Updated release workflow to drop cache and updated actual go version used for build for optimization

.gitea/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: '1.23'
-          check-latest: true
-          cache: true
+          go-version: '1.24'
+          check-latest: false
+          cache: false
 
       - name: Test
         run: go test -race ./...

README.md

@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ A single static binary contains the daemon, the CLI, and everything in
 between. Inter-node traffic is mutual TLS with SSH-style fingerprint
 trust — no central CA, no shared secret.
 
+## Installation
+
+### From pre-built binary
+
+This can be done in one step, either by downloading the latest release from
+the [Gitea releases page](https://git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/releases) or by running the following script:
+```sh
+curl -fsSL https://git.cer.sh/Axodouble/QUptime/raw/branch/master/install.sh | sudo bash
+```
+
 ## Why
 
 Most uptime monitors are either a SaaS or a single box that, by
@@ -210,17 +220,17 @@ every two seconds.
 
 Keybindings:
 
-| Key | Action |
-|---|---|
-| `↑` / `↓` | move cursor within a tab |
-| `Tab` / `Shift+Tab` | next / previous tab |
-| `1` / `2` / `3` | jump to Peers / Checks / Alerts |
-| `r` | force-refresh |
-| `a` | add (opens a picker on Checks/Alerts; node form on Peers) |
-| `d` | remove the selected row (confirmation prompt) |
-| `t` | send a test message to the selected alert |
-| `D` | toggle the selected alert's `default` flag |
-| `q` / `Ctrl+C` | quit |
+| Key                 | Action                                                    |
+| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `↑` / `↓`           | move cursor within a tab                                  |
+| `Tab` / `Shift+Tab` | next / previous tab                                       |
+| `1` / `2` / `3`     | jump to Peers / Checks / Alerts                           |
+| `r`                 | force-refresh                                             |
+| `a`                 | add (opens a picker on Checks/Alerts; node form on Peers) |
+| `d`                 | remove the selected row (confirmation prompt)             |
+| `t`                 | send a test message to the selected alert                 |
+| `D`                 | toggle the selected alert's `default` flag                |
+| `q` / `Ctrl+C`      | quit                                                      |
 
 Forms run the same control-plane methods the CLI does, so any side
 effect (a mutation, a node add, an alert test) ends up routed through
@@ -247,21 +257,27 @@ qu alert add smtp ops --host ... --from ... --to ... \
 
 Available template variables:
 
-| Variable | Meaning |
-|---|---|
-| `{{.Check.Name}}` | check name |
-| `{{.Check.Type}}` | `http` / `tcp` / `icmp` |
-| `{{.Check.Target}}` | URL or host:port being probed |
-| `{{.Check.ID}}` | UUID |
-| `{{.From}}` | previous state (`up` / `down` / `unknown`) |
-| `{{.To}}` | new state |
-| `{{.Verb}}` | `UP` / `DOWN` / `RECOVERED` |
-| `{{.Snapshot.Reports}}` | total per-node reports counted |
-| `{{.Snapshot.OKCount}}` | how many reported OK |
-| `{{.Snapshot.NotOK}}` | how many reported failure |
-| `{{.Snapshot.Detail}}` | first failure detail string |
-| `{{.NodeID}}` | master that dispatched |
-| `{{.When}}` | RFC3339 timestamp |
+| Variable                | Meaning                                    |
+| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
+| `{{.Check.Name}}`       | check name                                 |
+| `{{.Check.Type}}`       | `http` / `tcp` / `icmp`                    |
+| `{{.Check.Target}}`     | URL or host:port being probed              |
+| `{{.Check.ID}}`         | UUID                                       |
+| `{{.From}}`             | previous state (`up` / `down` / `unknown`) |
+| `{{.To}}`               | new state                                  |
+| `{{.Verb}}`             | `UP` / `DOWN` / `RECOVERED`                |
+| `{{.Snapshot.Reports}}` | total per-node reports counted             |
+| `{{.Snapshot.OKCount}}` | how many reported OK                       |
+| `{{.Snapshot.NotOK}}`   | how many reported failure                  |
+| `{{.Snapshot.Detail}}`  | first failure detail string                |
+| `{{.NodeID}}`           | master that dispatched                     |
+| `{{.When}}`             | RFC3339 timestamp                          |
+
+The same variable list is surfaced in-app: `qu alert add smtp --help`,
+`qu alert add discord --help`, and `qu alert edit --help` each print
+it under their flag table, and `qu tui` shows a compact reminder of
+the supported variables as a hint when the cursor lands on a Subject
+or Body template field in the add/edit alert forms.
 
