 4px 10px; border-radius: 99px; font-size: 11.5px; font-weight: 800; background: var(--surf-hi); color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .preset:hover { color: #fff; }
+    .preset.on { background: var(--accent); color: #000; }
+    input { height: 32px; padding: 0 10px; border-radius: 8px; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06); border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1); color: var(--text-primary); font: inherit; font-size: 13px; min-width: 0; }
+    input:focus { outline: none; border-color: var(--accent); }
+    input.mono { font-family: "Cascadia Code", Consolas, monospace; font-size: 12px; width: 220px; }
+
+    .form { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 12px; padding: 16px; }
+    .field { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 5px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .field input { width: 100%; max-width: 360px; }
+    .check { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; font-size: 12.5px; color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .check input { height: auto; accent-color: var(--accent); }
+    .formfoot { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+    .err { font-size: 12px; color: #ff8d98; }
+
+    .summary { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 6px; }
+    .summary li { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 28px 130px 1fr; align-items: center; gap: 8px; padding: 10px 12px; border-radius: 10px; background: var(--surf); border: 1px solid var(--hair); font-size: 13px; }
+    .summary .ic { display: grid; place-items: center; color: var(--accent-hover); }
+    .summary .what { color: var(--text-secondary); font-weight: 700; }
+    .summary b { font-weight: 800; min-width: 0; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
+    .summary b.mono { font-family: "Cascadia Code", Consolas, monospace; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 600; }
+
+    /* ── the footer ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
+    .foot { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; padding: 14px 24px 18px 32px; border-top: 1px solid var(--hair); }
+    .spacer { flex: 1; }
+    .lnk { color: var(--text-muted); font-weight: 700; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 2px; padding: 0 6px; }
+    .lnk:hover:not(:disabled) { color: var(--text-primary); }
+    .ax-ghost { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; height: 32px; padding: 0 14px; border-radius: 99px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 800; border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.28); transition: 0.18s; white-space: nowrap; }
+    .ax-ghost:hover:not(:disabled) { border-color: #fff; background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08); }
+    .ax-ghost:disabled { opacity: 0.45; cursor: default; }
+    .ax-fill { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; height: 34px; padding: 0 18px; border-radius: 99px; font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 800; background: var(--accent); color: #000; white-space: nowrap; transition: background 0.18s, transform 0.15s; }
+    .ax-fill:hover:not(:disabled) { background: var(--accent-hover); }
+    .ax-fill:disabled { opacity: 0.55; cursor: default; }
+    .ax-fill.big { height: 38px; padding: 0 22px; font-size: 13.5px; }
+    .ax-white { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; height: 32px; padding: 0 16px; border-radius: 99px; font-size: 12.5px; font-weight: 800; background: #fff; color: #000; white-space: nowrap; transition: transform 0.15s; }
+    .ax-white:hover:not(:disabled) { transform: scale(1.03); }
+    .ax-white:disabled { opacity: 0.55; cursor: default; }
+
+    @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+        .halo::before { animation: none; }
+    }
+</style>

