Adopt bread_utils::gtk_popup for the launcher overlay

Replace the hand-rolled layer-shell window, visible-row Up/Down
navigation, and click-outside-to-close gesture with the shared
helpers already used by breadclip. Keep singleton::toggle_or_kill
and bind_window_auto.

.forgejo/workflows/check.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: check
+
+# Fast-fail lint/test on short-lived work branches, before it ever reaches
+# main and triggers a dev-track release build.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['feature/**', 'fix/**']
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          rm -rf src && mkdir src
+          git clone --branch "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --depth 1 \
+            "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
+
+      - name: clippy
+        run: cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --locked -- -D warnings
+
+      - name: test
+        run: cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo test --workspace --locked

.forgejo/workflows/dev-release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: dev release
+
+# Publishes a dev-track build on every push to `main` (the trunk
+# branch — there is no separate `dev` branch). See bread-ecosystem's
+# docs/release-channels.md for the release-track policy this is part of.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['main']
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          rm -rf src && mkdir src
+          git clone --branch main --depth 1 \
+            "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
+
+      - name: build
+        run: cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo build --release --locked
+
+      - name: compute dev version
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          cd src
+          # Base the dev version off the latest published stable tag,
+          # not Cargo.toml — Cargo.toml can go stale relative to the last
+          # real release (seen in practice: breadbox/breadpad/breadcrumbs/
+          # breadpaper), which would make a dev build sort as OLDER than
+          # what's already installed and bakery would correctly refuse it.
+          LATEST_TAG="$(git ls-remote --tags --refs \
+            "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" 'v*' \
+            | awk -F/ '{print $NF}' | sed 's/^v//' | (grep -v -- '-' || true) | sort -V | tail -1)"
+          if [ -n "${LATEST_TAG}" ]; then
+            CUR="${LATEST_TAG}"
+          else
+            CUR="$(grep -m1 '^version' breadbox/Cargo.toml | sed -E 's/.*"(.*)".*/\1/')"
+          fi
+          IFS='.' read -r MA MI PA <<< "${CUR}"
+          SHA="$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+          TS="$(date -u +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
+          echo "VERSION=${MA}.${MI}.$((PA + 1))-dev.${TS}+${SHA}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: prepare artifacts
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          PKG_DIR="/srv/breadway-dl/dev/breadbox/${VERSION}"
+          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}"
+          for bin in breadbox breadbox-sync; do
+            cp "src/target/release/${bin}" "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
+            strip "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
+            sha256sum "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64" | awk '{print $1}' \
+              > "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64.sha256"
+          done
+          cp src/packaging/breadbox-sync.service "${PKG_DIR}/"
+          cp src/config.example.toml "${PKG_DIR}/"
+          cp src/LICENSE "${PKG_DIR}/"
+          cp src/bakery.toml "${PKG_DIR}/bakery.toml"
+          ln -sfn "${VERSION}" "/srv/breadway-dl/dev/breadbox/latest"
+
+      # No GitHub Release upload — dev, like the other non-stable track,
+      # is only distributed via dl.breadway.dev/dev/.
+      - name: regenerate dev index.json
+        env:
+          MINISIGN_SEC_KEY: ${{ secrets.BAKERY_MINISIGN_SEC_KEY_PATH }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${MINISIGN_SEC_KEY:-}" ]; then
+            echo "::error::BAKERY_MINISIGN_SEC_KEY_PATH secret not set — refusing to regenerate dev index.json unsigned (would leave a stale signature mismatched against fresh content and break bakery for everyone on the dev track)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          rm -rf /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci-* 2>/dev/null || true
+          # mktemp: a fixed clone path races when multiple repos' dev/beta
+          # workflows run close together on the same self-hosted runner.
+          ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR="$(mktemp -d /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci-XXXXXX)"
+          git clone --branch main https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git "${ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR}"
+          TRACK=dev bash "${ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR}/scripts/gen-index.sh"
+          rm -rf "${ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR}"

.forgejo/workflows/mirror.yml

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: Mirror to GitHub
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: ['**']
-    tags: ['**']
-
-jobs:
-  mirror:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
-    steps:
-      - name: Mirror to GitHub
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          git clone --mirror "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" repo.git
-          cd repo.git
-          # Mirror only branches and tags (not refs/pull/*, which GitHub rejects);
-          # --prune deletes GitHub refs that no longer exist on Forgejo.
-          git push --prune \
-            "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.MIRROR_TOKEN }}@github.com/Breadway/breadbox.git" \
-            '+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*' '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'

.forgejo/workflows/package.yml

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: Build and publish package
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags: ['v*']
-
-jobs:
-  package:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
-    container:
-      image: archlinux:latest
-    steps:
-      # Note: no actions/checkout — the archlinux image has no Node, which JS
-      # actions require. Everything runs as shell steps and clones manually.
-      - name: Build and publish
-        env:
-          PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
-          pacman -Syu --noconfirm base-devel git rust cargo gtk4 gtk4-layer-shell librsvg
-          useradd -m builder
-          git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
-          git clone --branch "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --depth 1 \
-            "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" /home/builder/src
-          cd /home/builder/src
-          git archive --format=tar.gz --prefix="breadbox-${VERSION}/" HEAD \
-            > packaging/arch/breadbox-${VERSION}.tar.gz
-          SHA=$(sha256sum packaging/arch/breadbox-${VERSION}.tar.gz | awk '{print $1}')
-          sed -i "s/^pkgver=.*/pkgver=${VERSION}/" packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
-          sed -i "s/^sha256sums=.*/sha256sums=('${SHA}')/" packaging/arch/PKGBUILD
-          chown -R builder:builder /home/builder/src
-          # --nocheck: packaging builds the artifact; tests belong in a CI job.
-          su builder -c "cd /home/builder/src/packaging/arch && makepkg -f --noconfirm --nocheck"
-          PKG=$(find /home/builder/src/packaging/arch -name '*.pkg.tar.zst' | head -1)
-          curl -fsS -X PUT \
-            -H "Authorization: token ${PUBLISH_TOKEN}" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-            --data-binary "@${PKG}" \
-            "https://git.breadway.dev/api/packages/Breadway/arch/os"

.forgejo/workflows/rc-release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name: beta (rc) release
+
+# Publishes a beta-track build for any `vX.Y.Z-rc.N` prerelease tag
+# pushed to `main` — there is no separate `beta` branch; "freezing" is
+# just pausing pushes to main while an RC gets tested. See
+# bread-ecosystem's docs/release-channels.md for the release-track policy.
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ['v*']
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-rc.') }}
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          rm -rf src && mkdir src
+          git clone --branch "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --depth 1 \
+            "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
+
+      - name: build
+        run: cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo build --release --locked
+
+      - name: prepare artifacts
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          PKG_DIR="/srv/breadway-dl/beta/breadbox/${VERSION}"
+          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}"
+          for bin in breadbox breadbox-sync; do
+            cp "src/target/release/${bin}" "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
+            strip "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
+            sha256sum "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64" | awk '{print $1}' \
+              > "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64.sha256"
+          done
+          cp src/packaging/breadbox-sync.service "${PKG_DIR}/"
+          cp src/config.example.toml "${PKG_DIR}/"
+          cp src/LICENSE "${PKG_DIR}/"
+          cp src/bakery.toml "${PKG_DIR}/bakery.toml"
+          ln -sfn "${VERSION}" "/srv/breadway-dl/beta/breadbox/latest"
+
+      # No GitHub Release upload — beta, like dev, is only distributed via
+      # dl.breadway.dev/beta/.
+      - name: regenerate beta index.json
+        env:
+          MINISIGN_SEC_KEY: ${{ secrets.BAKERY_MINISIGN_SEC_KEY_PATH }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${MINISIGN_SEC_KEY:-}" ]; then
+            echo "::error::BAKERY_MINISIGN_SEC_KEY_PATH secret not set — refusing to regenerate beta index.json unsigned (would leave a stale signature mismatched against fresh content and break bakery for everyone on the beta track)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          rm -rf /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci-* 2>/dev/null || true
+          # mktemp: a fixed clone path races when multiple repos' dev/beta
+          # workflows run close together on the same self-hosted runner.
+          ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR="$(mktemp -d /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci-XXXXXX)"
+          git clone https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git "${ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR}"
+          TRACK=beta bash "${ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR}/scripts/gen-index.sh"
+          rm -rf "${ECOSYSTEM_CI_DIR}"

.forgejo/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ["v*"]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.ref_name, '-rc.') }}
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          rm -rf src && mkdir src
+          git clone --branch "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --depth 1 \
+            "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
+
+      - name: build
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ ! -f src/ci/build.sh ]; then
+            echo "::error::ci/build.sh is missing — bakery release builds must go through the shared CI wrapper"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          cd src && bash ci/build.sh cargo build --release --locked || {
+            echo "::error::cargo build --release --locked failed. If Cargo.lock drifted, update and commit it; do not drop --locked."
+            exit 1
+          }
+
+      - name: prepare artifacts
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          PKG_DIR="/srv/breadway-dl/breadbox/${VERSION}"
+          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}"
+          for bin in breadbox breadbox-sync; do
+            cp "src/target/release/${bin}" "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
+            strip "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
+            sha256sum "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64" | awk '{print $1}' \
+              > "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64.sha256"
+          done
+          cp src/packaging/breadbox-sync.service "${PKG_DIR}/"
+          cp src/config.example.toml "${PKG_DIR}/"
+          cp src/LICENSE "${PKG_DIR}/"
+          cp src/bakery.toml "${PKG_DIR}/bakery.toml"
+          ln -sfn "${VERSION}" "/srv/breadway-dl/breadbox/latest"
+
+      - name: regenerate index.json
+        env:
+          MINISIGN_SEC_KEY: ${{ secrets.BAKERY_MINISIGN_SEC_KEY_PATH }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [ -z "${MINISIGN_SEC_KEY:-}" ]; then
+            echo "::error::BAKERY_MINISIGN_SEC_KEY_PATH secret not set — refusing to regenerate index.json unsigned (would leave a stale signature mismatched against fresh content and break bakery for everyone)"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          rm -rf /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci
+          git clone https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci
+          bash /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci/scripts/gen-index.sh
+
+      - name: upload to GitHub Release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          PKG_DIR="/srv/breadway-dl/breadbox/${VERSION}"
+          gh release create "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --repo Breadway/breadbox \
+            --title "breadbox v${VERSION}" --generate-notes 2>/dev/null || true
+          gh release upload "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --repo Breadway/breadbox \
+            "${PKG_DIR}/breadbox-x86_64" \
+            "${PKG_DIR}/breadbox-sync-x86_64" \
+            "${PKG_DIR}/breadbox-x86_64.sha256" \
+            "${PKG_DIR}/breadbox-sync-x86_64.sha256" \
+            --clobber

.github/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Forgejo (`.forgejo/workflows`) is the canonical CI. This `.github` tree is unused.

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-name: release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags: ["v*"]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-env:
-  DL_DIR: /srv/breadway-dl
-  ECOSYSTEM_DIR: /home/breadway/Projects/bread-ecosystem
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: install build deps
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-4-dev librsvg2-dev libdbus-1-dev pkg-config 2>/dev/null || true
-
-      - name: build
-        run: cargo build --release --locked
-
-      - name: prepare artifacts
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
-          PKG_DIR="${DL_DIR}/breadbox/${VERSION}"
-          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}"
-          for bin in breadbox breadbox-sync; do
-            cp "target/release/${bin}" "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
-            strip "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
-            sha256sum "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64" | awk '{print $1}' \
-              > "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64.sha256"
-          done
-          cp packaging/breadbox-sync.service "${PKG_DIR}/"
-          cp config.example.toml "${PKG_DIR}/"
-          cp bakery.toml "${PKG_DIR}/bakery.toml"
-          ln -sfn "${VERSION}" "${DL_DIR}/breadbox/latest"
-
-      - name: ensure bread-ecosystem
-        run: |
-          if [[ -d "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}/.git" ]]; then
-            git -C "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}" pull --ff-only
-          else
-            mkdir -p "$(dirname "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}")"
-            git clone https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}"
-          fi
-
-      - name: regenerate index.json
-        run: bash "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}/scripts/gen-index.sh"
-
-      - name: upload to GitHub Release
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
-          PKG_DIR="${DL_DIR}/breadbox/${VERSION}"
-          gh release create "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" \
-            --title "breadbox v${VERSION}" --generate-notes 2>/dev/null || true
-          gh release upload "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" \
-            "${PKG_DIR}/breadbox-x86_64" \
-            "${PKG_DIR}/breadbox-sync-x86_64" \
-            "${PKG_DIR}/breadbox-x86_64.sha256" \
-            "${PKG_DIR}/breadbox-sync-x86_64.sha256" \
-            --clobber

.gitignore

@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Claude Code session data
 .claude/
+
+# Local hygiene notes (not for commit)
+CLAUDE.md
+
+# graphify knowledge-graph output (local tool cache, not for commit)
+graphify-out/

