fastctx 0.1.0

package/README.md

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+# FastCtx
+
+### Let Codex find the right code sooner.
+
+FastCtx gives coding agents structured repository tools — `read`, `grep`,
+`glob`, `replace`, and an optional bash terminal — served by one local Rust
+binary over MCP.
+
+The optional terminal publishes `run`, `run_background`, `job_output`,
+`job_kill`, and `job_list`. Background jobs have no automatic timeout and
+survive MCP server and Codex restarts; their rolling output and exit status
+remain addressable by job id under `~/.fastctx/jobs/`.
+
+On Windows, all FastCtx-owned non-interactive children run without allocating
+a console window; no caller flag is required. Commands that explicitly launch
+a GUI or another terminal keep that visible behavior.
+
+Finished records are retained until the current user's
+`fastshell.job_storage_limit_mib` limit evicts the oldest (default 1024 MiB);
+`fastshell.max_running_jobs` caps concurrent jobs across all FastCtx sessions
+for that user (default 128). `job_list` shows running jobs by default; explicit
+`status="finished"` exposes retained history, while `fastshell.job_list_limit`
+sets the default page size (20, valid range 1–100). All three settings take
+effect immediately when saved.
+Job commands, working directories, rolling output, and exit status stay in the
+current user's private local directory and are never uploaded by FastCtx.
+
+```console
+npx fastctx
+```
+
+This package is the launcher: it selects the matching scoped platform package
+(`@fastctx/win32-x64`, `@fastctx/linux-x64`, or the corresponding macOS
+package) locally and starts the complete binary. There is no postinstall script
+and no telemetry. The interactive TUI opens immediately while FastCtx checks
+this exact npm package in the background; successful results are cached for 24
+hours in machine-private storage. Transient failures stay quiet and remain
+available under Status. If GitHub is newer while npm is still propagating, the
+UI says so and offers retry. Updates require confirmation, install an exact
+version with lifecycle scripts disabled, and restart through a copied helper.
+A failed update restores and reopens the previous version with a warning.
+`fastctx serve` and MCP tool calls do not perform update traffic; commands run
+through the optional bash tools keep their normal network access.
+
+Run `fastctx` in a terminal for the full-screen control UI (preview, Apply,
+Jobs, doctor, Unapply), `fastctx jobs` for scriptable running-job management,
+or `fastctx serve` for the stdio MCP server. For MCP pipes
+the launcher proxies stdio, forwards termination signals and the native exit
+code, and closes the Rust server cleanly if the Node parent is killed.
+
+The Jobs dashboard aggregates every currently running job from the current
+user's registry across FastCtx server and TUI instances. It groups jobs by
+honest source-session metadata, aligns ids and width-aware command ellipses,
+and shows exact start plus live elapsed time. Finished output remains available
+to the agent through `job_output`; the host does not expose conversation titles
+or ids to MCP, so FastCtx does not invent them.
+
+Full documentation: https://github.com/yc-duan/fastctx