src/components/UpdateToast.svelte

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+<script>
+    // A release was found by the automatic check: the same pill and slot as
+    // the other toasts, but it STAYS until answered — Install here, or Later
+    // (the Settings card keeps the offer). Installing on its own was never on
+    // the table; this is the button the updater's note talks about.
+    //
+    // Its other face, for the closed alpha: a copy whose check failed for
+    // want of the read-only key says so once per session, with the way to
+    // Settings — a tester who skipped the tour's key step still finds out.
+    import Icon from "./Icon.svelte";
+    import { goToView } from "../lib/state.svelte.js";
+    import { updater, installUpdate, dismissUpdate, dismissNudge } from "../lib/updater.svelte.js";
+
+    const available = $derived(updater.status?.available ?? null);
+    const installing = $derived(!!updater.status?.installing);
+    const shown = $derived(!!available && !updater.dismissed);
+    const needsKey = $derived(
+        !available
+            && !!updater.status
+            && !updater.status.has_token
+            && /access token/.test(updater.status.last_error ?? "")
+            && !updater.nudgeDismissed,
+    );
+    const pct = $derived.by(() => {
+        const p = updater.progress;
+        if (!p || !p.total) return null;
+        return Math.min(100, Math.round((p.received / p.total) * 100));
+    });
+
+    function openSettings() {
+        dismissNudge();
+        goToView("settings");
+    }
+</script>
+
+{#if shown}
+    <div class="layer" aria-live="polite">
+        <div class="toast" role="status">
+            <span class="ic"><Icon name="download" size={14} /></span>
+            {#if installing}
+                <span class="text">Installing SoulStream {available.version}{#if pct != null} · {pct}%{:else}…{/if}</span>
+                <span class="bar" aria-hidden="true"><i style="width: {pct ?? 8}%"></i></span>
+            {:else}
+                <span class="text">SoulStream <b>{available.version}</b> is ready</span>
+                <button class="go" onclick={installUpdate}>Install and restart</button>
+                <button class="later" onclick={dismissUpdate} title="Later" aria-label="Later"><Icon name="x" size={13} /></button>
+            {/if}
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{:else if needsKey}
+    <div class="layer" aria-live="polite">
+        <div class="toast" role="status">
+            <span class="ic"><Icon name="key" size={14} /></span>
+            <span class="text">Updates need your <b>alpha key</b></span>
+            <button class="go" onclick={openSettings}>Open Settings</button>
+            <button class="later" onclick={dismissNudge} title="Not now" aria-label="Not now"><Icon name="x" size={13} /></button>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{/if}
+
+<style>
+    /* The shared toast slot — FollowToast's geometry verbatim. */
+    .layer {
+        position: fixed;
+        left: 0;
+        right: 0;
+        bottom: calc(var(--player-height, 62px) + 8px + 26px);
+        display: flex;
+        justify-content: center;
+        z-index: 80;
+        pointer-events: none;
+    }
+    .toast {
+        pointer-events: auto;
+        display: inline-flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        gap: 10px;
+        max-width: min(70vw, 560px);
+        padding: 7px 8px 7px 16px;
+        border-radius: 99px;
+        background: rgba(22, 23, 28, 0.96);
+        border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
+        box-shadow: 0 14px 34px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
+        font-size: 12.5px;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        color: #fff;
+        animation: toast-in 340ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;
+    }
+    @keyframes toast-in {
+        from {
+            opacity: 0;
+            transform: translateY(16px) scale(0.95);
+        }
+        to {
+            opacity: 1;
+            transform: none;
+        }
+    }
+    .ic {
+        display: inline-flex;
+        color: var(--accent);
+    }
+    .text {
+        white-space: nowrap;
+        overflow: hidden;
+        text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    }
+    b {
+        font-weight: 800;
+    }
+    .go {
+        height: 28px;
+        padding: 0 12px;
+        border-radius: 99px;
+        background: var(--accent);
+        color: #000;
+        font-size: 12px;
+        font-weight: 800;
+        white-space: nowrap;
+    }
+    .go:hover {
+        background: var(--accent-hover);
+    }
+    .later {
+        width: 28px;
+        height: 28px;
+        border-radius: 99px;
+        display: grid;
+        place-items: center;
+        color: var(--text-secondary);
+    }
+    .later:hover {
+        background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
+        color: #fff;
+    }
+    .bar {
+        width: 120px;
+        height: 4px;
+        border-radius: 99px;
+        background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
+        overflow: hidden;
+        margin-right: 8px;
+    }
+    .bar i {
+        display: block;
+        height: 100%;
+        background: var(--accent);
+        border-radius: 99px;
+        transition: width 0.2s;
+    }
+    @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+        .toast {
+            animation-duration: 1ms;
+        }
+    }
+</style>

src/lib/api.js

@@ -226,6 +226,13 @@ export const refreshAlbumArt = (albumId) => invoke("refresh_album_art", { albumI
 export const refreshAllAlbumArt = () => invoke("refresh_all_album_art");
 export const getSettings = () => invoke("get_settings");
 export const setSettings = (patch) => invoke("set_settings", patch);
+// The in-app updater (updater.rs): status, a check on the current channel,
+// settings (channel / autoCheck / endpointStable / endpointNightly), and the
+// install — which on Windows ends this process when it succeeds.
+export const updaterStatus = () => invoke("updater_status");
+export const updaterCheck = () => invoke("updater_check");
+export const updaterSet = (patch) => invoke("updater_set", patch);
+export const updaterInstall = () => invoke("updater_install");
 export const windowGlass = (on) => invoke("window_glass", { on });
 export const forgetCredentials = () => invoke("forget_credentials");
 export const pickFolder = () => invoke("pick_folder");

