orchestrating 0.1.33 → 0.1.34

package/bin/orch

@@ -243,14 +243,78 @@ if (firstArg === "logout") {
 }
 
 if (firstArg === "daemon") {
-  // Parse daemon flags: orch daemon [--projects <path>]
   const daemonArgs = process.argv.slice(3);
+  const pidFile = path.join(os.homedir(), ".orch-daemon.pid");
+
+  // orch daemon --stop
+  if (daemonArgs.includes("--stop")) {
+    if (existsSync(pidFile)) {
+      const pid = parseInt(readFileSync(pidFile, "utf-8").trim(), 10);
+      try {
+        process.kill(pid, "SIGTERM");
+        unlinkSync(pidFile);
+        console.log(`Daemon stopped (pid ${pid}).`);
+      } catch {
+        unlinkSync(pidFile);
+        console.log("Daemon was not running. Cleaned up pid file.");
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.log("No daemon running.");
+    }
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+
+  // orch daemon --status
+  if (daemonArgs.includes("--status")) {
+    if (existsSync(pidFile)) {
+      const pid = parseInt(readFileSync(pidFile, "utf-8").trim(), 10);
+      try {
+        process.kill(pid, 0); // Check if process exists
+        console.log(`Daemon running (pid ${pid}).`);
+      } catch {
+        console.log("Daemon not running (stale pid file).");
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.log("Daemon not running.");
+    }
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+
+  // Parse flags
   let projectsDir = null;
+  const background = daemonArgs.includes("--background") || daemonArgs.includes("-b");
   for (let di = 0; di < daemonArgs.length; di++) {
     if ((daemonArgs[di] === "--projects" || daemonArgs[di] === "-d") && daemonArgs[di + 1]) {
       projectsDir = daemonArgs[++di];
     }
   }
+
+  // orch daemon --background — fork and exit
+  if (background) {
+    const orchPath = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+    const fwdArgs = ["daemon"];
+    if (projectsDir) fwdArgs.push("--projects", projectsDir);
+    const logFile = path.join(os.homedir(), ".orch-daemon.log");
+    const out = (await import("fs")).openSync(logFile, "a");
+    const child = spawn(process.execPath, [orchPath, ...fwdArgs], {
+      stdio: ["ignore", out, out],
+      detached: true,
+      env: { ...process.env },
+    });
+    child.unref();
+    writeFileSync(pidFile, String(child.pid));
+    console.log(`Daemon started in background (pid ${child.pid}).`);
+    console.log(`Logs: ${logFile}`);
+    console.log(`Stop: orch daemon --stop`);
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+
+  // Foreground — write pid file for --stop/--status
+  writeFileSync(pidFile, String(process.pid));
+  process.on("exit", () => { try { unlinkSync(pidFile); } catch {} });
+  process.on("SIGTERM", () => process.exit(0));
+  process.on("SIGINT", () => process.exit(0));
+
   await handleDaemon(projectsDir);
   // handleDaemon runs forever (or exits on fatal error)
 }
@@ -309,7 +373,7 @@ async function handleDaemon(projectsDir) {
 
   process.stderr.write(`${GREEN}${PREFIX} Listening for remote sessions as "${hostname}"${RESET}\n`);
   process.stderr.write(`${DIM}${PREFIX} Projects: ${scanRoot} (${directories.length} dirs)${RESET}\n`);
-  process.stderr.write(`${DIM}${PREFIX} Tip: Use 'nohup orch daemon &' to run in background${RESET}\n`);
+  process.stderr.write(`${DIM}${PREFIX} Tip: Use 'orch daemon -b' to run in background${RESET}\n`);
 
   let reconnecting = false;
   const recentRequests = new Set();

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "orchestrating",
-  "version": "0.1.33",
+  "version": "0.1.34",
   "description": "Stream terminal sessions to the orchestrat.ing dashboard",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {