man-cave

the halo-ai control center

your stack. your rules. your cave.

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what is man-cave?

the dashboard for your halo-ai stack. everything you need to monitor, manage, and control your bare-metal AI platform — in one place.

built for the strix halo. runs on the strix halo. no cloud. no telemetry. no bullshit.

panels

panel	what it does	status
service status	live health of all halo-ai services (llama.cpp, comfyui, open webui, etc.)	planned
gpu metrics	real-time vram, utilization, temperature, inference speed	planned
agent feed	aggregated reports from meek, echo, and the reflex group	planned
news wire	strix halo, amd, rocm, pytorch releases and breaking changes	planned
software inspector	monitors upstream repos for changes, errors, security issues	planned
python manager	switch python versions, rebuild venvs, freeze/thaw the stack	planned
model manager	browse, download, activate, benchmark models	planned
game servers	spin up steam/game servers with auto caddy reverse proxy	future
marketplace	browse and install community agents	future

architecture

browser → https://strixhalo/cave
              │
    ┌─────────▼──────────┐
    │   caddy :443       │
    │   man-cave :3005   │
    └──┬──────┬──────┬───┘
       │      │      │
   api/services  api/agents  api/news
       │      │      │
  systemctl  meek   rss/github
  gpu-stats  echo   amd.com
  journalctl reflex pytorch.org

tech stack

• backend: python (fastapi) — runs on the standalone /opt/python3.13/
• frontend: vanilla html/css/js — no npm, no node, no webpack, no bullshit
• data: sqlite for caching, systemd journal for logs
• style: dark theme, glass morphism, matches the shelf/clock desktop aesthetic

the family

member	role
halo ai	the father — bare-metal ai stack
echo	the mother — voice of the family
meek	the eldest — security overseer
man-cave	the control center — see everything

quick start

# install as part of halo-ai
# enable "man-cave dashboard" during install

# standalone
git clone https://github.com/bong-water-water-bong/man-cave.git /srv/ai/man-cave
cd /srv/ai/man-cave
/opt/python3.13/bin/python3.13 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python cave.py

access at https://strixhalo/cave

license

Apache 2.0