# archive/ — frozen clients (not shipped with Hermit)

This tree holds **reference front ends** that used to live in the main repo.
The Hermit product surface is now:

- **CLI + minimal TUI** (`hermit`)
- **Engine library** (`libcstcore.a` + `include/`)
- **Replaceable extensions**: plugins / MCP / skills / agents (not core tools)
- **Client contracts**: `cst_agent_hooks_t` and HTTP/SSE `cst-webui/1` (`hermit --web`)

| Path | Former path | Notes |
|------|-------------|--------|
| [`qt-app/`](qt-app/) | `app/` | Qt6/QML GUI (deprecated). Experimental CMake: `-DCST_BUILD_APP=ON`. |
| [`desktop-tauri/`](desktop-tauri/) | `apps/desktop/` | Tauri 2 + React shell (FFI into `libcstcore`). |
| [`web-spa/`](web-spa/) | `web/` | Full browser SPA. Load with `hermit --web --web-dev archive/web-spa`. |

**Do not expect** these trees to stay buildable without manual path fixes.
Default `make` / CI does **not** compile them.

For a new external client, implement against [`docs/webui.md`](../docs/webui.md) and
[`docs/webui-schema.md`](../docs/webui-schema.md), or embed via `cst_agent.h` hooks / the
archived FFI bridge under `desktop-tauri/src-tauri/src/ffi_bridge.*`.