src/lib/firstRun.svelte.js

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// The first-run setup's one piece of shared state: whether the tour stands
+// in front of the app. App.svelte opens it when the settings arrive without
+// `setup_done`; Settings → Account opens it again on request; the tour
+// itself closes it and stamps the flag. The flag lives in config.json (per
+// install, so it travels with a portable data dir), not in the webview.
+import { setSettings } from "./api.js";
+
+export const firstRun = $state({
+    open: false,
+    /** "boot" = a fresh install, "settings" = run again by hand. */
+    reason: "boot",
+});
+
+export function openFirstRun(reason = "settings") {
+    firstRun.reason = reason;
+    firstRun.open = true;
+}
+
+/** Close the tour and remember that it ran. The flag write is best effort:
+ *  a failed save re-opens the tour on the next launch, which is the honest
+ *  outcome — nothing else in the app depends on it. */
+export async function finishFirstRun() {
+    firstRun.open = false;
+    try {
+        await setSettings({ setupDone: true });
+    } catch {
+        // see above
+    }
+}

src/lib/state.svelte.js

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
     notePlaybackGeneration,
 } from "./preview/previewSession.svelte.js";
 import { CROSSFADE_MS as PREVIEW_CROSSFADE_MS } from "./preview/service.js";
+import { firstRun, openFirstRun, finishFirstRun } from "./firstRun.svelte.js";
 
 export const app = $state({
     connection: "offline", // offline | connecting | online
@@ -7836,5 +7837,8 @@ if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
         followNewsToast, announceFollowNews,
         searchTabs, selectSearchTab, closeSearchTab, filesForGroup,
         downloads, network, sendDm, openChat,
+        // The first-run tour: probes on a fresh data dir need to open it,
+        // drive it, or clear it out of the way.
+        firstRun, openFirstRun, finishFirstRun,
     };
 }

src/lib/updater.svelte.js

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// The updater's view of things: the backend's status snapshot (updater.rs),
+// download progress, and whether the toast was waved away. App.svelte
+// starts the watch once; Settings → Updates and UpdateToast read it.
+import * as api from "./api.js";
+
+export const updater = $state({
+    /** updater.rs `Status`, or null before the first read. */
+    status: null,
+    /** { received, total } while an install downloads. */
+    progress: null,
+    /** The toast for the current find was dismissed. */
+    dismissed: false,
+    /** The "updates need your alpha key" nudge was waved away this session. */
+    nudgeDismissed: false,
+    error: "",
+});
+
+export function dismissNudge() {
+    updater.nudgeDismissed = true;
+}
+
+export const updateAvailable = () => updater.status?.available ?? null;
+
+export async function refreshUpdater() {
+    try {
+        updater.status = await api.updaterStatus();
+    } catch (e) {
+        updater.error = String(e);
+    }
+}
+
+export async function checkForUpdates() {
+    updater.error = "";
+    updater.dismissed = false;
+    try {
+        updater.status = await api.updaterCheck();
+    } catch (e) {
+        // The status carries last_error too; this is the same text, live.
+        updater.error = String(e);
+        await refreshUpdater();
+    }
+}
+
+export async function setUpdater(patch) {
+    updater.error = "";
+    try {
+        updater.status = await api.updaterSet(patch);
+        updater.dismissed = false;
+    } catch (e) {
+        updater.error = String(e);
+    }
+}
+
+/** On success the app exits into the installer; on failure the error
+ *  lands here and in the status. */
+export async function installUpdate() {
+    updater.error = "";
+    try {
+        await api.updaterInstall();
+    } catch (e) {
+        updater.error = String(e);
+        await refreshUpdater();
+    }
+}
+
+export function dismissUpdate() {
+    updater.dismissed = true;
+}
+
+let started = false;
+export function startUpdaterWatch() {
+    if (started) return;
+    started = true;
+    api.onEvent("updater:status", (s) => {
+        const before = updater.status?.available?.version ?? null;
+        updater.status = s;
+        // A new find un-dismisses the toast; the same one stays dismissed.
+        if ((s?.available?.version ?? null) !== before) updater.dismissed = false;
+        if (!s?.installing) updater.progress = null;
+    });
+    api.onEvent("updater:progress", (p) => {
+        updater.progress = p;
+    });
+    void refreshUpdater();
+}

src/views/Library.svelte

@@ -3583,18 +3583,23 @@
     /* ── dark glass ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
        The ladder lives in global.css. Solid mode sees none of this.
 
-       The toolbar was the loudest surface on the page and it was loud for two
-       compounding reasons, both measured on 2026-08-27 with a known-colour
-       ground substituted behind the window (research/scroll-diag/glassshot.mjs):
-       its own fill nets 0.82 + 0.7075x0.18 = 0.947 — a slab by alpha alone —
-       AND its backdrop-filter samples the see-through pane, which the
-       compositor flattens against black (the measurement lives in
-       Sidebar.svelte). Chroma of the shipped bar, blue-minus-red over a
-       #6b3fa8 ground: +2, i.e. dead. Fill alone got it to +12; dropping the
-       filter as well got it to +16, against +30 for the bare pane beside it.
-       Both halves were needed, so both are here. */
+       The toolbar was the loudest surface on the page, measured on 2026-08-27
+       with a known-colour ground substituted behind the window
+       (research/scroll-diag/glassshot.mjs): its 0.82 fill over the frost
+       netted 0.947 — a slab by alpha alone — and dropping fill and filter
+       made it the see-through card that shipped. It is SOLID again by
+       Kyle's word (2026-09-09: "just make it a solid bar"), and on purpose:
+       a backdrop-filter over the pane's frost cannot hide thin content —
+       Chromium paints the filtered backdrop OVER the original, so a title
+       on bare frost stays crisp under the haze (measured that day, chroma
+       +11 with the filter vs +17 without) — and the periscope twin built
+       that afternoon (a pane-level copy of the bar over a deepened band
+       cut, fogged by a page clone, GlassBar's pattern) still read as
+       broken on his screen and went the same day. An opaque card floating
+       on the glass: the elevated surface at full strength, hairline and
+       shadow as before, nothing behind it to sample. */
     :global(:root.glass) .lib-toolbar {
-        background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06);
+        background: var(--bg-elevated);
         backdrop-filter: none;
         -webkit-backdrop-filter: none;
     }

src/views/Settings.svelte

@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@
     import { app, network, clearCatalogHeroArtCache, refreshSourcePrefs } from "../lib/state.svelte.js";
     import { setWordFill } from "../lib/lyrics.svelte.js";
     import { applyGlass } from "../lib/glass.js";
+    import { openFirstRun } from "../lib/firstRun.svelte.js";
+    import { updater, checkForUpdates, setUpdater, installUpdate } from "../lib/updater.svelte.js";
+    // The updater card reads the backend's snapshot; `pct` is the install download.
+    const up = $derived(updater.status);
+    const avail = $derived(up?.available ?? null);
+    const pct = $derived(updater.progress?.total ? Math.min(100, Math.round((updater.progress.received / updater.progress.total) * 100)) : null);
+    // The private-release token: typed here, saved to the Credential Manager
+    // by the backend, never read back into the page.
+    let tokenDraft = $state("");
+    async function saveToken() {
+        const t = tokenDraft.trim();
+        if (!t) return;
+        await setUpdater({ token: t });
+        tokenDraft = "";
+    }
     import * as api from "../lib/api.js";
     import Icon from "../components/Icon.svelte";
     import Chooser from "../components/Chooser.svelte";
@@ -329,6 +344,7 @@
     const SECTIONS = [
         { id: "account", title: "Account", group: "You", icon: "users" },
         { id: "networks", title: "Networks", group: "You", icon: "globe" },
+        { id: "updates", title: "Updates", group: "You", icon: "download" },
         { id: "appearance", title: "Appearance", group: "Look & sound", icon: "eye" },
         { id: "playback", title: "Playback", group: "Look & sound", icon: "volume" },
         { id: "lyrics", title: "Lyrics", group: "Look & sound", icon: "lyrics" },
@@ -423,6 +439,13 @@
                                 {/if}
                             </div>
                         </div>
+                        <div class="row">
+                            <div class="label">
+                                <div class="name">First-time setup</div>
+                                <div class="hint">The welcome tour from the first launch: library folder, account, community peer, look. Runs again from here and changes nothing until you do.</div>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="ctl"><button class="ax-ghost" onclick={() => openFirstRun("settings")}>Run again</button></div>
+                        </div>
                     </div>
                 </section>
 
