Windows dev experience: CUDA detection, GPU display cleanup, hide drag region, dev-mode update status

app/src/components/ServerSettings/ConnectionForm.tsx

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export function ConnectionForm() {
               <Badge variant={health.gpu_available ? 'default' : 'secondary'}>
                 GPU: {health.gpu_available ? 'Available' : 'Not Available'}
               </Badge>
-              {health.vram_used_mb && (
+              {health.vram_used_mb != null && health.vram_used_mb > 0 && (
                 <Badge variant="outline">VRAM: {health.vram_used_mb.toFixed(0)} MB</Badge>
               )}
             </div>

app/src/components/ServerSettings/GpuAcceleration.tsx

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function GpuAcceleration() {
   // Query CUDA backend status
   const {
     data: cudaStatus,
-    isLoading: cudaStatusLoading,
+    isLoading: _cudaStatusLoading,
     refetch: refetchCudaStatus,
   } = useQuery({
     queryKey: ['cuda-status', serverUrl],
@@ -218,35 +218,33 @@ export function GpuAcceleration() {
         <CardTitle>GPU Acceleration</CardTitle>
       </CardHeader>
       <CardContent className="space-y-4">
-        {/* Current status */}
+        {/* GPU status */}
         <div className="space-y-1">
-          <div className="text-sm font-medium">Backend</div>
-          <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-            {isCurrentlyCuda
-              ? 'CUDA (GPU accelerated)'
-              : hasNativeGpu
-                ? `${health.backend_type === 'mlx' ? 'MLX' : 'PyTorch'} (GPU accelerated)`
-                : 'CPU'}
-          </div>
-        </div>
-
-        {/* GPU info from health */}
-        {health.gpu_type && (
-          <div className="space-y-1">
-            <div className="text-sm font-medium">GPU</div>
-            <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">{health.gpu_type}</div>
-            {health.vram_used_mb != null && (
-              <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-                VRAM: {health.vram_used_mb.toFixed(0)} MB used
+          {health.gpu_available && health.gpu_type ? (
+            <>
+              <div className="text-sm font-medium">
+                {health.gpu_type.replace(/^(CUDA|ROCm|MPS|Metal|XPU|DirectML)\s*\((.+)\)$/, '$2') ||
+                  health.gpu_type}
               </div>
-            )}
-          </div>
-        )}
+              <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                {health.gpu_type.replace(/\s*\(.+\)$/, '')}
+                {health.vram_used_mb != null && health.vram_used_mb > 0
+                  ? ` \u00b7 ${health.vram_used_mb.toFixed(0)} MB VRAM used`
+                  : ''}
+              </div>
+            </>
+          ) : (
+            <>
+              <div className="text-sm font-medium">CPU</div>
+              <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">No GPU acceleration available</div>
+            </>
+          )}
+        </div>
 
         {/* Native GPU detected - no CUDA download needed */}
 
-        {/* CUDA download section - only show when native GPU is NOT detected (i.e., Windows/Linux NVIDIA users) */}
-        {!hasNativeGpu && (
+        {/* CUDA download section - only show when no GPU is active (native or CUDA) */}
+        {!hasNativeGpu && !isCurrentlyCuda && (
           <>
             {/* Download progress */}
             {cudaDownloading && downloadProgress && (

app/src/components/ServerSettings/UpdateStatus.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export function UpdateStatus() {
   const platform = usePlatform();
   const { status, checkForUpdates, downloadAndInstall, restartAndInstall } = useAutoUpdater(false);
   const [currentVersion, setCurrentVersion] = useState<string>('');
+  const isDev = !import.meta.env?.PROD;
 
   useEffect(() => {
     platform.metadata
@@ -20,11 +21,7 @@ export function UpdateStatus() {
   }, [platform]);
 
