Add Web UI addon: browser-based config editor (v2.16.0)

New Addons -> Web UI: a small Node/Express app (webui/) installed as a
systemd service running as $KIOSK_USER, giving a browser-based editor
for Sites & Page Timing, Display & Interaction, and Password Protection
& Lockout - the three Core Settings menus that are pure config.json
read/write with no privileged system mutation involved. Runs with no
sudo at all, since config.json is already owned by $KIOSK_USER.

webui/lib/config.js re-implements lib/config.sh's exact schema and
merge-on-save contract in JS (kiosk-app/main.js already reads the same
config.json directly in JS, so this isn't a new pattern), so it can
never silently clobber fields it doesn't track - the same bug
previously fixed in lib/config.sh's own history.

No login of its own by design: Authelia runs elsewhere, and the
expectation is a reverse proxy (e.g. Caddy) with Authelia forward-auth
in front of it, the same way other self-hosted apps get protected -
Authelia integration is explicitly out of scope for this repo.

Deliberately narrow scope for this first pass: WiFi, Timezone,
Power/Display/Quiet Hours, Complete Uninstall, every other addon, and
everything in Advanced remain terminal-only, since a network-facing
process shouldn't be handed sudo-level system mutation without a lot
more thought than this pass gives it. Wired into Complete Uninstall
(webui_do_uninstall) and Clone Settings (addon-presence detection) the
same way every other addon is.

This is the single-kiosk piece of the web-based GUI this repo's
"Modular Management" notes have mentioned for a while - a central
multi-kiosk fleet dashboard is an intentional follow-up.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Ubuntu Based Kiosk
**Current Version:** 2.13.0 (check script header for latest version)
**Current Version:** 2.16.0 (check script header for latest version)
**Built with Claude Sonnet 4.6 AI assistance**
**License:** GPL v3 - Keep derivatives open source
**Repository:** https://github.com/outis1one/ubuntu-based-kiosk/
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steps, so any code or hardware-config change picked up by the pull
actually takes effect. Also offers an on-demand Electron version
check. See "Recent Updates (v2.15.0)" below.
- `webui/` + `menus/addon_webui.sh`**Web UI** (Addons): a small
Node/Express app installed as a systemd service under `$KIOSK_USER`,
giving a browser-based editor for Sites & Page Timing, Display &
Interaction, and Password Protection & Lockout — no login of its own,
put it behind your own reverse proxy with Authelia forward-auth if
it needs to be reachable beyond a trusted LAN. See "Recent Updates
(v2.16.0)" below.
- `install.sh` — entry point for the modular tool, now grouped **Core
Settings / Addons / Advanced** like the legacy menu. On a machine
with no kiosk installed yet, it provisions one first (see
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## Project Status & Future Plans
**Current Version:** 2.15.0
**Current Version:** 2.16.0
**Recent Updates (v2.15.0):**
**Recent Updates (v2.16.0):**
- **New: Web UI** (Addons → Web UI) — a small Node/Express app (`webui/`) giving a browser-based editor for Sites & Page Timing, Display & Interaction, and Password Protection & Lockout, the three Core Settings menus that are pure `config.json` read/write with no privileged system mutation involved. Runs as a systemd service under `$KIOSK_USER` (the same user Electron runs as), so it never needs `sudo` — it reads/writes `config.json` with normal filesystem permissions.
- `webui/lib/config.js` re-implements `lib/config.sh`'s exact field list, defaults, and merge-on-save contract in JS — `kiosk-app/main.js` already reads the same `config.json` directly in JS, so this isn't a new pattern — meaning it can never silently clobber fields it doesn't track (Authelia's credentials, the unused quiet-hours fields, etc), the same failure mode previously fixed in `lib/config.sh`'s own history.
- **No login of its own, by design.** Authelia runs elsewhere; the expectation is a reverse proxy (e.g. Caddy) with Authelia forward-auth in front of it, the same way other self-hosted apps get protected — Authelia integration is explicitly out of scope for this repo. Direct LAN access with no proxy in front has no authentication at all — treat it like SSH access to the kiosk.
- Deliberately narrow scope for this first pass: WiFi, Timezone, Power/Display/Quiet Hours, Complete Uninstall, every other addon, and everything in Advanced remain terminal-only — a network-facing process shouldn't be handed `sudo`-level system mutation (netplan, `timedatectl`, `apt`, systemd timers) without a lot more thought than this pass gives it. A "restart kiosk display" action was left out for the same reason — would need a narrow polkit grant, a follow-up.
- Wired into Complete Uninstall (`webui_do_uninstall`) and Clone Settings (addon-presence detection) the same way every other addon is.
- This is the single-kiosk piece of the web-based GUI mentioned in this doc's "Modular Management" notes for a while — a central multi-kiosk fleet dashboard is an intentional follow-up, not part of this pass.
**Previous (v2.15.0):**
- **New: Upgrade** (Advanced → Upgrade) — not a port of the legacy Upgrade, which re-extracted `main.js`/`preload.js`/etc from its own heredocs on every run. `kiosk-app/` and `provision/files/` are real files in this git checkout now, so the modular Upgrade is `git pull` (after confirming a clean working tree, and only as a fast-forward — never an automatic merge) followed by re-running the same packages/kiosk-app/display/firewall/power-management steps `lib/provision.sh` already has for a fresh install, reused rather than reimplemented. Skips the interactive first-run settings wizard and the "reboot now" prompt.
- Also offers an on-demand Electron version check regardless of whether there was code to pull (Electron isn't versioned by this repo) — reuses the existing, already-tested `action_update_electron` as-is.
- Requires a real git checkout (not the no-git ZIP download option) and a clean working tree; a diverged local history fails the pull cleanly with a clear message rather than attempting an automatic merge.