glm-5.2 940bc9c1dc docs(research): extend alknet-desktop POC summary — operations protocol verified on quickjs
The quickjs-reactive-probe was extended to load @alkdev/operations (registry,
call protocol, response envelopes, ACL, buildCallHandler) alongside the
reactive core. All five operations assertions pass on QuickJS-NG via rquickjs:
registry/execute/envelope/acl/callHandler. 271 modules loaded total.

This closes the third highest-leverage unknown: the operations protocol is
runtime-agnostic in practice, not just in theory. Adds a new section on the
QuickJS UDF host convergence — a minimal isolate speaking the same bidirectional
operations protocol as the TypeScript reference, the Rust alknet-call port,
and the planned NAPI/Python adapters, without needing Node/Deno/Bun. Connects
to the toolEnv WASM-QuickJS sandbox precedent at /workspace/toolEnv.
2026-06-20 11:04:13 +00:00

Alknet

Status: Pre-alpha — This project is undergoing a major architectural pivot to an ALPN-as-service model. The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.

A self-hostable networking toolkit built on QUIC+TLS with ALPN-based protocol dispatch. Each protocol handler (SSH, SFTP, Git, HTTP, DNS, messaging, call protocol) registers an ALPN string on a shared endpoint. The ALPN negotiation during the TLS/QUIC handshake routes connections to the correct handler before any application bytes are read.

Core Insight

A service IS an ALPN. One endpoint, one port, many protocols — dispatched by the TLS handshake, not by application-level peeking or separate listeners.

Crates

Crate Status Description
alknet-vault stable Local key vault: BIP39/SLIP-0010/AES-GCM key derivation and encryption
alknet-core planned ProtocolHandler trait, ALPN router, auth/identity, config
alknet-ssh planned SSH handler (russh), SOCKS5, port forwarding
alknet-call planned JSON-RPC call protocol (EventEnvelope framing)
alknet-fs planned Content-addressed file storage (iroh-blobs backend)
alknet-sftp planned SFTP handler (russh-sftp protocol core)
alknet-git planned Git smart protocol handler (gix)
alknet-http planned HTTP handler (axum, REST API, MCP)
alknet-dns planned DNS handler (hickory-proto, pkarr)
alknet-msg planned E2E encrypted messaging, mixnet support
alknet planned CLI binary (assembles and registers handlers)

Documentation

Reference implementation (previous architecture) is preserved at /workspace/@alkdev/alknet-main/.

License

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Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in this work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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