friend-assistant 0.1.44 → 0.1.45

package/README.md

@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ Every command starts with `friend`. If you run Friend from the source code, writ
 | `friend daemon stop` | Stops the background Friend and the speech engine with it. | Shutting it down. |
 | `friend daemon restart` | Stops it and starts it again. | After changing a setting such as `friend lan on` or a different model. |
 | `friend daemon status` | Says whether the background Friend is running, for how long, and at which address. Exit code 0 when running, 1 when not. | Checking, or in a script. |
-| `friend upgrade` | Updates Friend in one go: checks npm for the newest version, stops the background Friend, installs it, and starts it again. Add `--force` to reinstall the same version. If Friend runs in a terminal instead, it asks you to press Ctrl+C there first. | A new version is out. |
+| `friend upgrade` | Updates Friend in one go: checks npm for the newest version, stops the background Friend, installs it, and starts it again. Add `--force` to reinstall the same version. If Friend runs in a terminal instead, it asks you to press Ctrl+C there first. (`--auto` is what Friend itself runs to update itself; it writes what happened to `update.log` in the data folder.) | A new version is out. |
+| `friend autostart on` / `off` / `status` | Starts Friend by itself in the background when you sign in to this computer, so you never start it by hand after a restart. Windows: a hidden entry in your sign-in list; macOS: a launch agent; Linux: a user service (or an autostart entry when there is no user systemd). Only your own account's files are touched. `on` can be undone with `off`. | You want Friend always there after a restart. (Settings → Startup and updates does the same.) |
 | `friend lan` (or `friend lan status`) | Shows what Friend listens on and the addresses to open. | Checking, or finding the address for your phone. |
 | `friend lan on` | Lets other devices on your network open Friend. Prints the addresses and the things to know (plain http, no microphone on other devices, firewall prompt). | Using Friend from a phone or another PC. |
 | `friend lan on --https` | The same, with a secure `https://` address (Friend makes its own certificate), so a phone may use the microphone and camera. | Talking to Friend from a phone. |
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ Connectors (Gmail, Chrome control, any MCP service) are managed inside the app,
 | `ollama.url`, `ollama.model`, `ollama.vision`, `ollama.contextTokens` | The local model: server address, model name, whether it can see pictures, and how much it remembers at once. |
 | `openai.url`, `openai.model`, `openai.apiKey`, `openai.vision` | An OpenAI-compatible server: its address (ending in `/v1`), the model name it knows, its API key (or empty), and whether the model can see pictures. For OmniRoute (https://github.com/diegosouzapw/OmniRoute) run `npm install -g omniroute` and `omniroute`, then `friend config set provider openai` (the defaults are OmniRoute's: `http://localhost:20128/v1` and model `auto`). Also works with LM Studio, LiteLLM, vLLM and OpenRouter. |
 | `voice.hindiVoice`, `voice.marathiVoice` | The voices that read Hindi and Marathi (Devanagari) text: `hi_IN-priyamvada-medium`, `hi_IN-pratham-medium`, `hi_IN-rohan-medium`, `mr_IN-google-medium`. Empty makes the main voice read that language. See "Hindi, Marathi and English together". |
+| `updates.auto` | Look for a newer Friend shortly after it starts and every few hours, and install it by itself while Friend is not busy (only a Friend running in the background restarts itself). Off: Friend only tells you a new version is out, and you run `friend upgrade` or press Update now in Settings → Startup. |
 | `voice.enabled`, `voice.sttModel`, `voice.ttsVoice`, `voice.language`, `voice.speakTyped`, `voice.duck`, `voice.duckPercent`, `voice.accept`, `voice.challenge` | Speech on or off, the listening model, the speaking voice, a forced language, speaking typed replies, turning music and video down while you talk and while Friend speaks (and how far, in percent), and the two thresholds for recognising your voice. |
 | `bind`, `port` | Where Friend listens (easier: `friend lan`). |
 | `https` | `true` serves a secure `https://` address with a certificate Friend makes for itself, so a phone may use the microphone (easier: `friend lan https on`). |
@@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ Example: `friend config set voice.speakTyped false` keeps typed messages silent.
 | Variable | Meaning |
 |---|---|
 | `FRIEND_HOME` | The folder where Friend keeps its data (default: `.friend` in your home folder). Use another folder to keep a separate test copy. |
+| `FRIEND_DAEMON` | Set to `1` by `friend daemon start` for the Friend it starts in the background. Only a background Friend may restart itself to install an update; one running in a terminal never does. You do not set it yourself. |
 | `FRIEND_ANTHROPIC_KEY` | An API key to use when none is saved. |
 | `FRIEND_PYTHON` | The Python program to use for voice, if the usual ones are not the right version. |
 | `FRIEND_WEB_DIR`, `FRIEND_PLUGIN_CATALOG`, `FRIEND_VOICE_DIR`, `FRIEND_CHROME_CONTROL` | Where the web app, the bundled plugins, the Python voice code and the Chrome control program (its `index.js`) are, for unusual installs. |

package/dist/BUILD.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "friend-assistant",
-  "version": "0.1.44",
-  "builtAt": "2026-10-13T06:25:53.644Z"
+  "version": "0.1.45",
+  "builtAt": "2026-10-13T06:57:30.014Z"
 }