Usability: System Tray / Menu Bar App

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Description

Always-available system tray icon (Windows/Linux) or menu bar icon (macOS).

Requirements

• System tray icon with context menu:
  • Share files (opens file picker)
  • Receive with code (input dialog)
  • Clipboard sync (toggle)
  • Trusted devices (submenu)
  • Active transfers (submenu with progress)
  • Settings
  • Quit
• Click icon → Open TUI
• Badge showing active transfer count
• Notification integration

Platform Support

• Linux: XDG system tray (AppIndicator)
• macOS: NSStatusBar
• Windows: System tray Win32 API

Technical Details

• tray-icon crate for cross-platform
• Background process: yoop daemon
• D-Bus/IPC communication with CLI instances