[cyrusradfar]

OP here --

I could build an extension for the UI vs a Tauri app, and it could help you install the CLI if you don't have it. Would that meet your needs?

That said, the fidelity of OS-level daemon can't really be replicated from within an app process.

[atmanactive]

Some use cases are better served by a system-wide process, I agree, but when I think source code, I think VSCodium. It is about configuration and starting/stopping. I don't mind the browser based web UI, but I do mind having to babysit one more (albeit super useful) tool. I'd rather have it as a VSCodium extension that would AUTOMATICALLY start when I load a workspace, configure the watched directory from that workspace, and stop when I close the workspace. So instead of me spending my attention on babysitting UNF, through VSCodium, UNF would just follow me wherever I go with zero configuration needed.

[cyrusradfar]

You really shouldn't need to babysit UNF. It feels like git.

One install, one init, and then it just works. It shouldn't stop across restarts or crashes.