chore: remove ServiceLink integration

- Drop the ServiceLink submodule, link-serve command, and serve --rpc mode.
- Remove the now-unused httpx dependency and regenerate uv.lock.
- Add a privacy policy for Chrome Web Store publication.
- Refresh extension icons and bump package/extension version to 0.14.2.
- Keep the native TCP serve path as the only remote-control endpoint.

.gitmodules

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "servicelink"]
-	path = servicelink
-	url = git@git.yiprawr.dev:submodules/servicelink.git

PRIVACY.md

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Privacy Policy for browser-cli
+Last updated: 2026-06-14
+
+browser-cli does not collect, transmit, sell, or share user data with the developer or any third party.
+
+browser-cli is a local browser automation tool. The browser extension communicates with the locally installed browser-cli native messaging host so the user can control their own browser through the command line or Python SDK.
+
+## Local data access
+Depending on the command explicitly run by the user, browser-cli may locally access browser data such as:
+- tab URLs, titles, status, and window or tab group information
+- page content, links, images, HTML, text, screenshots, or DOM data
+- cookies, local storage, session storage, and saved browser-cli session data
+
+This access happens only to perform the command requested by the user. The data stays on the user's device unless the user explicitly configures browser-cli to connect to another machine they control.
+
+## Remote control mode
+browser-cli includes an optional remote control mode. If the user enables this mode, command data may be transmitted between the user's configured browser-cli client and server endpoints. This is user-configured infrastructure. The developer does not receive or operate these endpoints.
+
+## No analytics or tracking
+browser-cli does not use analytics, telemetry, advertising, behavioral tracking, or remote code. The extension does not send data to the developer.
+
+## Contact
+For privacy questions or security reports, please open an issue in the project repository or contact the project maintainer through the repository hosting platform.

browser_cli/cli.py

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from browser_cli.commands.storage import storage_group
 from browser_cli.commands.perf import perf_group
 from browser_cli.commands.extension import extension_group
 from browser_cli.commands.serve import cmd_serve
-from browser_cli.commands.link_serve import cmd_link_serve
 from browser_cli.commands.auth import auth_group
 from browser_cli.commands.clients import clients_group
 from browser_cli.commands.completion import cmd_completion
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ main.add_command(storage_group)
 main.add_command(perf_group)
 main.add_command(extension_group)
 main.add_command(cmd_serve)
-main.add_command(cmd_link_serve)
 main.add_command(clients_group)
 main.add_command(cmd_completion)
 main.add_command(cmd_install)