package/launcher.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict';
+
+const { spawn } = require('node:child_process');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+const os = require('node:os');
+const path = require('node:path');
+
+const targets = {
+  'win32-x64': ['@fastctx/win32-x64', 'fastctx.exe'],
+  'linux-x64': ['@fastctx/linux-x64', 'fastctx'],
+  'darwin-x64': ['@fastctx/darwin-x64', 'fastctx'],
+  'darwin-arm64': ['@fastctx/darwin-arm64', 'fastctx'],
+};
+
+const target = targets[`${process.platform}-${process.arch}`];
+if (!target) {
+  console.error(`fastctx: unsupported platform ${process.platform}-${process.arch}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+let packageRoot;
+try {
+  packageRoot = path.dirname(require.resolve(`${target[0]}/package.json`));
+} catch (_) {
+  console.error(`fastctx: platform package ${target[0]} is missing; reinstall fastctx`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+const executable = path.join(packageRoot, 'bin', target[1]);
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+const interactive = Boolean(process.stdin.isTTY && process.stdout.isTTY && args[0] !== 'serve');
+const tuiLaunch = interactive && (args.length === 0 || args[0] === 'ui');
+const FORCE_KILL_DELAY_MS = 5000;
+const UPDATE_HANDOFF_EXIT_CODE = 75;
+const npmPackage = process.env.FASTCTX_NPM_PACKAGE || 'fastctx';
+const npmLauncher = process.env.FASTCTX_NPM_LAUNCHER || __filename;
+const npmMode = process.env.npm_command === 'exec' || npmLauncher.includes(`${path.sep}_npx${path.sep}`)
+  ? 'exec'
+  : 'global';
+const fastctxHome = process.env.HOME || process.env.USERPROFILE || os.homedir();
+const npmHandoff = path.join(
+  fastctxHome,
+  '.fastctx',
+  'update',
+  `npm-launcher-${process.pid}.handoff`,
+);
+const npmCliCandidates = [
+  process.env.npm_execpath,
+  path.join(path.dirname(process.execPath), 'node_modules', 'npm', 'bin', 'npm-cli.js'),
+  path.resolve(path.dirname(process.execPath), '..', 'lib', 'node_modules', 'npm', 'bin', 'npm-cli.js'),
+].filter(Boolean);
+const npmCli = npmCliCandidates.find((candidate) => path.isAbsolute(candidate) && fs.existsSync(candidate)) || '';
+const childEnvironment = { ...process.env };
+for (const name of [
+  'FASTCTX_NPM_LAUNCHER_VERSION',
+  'FASTCTX_NPM_PACKAGE',
+  'FASTCTX_NPM_MODE',
+  'FASTCTX_NODE_EXECUTABLE',
+  'FASTCTX_NPM_CLI',
+  'FASTCTX_NPM_LAUNCHER',
+  'FASTCTX_NPM_LAUNCHER_PID',
+  'FASTCTX_NPM_HANDOFF',
+]) {
+  delete childEnvironment[name];
+}
+if (tuiLaunch) {
+  Object.assign(childEnvironment, {
+    FASTCTX_NPM_LAUNCHER_VERSION: '1',
+    FASTCTX_NPM_PACKAGE: npmPackage,
+    FASTCTX_NPM_MODE: npmMode,
+    FASTCTX_NODE_EXECUTABLE: process.execPath,
+    FASTCTX_NPM_CLI: npmCli,
+    FASTCTX_NPM_LAUNCHER: npmLauncher,
+    FASTCTX_NPM_LAUNCHER_PID: String(process.pid),
+    FASTCTX_NPM_HANDOFF: npmHandoff,
+  });
+}
+const child = spawn(executable, args, {
+  stdio: interactive ? 'inherit' : ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
+  windowsHide: true,
+  env: childEnvironment,
+});
+let forwardedSignal = null;
+let forceKillTimer = null;
+
+function finish(code, signal) {
+  if (forceKillTimer) clearTimeout(forceKillTimer);
+  if (tuiLaunch && code === UPDATE_HANDOFF_EXIT_CODE && !signal) {
+    waitForUpdateHandoff();
+    return;
+  }
+  if (forwardedSignal && process.platform !== 'win32') {
+    const forwarded = forwardedSignal;
+    process.removeAllListeners(forwarded);
+    process.kill(process.pid, forwarded);
+    return;
+  }
+  process.exit(Number.isInteger(code) ? code : signal ? 1 : 0);
+}
+
+function processIsAlive(pid) {
+  try {
+    process.kill(pid, 0);
+    return true;
+  } catch (error) {
+    return error && error.code === 'EPERM';
+  }
+}
+
+function readHandoff() {
+  return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(npmHandoff, 'utf8'));
+}
+
+function finishUpdateHandoff(payload, succeeded, detail) {
+  let attempts = 0;
+  const finishCleanup = () => {
+    attempts += 1;
+    let helperRemoved = false;
+    try {
+      fs.unlinkSync(payload.helper_executable);
+      helperRemoved = true;
+    } catch (error) {
+      helperRemoved = error && error.code === 'ENOENT';
+      if (!helperRemoved && attempts < 50) return;
+    }
+    try {
+      fs.unlinkSync(npmHandoff);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!error || error.code !== 'ENOENT') {
+        console.error(`fastctx: cannot remove update handoff: ${error.message}`);
+      }
+    }
+    if (!helperRemoved) {
+      console.error(`fastctx: updater helper cleanup was deferred: ${payload.helper_executable}`);
+    }
+    if (!succeeded) {
+      console.error(`fastctx: update handoff failed${detail ? `: ${detail}` : ''}`);
+    }
+    process.exit(succeeded ? 0 : 1);
+  };
+  setInterval(finishCleanup, 100);
+  finishCleanup();
+}
+
+function waitForUpdateHandoff() {
+  let payload;
+  try {
+    payload = readHandoff();
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error(`fastctx: cannot read update handoff: ${error.message}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  const poll = setInterval(() => {
+    try {
+      payload = readHandoff();
+    } catch (error) {
+      clearInterval(poll);
+      console.error(`fastctx: cannot read update handoff: ${error.message}`);
+      process.exit(1);
+    }
+    if (payload.state === 'done' || payload.state === 'failed') {
+      clearInterval(poll);
+      finishUpdateHandoff(payload, payload.state === 'done', payload.detail);
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!Number.isInteger(payload.helper_pid) || !processIsAlive(payload.helper_pid)) {
+      clearInterval(poll);
+      finishUpdateHandoff(payload, false, 'the updater helper exited unexpectedly');
+    }
+  }, 100);
+}
+
+function forward(signal) {
+  if (forwardedSignal || child.exitCode !== null || child.signalCode !== null) return;
+  forwardedSignal = signal;
+  try {
+    child.kill(signal);
+  } catch (_) {
+    child.kill();
+  }
+  forceKillTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+    if (child.exitCode === null && child.signalCode === null) child.kill('SIGKILL');
+  }, FORCE_KILL_DELAY_MS);
+  forceKillTimer.unref();
+}
+
+for (const signal of ['SIGINT', 'SIGTERM', 'SIGHUP', 'SIGBREAK']) {
+  try {
+    process.on(signal, () => forward(signal));
+  } catch (_) {
+    // Some signals are unavailable on some platforms.
+  }
+}
+
+child.once('error', (error) => {
+  console.error(`fastctx: failed to start native binary: ${error.message}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
+child.once('exit', finish);
+
+if (!interactive) {
+  process.stdin.pipe(child.stdin);
+  child.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
+  child.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
+  child.stdin.on('error', (error) => {
+    if (!['EPIPE', 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE', 'ERR_STREAM_WRITE_AFTER_END'].includes(error.code)) {
+      console.error(`fastctx: stdin proxy failed: ${error.message}`);
+    }
+  });
+}

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package/licenses/NOTICE

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+FastCtx
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package/licenses/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md

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+# Third-party licenses
+
+The `fastctx` executable embeds the dynamic Pdfium library from
+`bblanchon/pdfium-binaries` release `chromium/7763`. The archive and extracted
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package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "fastctx",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "FastCtx — fast, context-efficient repository tools for AI agents.",
+  "author": "yc-duan <dy2958830371@gmail.com>",
+  "license": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/yc-duan/fastctx.git"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/yc-duan/fastctx#readme",
+  "bugs": "https://github.com/yc-duan/fastctx/issues",
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=18"
+  },
+  "bin": {
+    "fastctx": "launcher.js"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "launcher.js",
+    "README.md",
+    "licenses/**"
+  ],
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "@fastctx/win32-x64": "0.1.0",
+    "@fastctx/linux-x64": "0.1.0",
+    "@fastctx/darwin-x64": "0.1.0",
+    "@fastctx/darwin-arm64": "0.1.0"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  }
+}