Restore panel build in CI, add browser fallback for Open Admin Panel

- Re-add CGO panel builds with apt-get install of gcc/g++/mingw-w64/webkit2gtk
- Panel launch falls back to default browser if panel binary not found
- Restore panel binary in nfpm .deb package

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ jobs:
           tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go.tar.gz
           echo "/usr/local/go/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
+      - name: Install build tools
+        run: |
+          apt-get update -qq
+          apt-get install -y -qq gcc g++ mingw-w64 zip libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev >/dev/null 2>&1
+
       - name: Install nfpm
         run: |
           export GOPATH=$HOME/go
@@ -30,11 +35,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Linux binaries
         run: |
           CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o syncwarden ./cmd/syncwarden
+          CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o syncwarden-panel ./cmd/panel
           CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o syncwarden-setup ./cmd/setup
 
       - name: Build Windows binaries
         run: |
           CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -H=windowsgui" -o syncwarden.exe ./cmd/syncwarden
+          CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc CXX=x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++ go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -H=windowsgui" -o syncwarden-panel.exe ./cmd/panel
           CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" -o syncwarden-setup.exe ./cmd/setup
 
       - name: Build .deb package
@@ -43,16 +50,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Linux tarball
         run: |
           mkdir -p dist/syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}
-          cp syncwarden syncwarden-setup dist/syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}/
+          cp syncwarden syncwarden-panel syncwarden-setup dist/syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}/
           cp README.md CHANGELOG.md LICENSE dist/syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}/
           cp packaging/linux/syncwarden.desktop dist/syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}/
           tar -czf syncwarden_${{ env.VERSION }}_linux_amd64.tar.gz -C dist syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}
 
       - name: Create Windows zip
         run: |
-          apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq zip >/dev/null 2>&1
           mkdir -p dist-win/syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}
-          cp syncwarden.exe syncwarden-setup.exe dist-win/syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}/
+          cp syncwarden.exe syncwarden-panel.exe syncwarden-setup.exe dist-win/syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}/
           cp README.md CHANGELOG.md LICENSE dist-win/syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}/
           cd dist-win && zip -r ../syncwarden_${{ env.VERSION }}_windows_amd64.zip syncwarden-${{ env.VERSION }}
 

internal/tray/panel.go

@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ var (
 	panelProc *os.Process
 )
 
-// launchPanel starts the syncwarden-panel subprocess if not already running.
+// launchPanel opens the Syncthing admin UI.
+// Tries the embedded panel binary first, falls back to the default browser.
 func launchPanel(baseURL string) {
 	panelMu.Lock()
 	defer panelMu.Unlock()
 
-	// Check if already running
+	// Check if panel subprocess is already running
 	if panelProc != nil {
-		// Check if process is still alive
 		if err := panelProc.Signal(os.Signal(nil)); err == nil {
 			log.Println("panel already running")
 			return
@@ -29,23 +29,15 @@ func launchPanel(baseURL string) {
 		panelProc = nil
 	}
 
+	// Try embedded panel binary
 	panelBin := panelBinaryPath()
-	if panelBin == "" {
+	if panelBin != "" {
-		log.Println("syncwarden-panel binary not found")
-		return
-	}
-
 		cmd := exec.Command(panelBin, "-addr", baseURL)
 		cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		if err := cmd.Start(); err == nil {
-		log.Printf("failed to start panel: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
 			panelProc = cmd.Process
 			log.Printf("panel started (pid %d)", cmd.Process.Pid)
-
-	// Wait for process to exit in background
 			go func() {
 				_ = cmd.Wait()
 				panelMu.Lock()
@@ -53,9 +45,16 @@ func launchPanel(baseURL string) {
 				panelMu.Unlock()
 				log.Println("panel exited")
 			}()
+			return
+		}
+		log.Printf("failed to start panel binary: %v", panelBin)
+	}
+
+	// Fallback: open in default browser
+	log.Printf("opening %s in browser", baseURL)
+	openBrowser(baseURL)
 }
 
-// panelBinaryPath finds the syncwarden-panel binary next to the main binary.
 func panelBinaryPath() string {
 	exe, err := os.Executable()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -74,3 +73,18 @@ func panelBinaryPath() string {
 	}
 	return ""
 }
+
+func openBrowser(url string) {
+	var cmd *exec.Cmd
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "windows":
+		cmd = exec.Command("rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", url)
+	case "darwin":
+		cmd = exec.Command("open", url)
+	default:
+		cmd = exec.Command("xdg-open", url)
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("failed to open browser: %v", err)
+	}
+}

packaging/nfpm.yaml

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ license: MIT
 contents:
   - src: ./syncwarden
     dst: /usr/bin/syncwarden
+  - src: ./syncwarden-panel
+    dst: /usr/bin/syncwarden-panel
   - src: ./packaging/linux/syncwarden.desktop
     dst: /etc/xdg/autostart/syncwarden.desktop
     type: config