browser_cli/commands/link_serve.py

@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-"""Expose this browser over a ServiceLink HTTP /rpc endpoint.
-
-This lets the other nodes (picoshare, website) drive the browser through the
-shared servicelink envelope, reusing browser-cli's own wire commands verbatim:
-a link method like `tabs.list` forwards straight to `send_command_async`.
-
-It is separate from `serve` (the Ed25519/TCP remote-control daemon); use this
-when you want a node in the mesh to call the browser with a bearer token.
-
-servicelink (and its httpx dependency) is imported lazily inside the command so
-that a missing optional dependency never breaks the rest of the CLI.
-"""
-import asyncio
-import hmac
-import sys
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import click
-
-from browser_cli.client.core import send_command_async
-from browser_cli.errors import BrowserNotConnected
-
-# Curated set of browser commands exposed over the mesh. Method name == command.
-EXPOSED_COMMANDS = [
-  "tabs.list", "tabs.open", "tabs.close", "tabs.active", "tabs.query",
-  "nav.open", "nav.reload", "nav.back", "nav.forward",
-  "dom.query", "dom.text", "dom.attr", "dom.exists", "dom.click",
-  "extract.links", "extract.images", "extract.text", "extract.markdown", "extract.html",
-  "page.info",
-  "session.save", "session.load", "session.list",
-]
-
-def _import_servicelink():
-  """Import servicelink lazily; the flat submodule sits at the repo root."""
-  repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
-  if str(repo_root) not in sys.path:
-    sys.path.insert(0, str(repo_root))
-  try:
-    import servicelink
-    return servicelink
-  except ImportError as exc:
-    raise click.ClickException(
-      "servicelink could not be imported. Initialise the submodule "
-      "(`git submodule update --init`) and ensure httpx is installed."
-    ) from exc
-
-def _build_router(sl, profile):
-  router = sl.Router("browser-cli")
-
-  def make_handler(command):
-    async def handler(params, ctx):
-      try:
-        return await send_command_async(command, params or None, profile=profile)
-      except BrowserNotConnected as exc:
-        raise sl.Unavailable(f"browser not connected: {exc}")
-      except (RuntimeError, ConnectionError) as exc:
-        raise sl.LinkError(str(exc))
-    return handler
-
-  for command in EXPOSED_COMMANDS:
-    router.register(command, make_handler(command))
-  return router
-
-def _make_verifier(sl, token):
-  if not token:
-    return None
-
-  async def verify(authorization, request):
-    presented = (authorization or "").split(" ", 1)[-1].strip()
-    # Constant-time compare so a wrong token can't be timed out character by character.
-    if not presented or not hmac.compare_digest(presented, token):
-      raise sl.Unauthorized("invalid or missing token")
-    return sl.Principal(subject="mesh", scopes=frozenset({"all", "mesh"}))
-
-  return verify
-
-def _http_response(status, body, content_type):
-  head = (
-    f"HTTP/1.1 {status}\r\n"
-    f"Content-Type: {content_type}\r\n"
-    f"Content-Length: {len(body)}\r\n"
-    "Connection: close\r\n\r\n"
-  ).encode("latin-1")
-  return head + body
-
-async def _handle_connection(sl, router, verify, reader, writer):
-  try:
-    request_line = await reader.readline()
-    if not request_line:
-      return
-    headers = {}
-    while True:
-      line = await reader.readline()
-      if line in (b"\r\n", b"\n", b""):
-        break
-      key, _, value = line.decode("latin-1").partition(":")
-      headers[key.strip().lower()] = value.strip()
-    length = int(headers.get("content-length", "0") or "0")
-    body = await reader.readexactly(length) if length else b""
-
-    if not request_line.upper().startswith(b"POST"):
-      writer.write(_http_response(405, b'{"error":"only POST /rpc is supported"}', "application/json"))
-    else:
-      status, payload, content_type = await sl.handle_envelope(
-        router,
-        body,
-        authorization=headers.get("authorization"),
-        verify=verify,
-        content_type=headers.get("content-type", "application/json"),
-      )
-      writer.write(_http_response(status, payload, content_type))
-    await writer.drain()
-  except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - never let one connection kill the server
-    pass
-  finally:
-    writer.close()
-
-async def _serve(sl, host, port, profile, token):
-  router = _build_router(sl, profile)
-  verify = _make_verifier(sl, token)
-  server = await asyncio.start_server(
-    lambda r, w: _handle_connection(sl, router, verify, r, w), host, port
-  )
-  click.echo(f"servicelink browser node listening on http://{host}:{port}/rpc")
-  async with server:
-    await server.serve_forever()
-
-_LOOPBACK_HOSTS = {"127.0.0.1", "::1", "localhost"}
-
-@click.command("link-serve")
-@click.option("--host", default="127.0.0.1", show_default=True, help="Address to bind.")
-@click.option("--port", default=8770, show_default=True, type=int, help="HTTP port for /rpc.")
-@click.option("--token", default=None, metavar="SECRET",
-              help="Shared bearer token required from callers (sent as 'Authorization: Bearer ...').")
-@click.option("--insecure", is_flag=True, default=False,
-              help="Run with NO token. Grants full browser control to anyone who can reach the port.")
-@click.pass_context
-def cmd_link_serve(ctx, host, port, token, insecure):
-  """Serve this browser to the ServiceLink mesh over HTTP /rpc.
-
-  Exposes the running browser (open/scrape pages, read storage), so
-  a token is required by default. Bind to loopback and keep the port off the
-  public network.
-  """
-  if not token and not insecure:
-    raise click.ClickException(
-      "Refusing to start without --token (this endpoint can control your browser "
-      "and read page/storage data). Pass --insecure to override on a trusted host."
-    )
-  if host not in _LOOPBACK_HOSTS:
-    click.echo(
-      f"WARNING: binding to {host} (not loopback). Anyone who can reach this "
-      "address may control the browser; ensure it is firewalled.",
-      err=True,
-    )
-  if insecure and not token:
-    click.echo("WARNING: --insecure set; the endpoint is UNAUTHENTICATED.", err=True)
-  sl = _import_servicelink()
-  profile = ctx.obj.get("browser") if ctx.obj else None
-  try:
-    asyncio.run(_serve(sl, host, port, profile, token))
-  except KeyboardInterrupt:
-    pass

browser_cli/commands/serve.py

@@ -45,32 +45,9 @@ __all__ = [
     default=False,
     help="Disable response compression / msgpack even for clients that support it.",
 )
-@click.option(
-    "--rpc",
-    is_flag=True,
-    default=False,
-    help="Also expose a ServiceLink HTTP /rpc endpoint (for mesh nodes) in the same process.",
-)
-@click.option("--rpc-port", default=8770, show_default=True, type=int, help="Port for the /rpc endpoint (with --rpc).")
-@click.option(
-    "--rpc-token",
-    default=None,
-    metavar="SECRET",
-    help="Bearer token required on /rpc (with --rpc).",
-)
-@click.option(
-    "--rpc-insecure",
-    is_flag=True,
-    default=False,
-    help="Allow --rpc with no token (DANGEROUS: full browser control to anyone who can reach the port).",
-)
 @click.pass_context
-def cmd_serve(ctx, host, port, no_auth, auth_keys_file, no_compress, rpc, rpc_port, rpc_token, rpc_insecure):
+def cmd_serve(ctx, host, port, no_auth, auth_keys_file, no_compress):
-    """Expose this browser over TCP so remote hosts can control it.
+    """Expose this browser over TCP so remote hosts can control it."""
-
-    With --rpc, additionally serve the ServiceLink mesh over HTTP /rpc on
-    --rpc-port, so the native TCP protocol and the node mesh share one daemon.
-    """
     profile = ctx.obj.get("browser") if ctx.obj else None
     compress = not no_compress
 
