local-first · v0.1

Window Explorer

Given an approved computer plan, how is work represented across native windows, displays, workspaces, focus, and dialogs independently of any OS or provider? Topology only — the runtime manages no real windows and queries no display server. Approval-aware. Read-only.

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Sessions
5
Displays
13
Ops
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Approval barriers

The Universal Window Runtime owns windowing-system semantics (displays, workspaces, managed windows, dialogs, focus chains, z-order) as OS-agnostic metadata. It manages no real windows, moves no focus, opens no dialog, and queries no display server (no X11/Wayland/Quartz/Win32); topology is declared structure, expectations carry only reference tokens. The seam vs the Desktop Runtime (M48): Desktop owns the input act, Window owns the windowing-system state. Real windowing is owned by the future Broker, gated on a binding Policy allow, with backend choice owned by the Provider Runtime (M38).