From 6d2ad488d26351e4a957c757dd99a5e2bb7b02c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TomiEckert <tomivoook23@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 12:49:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add systemd user service for automatic daemon startup
 and update installation instructions.

---
 README.md         |  1 +
 docs/STRUCTURE.md |  1 +
 install.sh        |  7 +++++++
 toak.service      | 12 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 toak.service

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8bcdf5..9525ef3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ The script will:
 1. Publish the project as a **Native AOT** Release binary.
 2. Install the executable to `/usr/bin/toak`.
 3. Install **Zsh completions** to `/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/`.
+4. Install and enable the `toak.service` systemd user service so the background daemon runs automatically.
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/docs/STRUCTURE.md b/docs/STRUCTURE.md
index 7889ad4..a450261 100644
--- a/docs/STRUCTURE.md
+++ b/docs/STRUCTURE.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Toak/
 ├── Serialization/
 │   └── AppJsonSerializerContext.cs # System.Text.Json source generation context for AOT support
 ├── docs/                    # Documentation
+├── toak.service             # systemd user service file to run the daemon automatically
 └── Program.cs               # Application entry point using System.CommandLine
 ```
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 408e7f6..9f04dd5 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -14,5 +14,12 @@ if [ -d "/usr/share/zsh/site-functions" ]; then
     sudo cp _toak /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_toak
 fi
 
+echo "Installing and starting systemd user service..."
+sudo mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
+sudo cp toak.service ~/.config/systemd/user/
+sudo systemctl --user daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl --user enable --now toak.service
+
 echo "Installation complete! You can now run 'toak' from anywhere."
 echo "Note: You may need to restart your zsh shell or run 'autoload -Uz compinit && compinit' to enable completions."
+echo "The Toak daemon is running in the background."
diff --git a/toak.service b/toak.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e062f34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toak.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Toak Dictation Daemon
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/toak daemon
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=3
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=default.target