@@ -84,40 +61,16 @@ def cmd_serve(ctx, host, port, no_auth, auth_keys_file, no_compress, rpc, rpc_po
     if auth_keys_path is False:
         sys.exit(1)
 
-    if rpc and not rpc_token and not rpc_insecure:
-        console.print(
-            "[red]Error:[/red] --rpc requires --rpc-token (this endpoint can control your "
-            "browser and read page/storage data). Use --rpc-insecure to override on a trusted host."
-        )
-        sys.exit(1)
-
     _print_startup(host, port, profile, auth_keys_path, compress)
-    if rpc:
-        console.print(f"  Mesh:   [green]ServiceLink HTTP[/green] [cyan]{host}:{rpc_port}/rpc[/cyan]")
-        if not rpc_token:
-            console.print("[yellow]  /rpc auth disabled (--rpc-insecure)[/yellow]")
 
     try:
-        if rpc:
+        asyncio.run(_serve_async(host, port, profile, auth_keys_path, compress))
-            asyncio.run(_serve_with_rpc(host, port, profile, auth_keys_path, compress, rpc_port, rpc_token))
-        else:
-            asyncio.run(_serve_async(host, port, profile, auth_keys_path, compress))
     except OSError as e:
         console.print(f"[red]Cannot bind to {host}:{port}:[/red] {e}")
         sys.exit(1)
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         console.print("[yellow]Stopped.[/yellow]")
 
-async def _serve_with_rpc(host, port, profile, auth_keys_path, compress, rpc_port, rpc_token):
-    """Run the native TCP server and the ServiceLink HTTP /rpc server together."""
-    from browser_cli.commands import link_serve
-
-    sl = link_serve._import_servicelink()
-    await asyncio.gather(
-        _serve_async(host, port, profile, auth_keys_path, compress),
-        link_serve._serve(sl, host, rpc_port, profile, rpc_token),
-    )
-
 def _resolve_auth_keys_path(auth_keys_file: str | None, no_auth: bool) -> Path | None | bool:
     if auth_keys_file:
         from browser_cli.auth import load_authorized_keys

extension/icon.svg

@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 128 128" role="img" aria-labelledby="title">
   <title>browser-cli icon</title>
   <defs>
-    <linearGradient id="bg" x1="12" y1="10" x2="116" y2="118" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+    <linearGradient id="bg" x1="16" y1="16" x2="112" y2="112" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
       <stop offset="0" stop-color="#0f766e" />
       <stop offset="1" stop-color="#0f172a" />
     </linearGradient>
-    <linearGradient id="panel" x1="28" y1="24" x2="100" y2="104" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+    <linearGradient id="panel" x1="32" y1="29" x2="96" y2="99" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
       <stop offset="0" stop-color="#f8fafc" />
       <stop offset="1" stop-color="#cbd5e1" />
     </linearGradient>
   </defs>
 
-  <rect x="8" y="8" width="112" height="112" rx="28" fill="url(#bg)" />
+  <!-- Chrome Web Store compliant: 96x96 artwork centered in 128x128 canvas. -->
-  <rect x="25" y="25" width="78" height="66" rx="14" fill="url(#panel)" />
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-  <path d="M46 56 35 64l11 8" fill="none" stroke="#0f172a" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="8" />
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+  <circle cx="49" cy="38.5" r="2.2" fill="#f8fafc" opacity="0.85" />
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-  <rect x="69" y="77" width="26" height="17" rx="6" fill="#14b8a6" />
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+
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 </svg>

extension/manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "manifest_version": 3,
   "name": "browser-cli",
-  "version": "0.14.1",
+  "version": "0.14.2",
   "description": "Control your browser from the terminal or Python SDK",
   "permissions": [
     "tabs",

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "browser-cli"
-version = "0.14.1"
+version = "0.14.2"
 description = "Control your real running browser from the terminal or Python SDK"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "cryptography>=48",
     "rich>=13",
     "msgpack>=1",
-    "httpx>=0.28",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]

uv.lock

@@ -2,28 +2,13 @@ version = 1
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@@ -44,7 +29,6 @@ dev = [
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