feat: Claude Web UI POC with streaming and tool visualization

Initial implementation of a web-based Claude Code interface with:

Backend (Node.js + Express + WebSocket):
- Claude CLI spawning with JSON stream mode
- Session management with resume support (--continue flag)
- Session history API endpoint
- Real-time WebSocket communication
- --include-partial-messages for live streaming

Frontend (React + Vite + Tailwind):
- Modern dark theme UI (Discord/Slack style)
- Live text streaming with content_block_delta handling
- Markdown rendering with react-markdown + remark-gfm
- Syntax highlighting with react-syntax-highlighter (One Dark)
- Collapsible high-tech tool cards with:
  - Tool-specific icons and colors
  - Compact summaries (Read, Glob, Bash, Edit, etc.)
  - Expandable JSON details
- Session history loading on resume
- Project directory selection
- Resume session toggle

Docker:
- Multi-container setup (backend + nginx frontend)
- Isolated Claude config directory
- Host network mode for backend

Built collaboratively by Neko (VPS Claude) and Web-UI Claude,
with Web-UI Claude implementing most frontend features while
running inside the interface itself (meta-programming!).

🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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FROM node:20-slim
# Create app directory
WORKDIR /app
# Create node user home structure for claude
RUN mkdir -p /home/node/.local/bin && \
mkdir -p /home/node/.local/share/claude && \
mkdir -p /home/node/.claude && \
mkdir -p /home/node/.config/claude && \
chown -R node:node /home/node
# Create symlink for claude binary
RUN ln -s /home/node/.local/share/claude/versions/2.0.67 /home/node/.local/bin/claude
# Copy package files
COPY package*.json ./
# Install dependencies
RUN npm install --production
# Copy app source
COPY . .
# Set ownership
RUN chown -R node:node /app
# Switch to node user
USER node
# Set PATH to include claude
ENV PATH="/home/node/.local/bin:${PATH}"
EXPOSE 3001
CMD ["node", "server.js"]

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{
"name": "claude-web-ui-backend",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "WebSocket backend for Claude Code JSON streaming",
"main": "server.js",
"type": "module",
"scripts": {
"start": "node server.js",
"dev": "node --watch server.js"
},
"dependencies": {
"express": "^4.18.2",
"ws": "^8.14.2",
"cors": "^2.8.5",
"uuid": "^9.0.0"
}
}