AGENTS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# AGENTS.md — Repo hygiene
+
+Follow [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md). Single-trunk: `main` plus short-lived `feature/` / `fix/` branches. `dev`/`beta` are bakery tracks (tags / main), not git branches.
+
+## Remotes
+- `origin` — Forgejo (`git.breadway.dev`) — authoritative.
+- `github` — mirror. Day-to-day push `origin` only.
+
+## Product
+GTK4 app launcher + `breadbox-sync` icon cache. Theme via `bread-theme` (pin by tag on `git.breadway.dev`). Toggle uses `bread-utils::singleton`, not a homegrown PID file. `EVENTS.md` is the bread-event contract (app id `box`); emit `bread.box.launched` after a successful launch. `breadbox listen` honors `bread.command.box.open`.
+
+## Distribution
+Bakery (`bakery.toml`). Forgejo `.forgejo/workflows/` is canonical; do not re-add a GitHub Actions release workflow.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Contributing
+
+`breadbox` — App launcher for Hyprland / Wayland.
+
+Part of the bread ecosystem; this repo follows the same branch/release
+workflow as every other ecosystem product.
+
+## Branches
+
+There is one long-lived branch: **`main`**. All day-to-day work lands here.
+Every push to `main` automatically builds and publishes a **dev-track**
+build (see Tracks below) — a real install you can test before cutting
+anything more formal.
+
+New work — features and bug fixes alike — goes on a short-lived branch:
+
+```
+feature/<short-name>
+fix/<issue-number-or-short-name>
+```
+
+Branch off `main`, open a PR/push back into `main` when ready. Short-lived
+branches get deleted on merge — they never accumulate the kind of drift a
+second long-lived branch does.
+
+## The release cycle
+
+There's no separate `beta` or release branch — "stable" and "beta" are both
+just **tags** on `main`, not branches that need to be kept in sync:
+
+1. Work accumulates on `main` via `feature/x` / `fix/x` branches. Each push
+   auto-publishes a dev build — install it with `bakery track set dev` and
+   `bakery update --all`, then fix anything broken with another push.
+2. When you want to stabilize before a real release, tag a release
+   candidate: `git tag vX.Y.Z-rc.1 && git push origin vX.Y.Z-rc.1` (push to
+   both remotes). That tag alone triggers a beta-track build —
+   "freezing" is just pausing pushes to `main` while you test it, not a
+   branch operation. Cut `-rc.2`, `-rc.3`, etc. for further fixes.
+3. Once an RC has gone without issues, tag the real release:
+   `git tag vX.Y.Z && git push origin vX.Y.Z` — that's what triggers the
+   signed stable release build.
+
+## Tracks, from a user's perspective
+
+```
+bakery track show              # what you're currently on (defaults to stable)
+bakery track set dev           # or beta, or stable
+bakery update --all            # pull the latest build on your current track
+```
+
+| Track  | What it is | Published from |
+|--------|-----------|-----------------|
+| `stable` | The last tagged release | a `vX.Y.Z` tag |
+| `beta` | Latest release candidate | a `vX.Y.Z-rc.N` tag |
+| `dev` | Bleeding edge | `main`, on every push |
+
+Dev versions are auto-computed (`X.Y.Z-dev.<timestamp>+<sha>`) from the
+latest published stable tag, so they always sort as newer than what you
+have installed — no manual version bumping needed. Beta versions are just
+the RC tag itself (already valid semver, already sorts below the real
+release it's a candidate for).
+
+## Local development
+
+```sh
+cargo build --release --workspace
+cargo test --release --workspace
+```
+
+## CI
+
+- `dev-release.yml` — triggered on push to `main`.
+- `rc-release.yml` — triggered on any `vX.Y.Z-rc.N` tag push.
+- `release.yml` — triggered on any other `v*` tag push, cuts the actual
+  stable release.
+
+All CI runs on a self-hosted runner; nothing runs automatically on plain
+commits or PRs beyond the track builds above. See
+[bread-ecosystem's docs/release-channels.md](https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem/src/branch/main/docs/release-channels.md)
+for the full policy, including how a new product gets wired onto these tracks.
+
+## Questions
+
+Open an issue on this repo's Forgejo tracker.

EVENTS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# breadbox — bread event integration
+
+breadbox is a standalone app launcher: it works exactly the same with or
+without `breadd` running. When breadd *is* present, the GTK launcher
+publishes a single event into the shared bread automation fabric after a
+successful launch. See the parent `bread` repo's `Documentation.md` —
+specifically its "Namespaces" and "Integrating a bread\* app" sections —
+for the general convention this follows.
+
+App id: **`box`**. Transport: `bread-utils`'s `bread_client` module
+(feature `bread-client`) — `breadbox` links it directly. One-shot
+launcher invocations each `emit` on their own fire-and-forget
+connection. Command verbs are only received while `breadbox listen` is
+running — that process holds the `bread.command.box.**` subscription
+open.
+
+## Events published (`bread.box.*`)
+
+| Event | Data | When |
+|-------|------|------|
+| `bread.box.launched` | `{ "id": "<desktop id or exec>", "name": "<display name>" }` | The user launched an app (Enter / keypad Enter on the selected row, or activating a row) **and** the spawn succeeded. Not emitted if `Command::spawn` fails (missing terminal, `exec` that cannot start). `id` is the desktop-file id (the `.desktop` filename, e.g. `firefox.desktop`), falling back to the stripped `Exec=` line when that id is empty. `name` is the desktop-entry display name. |
+| `bread.box.open.done` | `{}` | `bread.command.box.open` was received and `breadbox` was spawned. This is the command confirmation, not proof the overlay mapped — the spawned process is the same toggle as a keybind. |
+| `bread.box.open.failed` | `{ "error": "<message>" }` | `bread.command.box.open` was received but this binary could not be started. |
+
+Launch history is local to breadbox (`~/.cache/breadbox/history.json`);
+the event bus is a notification that a launch happened, not a channel
+for the exec line's arguments or the resulting process.
+
+## Commands honored (`bread.command.box.*`)
+
+These are only received while `breadbox listen` is running. Publishing a
+command with no subscriber is a silent no-op — that is the documented
+bread convention, not a breadbox bug.
+
+| Verb | Data | Effect |
+|------|------|--------|
+| `open` | none | Same as running `breadbox` (toggle the launcher overlay via the existing singleton). Emits `bread.box.open.done` / `.failed`. |
+
+```lua
+bread.spawn(function()
+    bread.emit("bread.command.box.open")
+    bread.wait("bread.box.open.done", { timeout = 5000 })
+end)
+```
+
+### Not implemented: extra verbs
+
+There is no `launch` / `close` / `query` command verb. Picking a desktop
+id from the bus would be a new product surface. If/when that exists, add
+the corresponding `bread.command.box.*` verb at the same time, not
+stubbed as a no-op ahead of it.
+
+## Fail-safe behavior
+
+- If breadd isn't installed or isn't running, `emit` is a silent no-op
+  (`BreadClient::emit` never blocks or errors the caller) and the
+  command subscription simply never receives anything — launching,
+  history, theming, and the singleton toggle are entirely unaffected.
+- If breadd restarts, the command subscription reconnects automatically
+  (`BreadClient::subscribe`'s background thread has its own backoff
+  loop); no restart of `breadbox listen` is needed.
+- If `breadbox listen` is not running, commands are a graceful no-op at
+  the bus (no subscriber). The CLI still works, and one-shot invocations
+  still emit `bread.box.launched` on their own short-lived connection.
+- Closing the launcher without launching anything emits nothing.

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ breadbox          GTK4 layer-shell launcher
 - Reads the active Hyprland workspace and sorts apps by context priority
 - Fuzzy filtering as you type; Enter launches, Escape closes
 - App icons loaded from the resolved icon cache (see `breadbox-sync`)
-- pywal palette auto-detected from `~/.cache/wal/colors.json`, falls back to Catppuccin Mocha
+- pywal accents from `~/.cache/wal/colors.json`; background/surface/overlay/foreground stay fixed BOS dark
 - User CSS override at `~/.config/breadbox/style.css`
 - Toggle/dismiss: running a second instance kills the first
 

bakery.toml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ binaries = ["breadbox", "breadbox-sync"]
 system_deps = ["gtk4", "gtk4-layer-shell", "librsvg"]
 optional_system_deps = ["hyprland"]
 bread_deps = []
+license_file = "LICENSE"
 
 [[service]]
 unit = "breadbox-sync.service"

breadbox-shared/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "breadbox-shared"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.3.3"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 

breadbox-shared/src/lib.rs

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ pub fn app_dirs() -> Vec<PathBuf> {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct DesktopEntry {
+    /// Desktop file id (the `.desktop` filename, e.g. `firefox.desktop`).
+    /// Empty only if the path had no file name; callers fall back to `exec`.
+    pub id: String,
     pub name: String,
     pub exec: String,
     pub icon_name: String,
@@ -155,7 +158,14 @@ pub fn parse_desktop(path: &Path) -> Option<DesktopEntry> {
         .map(|s| s.to_string())
         .collect();
 
