added --gui option to fabric. this will open the gui

installer/client/cli/fabric.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from .utils import Standalone, Update, Setup, Alias
+from .utils import Standalone, Update, Setup, Alias, run_electron_app
 import argparse
 import sys
 import os
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def main():
         const="analyzepaper.txt",
         default=None,
     )
+    parser.add_argument("--gui", help="Use the GUI", action="store_true")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--stream",
         "-s",
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@ def main():
             from .utils import AgentSetup
             AgentSetup().run()
             sys.exit()
+    if args.gui:
+        run_electron_app()
+        sys.exit()
     if args.update:
         Update()
         Alias()

installer/client/cli/utils.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import platform
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 import zipfile
 import tempfile
+import subprocess
 import re
 import shutil
 
@@ -659,3 +660,37 @@ class AgentSetup:
             else:
                 # If it does not end with a newline, add one before the new entries
                 f.write(f"\n{browserless_entry}\n{serper_entry}\n")
+
+
+def run_electron_app():
+    # Step 1: Set CWD to the directory of the script
+    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+
+    # Step 2: Check for the './installer/client/gui' directory
+    target_dir = '../gui'
+    if not os.path.exists(target_dir):
+        print(f"The directory {
+            target_dir} does not exist. Please check the path and try again.")
+        return
+
+    # Step 3: Check for NPM installation
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(['npm', '--version'], check=True,
+                       stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        print("NPM is not installed. Please install NPM and try again.")
+        return
+
+    # If this point is reached, NPM is installed.
+    # Step 4: Change directory to the Electron app's directory
+    os.chdir(target_dir)
+
+    # Step 5: Run 'npm install' and 'npm start'
+    try:
+        print("Running 'npm install'... This might take a few minutes.")
+        subprocess.run(['npm', 'install'], check=True)
+        print(
+            "'npm install' completed successfully. Starting the Electron app with 'npm start'...")
+        subprocess.run(['npm', 'start'], check=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        print(f"An error occurred while executing NPM commands: {e}")