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import express from 'express';
import { WebSocketServer } from 'ws';
import { createServer } from 'http';
import { spawn } from 'child_process';
import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
import cors from 'cors';
import { existsSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, statSync } from 'fs';
import { join } from 'path';
const app = express();
app.use(cors());
app.use(express.json());
const PORT = process.env.PORT || 3001;
const HOST = process.env.HOST || '0.0.0.0';
// Store active Claude sessions
const sessions = new Map();
const server = createServer(app);
const wss = new WebSocketServer({ server });
// REST endpoint to list available projects
app.get('/api/projects', (req, res) => {
const baseDirs = [
{ path: '/projects', name: 'projects', description: 'Development projects' },
{ path: '/docker', name: 'docker', description: 'Docker configurations' },
{ path: '/stacks', name: 'stacks', description: 'Production stacks' }
];
const projects = [];
for (const dir of baseDirs) {
if (existsSync(dir.path)) {
projects.push({ ...dir, type: 'directory' });
}
}
res.json(projects);
});
// Health check
app.get('/api/health', (req, res) => {
res.json({
status: 'ok',
activeSessions: sessions.size,
timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
});
});
// Get session history for a project
app.get('/api/history/:project', (req, res) => {
try {
const projectPath = decodeURIComponent(req.params.project);
// Convert project path to Claude's folder naming convention
const projectFolder = projectPath.replace(/\//g, '-');
const historyDir = `/home/node/.claude/projects/${projectFolder}`;
if (!existsSync(historyDir)) {
return res.json({ messages: [], sessionId: null });
}
// Find the most recent non-agent session file
const files = readdirSync(historyDir)
.filter(f => f.endsWith('.jsonl') && !f.startsWith('agent-'))
.map(f => ({
name: f,
path: join(historyDir, f),
mtime: statSync(join(historyDir, f)).mtime
}))
.sort((a, b) => b.mtime - a.mtime);
if (files.length === 0) {
return res.json({ messages: [], sessionId: null });
}
const latestFile = files[0];
const sessionId = latestFile.name.replace('.jsonl', '');
const content = readFileSync(latestFile.path, 'utf-8');
const lines = content.split('\n').filter(l => l.trim());
const messages = [];
for (const line of lines) {
try {
const event = JSON.parse(line);
// Parse user messages
if (event.type === 'user' && event.message?.content) {
const textContent = event.message.content
.filter(c => c.type === 'text')
.map(c => c.text)
.join('');
if (textContent && !event.tool_use_result) {
messages.push({
type: 'user',
content: textContent,
timestamp: event.timestamp || Date.now()
});
}
}
// Parse assistant messages
if (event.type === 'assistant' && event.message?.content) {
for (const block of event.message.content) {
if (block.type === 'text' && block.text) {
messages.push({
type: 'assistant',
content: block.text,
timestamp: event.timestamp || Date.now()
});
} else if (block.type === 'tool_use') {
messages.push({
type: 'tool_use',
tool: block.name,
input: block.input,
toolUseId: block.id,
timestamp: event.timestamp || Date.now()
});
}
}
}
// Parse tool results
if (event.type === 'user' && event.tool_use_result) {
messages.push({
type: 'tool_result',
content: event.tool_use_result.content,
toolUseId: event.tool_use_result.tool_use_id,
isError: event.tool_use_result.is_error || false,
timestamp: event.timestamp || Date.now()
});
}
} catch (e) {
// Skip invalid JSON lines
}
}
res.json({ messages, sessionId });
} catch (err) {
console.error('Error reading history:', err);
res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
}
});
wss.on('connection', (ws, req) => {
const sessionId = uuidv4();
console.log(`[${sessionId}] New WebSocket connection`);
let claudeProcess = null;
let currentProject = null;
const sendToClient = (type, data) => {
if (ws.readyState === ws.OPEN) {
ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type, ...data, timestamp: Date.now() }));
}
};
const startClaudeSession = (projectPath, resume = true) => {
if (claudeProcess) {
console.log(`[${sessionId}] Killing existing Claude process`);
claudeProcess.kill();
}
currentProject = projectPath;
console.log(`[${sessionId}] Starting Claude in: ${projectPath} (resume: ${resume})`);
const args = [
'-p',
'--output-format', 'stream-json',
'--input-format', 'stream-json',
'--include-partial-messages',
'--verbose',
'--dangerously-skip-permissions'
];
// Add continue flag to resume most recent conversation
if (resume) {
args.push('--continue');
}
claudeProcess = spawn('claude', args, {
stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'],
cwd: projectPath || '/projects',
env: { ...process.env }
});
sessions.set(sessionId, { process: claudeProcess, project: projectPath });
sendToClient('session_started', {
sessionId,
project: projectPath
});
// Handle stdout (JSON events)
let buffer = '';
claudeProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
const chunk = data.toString();
console.log(`[${sessionId}] stdout chunk:`, chunk.substring(0, 200));
buffer += chunk;
const lines = buffer.split('\n');
buffer = lines.pop() || '';
for (const line of lines) {
if (line.trim()) {
console.log(`[${sessionId}] Processing line:`, line.substring(0, 100));
try {
const event = JSON.parse(line);
console.log(`[${sessionId}] Event type:`, event.type);
sendToClient('claude_event', { event });
} catch (e) {
// Non-JSON output, send as raw
console.log(`[${sessionId}] Raw output:`, line.substring(0, 100));
sendToClient('raw_output', { content: line });
}
}
}
});
// Handle stderr
claudeProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
const content = data.toString();
console.log(`[${sessionId}] stderr:`, content);
sendToClient('stderr', { content });
});
claudeProcess.on('close', (code) => {
console.log(`[${sessionId}] Claude process exited with code ${code}`);
sendToClient('session_ended', { code });
sessions.delete(sessionId);
claudeProcess = null;
});
claudeProcess.on('error', (err) => {
console.error(`[${sessionId}] Claude process error:`, err);
sendToClient('error', { message: err.message });
});
};
ws.on('message', (message) => {
try {
const data = JSON.parse(message.toString());
console.log(`[${sessionId}] Received:`, data.type);
switch (data.type) {
case 'start_session':
startClaudeSession(data.project || '/projects', data.resume !== false);
break;
case 'user_message':
if (!claudeProcess) {
sendToClient('error', { message: 'No active Claude session' });
return;
}
const payload = {
type: 'user',
message: {
role: 'user',
content: [{ type: 'text', text: data.message }]
}
};
console.log(`[${sessionId}] Sending to Claude:`, data.message.substring(0, 50) + '...');
claudeProcess.stdin.write(JSON.stringify(payload) + '\n');
break;
case 'stop_session':
if (claudeProcess) {
claudeProcess.kill();
claudeProcess = null;
}
break;
default:
console.log(`[${sessionId}] Unknown message type:`, data.type);
}
} catch (e) {
console.error(`[${sessionId}] Error processing message:`, e);
sendToClient('error', { message: e.message });
}
});
ws.on('close', () => {
console.log(`[${sessionId}] WebSocket closed`);
if (claudeProcess) {
claudeProcess.kill();
sessions.delete(sessionId);
}
});
ws.on('error', (err) => {
console.error(`[${sessionId}] WebSocket error:`, err);
});
});
server.listen(PORT, HOST, () => {
console.log(`Claude Web UI Backend running on http://${HOST}:${PORT}`);
console.log(`WebSocket available at ws://${HOST}:${PORT}`);
});