 `qu alert test <name>` exercises the template against a synthetic
 "homepage going DOWN" transition, so you can verify rendering before

install.sh

@@ -1,24 +1,78 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Check if ~/.local/bin exists, if not, create it
-if [ ! -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ]; then
-    mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
-fi
+# Helper function which echo's all commands before executing them in grayscale prefixed with >
+echo_cmd() {
+    echo -e "\033[90m> $1\033[0m"
+    eval "$1"
+}
 
-# Check if ~/.local/bin is in the PATH, if not, give the user a command to add it
-if [[ ":$PATH:" != *":$HOME/.local/bin:"* ]]; then
-    echo "Please add the following line to your shell configuration file (e.g., ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc) to include ~/.local/bin in your PATH:"
-    echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"'
-    echo "After adding the line, please restart your terminal or run 'source ~/.bashrc' (or the appropriate command for your shell) to apply the changes."
-fi
-
-# Download the binary from git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime
-# Check whether curl or wget is available
-if command -v curl > /dev/null; then
-    curl -L -o "$HOME/.local/bin/quptime" "https://git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/-/raw/main/quptime"
-elif command -v wget > /dev/null; then
-    wget -O "$HOME/.local/bin/quptime" "https://git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/-/raw/main/quptime"
-else
-    echo "Error: Neither curl nor wget is installed. Please install one of these tools to download the quptime binary."
+# Check if jq and curl are installed, if not, error out and ask the user to install them
+if ! command -v jq > /dev/null; then
+    echo "Error: jq is not installed. Please install jq and try again."
     exit 1
-fi
+fi
+if ! command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+    echo "Error: curl is not installed. Please install curl and try again."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if the user is allowed to write to /usr/local/bin, if so, install qu there, else error out and ask the user to install qu manually
+if [ -w "/usr/local/bin" ]; then
+# Get release tag by $(curl -s https://git.cer.sh/api/v1/repos/axodouble/quptime/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+    RELEASE=$(curl -s https://git.cer.sh/api/v1/repos/axodouble/quptime/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+    # Download the latest release binary from the Git repository and save it to /usr/local/bin/qu
+    if command -v curl > /dev/null; then
+        echo_cmd "curl -L -o \"/usr/local/bin/qu\" \"https://git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/releases/download/${RELEASE}/qu-${RELEASE}-linux-amd64\""
+        echo_cmd "chmod +x \"/usr/local/bin/qu\""
+        echo "> qu has been installed to /usr/local/bin/qu"
+
+        # Drop completions into the directories each shell already scans.
+        # No rc-file edits, and uninstall is just `rm`. Silently skips
+        # shells whose completion dir is absent.
+        write_completion() {
+            local shell=$1 path=$2
+            [ -d "$(dirname "$path")" ] || return 1
+            if /usr/local/bin/qu completion "$shell" > "$path" 2>/dev/null; then
+                echo "> installed $shell completion -> $path"
+                return 0
+            fi
+            rm -f "$path"
+            return 1
+        }
+        write_completion bash /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/qu \
+            || write_completion bash /etc/bash_completion.d/qu
+        write_completion zsh  /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_qu
+        write_completion fish /usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/qu.fish
+    else
+        echo "Error: curl is not installed. Please install curl and try again."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "Error: You are not allowed to write to /usr/local/bin. Please install qu manually, or run this script with sudo."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if the user has systemd, if so create a systemd service file for qu serve
+if command -v systemctl > /dev/null; then
+    echo "> Creating systemd service file for qu serve..."
+    cat <<EOL > /etc/systemd/system/qu-serve.service
+[Unit]
+Description=QUptime Serve
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/qu serve
+Restart=always
+User=$(whoami)
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOL
+    echo_cmd "systemctl daemon-reload"
+    echo_cmd "systemctl enable qu-serve.service"
+    echo "> qu serve service has been created and enabled. You can start it with 'systemctl start qu-serve.service'"
+else
+    echo "> Warning: systemd is not available on this system. qu serve will not be automatically started on boot. You can start it manually with '/usr/local/bin/qu serve'"
+fi
+
+echo "Installation complete, before starting `qu serve`, make sure to run `qu init` and read the documentation."