+    let id = path
+        .file_name()
+        .map(|n| n.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
+        .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+
     Some(DesktopEntry {
+        id,
         name,
         exec,
         icon_name,

breadbox-sync/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "breadbox-sync"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.3.3"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 

breadbox/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "breadbox"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.3.3"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 
@@ -9,8 +9,13 @@ name = "breadbox"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-bread-theme = { git = "https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.2.8", features = ["gtk"] }
+bread-theme = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.4", features = ["gtk"] }
+bread-utils = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.2", features = ["bread-client", "gtk"] }
+# Capture primitives for `--screenshot` mode — see src/screenshot.rs.
+bread-screenshots = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.7.2" }
 breadbox-shared = { path = "../breadbox-shared" }
 gtk4 = { version = "0.11", features = ["v4_12"] }
 gtk4-layer-shell = "0.8"
 serde_json = "1"
+clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
+anyhow = "1"

breadbox/src/listen.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+//! Long-running command subscription for `bread.command.box.*`.
+//!
+//! `breadbox` is still a one-shot toggle overlay by default. `breadbox listen`
+//! is the optional persistent process that can honor bus commands. See
+//! `EVENTS.md`.
+
+use bread_utils::bread_client::{BreadClient, BreadEvent};
+
+/// Sibling-app id in `bread_shared::apps::KNOWN_APPS`.
+const APP_ID: &str = "box";
+
+/// Subscribe to `bread.command.box.**` and block until the process is killed.
+///
+/// breadd being absent is not an error: [`BreadClient::subscribe`] reconnects
+/// with backoff, and `on_event` simply isn't called until the daemon is up.
+pub fn run() {
+    let client = BreadClient::connect(APP_ID);
+    if client.health().is_none() {
+        eprintln!("breadbox: breadd unreachable; command subscription will connect when it comes back");
+    }
+
+    let _commands = client.subscribe("bread.command.box.**", |event| {
+        handle_command(&event);
+    });
+
+    eprintln!("breadbox: listening for bread.command.box.**");
+    loop {
+        std::thread::park();
+    }
+}
+
+/// Reacts to `bread.command.box.*` verbs. Only `open` is honored today —
+/// other verbs are ignored, not stubbed as no-ops that pretend to succeed.
+fn handle_command(event: &BreadEvent) {
+    let Some(verb) = command_verb(&event.event) else {
+        return;
+    };
+    match verb {
+        "open" => handle_open(),
+        other => {
+            eprintln!("breadbox: ignoring unrecognized bread.command.box.{other}");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn handle_open() {
+    // Same as running `breadbox` from a keybind: toggle the overlay via the
+    // existing singleton. Spawn success is the command confirmation — we do
+    // not wait for the GTK window to map.
+    let result = spawn_self();
+    let client = BreadClient::connect(APP_ID);
+    match result {
+        Ok(_) => client.emit("bread.box.open.done", serde_json::json!({})),
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("breadbox: bread.command.box.open failed: {e}");
+            client.emit(
+                "bread.box.open.failed",
+                serde_json::json!({ "error": e.to_string() }),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn spawn_self() -> std::io::Result<std::process::Child> {
+    let exe = std::env::current_exe().unwrap_or_else(|_| std::path::PathBuf::from("breadbox"));
+    std::process::Command::new(exe).spawn()
+}
+
+fn command_verb(event_name: &str) -> Option<&str> {
+    event_name.strip_prefix("bread.command.box.")
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn command_verb_strips_box_prefix() {
+        assert_eq!(command_verb("bread.command.box.open"), Some("open"));
+        assert_eq!(command_verb("bread.command.box.launch"), Some("launch"));
+        assert_eq!(command_verb("bread.command.clip.clear"), None);
+        assert_eq!(command_verb("bread.box.launched"), None);
+    }
+}

breadbox/src/main.rs

@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
 use bread_theme::{hex_to_rgba, ink_on, load_palette, Palette};
+use bread_utils::bread_client::BreadClient;
 use std::{
-    cell::RefCell,
+    cell::{Cell, RefCell},
     collections::HashMap,
-    env,
+    env, fs,
-    fs,
     io::{Read, Write},
     os::unix::net::UnixStream,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     process::{Command, Stdio},
     rc::Rc,
+    time::Duration,
 };
 
+/// This app's id in bread's sibling-app namespace registry
+/// (`bread_shared::apps::KNOWN_APPS`) — events publish as `bread.box.*`.
+const APP_ID: &str = "box";
+
 use breadbox_shared::{
     config_dir, load_all_desktop_entries, Config, DesktopEntry, IconCache, LaunchHistory,
 };
 use gtk4::{
-    glib,
+    glib, pango::EllipsizeMode, prelude::*, Application, Box as GBox, CssProvider, Entry,
-    pango::EllipsizeMode,
+    EventControllerKey, Label, ListBox, Orientation, PolicyType, ScrolledWindow, SelectionMode,
-    prelude::*,
-    Application, ApplicationWindow, Box as GBox, CssProvider, EventControllerKey, Label,
-    ListBox, Orientation, PolicyType, ScrolledWindow, SearchEntry, SelectionMode,
 };
-use gtk4_layer_shell::{Edge, KeyboardMode, Layer, LayerShell};
+
+mod listen;
+mod screenshot;
 
 // ---- Hyprland IPC -----------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -82,7 +86,9 @@ fn load_sorted_entries(
             (None, Some(_)) => std::cmp::Ordering::Greater,
             (None, None) => {
                 // Most-launched first, then alphabetical
-                history.count(&b.name).cmp(&history.count(&a.name))
+                history
+                    .count(&b.name)
+                    .cmp(&history.count(&a.name))
                     .then(a.name.to_lowercase().cmp(&b.name.to_lowercase()))
             }
         }
@@ -130,58 +136,171 @@ fn matches_term(field: &str, term: &str) -> bool {
 