@@ -525,6 +548,72 @@
                     </div>
                 </section>
 
+                <!-- ── Updates ─────────────────────────────────────────── -->
+                <section id="set-updates" class="sec">
+                    <div class="sec-head"><span class="hic"><Icon name={iconOf("updates")} size={14} /></span><h2>Updates</h2><span class="blurb">New releases from the project, on the channel you pick. Installing is always a button.</span></div>
+                    <div class="card">
+                        <div class="row">
+                            <div class="label">
+                                <div class="name">SoulStream {up?.version ?? "…"} {#if up?.dev_build}<span class="tag off">dev build</span>{/if}{#if avail}<span class="tag acc">{avail.version} available</span>{:else if up?.last_check && !up?.last_error}<span class="tag ok">up to date</span>{/if}</div>
+                                <div class="hint">
+                                    {#if up?.checking}Checking {up.channel}…
+                                    {:else if up?.last_error}<span class="warn">Last check failed: {up.last_error}</span>
+                                    {:else if up?.last_check}Checked {fmtWhen(up.last_check * 1000)} on the {up.channel} channel.
+                                    {:else}Not checked yet on the {up?.channel ?? "stable"} channel.{/if}
+                                    {#if updater.error}<span class="warn"> {updater.error}</span>{/if}
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="ctl"><button class="ax-ghost" onclick={() => checkForUpdates()} disabled={!!up?.checking || !!up?.installing}>{up?.checking ? "Checking…" : "Check now"}</button></div>
+                        </div>
+                        {#if avail}
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="label">
+                                    <div class="name">{avail.version} is ready {#if avail.date}<span class="tag">{new Date(avail.date * 1000).toLocaleDateString()}</span>{/if}</div>
+                                    {#if avail.notes}<div class="hint notes">{avail.notes}</div>{/if}
+                                    {#if up?.installing}
+                                        <div class="hint">{pct != null ? `Downloading · ${pct}%` : "Downloading…"} — the app closes into the installer and comes back on its own.</div>
+                                        <span class="pbar" aria-hidden="true"><i style="width: {pct ?? 6}%"></i></span>
+                                    {:else if up?.dev_build}
+                                        <div class="hint warn">This is a dev build run from the target folder; the installer would set up the packaged app beside it.</div>
+                                    {/if}
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="ctl"><button class="ax-fill" onclick={() => installUpdate()} disabled={!!up?.installing}><Icon name="download" size={12} /> {up?.installing ? "Installing…" : "Install and restart"}</button></div>
+                            </div>
+                        {/if}
+                        <div class="row">
+                            <div class="label">
+                                <div class="name">Channel</div>
+                                <div class="hint">Stable follows the releases. Nightly is built from <b>main</b> every day and can break; switching back to Stable offers the next stable build even when its number is lower.</div>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="ctl">{@render seg([["stable", "Stable"], ["nightly", "Nightly"]], up?.channel ?? "stable", (v) => setUpdater({ channel: v }), !up || !!up.installing)}</div>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="row">
+                            <div class="label">
+                                <div class="name">Check automatically</div>
+                                <div class="hint">Shortly after launch and every six hours. Finding one shows a toast; nothing installs on its own.</div>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="ctl">{@render sw(up?.auto_check ?? true, ["on", "off"], (v) => setUpdater({ autoCheck: v }), !up)}</div>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="row">
+                            <div class="label">
+                                <div class="name">Access token {#if up?.has_token}<span class="tag ok">set</span>{:else if up?.source_kind === "github"}<span class="tag warn">needed for a private repository</span>{/if}</div>
