feat: localchat, a Go + Templ + HTMX chat app for local Gemma models

Streams replies over SSE from any OpenAI-compatible server (oMLX,
llama.cpp, Ollama, ...). Single binary that can install itself as an
OS service; docker compose bundles llama.cpp + Gemma 4 E2B.
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// Package web serves the chat UI: Templ pages, HTMX fragments and an SSE
// endpoint that streams model replies token by token.
package web
import (
"bytes"
"context"
"embed"
"errors"
"fmt"
"log/slog"
"net/http"
"strings"
"time"
"github.com/a-h/templ"
"git.b0b.be/bdeb/localchat/internal/chat"
"git.b0b.be/bdeb/localchat/internal/config"
"git.b0b.be/bdeb/localchat/internal/llm"
"git.b0b.be/bdeb/localchat/internal/web/views"
)
//go:embed static
var staticFS embed.FS
const (
sessionCookie = "localchat_sid"
maxMessageLen = 32 << 10
)
// Server is the chat web app.
type Server struct {
cfg config.Config
llm *llm.Client
store *chat.Store
log *slog.Logger
}
// New wires a server from config.
func New(cfg config.Config, log *slog.Logger) *Server {
return &Server{
cfg: cfg,
llm: &llm.Client{
BaseURL: cfg.BaseURL,
APIKey: cfg.APIKey,
Model: cfg.Model,
HTTP: &http.Client{}, // per-request deadlines come from contexts
},
store: chat.NewStore(),
log: log,
}
}
// Handler returns the app's routes.
func (s *Server) Handler() http.Handler {
mux := http.NewServeMux()
mux.Handle("GET /static/", http.FileServerFS(staticFS))
mux.HandleFunc("GET /{$}", s.index)
mux.HandleFunc("GET /health", s.health)
mux.HandleFunc("GET /healthz", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) { w.Write([]byte("ok")) })
mux.HandleFunc("POST /chat", s.send)
mux.HandleFunc("POST /chat/reset", s.reset)
mux.HandleFunc("GET /chat/stream/{id}", s.stream)
return s.withSession(mux)
}
// Run serves until ctx is cancelled, then shuts down gracefully.
func (s *Server) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
srv := &http.Server{
Addr: s.cfg.Addr,
Handler: s.Handler(),
ReadHeaderTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
// No WriteTimeout: replies stream for as long as the model talks.
// LLM_TIMEOUT bounds each reply instead.
}
go func() {
t := time.NewTicker(10 * time.Minute)
defer t.Stop()
for {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
return
case <-t.C:
s.store.Prune(24 * time.Hour)
}
}
}()
errc := make(chan error, 1)
go func() { errc <- srv.ListenAndServe() }()
s.log.Info("localchat listening", "url", "http://"+s.cfg.Addr, "llm", s.cfg.BaseURL, "model", s.cfg.Model)
select {
case err := <-errc:
return err
case <-ctx.Done():
shutdownCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
defer cancel()
return srv.Shutdown(shutdownCtx)
}
}
type ctxKey struct{}
// withSession gives every browser a random session cookie.
func (s *Server) withSession(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
sid := ""
if c, err := r.Cookie(sessionCookie); err == nil && len(c.Value) == 32 {
sid = c.Value
} else {
sid = chat.NewID()
http.SetCookie(w, &http.Cookie{
Name: sessionCookie,
Value: sid,
Path: "/",
HttpOnly: true,
SameSite: http.SameSiteLaxMode,
})
}
next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(context.WithValue(r.Context(), ctxKey{}, sid)))
})
}
func session(r *http.Request) string {
sid, _ := r.Context().Value(ctxKey{}).(string)
return sid
}
func (s *Server) render(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c templ.Component) {
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
if err := c.Render(r.Context(), w); err != nil {
s.log.Error("render", "err", err)
}
}
func (s *Server) index(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
msgs := s.store.Get(session(r)).Messages()
s.render(w, r, views.Page(s.cfg.Title, msgs))
}
func (s *Server) health(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), 3*time.Second)
defer cancel()
model, err := s.llm.ResolveModel(ctx)
if err == nil && s.cfg.Model != "" {
_, err = s.llm.Models(ctx) // configured model: still check the server is up
}
h := views.HealthInfo{OK: err == nil, Model: model}
if err != nil {
h.Err = err.Error()
}
s.render(w, r, views.Health(h))
}
func (s *Server) send(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
r.Body = http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, maxMessageLen)
text := strings.TrimSpace(r.FormValue("message"))
if text == "" {
http.Error(w, "message is empty or too long", http.StatusBadRequest)
return
}
user, reply := s.store.Get(session(r)).Ask(text)
s.render(w, r, views.Exchange(user, reply))
}
func (s *Server) reset(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
s.store.Reset(session(r))
s.render(w, r, views.Messages(nil))
}
// stream generates a reply and pushes it to the browser as server-sent
// events. EventSource reconnects automatically, so a reply that is already
// claimed or finished is answered with its current state instead of being
// generated twice.
func (s *Server) stream(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
id := r.PathValue("id")
conv := s.store.Get(session(r))
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
w.Header().Set("X-Accel-Buffering", "no") // don't let reverse proxies buffer
sse := &sseWriter{w: w, rc: http.NewResponseController(w)}
prompt, msg, ok := conv.Claim(id, s.cfg.SystemPrompt, s.cfg.MaxHistory)
if !ok {
if msg.ID == "" {
msg = chat.Message{ID: id, Role: "assistant", State: chat.Done,
Err: "This reply was lost, probably because the server restarted. Please ask again."}
}
sse.component(r.Context(), "done", views.MessageView(msg))
return
}
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), s.cfg.Timeout)
defer cancel()
start := time.Now()
err := s.llm.Stream(ctx, prompt, func(delta string) error {
conv.Append(id, delta)
return sse.component(ctx, "token", views.Token(delta))
})
if r.Context().Err() != nil { // browser went away; keep what we have
conv.Finish(id, errors.New("interrupted"))
return
}
if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
err = fmt.Errorf("reply took longer than %s and was cut off", s.cfg.Timeout)
}
if err != nil {
s.log.Warn("generation failed", "err", err)
} else {
s.log.Debug("reply done", "id", id, "took", time.Since(start))
}
sse.component(r.Context(), "done", views.MessageView(conv.Finish(id, err)))
}
type sseWriter struct {
w http.ResponseWriter
rc *http.ResponseController
}
// component sends one rendered Templ component as a named SSE event.
func (s *sseWriter) component(ctx context.Context, event string, c templ.Component) error {
var buf bytes.Buffer
if err := c.Render(ctx, &buf); err != nil {
return err
}
var b strings.Builder
b.WriteString("event: " + event + "\n")
for _, line := range strings.Split(buf.String(), "\n") {
b.WriteString("data: " + line + "\n")
}
b.WriteString("\n")
if _, err := s.w.Write([]byte(b.String())); err != nil {
return err
}
return s.rc.Flush()
}