 // ---- Theming ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
+const STAGGER_ROWS: usize = 12;
+
 fn build_css(p: &Palette) -> String {
-    let bg_panel = hex_to_rgba(&p.background, 0.60);
+    let bg_panel = hex_to_rgba(&p.background, 0.68);
     // breadbox-specific rules only — fonts, palette, and generic widgets come
     // from the shared ecosystem stylesheet (applied first in connect_activate).
-    // Colour is set on each surface (panel, search box, hovered/selected row) so
+    // Colour is set on each surface (panel, search, hovered/selected row) so
     // child labels inherit the legible ink for that background. `on_*` are
-    // luminance-picked black/white — the pywal hues are untouched. Without this a
+    // luminance-picked black/white — the pywal hues are untouched.
-    // light `surface` slot makes the selected row's text vanish.
+    //
+    // GTK4 ListBox's node is `list`, not `listbox`. These `list row:selected`
+    // rules beat the shared sheet's solid accent fill + on-accent ink so the
+    // glass card keeps a tinted selection and a left inset hairline.
+    let stagger = (0..STAGGER_ROWS)
+        .map(|i| {
             format!(
-        "window {{ background-color: transparent; }}\
+                ".launcher-bg.just-opened list row.stagger-{i} {{ animation-delay: {}ms; }}",
-         .launcher-bg {{ background-color: {bg_panel}; color: {on_bg}; border-radius: 8px;\
+                i * 28
-             box-shadow: 0 8px 32px rgba(0,0,0,0.6); }}\
-         searchentry {{ background-color: {surface}; color: {on_surface}; caret-color: {accent};\
-             border: none; outline: none; box-shadow: none;\
-             padding: 12px 16px; border-radius: 6px 6px 0 0; }}\
-         listbox {{ background-color: transparent; padding: 4px; }}\
-         row {{ padding: 8px 12px; color: {on_bg}; background-color: transparent;\
-             border-radius: 6px; }}\
-         row:hover {{ background-color: {surface}; color: {on_surface}; }}\
-         row:selected {{ background-color: {surface}; color: {on_surface}; }}\
-         .app-name {{ font-size: 14px; }}\
-         .app-muted {{ opacity: 0.6; font-size: 12px; }}\
-         image {{ margin-right: 8px; }}",
-        bg_panel   = bg_panel,
-        surface    = p.color0,
-        accent     = p.color4,
-        on_bg      = ink_on(&p.background),
-        on_surface = ink_on(&p.color0),
             )
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("");
+    format!(
+        "\
+window {{ background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28); animation: scrim-in 0.28s ease both; }}\
+@keyframes scrim-in {{\
+  from {{ background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); }}\
+  to {{ background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28); }}\
+}}\
+.launcher-bg {{\
+  background-color: {bg_panel}; color: {on_bg}; border-radius: 20px;\
+  border: 1px solid alpha({on_bg}, 0.14);\
+  box-shadow: 0 24px 64px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.50);\
+  animation: card-in 0.42s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;\
+}}\
+@keyframes card-in {{\
+  from {{ opacity: 0; margin-top: 112px; }}\
+  to {{ opacity: 1; margin-top: 88px; }}\
+}}\
+.launcher-bg entry {{\
+  background-color: transparent; color: {on_bg}; caret-color: {accent};\
+  border: none; outline: none; box-shadow: none;\
+  padding: 20px 22px 14px; border-radius: 20px 20px 0 0;\
+  font-size: 17px; min-height: 28px;\
+}}\
+.launcher-bg entry:focus, .launcher-bg entry:focus-within {{\
+  border: none; outline: none; box-shadow: none; background-color: transparent;\
+}}\
+entry > text {{ background: transparent; }}\
+entry image {{ opacity: 0; min-width: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; }}\
+.launcher-caret {{\
+  min-height: 2px; max-height: 2px; margin: 0 20px; border-radius: 2px;\
+  background-color: {accent};\
+  background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, {accent}, {accent2});\
+}}\
+.launcher-bg.just-opened .launcher-caret {{\
+  animation: caret-draw 0.45s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;\
+}}\
+@keyframes caret-draw {{\
+  from {{ margin-right: 600px; opacity: 0.25; }}\
+  to {{ margin-right: 20px; opacity: 1; }}\
+}}\
+scrolledwindow {{ background: transparent; }}\
+list {{ background-color: transparent; padding: 8px 8px 4px; }}\
+list row {{\
+  padding: 6px 8px; color: {on_bg}; background-color: transparent;\
+  border-radius: 14px; margin: 1px 10px; outline: none;\
+}}\
+list row:hover {{ background-color: alpha({on_bg}, 0.07); color: {on_bg}; }}\
+row:selected, list row:selected, list row:selected:focus,\
+list row:selected:hover, list row:selected:focus:hover {{\
+  background-color: alpha({accent}, 0.22); color: {on_bg};\
+  outline: none; box-shadow: none;\
+}}\
+list row:selected label, list row:selected .app-name, list row:selected .app-muted {{\
+  color: {on_bg};\
+}}\
+.app-row {{ min-height: 48px; }}\
+.app-icon-well {{\
+  min-width: 38px; min-height: 38px; margin-right: 12px;\
+  border-radius: 999px; background-color: alpha({on_bg}, 0.08);\
+}}\
+.app-icon {{ color: {on_bg}; opacity: 0.88; }}\
+.app-name {{ font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; }}\
+.app-muted {{ opacity: 0.48; font-size: 11px; }}\
+.launcher-footer {{\
+  padding: 8px 18px 12px; font-size: 11px; opacity: 0.40;\
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase;\
+}}\
+.launcher-bg.just-opened list row {{\
+  animation: row-in 0.32s cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) both;\
+}}\
+@keyframes row-in {{\
+  from {{ opacity: 0; }}\
+  to {{ opacity: 1; }}\
+}}\
+{stagger}\
+list.reflow row {{ animation: row-fade 0.16s ease both; }}\
+@keyframes row-fade {{\
+  from {{ opacity: 0.40; }}\
+  to {{ opacity: 1; }}\
+}}\
+.no-motion, .no-motion * {{ animation: none; transition: none; }}",
+        bg_panel = bg_panel,
+        accent = p.color4,
+        accent2 = p.color5,
+        on_bg = ink_on(&p.background),
+        stagger = stagger,
+    )
+}
+
+fn category_label(entry: &DesktopEntry) -> &'static str {
+    let has = |needle: &str| {
+        entry
+            .categories
+            .iter()
+            .any(|c| c.eq_ignore_ascii_case(needle) || c.to_ascii_lowercase().contains(needle))
+    };
+    if entry.terminal || has("terminalemulator") {
+        "Terminal"
+    } else if has("webbrowser") {
+        "Browser"
+    } else if has("game") {
+        "Games"
+    } else if has("instantmessaging") || has("chat") || has("ircclient") {
+        "Chat"
+    } else if has("settings") || has("desktopsettings") || has("system") {
+        "System"
+    } else if has("ide") || has("development") {
+        "IDE"
+    } else if has("office") || has("wordprocessor") || has("texteditor") || has("notes") {
+        "Notes"
+    } else if has("audio") || has("player") || has("audiovideo") {
+        "Music"
+    } else if has("graphics") || has("photography") || has("camera") {
+        "Capture"
+    } else if has("filemanager") {
+        "Files"
+    } else {
+        "App"
+    }
+}
+
+fn symbolic_icon(entry: &DesktopEntry) -> &'static str {
+    match category_label(entry) {
+        "Browser" => "web-browser-symbolic",
+        "Terminal" => "utilities-terminal-symbolic",
+        "Notes" => "accessories-text-editor-symbolic",
+        "System" => "emblem-system-symbolic",
+        "Chat" => "user-available-symbolic",
+        "Games" => "applications-games-symbolic",
+        "Music" => "audio-x-generic-symbolic",
+        "Capture" => "camera-photo-symbolic",
+        "IDE" => "applications-engineering-symbolic",
+        "Files" => "folder-symbolic",
+        _ => "application-x-executable-symbolic",
+    }
 }
 
 // ---- Icon loading -----------------------------------------------------------
 
-fn make_icon(icon_name: &str, icon_path: Option<&Path>) -> gtk4::Image {
+fn make_icon(entry: &DesktopEntry) -> gtk4::Image {
-    // Try loading from resolved cached path via gio::File
+    let img = gtk4::Image::from_icon_name(symbolic_icon(entry));
-    if let Some(path) = icon_path {
+    img.set_pixel_size(18);
-        let gio_file = gtk4::gio::File::for_path(path);
+    img.add_css_class("app-icon");
-        if let Ok(texture) = gtk4::gdk::Texture::from_file(&gio_file) {
-            let img = gtk4::Image::new();
-            img.set_paintable(Some(&texture));
-            img.set_pixel_size(32);
-            return img;
-        }
-    }
-    // Fall back to GTK icon theme lookup by name
-    let name = if icon_name.is_empty() {
-        "application-x-executable"
-    } else {
-        icon_name
-    };
-    let img = gtk4::Image::from_icon_name(name);
-    img.set_pixel_size(32);
     img
 }
 
@@ -204,24 +323,42 @@ fn pick_terminal() -> String {
 
 fn do_launch(entry: &DesktopEntry) {
     let cmd = entry.exec.trim();
-    if entry.terminal {
+    let spawned = if entry.terminal {
         let term = pick_terminal();
-        let _ = Command::new(&term)
+        Command::new(&term)
             .args(["-e", "bash", "-c", cmd])
             .stdin(Stdio::null())
             .stdout(Stdio::null())
             .stderr(Stdio::null())
-            .spawn();
+            .spawn()
     } else {
-        let _ = Command::new("bash")
+        Command::new("bash")
             .args(["-c", cmd])
             .stdin(Stdio::null())
             .stdout(Stdio::null())
             .stderr(Stdio::null())
-            .spawn();
+            .spawn()
+    };
+    if spawned.is_ok() {
+        emit_launched(entry);
     }
 }
 
