Merge pull request #397 from Revertron/feature/tray-icon

Added tray icon and ability to start ALFIS with hidden UI, shown by tray icon actions.

.github/workflows/rust_build_and_test.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libsoup-3.0-dev
+      run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libxdo-dev libsoup-3.0-dev
       if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
 
     - name: Update Rust

.github/workflows/rust_parallel_release.yml

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt update
           sudo apt upgrade
-          sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libsoup-3.0-dev upx-ucl
+          sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libxdo-dev libsoup-3.0-dev upx-ucl
           cargo install cross
 
       - name: Build and package deb packages
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install dependencies
         if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install --no-install-recommends libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libsoup-3.0-dev upx-ucl
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install --no-install-recommends libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libxdo-dev libsoup-3.0-dev upx-ucl
 
       - name: Build release binaries
         run: cargo build --release

Cargo.lock

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ecies-ed25519-ng",
  "ed25519-dalek",
  "getopts",
+ "image",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "lru",
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
  "tinyfiledialogs",
  "toml 0.9.8",
+ "tray-icon",
  "ureq",
  "uuid",
  "winapi",
@@ -172,6 +174,9 @@ name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "812e12b5285cc515a9c72a5c1d3b6d46a19dac5acfef5265968c166106e31dd3"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_core",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "blake2"
@@ -218,12 +223,24 @@ version = "3.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "46c5e41b57b8bba42a04676d81cb89e9ee8e859a1a66f80a5a72e1cb76b34d43"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bytemuck"
+version = "1.24.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fbdf580320f38b612e485521afda1ee26d10cc9884efaaa750d383e13e3c5f4"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder-lite"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f1fe948ff07f4bd06c30984e69f5b4899c516a3ef74f34df92a2df2ab535495"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.10.1"
@@ -742,6 +759,15 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fdeflate"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e6853b52649d4ac5c0bd02320cddc5ba956bdb407c4b75a2c6b75bf51500f8c"
+dependencies = [
+ "simd-adler32",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fiat-crypto"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -1427,6 +1453,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu_properties",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "image"
+version = "0.25.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "529feb3e6769d234375c4cf1ee2ce713682b8e76538cb13f9fc23e1400a591e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytemuck",
+ "byteorder-lite",
+ "moxcms",
+ "num-traits",
+ "png 0.18.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.12.0"
@@ -1526,6 +1565,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "keyboard-types"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b750dcadc39a09dbadd74e118f6dd6598df77fa01df0cfcdc52c28dece74528a"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "serde",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kuchikiki"
 version = "0.8.8-speedreader"
@@ -1544,12 +1594,46 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libappindicator"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03589b9607c868cc7ae54c0b2a22c8dc03dd41692d48f2d7df73615c6a95dc0a"
+dependencies = [
+ "glib",
+ "gtk",
+ "gtk-sys",
+ "libappindicator-sys",
+ "log",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libappindicator-sys"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6e9ec52138abedcc58dc17a7c6c0c00a2bdb4f3427c7f63fa97fd0d859155caf"
+dependencies = [
+ "gtk-sys",
+ "libloading",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.177"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2874a2af47a2325c2001a6e6fad9b16a53b802102b528163885171cf92b15976"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libloading"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b67380fd3b2fbe7527a606e18729d21c6f3951633d0500574c4dc22d2d638b9f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
 version = "0.1.10"
@@ -1560,6 +1644,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libxdo"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00333b8756a3d28e78def82067a377de7fa61b24909000aeaa2b446a948d14db"
+dependencies = [
+ "libxdo-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libxdo-sys"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db23b9e7e2b7831bbd8aac0bbeeeb7b68cbebc162b227e7052e8e55829a09212"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "x11",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "litemap"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -1664,6 +1767,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "moxcms"
+version = "0.7.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fbdd3d7436f8b5e892b8b7ea114271ff0fa00bc5acae845d53b07d498616ef6"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "pxfm",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "muda"
+version = "0.17.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "01c1738382f66ed56b3b9c8119e794a2e23148ac8ea214eda86622d4cb9d415a"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "dpi",
+ "gtk",
+ "keyboard-types",
+ "libxdo",
+ "objc2",
+ "objc2-app-kit",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-foundation",
+ "once_cell",
+ "png 0.17.16",
+ "thiserror 2.0.17",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ndk"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -1814,6 +1948,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "objc2-core-graphics"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e022c9d066895efa1345f8e33e584b9f958da2fd4cd116792e15e07e4720a807"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "objc2-encode"
 version = "4.1.0"
@@ -1836,6 +1980,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3e0adef53c21f888deb4fa59fc59f7eb17404926ee8a6f59f5df0fd7f9f3272"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "block2",
  "objc2",
  "objc2-core-foundation",
