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README.md

🦞 Moltbot Windows Hub

A Windows companion suite for Moltbot - the AI-powered personal assistant.

Projects

This monorepo contains three projects:

Project	Description
Moltbot.Tray	System tray application for quick access to Moltbot
Moltbot.Shared	Shared gateway client library
Moltbot.CommandPalette	PowerToys Command Palette extension

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

.NET 10.0 SDK
Windows 10/11
PowerToys (for Command Palette extension)

Build

dotnet build

Run Tray App

dotnet run --project src/Moltbot.Tray

📦 Moltbot.Tray

Windows system tray companion that connects to your local Moltbot gateway.

Features

🦞 Lobster icon in system tray (connected/disconnected states)
💬 Quick Send - Send messages via global hotkey (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C)
🔄 Auto-updates from GitHub Releases
🌐 Web Chat - Embedded chat window
📊 Status Display - View sessions and channels
🔔 Toast Notifications - Clickable Windows notifications
🚀 Auto-start with Windows
⚙️ Settings management

Mac Parity Status

Feature	Mac	Windows
System tray icon	✅	✅
Connection status	✅	✅
Quick send hotkey	✅	✅
Web chat window	✅	✅
Toast notifications	✅	✅
Auto-start	✅	✅
Session display	✅	✅
Channel health	✅	✅
Deep links	✅	🔄

📦 Moltbot.CommandPalette

PowerToys Command Palette extension for quick Moltbot access.

Commands

🦞 Open Dashboard - Launch web dashboard
💬 Quick Send - Send a message
📊 Full Status - View gateway status
⚡ Sessions - View active sessions
📡 Channels - View channel health
🔄 Health Check - Trigger health refresh

Installation

Build the solution in Release mode
Deploy the MSIX package via Visual Studio
Open Command Palette (Win+Alt+Space)
Type "Moltbot" to see commands

📦 Moltbot.Shared

Shared library containing:

MoltbotGatewayClient - WebSocket client for gateway protocol
IMoltbotLogger - Logging interface
Data models (SessionInfo, ChannelHealth, etc.)

Development

Project Structure

moltbot-windows-hub/
├── src/
│   ├── Moltbot.Shared/           # Shared gateway library
│   ├── Moltbot.Tray/             # System tray app
│   └── Moltbot.CommandPalette/   # PowerToys extension
├── moltbot-windows-hub.sln
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
└── .gitignore

Configuration

Settings are stored in:

Settings: %APPDATA%\MoltbotTray\settings.json
Logs: %LOCALAPPDATA%\MoltbotTray\moltbot-tray.log

Default gateway: ws://localhost:18789

License

MIT License - see LICENSE