+/// Publishes `bread.box.launched` after a successful spawn. Fire-and-forget
+/// and non-fatal (`BreadClient::emit` never blocks or errors this caller) —
+/// breadd being absent must never affect launching itself.
+fn emit_launched(entry: &DesktopEntry) {
+    let id = if entry.id.is_empty() {
+        entry.exec.as_str()
+    } else {
+        entry.id.as_str()
+    };
+    BreadClient::connect(APP_ID).emit(
+        "bread.box.launched",
+        serde_json::json!({ "id": id, "name": entry.name }),
+    );
+}
+
 // ---- Fuzzy matching ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 fn fuzzy_matches(pattern: &str, text: &str) -> bool {
@@ -245,47 +382,21 @@ fn fuzzy_score(query: &str, entry: &DesktopEntry) -> u32 {
     let q = query.to_lowercase();
     let name = entry.name.to_lowercase();
     let wm = entry.wm_class.as_deref().unwrap_or("").to_lowercase();
-    if name == q || wm == q { return 0; }
+    if name == q || wm == q {
-    if name.starts_with(&q) { return 1; }
+        return 0;
-    if name.contains(&q) { return 2; }
+    }
-    if wm.starts_with(&q) || wm.contains(&q) { return 3; }
+    if name.starts_with(&q) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    if name.contains(&q) {
+        return 2;
+    }
+    if wm.starts_with(&q) || wm.contains(&q) {
+        return 3;
+    }
     4 // subsequence match
 }
 
-// ---- PID file toggle --------------------------------------------------------
-
-fn pid_file() -> PathBuf {
-    env::var("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
-        .map(PathBuf::from)
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| PathBuf::from("/tmp"))
-        .join("breadbox.pid")
-}
-
-fn is_breadbox_pid(pid: u32) -> bool {
-    fs::read_to_string(format!("/proc/{}/comm", pid))
-        .map(|s| s.trim() == "breadbox")
-        .unwrap_or(false)
-}
-
-// Returns false if an existing instance was killed (caller should exit).
-fn toggle_or_continue() -> bool {
-    let pf = pid_file();
-    if let Ok(content) = fs::read_to_string(&pf) {
-        if let Ok(pid) = content.trim().parse::<u32>() {
-            if is_breadbox_pid(pid) {
-                let _ = Command::new("kill").arg(pid.to_string()).status();
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    let _ = fs::write(&pf, std::process::id().to_string());
-    true
-}
-
-fn cleanup_pid() {
-    let _ = fs::remove_file(pid_file());
-}
-
 // ---- UI ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 fn get_row_entry(row: &gtk4::ListBoxRow) -> Option<DesktopEntry> {
@@ -295,13 +406,44 @@ fn get_row_entry(row: &gtk4::ListBoxRow) -> Option<DesktopEntry> {
     }
 }
 
-fn run_ui(entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>, history: LaunchHistory) {
+fn visible_row_count(list: &ListBox) -> u32 {
-    let app = Application::builder()
+    let mut n = 0;
-        .application_id("com.breadway.breadbox")
+    let mut i = 0;
-        .build();
+    while let Some(row) = list.row_at_index(i) {
+        if row.is_visible() {
+            n += 1;
+        }
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    n
+}
+
+fn set_footer_count(footer: &Label, n: u32) {
+    match n {
+        0 => footer.set_text("no match"),
+        1 => footer.set_text("1 app"),
+        n => footer.set_text(&format!("{n} apps")),
+    }
+}
+
+fn run_ui(
+    entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>,
+    history: LaunchHistory,
+    screenshot_req: Option<screenshot::ScreenshotRequest>,
+) {
+    let mut builder = Application::builder().application_id("com.breadway.breadbox");
+    if screenshot_req.is_some() {
+        // GApplication is single-instance by default; this machine typically
+        // already has a real breadbox instance, so without this a screenshot
+        // run would just message the *existing* instance instead of
+        // starting a fresh one that ever sees `screenshot_req`.
+        builder = builder.flags(gtk4::gio::ApplicationFlags::NON_UNIQUE);
+    }
+    let app = builder.build();
 
     let history_rc = Rc::new(RefCell::new(history));
     let query_rc: Rc<RefCell<String>> = Rc::new(RefCell::new(String::new()));
+    let is_screenshot_run = screenshot_req.is_some();
 
     app.connect_activate(move |app| {
         // Shared ecosystem base (fonts, palette, generic widgets) first, then
@@ -317,21 +459,13 @@ fn run_ui(entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>, history: LaunchHistory) {
             bread_theme::gtk::apply_user_css(&user_css_path, &user_cell);
         }
 
-        // Full-screen transparent window; clicks outside the launcher panel close it.
+        // Full-screen transparent overlay; panel widget is positioned inside it.
-        let window = ApplicationWindow::builder().application(app).build();
+        let window = bread_utils::gtk_popup::new_overlay_window(app, "breadbox");
-        window.init_layer_shell();
+        bread_theme::gtk::bind_window_auto(&window);
-        window.set_namespace(Some("breadbox"));
-        window.set_layer(Layer::Overlay);
-        window.set_keyboard_mode(KeyboardMode::Exclusive);
-        for edge in [Edge::Top, Edge::Bottom, Edge::Left, Edge::Right] {
-            window.set_anchor(edge, true);
-        }
-        window.set_exclusive_zone(0);
 
         let close_all: Rc<dyn Fn()> = Rc::new({
             let w = window.clone();
             move || {
-                cleanup_pid();
                 w.close();
             }
         });
@@ -340,13 +474,25 @@ fn run_ui(entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>, history: LaunchHistory) {
         vbox.add_css_class("launcher-bg");
         vbox.set_halign(gtk4::Align::Center);
         vbox.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Start);
-        vbox.set_margin_top(120);
+        vbox.set_margin_top(88);
         vbox.set_size_request(600, -1);
+        if is_screenshot_run {
+            window.add_css_class("no-motion");
+            vbox.add_css_class("no-motion");
+        } else {
+            vbox.add_css_class("just-opened");
+        }
 
-        let search = SearchEntry::new();
+        let search = Entry::new();
-        search.set_placeholder_text(Some("breadbox"));
+        search.set_placeholder_text(Some("Search"));
+        search.set_has_frame(false);
         vbox.append(&search);
 
+        let caret = GBox::new(Orientation::Horizontal, 0);
+        caret.add_css_class("launcher-caret");
+        caret.set_hexpand(true);
+        vbox.append(&caret);
+
         let scroll = ScrolledWindow::new();
         scroll.set_policy(PolicyType::Never, PolicyType::Automatic);
         scroll.set_max_content_height(480);
@@ -357,28 +503,44 @@ fn run_ui(entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>, history: LaunchHistory) {
 
         for (idx, entry) in entries.iter().enumerate() {
             let row = gtk4::ListBoxRow::new();
+            if idx < STAGGER_ROWS {
+                row.add_css_class(&format!("stagger-{idx}"));
+            }
             let hbox = GBox::new(Orientation::Horizontal, 0);
-            hbox.set_margin_start(6);
+            hbox.add_css_class("app-row");
-            hbox.set_margin_end(6);
             hbox.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
 