 ]
@@ -2103,6 +2248,32 @@ version = "0.3.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "png"
+version = "0.17.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82151a2fc869e011c153adc57cf2789ccb8d9906ce52c0b39a6b5697749d7526"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "fdeflate",
+ "flate2",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "png"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97baced388464909d42d89643fe4361939af9b7ce7a31ee32a168f832a70f2a0"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.10.0",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "fdeflate",
+ "flate2",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "poly1305"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -2224,6 +2395,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pxfm"
+version = "0.1.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a3cbdf373972bf78df4d3b518d07003938e2c7d1fb5891e55f9cb6df57009d84"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.41"
@@ -3054,6 +3234,27 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df8b2b54733674ad286d16267dcfc7a71ed5c776e4ac7aa3c3e2561f7c637bf2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tray-icon"
+version = "0.21.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3d5572781bee8e3f994d7467084e1b1fd7a93ce66bd480f8156ba89dee55a2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "dirs",
+ "libappindicator",
+ "muda",
+ "objc2",
+ "objc2-app-kit",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-core-graphics",
+ "objc2-foundation",
+ "once_cell",
+ "png 0.17.16",
+ "thiserror 2.0.17",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
 version = "1.19.0"
@@ -3569,6 +3770,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.60.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2f500e4d28234f72040990ec9d39e3a6b950f9f22d3dba18416c35882612bcb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.53.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.61.2"
@@ -3602,13 +3812,30 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
  "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.6",
  "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.6",
- "windows_i686_gnullvm",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm 0.52.6",
  "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.6",
  "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.6",
  "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.6",
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.53.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4945f9f551b88e0d65f3db0bc25c33b8acea4d9e41163edf90dcd0b19f9069f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link 0.2.1",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.53.1",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.53.1",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.53.1",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm 0.53.1",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.53.1",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.53.1",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.53.1",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.53.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-threading"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -3639,6 +3866,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32a4622180e7a0ec044bb555404c800bc9fd9ec262ec147edd5989ccd0c02cd3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a9d8416fa8b42f5c947f8482c43e7d89e73a173cead56d044f6a56104a6d1b53"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -3651,6 +3884,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09ec2a7bb152e2252b53fa7803150007879548bc709c039df7627cabbd05d469"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b9d782e804c2f632e395708e99a94275910eb9100b2114651e04744e9b125006"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -3663,12 +3902,24 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8e9b5ad5ab802e97eb8e295ac6720e509ee4c243f69d781394014ebfe8bbfa0b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "960e6da069d81e09becb0ca57a65220ddff016ff2d6af6a223cf372a506593a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
 version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0eee52d38c090b3caa76c563b86c3a4bd71ef1a819287c19d586d7334ae8ed66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa7359d10048f68ab8b09fa71c3daccfb0e9b559aed648a8f95469c27057180c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -3681,6 +3932,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "240948bc05c5e7c6dabba28bf89d89ffce3e303022809e73deaefe4f6ec56c66"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e7ac75179f18232fe9c285163565a57ef8d3c89254a30685b57d83a38d326c2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -3693,6 +3950,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "147a5c80aabfbf0c7d901cb5895d1de30ef2907eb21fbbab29ca94c5b08b1a78"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c3842cdd74a865a8066ab39c8a7a473c0778a3f29370b5fd6b4b9aa7df4a499"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -3705,6 +3968,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "24d5b23dc417412679681396f2b49f3de8c1473deb516bd34410872eff51ed0d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ffa179e2d07eee8ad8f57493436566c7cc30ac536a3379fdf008f47f6bb7ae1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -3717,6 +3986,12 @@ version = "0.52.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "589f6da84c646204747d1270a2a5661ea66ed1cced2631d546fdfb155959f9ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.53.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6bbff5f0aada427a1e5a6da5f1f98158182f26556f345ac9e04d36d0ebed650"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
 version = "0.5.40"

Cargo.toml

@@ -44,9 +44,13 @@ thread-priority = "3.0.0"
 # Optional dependencies regulated by features
 wry = { version = "0.53", optional = true }
 tao = { version = "0.34", optional = true }
+tray-icon = { version = "0.21.2", optional = true }
 tinyfiledialogs = { version = "3.9.1", optional = true }
 open = { version = "5.3.0", optional = true }
 
+[target.'cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))'.dependencies]
+image = { version = "0.25", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
+
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 winapi = { version = "0.3.9", features = ["impl-default", "wincon", "shellscalingapi"] }
 windows-service = "0.8.0"
@@ -70,6 +74,6 @@ ProductName="ALFIS"
 FileDescription="Alternative Free Identity System"
 
 [features]
-webgui = ["wry", "tao", "tinyfiledialogs", "open"]
+webgui = ["wry", "tao", "tray-icon", "tinyfiledialogs", "open"]
 doh = ["ureq"]
 default = ["webgui", "doh"]

README.md

@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ cargo build
 ```
 
 ### ![Linux Logo](/img/linux.svg) On Linux
-If you are building on Linux, you must ensure that you have `libwebkitgtk` library installed.
+If you are building on Linux, you must ensure that you have `libwebkitgtk` and `libxdo` libraries installed (for UI and tray icon respectively).
-You can do it by issuing this command: `sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev` (on Debian/Ubuntu and derivatives).
+You can do it by issuing this command: `sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libxdo-dev` (on Debian/Ubuntu and derivatives).
 
 #### ![Arch Linux Logo](/img/archlinux.svg) On Arch Linux
 

src/main.rs

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ fn main() {
     opts.optflag("v", "version", "Print version and exit");
     opts.optflag("d", "debug", "Show debug messages, more than usual");
     opts.optflag("t", "trace", "Show trace messages, more than debug");
+    opts.optflag("", "hide", "Hide UI, show only tray icon.");
     opts.optflag("b", "blocks", "List blocks from DB and exit");
     opts.optflag("g", "generate", "Generate new config file. Generated config will be printed to console.");
     #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ fn main() {
             });
         }
         #[cfg(feature = "webgui")]
-        web_ui::run_interface(Arc::clone(&context), miner);
+        web_ui::run_interface(Arc::clone(&context), miner, opt_matches.opt_present("hide"));
     }
 
     // Without explicitly detaching the console cmd won't redraw it's prompt.

src/web_ui.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate tinyfiledialogs as tfd;
 
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, MutexGuard};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ use alfis::eventbus::{post, register};
 use alfis::miner::Miner;
 use alfis::{keystore, Block, Bytes, Context, Keystore, Transaction};
 use chrono::{Local, Utc};
+use image::GenericImageView;
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn, LevelFilter};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -28,9 +30,11 @@ use tao::{
     window::WindowBuilder,
 };
 use tao::dpi::PhysicalPosition;
+use tray_icon::menu::{Menu, MenuEvent, MenuItem};
+use tray_icon::{TrayIconBuilder, TrayIconEvent};
 use wry::WebViewBuilder;
 
-pub fn run_interface(context: Arc<Mutex<Context>>, miner: Arc<Mutex<Miner>>) {
+pub fn run_interface(context: Arc<Mutex<Context>>, miner: Arc<Mutex<Miner>>, hide: bool) {
     let file_content = include_str!("webview/index.html");
     let mut styles = inline_style(include_str!("webview/bulma.css"));
     styles.push_str(&inline_style(include_str!("webview/styles.css")));
@@ -42,7 +46,27 @@ pub fn run_interface(context: Arc<Mutex<Context>>, miner: Arc<Mutex<Miner>>) {
 
     // Create event loop and window
     let event_loop = EventLoopBuilder::<UserEvent>::with_user_event().build();
-    let proxy = event_loop.create_proxy();
+
+    // Create tray menu
+    let tray_menu = Menu::new();
+    let show_item = MenuItem::new("Show Window", true, None);
+    let quit_item = MenuItem::new("Quit", true, None);
+    tray_menu.append(&show_item).unwrap();
+    tray_menu.append(&quit_item).unwrap();
+
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    let icon = tray_icon::Icon::from_resource(1, None).unwrap();
+    // Create tray icon
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+    let icon = load_icon_from_png();
+
+    let tray_icon = TrayIconBuilder::new()
+        .with_menu(Box::new(tray_menu))
+        .with_tooltip(&title)
+        .with_icon(icon)
+        .with_menu_on_left_click(false)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
 
     let window_size = tao::dpi::LogicalSize::new(1024, 720);
     // Get primary monitor and calculate center position
@@ -65,7 +89,7 @@ pub fn run_interface(context: Arc<Mutex<Context>>, miner: Arc<Mutex<Miner>>) {
         .with_inner_size(window_size)
         .with_min_inner_size(tao::dpi::LogicalSize::new(773, 350))
         .with_resizable(true)
-        .with_visible(true);
+        .with_visible(!hide);
 
     if let Some(position) = position {
         builder = builder.with_position(position);
@@ -89,6 +113,7 @@ pub fn run_interface(context: Arc<Mutex<Context>>, miner: Arc<Mutex<Miner>>) {
     // Clone for the IPC handler
     let context_ipc = Arc::clone(&context);
     let miner_ipc = Arc::clone(&miner);
+    let proxy = event_loop.create_proxy();
     let proxy_ipc = proxy.clone();
 
     // Create webview
@@ -173,10 +198,13 @@ pub fn run_interface(context: Arc<Mutex<Context>>, miner: Arc<Mutex<Miner>>) {
