505th Hub — prototype

Desktop prototype matching the 505th website's dark cyan Command Terminal styling.

Run

Install Node.js, then run from this folder:

npm install
npm start

For a browser-only layout preview, open index.html. Native notifications require Electron.

Available

• Member overview, operations, service-record placeholder and notification history.
• Attend / Cannot Attend responses saved locally.
• Explicit staff preview switch, local event creation and cancellation.
• Silent Windows test notification from the desktop app.

Prototype boundaries

No Firebase login, live data, Discord messages, real access control, background reminders, tray mode, installer or auto-update yet. Closing the app exits it. Preview roles are not security permissions. Sign-ups are not confirmed attendance. Sample events and history use localStorage and must not hold sensitive data.

Updates

505th Hub checks GitHub Releases (RevGamer/505th-hub, public repo) for new versions on launch and every 4 hours while running, plus on demand via the tray menu's "Check for Updates." Updates download automatically in the background; the member is prompted to restart once ready, or it installs on next quit. This only works in the installed (packaged) app, not npm start.

To ship a release from this machine:

1. Bump "version" in package.json.
2. Set a GitHub personal access token with repo scope in the GH_TOKEN environment variable (needed to create the GitHub Release and upload the installer — this is a publishing credential for you, not something shipped inside the app).
3. Run npm run release:win. This builds, packages the NSIS installer, and uploads it plus the latest.yml metadata file electron-updater reads.

Next integration phase

Link existing Firebase member accounts to verified Discord identities. Store shared events and responses durably, keeping staff-confirmed attendance separate. Add server-enforced permissions and a bot synchronisation worker with retries and event revisions. Preserve historical responses before Cortana archive cleanup. Add reliable rescheduling/cancellation handling, notification preferences, tray behaviour and a signed Windows installer.

Existing reference projects:

• F:\505th Exp Force Design Dev Works\505th-website
• F:\Discord Bot\Cortana_Bot