-            let icon = make_icon(&entry.icon_name, entry.icon_path.as_deref());
+            let well = GBox::new(Orientation::Horizontal, 0);
-            hbox.append(&icon);
+            well.add_css_class("app-icon-well");
+            well.set_size_request(38, 38);
+            well.set_halign(gtk4::Align::Center);
+            well.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
+            well.set_hexpand(false);
+            let icon = make_icon(entry);
+            icon.set_halign(gtk4::Align::Center);
+            icon.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
+            icon.set_hexpand(true);
+            well.append(&icon);
+            hbox.append(&well);
+
+            let text = GBox::new(Orientation::Vertical, 1);
+            text.add_css_class("app-text");
+            text.set_hexpand(true);
+            text.set_valign(gtk4::Align::Center);
 
             let name_lbl = Label::new(Some(&entry.name));
             name_lbl.add_css_class("app-name");
             name_lbl.set_xalign(0.0);
-            name_lbl.set_hexpand(true);
             name_lbl.set_ellipsize(EllipsizeMode::End);
-            hbox.append(&name_lbl);
+            text.append(&name_lbl);
 
-            if let Some(ref wm) = entry.wm_class {
+            let sub_lbl = Label::new(Some(category_label(entry)));
-                let wm_lbl = Label::new(Some(wm));
+            sub_lbl.add_css_class("app-muted");
-                wm_lbl.add_css_class("app-muted");
+            sub_lbl.set_xalign(0.0);
-                wm_lbl.set_xalign(1.0);
+            sub_lbl.set_ellipsize(EllipsizeMode::End);
-                hbox.append(&wm_lbl);
+            text.append(&sub_lbl);
-            }
 
+            hbox.append(&text);
             row.set_child(Some(&hbox));
             unsafe { row.set_data("entry", entry.clone()) };
             unsafe { row.set_data("initial_order", idx as u32) };
@@ -392,8 +554,16 @@ fn run_ui(entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>, history: LaunchHistory) {
         list.set_sort_func(move |row_a, row_b| {
             let query = sort_query.borrow();
             if query.is_empty() {
-                let oa = unsafe { row_a.data::<u32>("initial_order").map_or(u32::MAX, |p| *p.as_ref()) };
+                let oa = unsafe {
-                let ob = unsafe { row_b.data::<u32>("initial_order").map_or(u32::MAX, |p| *p.as_ref()) };
+                    row_a
+                        .data::<u32>("initial_order")
+                        .map_or(u32::MAX, |p| *p.as_ref())
+                };
+                let ob = unsafe {
+                    row_b
+                        .data::<u32>("initial_order")
+                        .map_or(u32::MAX, |p| *p.as_ref())
+                };
                 return oa.cmp(&ob).into();
             }
             let (Some(ea), Some(eb)) = (get_row_entry(row_a), get_row_entry(row_b)) else {
@@ -416,11 +586,29 @@ fn run_ui(entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>, history: LaunchHistory) {
 
         scroll.set_child(Some(&list));
         vbox.append(&scroll);
+
+        let footer = Label::new(None);
+        footer.add_css_class("launcher-footer");
+        footer.set_xalign(0.0);
+        set_footer_count(&footer, visible_row_count(&list));
+        vbox.append(&footer);
+
         window.set_child(Some(&vbox));
 
-        // Filter on keystroke
+        if !is_screenshot_run {
+            let vbox_open = vbox.clone();
+            glib::timeout_add_local_once(Duration::from_millis(520), move || {
+                vbox_open.remove_css_class("just-opened");
+            });
+        }
+
+        // Filter on keystroke. ListBox keeps row identity across sort, so the
+        // reorder is already a cheap FLIP analog; a short CSS fade is the extra.
         let list_f = list.clone();
+        let footer_f = footer.clone();
+        let vbox_f = vbox.clone();
         let filter_query = Rc::clone(&query_rc);
+        let reflow_gen = Rc::new(Cell::new(0u32));
         search.connect_changed(move |entry| {
             let text = entry.text();
             let query = text.as_str();
@@ -430,6 +618,7 @@ fn run_ui(entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>, history: LaunchHistory) {
                 let vis = get_row_entry(&row)
                     .map(|e| {
                         fuzzy_matches(query, &e.name)
+                            || fuzzy_matches(query, category_label(&e))
                             || e.wm_class
                                 .as_deref()
                                 .is_some_and(|w| fuzzy_matches(query, w))
@@ -440,10 +629,23 @@ fn run_ui(entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>, history: LaunchHistory) {
                 i += 1;
             }
             list_f.invalidate_sort();
-            let first_vis = (0i32..).find_map(|j| {
+            let first_vis =
-                list_f.row_at_index(j).filter(|r| r.is_visible())
+                (0i32..).find_map(|j| list_f.row_at_index(j).filter(|r| r.is_visible()));
-            });
             list_f.select_row(first_vis.as_ref());
+            set_footer_count(&footer_f, visible_row_count(&list_f));
+            if !vbox_f.has_css_class("just-opened") {
+                list_f.remove_css_class("reflow");
+                list_f.add_css_class("reflow");
+                let gen = reflow_gen.get().wrapping_add(1);
+                reflow_gen.set(gen);
+                let list_fade = list_f.clone();
+                let reflow_gen = Rc::clone(&reflow_gen);
+                glib::timeout_add_local_once(Duration::from_millis(180), move || {
+                    if reflow_gen.get() == gen {
+                        list_fade.remove_css_class("reflow");
+                    }
+                });
+            }
         });
 
         // Keyboard handling — capture phase on window
@@ -471,36 +673,11 @@ fn run_ui(entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>, history: LaunchHistory) {
                     glib::Propagation::Stop
                 }
                 Key::Down => {
-                    let cur = list_k.selected_row().map(|r| r.index()).unwrap_or(-1);
+                    bread_utils::gtk_popup::select_next_visible(&list_k);
-                    let mut i = cur + 1;
-                    loop {
-                        match list_k.row_at_index(i) {
-                            Some(r) if r.is_visible() => {
-                                list_k.select_row(Some(&r));
-                                break;
-                            }
-                            Some(_) => i += 1,
-                            None => break,
-                        }
-                    }
                     glib::Propagation::Stop
                 }
                 Key::Up => {
-                    let cur = list_k.selected_row().map(|r| r.index()).unwrap_or(0);
+                    bread_utils::gtk_popup::select_prev_visible(&list_k);
-                    let mut i = cur - 1;
-                    loop {
-                        if i < 0 {
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        match list_k.row_at_index(i) {
-                            Some(r) if r.is_visible() => {
-                                list_k.select_row(Some(&r));
-                                break;
-                            }
-                            Some(_) => i -= 1,
-                            None => break,
-                        }
-                    }
                     glib::Propagation::Stop
                 }
                 _ => glib::Propagation::Proceed,
@@ -521,38 +698,65 @@ fn run_ui(entries: Vec<DesktopEntry>, history: LaunchHistory) {
         });
 
         // Click outside launcher panel → close
-        let close_outside = Rc::clone(&close_all);
-        let vbox_ref = vbox.clone();
-        let win_ref = window.clone();
-        let outside_click = gtk4::GestureClick::new();
-        outside_click.connect_pressed(move |_, _, x, y| {
-            if let Some(b) = vbox_ref.compute_bounds(&win_ref) {
-                if x < b.x() as f64
-                    || x > (b.x() + b.width()) as f64
-                    || y < b.y() as f64
-                    || y > (b.y() + b.height()) as f64
         {
-                    close_outside();
+            let close_outside = Rc::clone(&close_all);
+            bread_utils::gtk_popup::close_on_outside_click(&window, &vbox, move || close_outside());
+        }
+
+        if let Some(req) = screenshot_req.clone() {
+            screenshot::dispatch(&window, req);
         }
-            }
-        });
-        window.add_controller(outside_click);
 
