Persistent multi-turn opencode backend: one `opencode serve` HTTP server per BooCoder process, one opencode session per BooCode session (resumed on switch-back), single SSE read loop demuxed by session id. - backends/opencode-server.ts: AgentBackend implementation — spawn with waitForReady, session.next.* SSE event translation (text/reasoning/tool deltas), Paseo-ported reasoning dedup (streamedPartKeys), promptAsync fire-and-forget settled by session.idle, per-turn inactivity watchdog (180s) + reconnect reconciliation via session.messages, stale-session guard (crashed-not-resumed + config_hash fingerprint on model). - dispatcher.ts: opencode routes to pool backend (ensureSession→prompt); per-session concurrency Map replaces global running boolean (1.9); model coalesce (empty→DEFAULT_MODEL) + llama-swap/ prefix for opencode; diff-supersede (DELETE+INSERT pending_changes by session, stamp agent). - worktrees.ts: ensureSessionWorktree (session-keyed, captures base_commit, persists to session_worktrees); diffWorktree gains optional baseRef. - agent-probe.ts: mergeLlamaSwap branch fetches /v1/models, prefixes with llama-swap/, populates opencode's available_agents.models (was 0). - provider-snapshot.ts: export fetchLlamaSwapModels for probe reuse. - schema.sql: session_worktrees + agent_sessions tables (Phase 0) + config_hash column on agent_sessions, pending_changes.agent column. - package.json: @opencode-ai/sdk ~1.15.0 (resolved 1.15.12). Known Phase 1 limitation: single SSE stream scoped to most-recent session's directory; concurrent opencode sessions in different worktrees collide (warning logged, watchdog prevents hang). Phase 2 moves to per-session SSE. Smoke 1 verified: two turns in one session, both produce real tokens, same agent_session_id reused, same server port, turn 2 is 9x faster (no spawn). goose/qwen/claude paths untouched (runExternalAgent md5 identical). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
boocode
Self-hosted single-user developer chat app. 3-app monorepo: BooChat (read-only chat), BooCoder (write tools + agent dispatch), BooTerm (PTY terminals).
Latest release: v2.2.1-pane-scoped-chats (2026-05-26) · CHANGELOG.md · Current focus: CURRENT.md
Agent navigation: AGENTS.md · Architecture: docs/ARCHITECTURE.md · Engineering reference: CLAUDE.md
Stack
- Node 20, Fastify, postgres (porsager/postgres), ws, zod
- React 18, Vite, TypeScript, Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui
- Postgres 16
- pnpm workspaces
Layout
apps/server— Fastify API + WebSocket + inference loop + file-read toolsapps/web— React frontend; served by Fastify in production, Vite in devapps/booterm— Fastify + node-pty + tmux for in-browser terminal panesapps/coder— Fastify write tools + ACP/PTY dispatcher + MCP server (BooCoder)
Local dev
Requires Node 20, pnpm, Docker (for Postgres), and ripgrep.
# install
pnpm install
# bring up postgres only
cp .env.example .env
# edit POSTGRES_PASSWORD if you like; default DATABASE_URL points at the container
docker compose up -d boocode_db
# run server (port 3000) and web (port 5173) in two shells
DATABASE_URL=postgres://boocode:devpass@127.0.0.1:5500/boochat \
LLAMA_SWAP_URL=http://100.101.41.16:8401 \
pnpm dev:server
pnpm dev:web
The Vite dev server proxies /api and /api/ws/* to the Fastify backend with a
synthetic Remote-User: sam header so the Authelia auth layer can be skipped
during development.
Production
cd /opt/boocode
docker compose up --build -d
Binds to 100.114.205.53:9500 (Tailscale). Authelia is expected to gate the
upstream and inject Remote-User. Postgres binds loopback only.
BooCoder runs as a host systemd service (boocoder.service, port :9502), not in Docker:
pnpm -C apps/server build && pnpm -C apps/coder build
sudo systemctl restart boocoder
curl http://100.114.205.53:9502/api/health
Services
| Service | Port | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BooChat | 100.114.205.53:9500 |
Read-only chat + SPA |
| BooTerm | 100.114.205.53:9501 |
PTY/tmux terminal panes |
| BooCoder | host:9502 | Write tools + agent dispatch + MCP server (systemd service, not Docker) |
| Postgres | 127.0.0.1:5500 |
Shared database (boochat; Docker service boocode_db) |
| codecontext | internal :8080 |
Code graph sidecar (Docker network only) |
What's shipped
See boocode_roadmap.md for full version history. Highlights as of v2.2.1:
- BooChat: streaming chat, file-read tools, compaction, reasoning support, HTML/Markdown artifact panes, cross-repo read grants, MCP client (multi-server + stdio), tool-cost tracking, skills system, builtin agent registry, multi-pane workspace (chat / terminal / coder)
- BooTerm: in-browser terminal panes via tmux + xterm.js, per-session tmux sessions, SSH-out support
- BooCoder (v2.2): write tools (
edit_file,create_file,delete_file,apply_pending,rewind), pending-changes queue with diff UI, Paseo-style provider snapshot (7 providers: boocode, cursor, claude, opencode, goose, qwen, copilot),AgentComposerBar(provider / mode / model / thinking), ACP dispatch with inline permission prompts + tool/reasoning streaming, PTY fallback, Arena, MCP server (6 tools, stdio), CLI client, human inbox, Boomerang orchestration, path-guard fuzz suite, pane-scoped chats (v2.2.1 — each coder/terminal pane owns its chat)
Planned
- v2.3 provider lifecycle — config-backed provider registry (
/data/coder-providers.json), enable/disable toggles, two-tier probe (openspec drafted). SeeCURRENT.md.