Python 3 has been unconditionally present since the Debian trixie
upgrade (e58962a, Apr 13) — python3 3.13 ships as a transitive
dependency of the trixie base image. python3-pip (e1029bb) and
python3-venv (3a7ec45) were later added to the base layer on Apr 23
so Mason could install Python-based LSPs (ruff, ansible-lint) into
venvs on nvim startup. MemPalace's pip install (b9c08c3) just
piggybacks on what was already there.
In other words, INSTALL_PYTHON=true has been a no-op reinstall of
already-installed packages for two weeks before MemPalace existed.
The flag is dead weight and the docs that advertise it as meaningful
are misleading. Remove it everywhere.
Users who want Python tooling should use the pre-installed uv/uvx.
Install gitea-mcp v1.1.0 (Go binary from gitea.com/gitea/gitea-mcp)
using the same multi-arch pattern as gosu/fzf/bat. Provides 50+ MCP
tools for Gitea API — repos, issues, PRs, releases, branches, wiki,
and Actions.
Disabled by default in auto-generated opencode.json (requires
GITEA_ACCESS_TOKEN and GITEA_HOST to be useful). Users enable it by
setting those env vars in .env and flipping enabled to true in their
opencode.json.
Env vars forwarded into the container via docker-compose.yml and
docker-compose.shared.yml environment blocks. Same {env:VAR} pattern
as the GitHub MCP server.
Docs updated: README.md (new Gitea MCP section with setup steps),
DOCKER_HUB.md (tools list), CHANGELOG.md (v1.14.28b entry).
Install mempalace via pip in the Dockerfile. Provides 29 MCP tools
for semantic search over conversation history, knowledge graph
queries, agent diaries, and wing/room/drawer management. Everything
runs locally — no API keys, no data egress.
Integration:
- Dockerfile: pip install mempalace (with --break-system-packages
for Debian trixie PEP 668 compliance)
- entrypoint-user.sh: auto-initializes palace for /workspace on
first run (idempotent, skips if palace exists)
- entrypoint.sh: adds ~/.mempalace to the volume ownership-fix loop
- docker-compose.yml + shared: optional devbox-palace named volume
at ~/.mempalace (commented out by default — user opts in)
Users configure MCP integration by adding a mempalace server entry
to their opencode.json. No wrapper plugin needed — the upstream
Python MCP server is used directly.
Docs updated: README.md (new MemPalace section with setup, MCP
config, usage examples, storage details), DOCKER_HUB.md (data
storage table + tools list), CHANGELOG.md (unreleased entry).
python3-pip alone wasn't enough — Debian trixie ships python3 and
python3-pip as separate packages from python3.13-venv. Mason creates
a venv per package then pip-installs into it. Without python3-venv,
'python3 -m venv' fails with 'ensurepip is not available' and every
Mason Python package (ruff, ansible-lint, etc.) errors on every nvim
start.
Adding python3-venv (which pulls in ensurepip + pip-whl + setuptools-whl)
completes the chain: venv creation works, pip is available inside the
venv, Mason installs succeed.
Mason (neovim's package manager) creates a Python venv and runs
'pip install' inside it to install Python-based LSP servers like
ruff and ansible-lint. Debian trixie's python3 package ships without
ensurepip, so the venv has no pip and Mason fails with
'spawn: python3 failed with exit code 1'.
Adding python3-pip to the apt install list gives Mason what it needs.
uv is still available as the preferred user-facing Python tool
manager; pip is here specifically for Mason's internal use.
Bump OPENCODE_VERSION ARG from 1.14.19 to 1.14.20 to track the new
upstream release on npm.
Clarify the tagging convention in AGENTS.md: the first build on a new
opencode version uses the bare 'v{opencode_version}' tag (no letter
suffix). Letter suffixes (a, b, c, ...) are reserved for container-
level rebuilds on the same opencode version (CVE fixes, doc changes,
entrypoint bugs). The previous wording implied a letter was always
required, which was never the actual behaviour.
Previous behaviour (e4063b5) COPY'd .bash_aliases and .inputrc
directly into /home/developer/ during image build. That silently
shadowed any host bind-mount or in-container customization for users
upgrading from v1.14.19b — if you'd written your own .bash_aliases
and rebuilt the container, our baked version would overwrite it
without warning.
Ship the files to /etc/skel-devbox/ instead. The entrypoint copies
them to $HOME only if the target file does not already exist, so:
- Fresh containers get the defaults automatically (unchanged)
- Host bind-mounts win (they materialize before the entrypoint runs)
- Existing in-container customizations survive upgrades
- Defaults remain discoverable at /etc/skel-devbox/ for anyone who
wants to copy, diff, or reset back to upstream
Docs (README.md, DOCKER_HUB.md, deploy/README.md) describe the new
skel layout and the restore/diff commands.
Two changes that address a longstanding frustration: bash history is
lost on every container recreate, and the container's ~/.bashrc and
~/.inputrc are stock Debian (no history tuning, no prefix search on
arrow keys, no integrations).
Added a named volume 'devbox-shell-history' mounted at ~/.cache/bash
with HISTFILE pointing there; history now survives 'docker compose up
--force-recreate'. The volume is added to both docker-compose.yml and
docker-compose.shared.yml, and ~/.cache/bash is registered in the
entrypoint ownership-fix loop per the AGENTS.md convention.
Baked rootfs/home/developer/.bash_aliases (sourced automatically by
Debian's default ~/.bashrc) and rootfs/home/developer/.inputrc into
the image. They give new containers: 100k-entry timestamped dedup
history with per-prompt flush, Up/Down arrow prefix history search,
case-insensitive coloured completion, aliases that prefer eza and
bat when present, git shortcuts, interactive rm/mv/cp, zoxide and
fzf (via 'fzf --bash') integration, and a [devbox] prompt marker.
The fzf integration uses 'fzf --bash' because we install fzf from
GitHub releases, not apt — the apt-path key-bindings aren't present.
Users who prefer their host's own shell config can uncomment two
commented bind-mount lines in docker-compose.yml to shadow the
baked defaults.
Reduces locale generation from 200+ to 16 targeted locales (major world
languages + Nordic + key European). Saves build time and image size.
Users can add more at runtime via locale-gen.
Install rustup-init binary from Rust CDN. Users bootstrap Rust with
'rustup-init -y' — persists via devbox-rustup and devbox-cargo volumes.
Add JavaScript/TypeScript development docs (Node.js + npm in base, Bun in OMOS).
Install uv from GitHub releases (~23MB). Users can install Python with
'uv python install 3.12' — persists across restarts via devbox-uv volume.
Eliminates need for a separate Python image variant.
Replace vim-tiny with neovim from GitHub releases (pinned, multi-arch).
Add bat, eza, zoxide from GitHub releases and tmux, htop, patch from apt.
Move tmux from OMOS-only to base image. Set EDITOR=nvim.
Add neovim config mount option to docker-compose and docs.
Integrate oh-my-opencode-slim as an opt-in feature via INSTALL_OMOS build arg.
A single build arg installs Bun, tmux, and the plugin; runtime activation is
controlled by ENABLE_OMOS and related env vars in the entrypoint.
Joakim Persson
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