-        window.connect_destroy(|_| cleanup_pid());
         window.present();
         search.grab_focus();
     });
 
+    if is_screenshot_run {
+        // GLib's own option parser otherwise rejects --screenshot/--output
+        // before clap ever sees them (`Cli::parse()` already ran in `main`,
+        // over the real argv).
+        app.run_with_args(&[] as &[&str]);
+    } else {
         app.run();
     }
+}
 
 // ---- Main -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 fn main() {
-    if !toggle_or_continue() {
+    if std::env::args().nth(1).as_deref() == Some("listen") {
+        listen::run();
         return;
     }
 
+    use clap::Parser;
+    let cli = screenshot::Cli::parse();
+    let screenshot_req = cli.screenshot_request();
+
+    // `toggle_or_kill` kills whatever's holding the single-instance lock —
+    // a real, already-running breadbox included. A screenshot run must
+    // never touch it: it's a separate, disposable instance by design (same
+    // reasoning as breadbar's `allow_multiple_instances`), not a toggle of
+    // the operator's real launcher.
+    //
+    // Kept alive for the rest of `main` — dropping it releases the
+    // single-instance lock and removes the pid file, which happens
+    // naturally once `run_ui` returns (after the window closes).
+    let _singleton_guard = if screenshot_req.is_some() {
+        None
+    } else {
+        match bread_utils::singleton::toggle_or_kill("breadbox") {
+            Ok(bread_utils::singleton::Toggle::Started(guard)) => Some(guard),
+            Ok(bread_utils::singleton::Toggle::KilledExisting) => return,
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!(
+                    "breadbox: single-instance lock unavailable ({e}); continuing without it"
+                );
+                None
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
     let config = Config::load();
     let workspace = get_active_workspace().unwrap_or_default();
     let priority = config
@@ -564,5 +768,5 @@ fn main() {
     let manifest = load_manifest();
     let entries = load_sorted_entries(&manifest, &priority, &history);
 
-    run_ui(entries, history);
+    run_ui(entries, history, screenshot_req);
 }

breadbox/src/screenshot.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+//! `--screenshot` CLI mode: render breadbox's launcher panel, capture it via
+//! `bread-screenshots`, then exit — driven by `bread-ecosystem`'s
+//! `bread-capture` orchestrator, or run standalone for one-off captures.
+//!
+//! breadbox has only one view worth capturing: the launcher panel itself
+//! (search box + app list). It's a `halign: Center` panel over a full-screen
+//! transparent overlay window, not its own layer surface, so — same
+//! reasoning as breadbar's control-panel view — the simplest reliable
+//! capture is the whole known-size canvas, not a hand-tracked panel
+//! geometry.
+
+use bread_utils::screenshot_cli::{validate_pair, DEFAULT_HEIGHT, DEFAULT_WIDTH, SETTLE_DELAY};
+use clap::Parser;
+use gtk4::prelude::*;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[command(name = "breadbox")]
+pub struct Cli {
+    /// Render the named view, capture it, then exit instead of running
+    /// normally. Known views: "launcher".
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub screenshot: Option<String>,
+
+    /// PNG path to write the capture to. Required together with --screenshot.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub output: Option<PathBuf>,
+
+    /// Capture canvas width — matches the isolated compositor's output width
+    /// (`bread-capture --isolate-width`).
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = DEFAULT_WIDTH)]
+    pub width: u32,
+
+    /// Capture canvas height — see `width`.
+    #[arg(long, default_value_t = DEFAULT_HEIGHT)]
+    pub height: u32,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ScreenshotRequest {
+    pub view: String,
+    pub output: PathBuf,
+    pub width: u32,
+    pub height: u32,
+}
+
+impl Cli {
+    /// `None` for a normal run. Exits the process with an error if the
+    /// `--screenshot` / `--output` pair is incomplete, before any GTK setup
+    /// happens.
+    pub fn screenshot_request(&self) -> Option<ScreenshotRequest> {
+        if let Err(e) = validate_pair(self.screenshot.as_deref(), self.output.as_deref()) {
+            eprintln!("breadbox: {e}");
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+        Some(ScreenshotRequest {
+            view: self.screenshot.clone()?,
+            output: self.output.clone()?,
+            width: self.width,
+            height: self.height,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+/// Wire up the given view's screenshot sequence against an already-built,
+/// not-yet-presented window. Every path here ends by exiting the process —
+/// it never returns control to the normal launcher UI.
+pub fn dispatch(window: &gtk4::ApplicationWindow, req: ScreenshotRequest) {
+    match req.view.as_str() {
+        "launcher" => {
+            let output = req.output;
+            let (width, height) = (req.width as i32, req.height as i32);
+            window.connect_map(move |_| {
+                let output = output.clone();
+                gtk4::glib::timeout_add_local_once(SETTLE_DELAY, move || {
+                    finish(bread_screenshots::capture_region(0, 0, width, height, &output));
+                });
+            });
+        }
+        other => {
+            eprintln!("breadbox: unknown screenshot view '{other}' (known: launcher)");
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn finish(result: anyhow::Result<()>) {
+    match result {
+        Ok(()) => std::process::exit(0),
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("breadbox: screenshot capture failed: {e}");
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+}

ci/bread-ecosystem.rev

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+147cfbbf96ae4b171027defa1130d2caddb934b1

ci/build.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Delegates to bread-ecosystem's shared CI build image/script, pinned to
+# the commit in ci/bread-ecosystem.rev — not `main`. bread-ecosystem's CI
+# files now affect every product's release pipeline, so bumping the pin
+# is a deliberate act instead of silent drift (see the bread-theme test
+# that broke here for exactly that reason, before it was pinned by rev).
+#
+# Usage: ci/build.sh cargo build --release --locked
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+REV="$(cat "${ROOT}/ci/bread-ecosystem.rev")"
+
+CACHE_DIR="/tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci-${REV}"
+if [ ! -d "$CACHE_DIR" ]; then
+    rm -rf /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci-*
+    git clone https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git "$CACHE_DIR"
+    git -C "$CACHE_DIR" checkout --quiet "$REV"
+fi
+
+bash "${CACHE_DIR}/ci/build.sh" breadbox "$ROOT" "$@"

packaging/arch/PKGBUILD

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# Maintainer: Breadway <rileyhorsham@gmail.com>
-
-pkgname=breadbox
-pkgver=0.1.0
-pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="App launcher for Hyprland / Wayland"
-arch=('x86_64')
-url="https://github.com/Breadway/breadbox"
-license=('MIT')
-# Some Rust deps (ring/mlua) build vendored C/asm into static archives; makepkg's
-# default -flto=auto emits GCC LTO bitcode the Rust (lld) link cannot read,
-# causing undefined-symbol errors. Disable LTO.
-options=(!lto !debug)
-depends=('gtk4' 'gtk4-layer-shell' 'librsvg')
-optdepends=(
-  'hyprland: window and workspace integration'
-)
-makedepends=('rust' 'cargo')
-source=("${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha256sums=('SKIP')
-
-build() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
-  cargo build --release --locked
-}
-
-check() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
-  cargo test --release --locked --workspace
-}
-
-package() {
-  cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
-  install -Dm755 target/release/breadbox      "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/breadbox"
-  install -Dm755 target/release/breadbox-sync "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/breadbox-sync"
-  install -Dm644 packaging/breadbox-sync.service \
-    "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/systemd/user/breadbox-sync.service"
-  install -Dm644 LICENSE "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
-}