+                                <div class="hint">The project's repository is private while the alpha runs: releases are read with a token that can only read them. Paste the one you were given — it goes to the Windows Credential Manager, not a plain file, and leaves with Clear.</div>
+                            </div>
+                            <div class="ctl">
+                                <input type="password" class="mono tok" bind:value={tokenDraft} placeholder={up?.has_token ? "••••••••••••" : "github_pat_…"} spellcheck="false" autocomplete="off" aria-label="Access token" onkeydown={(e) => e.key === "Enter" && saveToken()} disabled={!up} />
+                                <button class="ax-white" onclick={saveToken} disabled={!tokenDraft.trim()}>Save</button>
+                                {#if up?.has_token}<button class="ax-ghost" onclick={() => setUpdater({ token: "" })}>Clear</button>{/if}
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                        <details class="disclose src">
+                            <summary>Update source</summary>
+                            <div class="hint">The manifest each channel reads (<code>latest.json</code>, Tauri's updater format, signed with the project's key). Leave empty for the project's GitHub releases; point it at a mirror or your own Gitea to update from there.</div>
+                            <label class="srcrow"><span>Stable</span><input class="mono" value={up?.endpoint_stable ?? ""} placeholder={up?.default_stable ?? ""} spellcheck="false" onkeydown={(e) => e.key === "Enter" && e.currentTarget.blur()} onchange={(e) => setUpdater({ endpointStable: e.currentTarget.value })} /></label>
+                            <label class="srcrow"><span>Nightly</span><input class="mono" value={up?.endpoint_nightly ?? ""} placeholder={up?.default_nightly ?? ""} spellcheck="false" onkeydown={(e) => e.key === "Enter" && e.currentTarget.blur()} onchange={(e) => setUpdater({ endpointNightly: e.currentTarget.value })} /></label>
+                        </details>
+                    </div>
+                </section>
+
                 <!-- ── Appearance ──────────────────────────────────────── -->
                 <section id="set-appearance" class="sec">
                     <div class="sec-head"><span class="hic"><Icon name={iconOf("appearance")} size={14} /></span><h2>Appearance</h2><span class="blurb">How the window is drawn.</span></div>
@@ -840,6 +929,15 @@
     .subgrp { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; padding: 12px 16px 2px; font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 900; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--text-muted); }
     .subgrp .ln { flex: 1; height: 1px; background: var(--hair); }
     .noderow { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; margin-top: 8px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+    .hint.notes { white-space: pre-wrap; max-height: 9em; overflow: auto; }
+    .pbar { display: block; width: min(100%, 360px); height: 4px; border-radius: 99px; background: var(--surf-hi); overflow: hidden; margin-top: 8px; }
+    .pbar i { display: block; height: 100%; background: var(--accent); border-radius: 99px; transition: width 0.2s; }
+    .disclose.src { padding: 10px 16px 14px; border-top: 1px solid var(--hair); }
+    .disclose.src .hint { margin: 6px 0 10px; }
+    .disclose.src code { font-family: "Cascadia Code", Consolas, monospace; font-size: 11px; }
+    .srcrow { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 64px 1fr; align-items: center; gap: 10px; margin-top: 6px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .srcrow input { width: 100%; min-width: 0; }
+    input.tok { width: 220px; }
     .lnk { color: var(--text-secondary); font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 2px; font-size: 12px; }
     .lnk:disabled { opacity: 0.5; }
     .disclose { margin-top: 8px; }

vite.setup.config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// The setup app's frontend: the same toolchain as the app, its own root and
+// port, and the app's public folder (logo, fonts) served as if its own.
+import { defineConfig } from "vite";
+import { svelte } from "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte";
+
+export default defineConfig({
+    root: "setup",
+    publicDir: "../public",
+    plugins: [svelte()],
+    clearScreen: false,
+    server: { port: 1425, strictPort: true },
+    build: { outDir: "dist", emptyOutDir: true },
+});