internal/alerts/help.go

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package alerts
+
+// TemplateVarsHint returns a compact, multi-line listing of the
+// variables a subject/body template can reference. Designed for
+// embedding in TUI form hints where vertical space is tight.
+//
+// Continuation lines are pre-indented so they line up under the
+// first line when the caller prepends a fixed indent (e.g. "  ").
+func TemplateVarsHint() string {
+	return "Go text/template — leave empty to use the built-in format.\n" +
+		"  Vars: {{.Check.Name}}, {{.Check.Target}}, {{.Check.Type}}, {{.Check.ID}},\n" +
+		"        {{.Verb}} (UP|DOWN|RECOVERED), {{.From}}, {{.To}}, {{.NodeID}}, {{.When}},\n" +
+		"        {{.Snapshot.Detail}}, {{.Snapshot.Reports}}, {{.Snapshot.OKCount}}, {{.Snapshot.NotOK}}"
+}
+
+// TemplateVarsHelp returns the long-form documentation for available
+// template variables, suitable for embedding in a CLI command's Long
+// help text. Each variable is described on its own line and an
+// example template is included at the end.
+func TemplateVarsHelp() string {
+	return `Subject and body templates use Go text/template syntax. They are
+optional — leaving them empty falls back to the built-in format.
+Discord ignores the subject template (it has no subject line); SMTP
+uses both.
+
+Available variables:
+  {{.Check.Name}}        check name (e.g. "homepage")
+  {{.Check.Target}}      URL / host:port / host being probed
+  {{.Check.Type}}        http | tcp | icmp
+  {{.Check.ID}}          stable check UUID
+  {{.Verb}}              UP | DOWN | RECOVERED
+  {{.From}}              previous state name
+  {{.To}}                new state name
+  {{.NodeID}}            master node that rendered the message
+  {{.When}}              RFC3339 timestamp of the transition
+  {{.Snapshot.Detail}}   probe detail string (e.g. "connection refused")
+  {{.Snapshot.Reports}}  total reports in the flip window
+  {{.Snapshot.OKCount}}  ok report count
+  {{.Snapshot.NotOK}}    failing report count
+
+Example body template:
+  {{.Check.Name}} is {{.Verb}} (target {{.Check.Target}}).
+  Detail: {{.Snapshot.Detail}}`
+}

internal/cli/alert.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/internal/alerts"
 	"git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/internal/config"
 	"git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/internal/daemon"
 	"git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/internal/transport"
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@ import (
 // variants (if non-empty) and returns the effective subject + body
 // template strings. Inline flags take precedence over file flags.
 func bindTemplateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-	cmd.Flags().String("subject", "", "subject template (text/template syntax — SMTP only)")
+	cmd.Flags().String("subject", "", "subject template, Go text/template (SMTP only; see --help for variables)")
 	cmd.Flags().String("subject-file", "", "path to a file containing the subject template")
-	cmd.Flags().String("body", "", "body template (text/template syntax)")
+	cmd.Flags().String("body", "", "body template, Go text/template (see --help for variables)")
 	cmd.Flags().String("body-file", "", "path to a file containing the body template")
 }
 
@@ -172,7 +173,9 @@ func buildAlertEditCmd() *cobra.Command {
 take effect; everything else is preserved.
 