         _ => threads
     };
     let status = Arc::new(Mutex::new(UiStatus::new(threads)));
+    let connected_nodes = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+    let nodes_copy = Arc::clone(&connected_nodes);
 
     register(move |_uuid, e| {
         let status = Arc::clone(&status);
         let proxy = proxy_events.clone();
+        let nodes_copy = Arc::clone(&nodes_copy);
 
         thread::Builder::new().name(String::from("webui")).spawn(move || {
             let mut status = status.lock().unwrap();
@@ -267,6 +295,7 @@ pub fn run_interface(context: Arc<Mutex<Context>>, miner: Arc<Mutex<Miner>>) {
                     }
                 }
                 Event::NetworkStatus { blocks, domains, keys, nodes } => {
+                    nodes_copy.store(nodes, Ordering::SeqCst);
                     if status.mining || status.syncing || nodes < 3 {
                         format!("setStats({}, {}, {}, {});", blocks, domains, keys, nodes)
                     } else {
@@ -289,6 +318,18 @@ pub fn run_interface(context: Arc<Mutex<Context>>, miner: Arc<Mutex<Miner>>) {
         true
     });
 
+    let proxy = event_loop.create_proxy();
+    TrayIconEvent::set_event_handler(Some(move |event| {
+        let _ = proxy.send_event(UserEvent::TrayIconEvent(event));
+    }));
+
+    let proxy = event_loop.create_proxy();
+    MenuEvent::set_event_handler(Some(move |event| {
+        let _ = proxy.send_event(UserEvent::MenuEvent(event));
+    }));
+
+    let proxy = event_loop.create_proxy();
+
     // Run event loop
     event_loop.run(move |event, _, control_flow| {
         *control_flow = ControlFlow::Wait;
@@ -298,10 +339,7 @@ pub fn run_interface(context: Arc<Mutex<Context>>, miner: Arc<Mutex<Miner>>) {
                 event: WindowEvent::CloseRequested,
                 ..
             } => {
-                info!("Interface closed, exiting");
+                window.set_visible(false);
-                post(Event::ActionQuit);
-                thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
-                *control_flow = ControlFlow::Exit;
             }
             TaoEvent::UserEvent(user_event) => {
                 let wv = webview_clone.lock().unwrap();
@@ -324,6 +362,32 @@ pub fn run_interface(context: Arc<Mutex<Context>>, miner: Arc<Mutex<Miner>>) {
                     UserEvent::ShowWarning(text) => {
                         show_warning(&wv, &text);
                     }
+                    UserEvent::TrayIconEvent(event) => {
+                        match event {
+                            TrayIconEvent::DoubleClick { button, .. } => {
+                                if button == tray_icon::MouseButton::Left {
+                                    window.set_visible(true);
+                                    window.set_focus();
+                                }
+                            }
+                            TrayIconEvent::Enter { .. } => {
+                                let nodes = connected_nodes.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+                                let title = format!("ALFIS {}\nConnected: {nodes}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
+                                let _ = tray_icon.set_tooltip(Some(title));
+                            }
+                            _ => {}
+                        }
+                    }
+                    UserEvent::MenuEvent(event) => {
+                        if event.id == show_item.id() {
+                            window.set_visible(true);
+                        } else if event.id == quit_item.id() {
+                            info!("Interface closed, exiting");
+                            post(Event::ActionQuit);
+                            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+                            *control_flow = ControlFlow::Exit;
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
             _ => {}
@@ -338,6 +402,25 @@ enum UserEvent {
     LoadDomains,
     SendKeysToUi,
     ShowWarning(String),
+    TrayIconEvent(TrayIconEvent),
+    MenuEvent(MenuEvent)
+}
+
+/// Load icon from embedded in binary PNG file. Only needed in Linux/macOS builds.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+fn load_icon_from_png() -> tray_icon::Icon {
+    // Include PNG in binary
+    const ICON_BYTES: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../img/logo/alfis_icon32.png");
+
+    // decode image by crate `image`
+    let image = image::load_from_memory(ICON_BYTES)
+        .expect("Error loading image from png");
+    let rgba = image.to_rgba8();
+    let (width, height) = image.dimensions();
+
+    // Convert to format for tray_icon
+    tray_icon::Icon::from_rgba(rgba.into_vec(), width, height)
+        .expect("Error loading icon")
 }
 
 fn check_record(data: &str) -> bool {