# Commonwealth Online — Server Host (Avalonia)

Cross-platform C# GUI (.NET 8 + Avalonia) for running a Commonwealth Online
dedicated server. Replaces the former Qt/C++ host, so the whole project now
builds on one `dotnet` toolchain.

## Run

```
dotnet run --project host/CommonwealthOnline.Host.csproj
```

Launch it from (or point its working directory at) a folder that holds the
server — a published `CommonwealthOnline.Server` executable, the framework
`CommonwealthOnline.Server.dll`, or a source checkout — alongside
`commonwealth-server.json`.

## Features

- Edit and save `commonwealth-server.json` (host, port, name, max players,
  admin port, log verbosity, GNS toggle).
- Start / Stop the server and stream its output to a live log.
- Live player list with **Kick** / **Ban**, driven by the server's
  token-authenticated admin port.

## Publish

Self-contained, single-file builds that need no .NET runtime on the target.
The host uses reflection-based Avalonia bindings, so publish **untrimmed**.

```
dotnet publish host/CommonwealthOnline.Host.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 \
  --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true \
  -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o out/win-x64

dotnet publish host/CommonwealthOnline.Host.csproj -c Release -r linux-x64 \
  --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true \
  -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o out/linux-x64
```

CI builds both runtimes and uploads them as artifacts — run the
**Publish Host (Avalonia)** workflow (`.github/workflows/publish-host.yml`)
manually, or push a `host-v*` tag.