   return (
-    <Card
-      role="region"
-      aria-label="App Updates"
-      tabIndex={0}
-    >
+    <Card role="region" aria-label="App Updates" tabIndex={0}>
       <CardHeader>
         <CardTitle>App Updates</CardTitle>
       </CardHeader>
@@ -32,97 +29,110 @@ export function UpdateStatus() {
         <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
           <div className="space-y-1">
             <div className="text-sm font-medium">Current Version</div>
-            <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">v{currentVersion}</div>
+            <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+              v{currentVersion}
+              {isDev ? ' (dev)' : ''}
+            </div>
           </div>
-          <Button
-            onClick={checkForUpdates}
-            disabled={status.checking || status.downloading || status.readyToInstall}
-            variant="outline"
-            size="sm"
-          >
-            <RefreshCw className={`h-4 w-4 mr-2 ${status.checking ? 'animate-spin' : ''}`} />
-            Check for Updates
-          </Button>
+          {!isDev && (
+            <Button
+              onClick={checkForUpdates}
+              disabled={status.checking || status.downloading || status.readyToInstall}
+              variant="outline"
+              size="sm"
+            >
+              <RefreshCw className={`h-4 w-4 mr-2 ${status.checking ? 'animate-spin' : ''}`} />
+              Check for Updates
+            </Button>
+          )}
         </div>
 
-        {status.checking && (
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-            <RefreshCw className="h-4 w-4 animate-spin" />
-            Checking for updates...
+        {isDev ? (
+          <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+            Auto-updates are disabled in development mode.
           </div>
-        )}
-
-        {status.error && (
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-destructive">
-            <AlertCircle className="h-4 w-4" />
-            {status.error}
-          </div>
-        )}
-
-        {status.available && !status.downloading && !status.readyToInstall && (
-          <div className="space-y-3 p-4 border rounded-lg bg-primary/5">
-            <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
-              <div>
-                <div className="font-semibold">Update Available</div>
-                <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">Version {status.version}</div>
+        ) : (
+          <>
+            {status.checking && (
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                <RefreshCw className="h-4 w-4 animate-spin" />
+                Checking for updates...
               </div>
-              <Badge>New</Badge>
-            </div>
-            <Button onClick={downloadAndInstall} className="w-full" size="sm">
-              <Download className="h-4 w-4 mr-2" />
-              Download Update
-            </Button>
-          </div>
-        )}
+            )}
 
-        {status.downloading && (
-          <div className="space-y-2">
-            <div className="flex items-center justify-between text-sm">
-              <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-                <Download className="h-4 w-4" />
-                Downloading update...
+            {status.error && (
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-destructive">
+                <AlertCircle className="h-4 w-4" />
+                {status.error}
               </div>
-              {status.downloadProgress !== undefined && (
-                <span className="text-muted-foreground">{status.downloadProgress}%</span>
-              )}
-            </div>
-            <Progress value={status.downloadProgress} />
-            {status.downloadedBytes !== undefined &&
-              status.totalBytes !== undefined &&
-              status.totalBytes > 0 && (
-                <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-                  {(status.downloadedBytes / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)} MB /{' '}
-                  {(status.totalBytes / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)} MB
+            )}
+
+            {status.available && !status.downloading && !status.readyToInstall && (
+              <div className="space-y-3 p-4 border rounded-lg bg-primary/5">
+                <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+                  <div>
+                    <div className="font-semibold">Update Available</div>
+                    <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">Version {status.version}</div>
+                  </div>
+                  <Badge>New</Badge>
                 </div>
-              )}
-          </div>
-        )}
+                <Button onClick={downloadAndInstall} className="w-full" size="sm">
+                  <Download className="h-4 w-4 mr-2" />
+                  Download Update
+                </Button>
+              </div>
+            )}
 
-        {status.readyToInstall && (
-          <div className="space-y-3 p-4 border rounded-lg bg-accent/30 border-accent/50">
-            <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-              <div>
-                <div className="font-semibold">Update Ready to Install</div>
+            {status.downloading && (
+              <div className="space-y-2">
+                <div className="flex items-center justify-between text-sm">
+                  <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                    <Download className="h-4 w-4" />
+                    Downloading update...
+                  </div>
+                  {status.downloadProgress !== undefined && (
+                    <span className="text-muted-foreground">{status.downloadProgress}%</span>
+                  )}
+                </div>
+                <Progress value={status.downloadProgress} />
+                {status.downloadedBytes !== undefined &&
+                  status.totalBytes !== undefined &&
+                  status.totalBytes > 0 && (
+                    <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                      {(status.downloadedBytes / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)} MB /{' '}
+                      {(status.totalBytes / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)} MB
+                    </div>
+                  )}
+              </div>
+            )}
+
+            {status.readyToInstall && (
+              <div className="space-y-3 p-4 border rounded-lg bg-accent/30 border-accent/50">
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                  <div>
+                    <div className="font-semibold">Update Ready to Install</div>
+                    <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                      Version {status.version} has been downloaded
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
                 <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-                  Version {status.version} has been downloaded
+                  The app needs to restart to complete the installation. You can do this now or
+                  later at your convenience.
                 </div>
+                <Button onClick={restartAndInstall} className="w-full" size="sm">
+                  <RefreshCw className="h-4 w-4 mr-2" />
+                  Restart Now
+                </Button>
               </div>
-            </div>
-            <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-              The app needs to restart to complete the installation. You can do this now or later at
-              your convenience.
-            </div>
-            <Button onClick={restartAndInstall} className="w-full" size="sm">
-              <RefreshCw className="h-4 w-4 mr-2" />
-              Restart Now
-            </Button>
-          </div>
-        )}
+            )}
 
-        {!status.available && !status.checking && !status.error && status.checking === false && (
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-            You're up to date
-          </div>
+            {!status.available && !status.checking && !status.error && (
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                You're up to date
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </>
         )}
       </CardContent>
     </Card>

app/src/components/TitleBarDragRegion.tsx

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
+const isWindows = navigator.userAgent.includes('Windows');
+
 export function TitleBarDragRegion() {
-  return (
-    <div
-      data-tauri-drag-region
-      className="fixed top-0 left-0 right-0 h-12 z-[9999]"
-    />
-  );
+  if (isWindows) return null;
+
+  return <div data-tauri-drag-region className="fixed top-0 left-0 right-0 h-12 z-[9999]" />;
 }

app/src/lib/constants/ui.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
  * UI layout constants for safe area padding
  */
 
+const isWindows = typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && navigator.userAgent.includes('Windows');
+
 /**
  * Top safe area padding - height of the drag region bar
- * Corresponds to Tailwind's pt-12 (3rem / 48px)
+ * On macOS this accounts for the overlay titlebar (48px).
+ * On Windows the native title bar is outside the webview, so no padding is needed.
  */
-export const TOP_SAFE_AREA_PADDING = 'pt-12';
+export const TOP_SAFE_AREA_PADDING = isWindows ? 'pt-8' : 'pt-12';
 
 /**
  * Bottom safe area padding - height of the audio player

backend/main.py

@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ async def health():
         gpu_type=gpu_type,
         vram_used_mb=vram_used,
         backend_type=backend_type,
-        backend_variant=os.environ.get("VOICEBOX_BACKEND_VARIANT", "cpu"),
+        backend_variant=os.environ.get("VOICEBOX_BACKEND_VARIANT", "cuda" if torch.cuda.is_available() else "cpu"),
     )
 
 

justfile

@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ setup-python:
     }
     Write-Host "Installing Python dependencies..."
     & "{{ python }}" -m pip install --upgrade pip -q
+    $hasNvidia = $null -ne (Get-WmiObject Win32_VideoController | Where-Object { $_.Name -match 'NVIDIA' })
+    if ($hasNvidia) { \
+        Write-Host "NVIDIA GPU detected — installing PyTorch with CUDA support..."; \
+        & "{{ pip }}" install torch torchvision torchaudio --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu126; \
+    }
     & "{{ pip }}" install -r {{ backend_dir }}/requirements.txt
     & "{{ pip }}" install --no-deps chatterbox-tts
     & "{{ pip }}" install git+https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS.git
@@ -77,30 +82,37 @@ setup-js:
 
 # ─── Development ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-# Start backend + frontend for development (two processes, one terminal)
+# Start backend (if not already running) + frontend for development
 [unix]
 dev: _ensure-venv _ensure-sidecar
     #!/usr/bin/env bash
     set -euo pipefail
-    trap 'kill 0' EXIT
 
-    echo "Starting backend on http://localhost:17493 ..."
-    {{ venv_bin }}/uvicorn backend.main:app --reload --port 17493 &
-    sleep 2
+    backend_pid=""
+    if curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:17493/health > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "Backend already running on http://localhost:17493"
+    else
+        echo "Starting backend on http://localhost:17493 ..."
+        {{ venv_bin }}/uvicorn backend.main:app --reload --port 17493 &
+        backend_pid=$!
+        sleep 2
+    fi
+
+    trap '[ -n "$backend_pid" ] && kill "$backend_pid" 2>/dev/null; wait' EXIT
 
     echo "Starting Tauri desktop app..."
-    cd {{ tauri_dir }} && bun run tauri dev &
-
-    wait
+    cd {{ tauri_dir }} && bun run tauri dev
 
 [windows]
 dev: _ensure-venv _ensure-sidecar
-    Write-Host "Starting backend on http://localhost:17493 ..."
-    $backend = Start-Process -NoNewWindow -PassThru -FilePath "{{ python }}" -ArgumentList "-m", "uvicorn", "backend.main:app", "--reload", "--port", "17493"
-    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
+    $backendJob = $null
+    try { $null = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://127.0.0.1:17493/health" -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec 2 -ErrorAction Stop; Write-Host "Backend already running on http://localhost:17493" } catch { \
+        Write-Host "Starting backend on http://localhost:17493 ..."; \
+        $backendJob = Start-Job -ScriptBlock { & "{{ python }}" -m uvicorn backend.main:app --reload --port 17493 } -WorkingDirectory (Get-Location); \
+        Start-Sleep -Seconds 2; \
+    }
     Write-Host "Starting Tauri desktop app..."
-    $frontend = Start-Process -NoNewWindow -PassThru -WorkingDirectory "{{ tauri_dir }}" -FilePath "bun" -ArgumentList "run", "tauri", "dev"
-    try { Wait-Process -Id $backend.Id, $frontend.Id } finally { Stop-Process -Id $backend.Id, $frontend.Id -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
+    try { Set-Location "{{ tauri_dir }}"; bun run tauri dev } finally { if ($backendJob) { Stop-Job $backendJob -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Remove-Job $backendJob -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } }
 
 # Start backend only
 [unix]
@@ -115,25 +127,36 @@ dev-backend: _ensure-venv
 dev-frontend: _ensure-sidecar
     cd {{ tauri_dir }} && bun run tauri dev
 
-# Start backend + web app (no Tauri)
+# Start backend (if not already running) + web app (no Tauri)
 [unix]
 dev-web: _ensure-venv
     #!/usr/bin/env bash
     set -euo pipefail
-    trap 'kill 0' EXIT
-    {{ venv_bin }}/uvicorn backend.main:app --reload --port 17493 &
-    sleep 2
-    cd {{ web_dir }} && bun run dev &
-    wait
+
+    backend_pid=""
+    if curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:17493/health > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "Backend already running on http://localhost:17493"
+    else
+        echo "Starting backend on http://localhost:17493 ..."
+        {{ venv_bin }}/uvicorn backend.main:app --reload --port 17493 &
+        backend_pid=$!
+        sleep 2
+    fi
+
+    trap '[ -n "$backend_pid" ] && kill "$backend_pid" 2>/dev/null; wait' EXIT
+
+    cd {{ web_dir }} && bun run dev
 
 [windows]
 dev-web: _ensure-venv
-    Write-Host "Starting backend on http://localhost:17493 ..."
-    $backend = Start-Process -NoNewWindow -PassThru -FilePath "{{ python }}" -ArgumentList "-m", "uvicorn", "backend.main:app", "--reload", "--port", "17493"
-    Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
+    $backendJob = $null
+    try { $null = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://127.0.0.1:17493/health" -UseBasicParsing -TimeoutSec 2 -ErrorAction Stop; Write-Host "Backend already running on http://localhost:17493" } catch { \
+        Write-Host "Starting backend on http://localhost:17493 ..."; \
+        $backendJob = Start-Job -ScriptBlock { & "{{ python }}" -m uvicorn backend.main:app --reload --port 17493 } -WorkingDirectory (Get-Location); \
+        Start-Sleep -Seconds 2; \
+    }
     Write-Host "Starting web app..."
-    $frontend = Start-Process -NoNewWindow -PassThru -WorkingDirectory "{{ web_dir }}" -FilePath "bun" -ArgumentList "run", "dev"
-    try { Wait-Process -Id $backend.Id, $frontend.Id } finally { Stop-Process -Id $backend.Id, $frontend.Id -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue }
+    try { Set-Location "{{ web_dir }}"; bun run dev } finally { if ($backendJob) { Stop-Job $backendJob -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; Remove-Job $backendJob -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } }
 
 # Kill all dev processes
 [unix]