Align Linux UI packaging deps with Wails v3 GTK4 stack

The Wails v3 tray is a pure DBus StatusNotifierItem implementation and no
longer links libappindicator (a Fyne-era dependency). Drop the
libayatana-appindicator runtime and build deps, and move the rpm package
and dev-dependency docs onto the GTK4 / WebKitGTK 6.0 stack that the
default (non-gtk3) build actually links against.

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
         iptables=1.8.9-2 \
         libgl1-mesa-dev=22.3.6-1+deb12u1 \
         xorg-dev=1:7.7+23 \
-        libayatana-appindicator3-dev=0.5.92-1 \
     && apt-get clean \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     && go install -v golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest

.github/workflows/golang-test-linux.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev gcc-multilib libpcap-dev
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev gcc-multilib libpcap-dev
 
       - name: Install 32-bit libpcap
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-gotest-cache-
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev gcc-multilib libpcap-dev
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev gcc-multilib libpcap-dev
 
       - name: Install 32-bit libpcap
         if: matrix.arch == '386'

.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: false
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev libpcap-dev
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev libpcap-dev
       - name: Stub Wails frontend bundle
         # client/ui/main.go has //go:embed all:frontend/dist. The
         # directory is produced by `pnpm run build` and is gitignored, so

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ jobs:
           version: 11
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64
 
       - name: Decode GPG signing key
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository

.github/workflows/wasm-build-validation.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version-file: "go.mod"
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev libpcap-dev
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y -q libgtk-4-dev libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev libsoup-3.0-dev libgl1-mesa-dev xorg-dev libpcap-dev
       - name: Install golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@82606bf257cbaff209d206a39f5134f0cfbfd2ee #v9.2.1
         with:

.goreleaser_ui.yaml

@@ -87,9 +87,8 @@ nfpms:
         dst: /usr/share/pixmaps/netbird.png
     dependencies:
       - netbird
-      - libgtk-3-0
-      - libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0
-      - libayatana-appindicator3-1
+      - libgtk-4-1
+      - libwebkitgtk-6.0-4
 
   - maintainer: Netbird <dev@netbird.io>
     description: Netbird client UI.
@@ -111,9 +110,8 @@ nfpms:
         dst: /usr/share/pixmaps/netbird.png
     dependencies:
       - netbird
-      - gtk3
-      - webkit2gtk4.1
-      - libayatana-appindicator-gtk3
+      - gtk4
+      - webkitgtk6.0
     rpm:
       signature:
         key_file: '{{ if index .Env "GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE" }}{{ .Env.GPG_RPM_KEY_FILE }}{{ end }}'

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -291,8 +291,6 @@ go test -exec sudo ./...
 ```
 > On Windows use a powershell with administrator privileges
 
-> Non-GTK environments will need the `libayatana-appindicator3-dev` (debian/ubuntu) package installed
-
 ## Checklist before submitting a PR
 As a critical network service and open-source project, we must enforce a few things before submitting the pull-requests:
 - Keep functions as simple as possible, with a single purpose

client/ui/README.md

@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ WebView.
 - `task`: `go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@latest`
 - A running NetBird daemon (default: `unix:///var/run/netbird.sock`,
   Windows `tcp://127.0.0.1:41731`)
-- Linux only: `libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev`, `libgtk-3-dev`,
-  `libayatana-appindicator3-dev`
+- Linux only: `libwebkitgtk-6.0-dev`, `libgtk-4-dev`, `libsoup-3.0-dev`
 
 ## Develop without rebuilding
 

client/ui/build/linux/nfpm/nfpm.yaml

@@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ contents:
   - src: "./build/linux/netbird-ui.desktop"
     dst: "/usr/share/applications/netbird-ui.desktop"
 
-# Default dependencies for Debian 12/Ubuntu 22.04+ with WebKit 4.1
+# Default dependencies for the GTK4 + WebKitGTK 6.0 stack (Ubuntu 24.04+ / Debian 13+)
 depends:
-  - libgtk-3-0
-  - libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0
+  - libgtk-4-1
+  - libwebkitgtk-6.0-4
 
-# Distribution-specific overrides for different package formats and WebKit versions
+# Distribution-specific overrides for different package formats
 overrides:
-  # RPM packages for RHEL/CentOS/AlmaLinux/Rocky Linux (WebKit 4.0)
+  # RPM packages for Fedora / RHEL / AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux
   rpm:
     depends:
-      - gtk3
-      - webkit2gtk4.1
-  
-  # Arch Linux packages (WebKit 4.1)  
+      - gtk4
+      - webkitgtk6.0
+
+  # Arch Linux packages
   archlinux:
     depends:
-      - gtk3
-      - webkit2gtk-4.1
+      - gtk4
+      - webkitgtk-6.0
 
 # scripts section to ensure desktop database is updated after install
 scripts: