System Tray

Mesh includes a system tray icon for controlling services from your desktop.

Tray Icon Menu

Right-click the Mesh icon in your system tray to access:

Action	Description
Open Dashboard	Opens the API at http://localhost:8080 (web UI coming in Phase 4)
Start Services	Starts the Mesh systemd service
Stop Services	Stops the Mesh systemd service
Restart Services	Restarts all services (useful after config changes)
Quit	Closes the tray icon (services keep running)

Left-clicking the tray icon opens the dashboard directly.

Autostart

After running scripts/install.sh, the tray icon starts automatically when you log in to your desktop session. The underlying Mesh service (mesh.service) also starts automatically on boot.

Manual Service Control

You can also control the Mesh service directly from the terminal:

# Start services
systemctl --user start mesh

# Stop services
systemctl --user stop mesh

# Restart services
systemctl --user restart mesh

# Check status
systemctl --user status mesh

# View logs
journalctl --user -u mesh -f

Wayland Compatibility

The tray icon uses AppIndicator3, which works on both X11 and Wayland. On GNOME Wayland, make sure the AppIndicator extension is installed and enabled:

sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
gnome-extensions enable appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com

Log out and back in after enabling the extension.