The web app is a browser-based view of your vault — dashboard, AI chat, quests, skills, and analytics. It reads from the same vault as the CLI and TUI, so all data stays in sync automatically.
Subcommands
web start
Starts the web app as a background daemon on http://127.0.0.1:3000 and opens it in your default browser. If the app is already running, it reuses the existing process and opens the browser.
web stop
Stops the running background daemon (SIGTERM → SIGKILL if needed).
web status
Shows the PID, start time, URL, and whether the app is currently reachable.
web serve
Runs the web app in the foreground. Pass --no-open to suppress the browser launch — the right flag for headless servers and process managers:
Press Ctrl+C to stop. This is the command to use inside a systemd unit or PM2 for production deployments.
Configuration
The web app reads vault path and encryption key from ~/.grind/config.json. No additional configuration is needed for basic use.
The web app binds to 127.0.0.1 (localhost only) and has no built-in authentication. Do not
expose it on a public interface without an auth gate. Use an SSH tunnel, Tailscale, or a reverse
proxy with Cloudflare Access / HTTP basic auth for remote access.