 The type (smtp/discord) cannot be changed in place — delete and re-add
-the alert if you need to switch channels.`,
+the alert if you need to switch channels.
+
+` + alerts.TemplateVarsHelp(),
 		Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(cmd.Context(), 10*time.Second)
@@ -308,6 +311,7 @@ func buildSMTPAddCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "smtp <name>",
 		Short: "Add an SMTP relay alert",
+		Long:  "Add an SMTP relay alert.\n\n" + alerts.TemplateVarsHelp(),
 		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(cmd.Context(), 10*time.Second)
@@ -365,6 +369,7 @@ func buildDiscordAddCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "discord <name>",
 		Short: "Add a Discord webhook alert",
+		Long:  "Add a Discord webhook alert.\n\n" + alerts.TemplateVarsHelp(),
 		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(cmd.Context(), 10*time.Second)

internal/tui/forms.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
+	"git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/internal/alerts"
 	"git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/internal/config"
 	"git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/internal/daemon"
 	"git.cer.sh/axodouble/quptime/internal/transport"
@@ -272,7 +273,7 @@ func newAddDiscordForm() *form {
 		textField("Name", "human-friendly identifier", true),
 		textField("Webhook URL", "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...", true),
 		textField("Default", "yes/no — attach to every check automatically", false),
-		textField("Body template", "leave empty for default formatting", false),
+		textField("Body template", alerts.TemplateVarsHint(), false),
 	}
 	return newForm("Add Discord alert", fields, func(vals []string) tea.Cmd {
 		return func() tea.Msg {
@@ -303,8 +304,8 @@ func newAddSMTPForm() *form {
 		textField("To", "comma-separated recipient addresses", true),
 		textField("StartTLS", "yes/no — default yes", false),
 		textField("Default", "yes/no — attach to every check", false),
-		textField("Subject template", "optional", false),
-		textField("Body template", "optional", false),
+		textField("Subject template", alerts.TemplateVarsHint(), false),
+		textField("Body template", alerts.TemplateVarsHint(), false),
 	}
 	return newForm("Add SMTP alert", fields, func(vals []string) tea.Cmd {
 		return func() tea.Msg {
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@ func newEditDiscordForm(existing config.Alert) *form {
 		textFieldWithValue("Name", "human-friendly identifier", existing.Name, true),
 		textFieldWithValue("Webhook URL", "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/...", existing.DiscordWebhook, true),
 		textFieldWithValue("Default", "yes/no — attach to every check automatically", boolStr(existing.Default), false),
-		textFieldWithValue("Body template", "leave empty for default formatting", existing.BodyTemplate, false),
+		textFieldWithValue("Body template", alerts.TemplateVarsHint(), existing.BodyTemplate, false),
 	}
 	id := existing.ID
 	subject := existing.SubjectTemplate
@@ -483,8 +484,8 @@ func newEditSMTPForm(existing config.Alert) *form {
 		textFieldWithValue("To", "comma-separated recipient addresses", strings.Join(existing.SMTPTo, ","), true),
 		textFieldWithValue("StartTLS", "yes/no — default yes", boolStr(existing.SMTPStartTLS), false),
 		textFieldWithValue("Default", "yes/no — attach to every check", boolStr(existing.Default), false),
-		textFieldWithValue("Subject template", "optional", existing.SubjectTemplate, false),
-		textFieldWithValue("Body template", "optional", existing.BodyTemplate, false),
+		textFieldWithValue("Subject template", alerts.TemplateVarsHint(), existing.SubjectTemplate, false),
+		textFieldWithValue("Body template", alerts.TemplateVarsHint(), existing.BodyTemplate, false),
 	}
 	id := existing.ID
 	return newForm("Edit SMTP alert", fields, func(vals []string) tea.Cmd {

internal/tui/styles.go

@@ -58,14 +58,18 @@ var (
 	stateUnknownStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(colorMuted)
 )
 
+// renderState returns a plain-text state label for use inside the
+// bubbles table. The table truncates cells with runewidth.Truncate
+// which counts the printable bytes of ANSI escape sequences toward
+// column width, so a styled value gets chopped down to just "…".
 func renderState(s string) string {
 	switch s {
 	case "up":
-		return stateUpStyle.Render("● up")
+		return "● up"
 	case "down":
-		return stateDownStyle.Render("● down")
+		return "● down"
 	default:
-		return stateUnknownStyle.Render("○ unknown")
+		return "○ unknown"
 	}
 }