diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/host-release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/host-release.yml
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+name: host-release
+# Build the LOCAL vibe-kanban server and publish it as a signed RPM to
+# rpm.lair.cafe, so a host installs it with dnf instead of `npx vibe-kanban`.
+#
+# npx is not an option here: npx-cli resolves its download from R2_BASE_URL, a
+# placeholder substituted at npm-publish time to BloopAI's bucket, with no
+# runtime override (npx-cli/src/download.ts). That serves upstream's binary --
+# which still carries the product sunset -- from infrastructure that disappears
+# when they do.
+#
+# Convention mirrors lair/claude-desktop-package: package and publish on the
+# `rpm` runner, sign with RPM_SIGNING_KEY, rsync to oolon, createrepo under
+# flock. The compile happens first on a podman runner rather than on the rpm
+# runner, so this never depends on a host toolchain matching the pinned
+# nightly in rust-toolchain.toml.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - "crates/**"
+      - "packages/local-web/**"
+      - "packages/web-core/**"
+      - "packages/ui/**"
+      - "shared/**"
+      - "Cargo.toml"
+      - "Cargo.lock"
+      - "rust-toolchain.toml"
+      - "rpm/**"
+      - ".gitea/workflows/host-release.yml"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: host-release
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on:
+      - metal
+      - podman
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: derive version
+        id: meta
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          echo "version=$(jq -r .version package.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "commit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"   >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: build the host binary
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # --target export writes the binary straight out of the scratch stage,
+          # so nothing has to be extracted from an image afterwards.
+          mkdir -p out
+          podman build --pull=newer \
+            -f rpm/Containerfile \
+            --target export \
+            --output type=local,dest=out \
+            .
+          test -s out/vibe-kanban
+          chmod 0755 out/vibe-kanban
+          file out/vibe-kanban || true
+
+      - name: sanity-check the binary
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # The whole point of building our own: upstream's carries the sunset.
+          if grep -qa "Project functionality has been retired" out/vibe-kanban; then
+            echo "ERROR: the sunset page is embedded in the host binary."
+            echo "The revert of #3387 has been lost -- refusing to publish."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          if grep -qa "Cloud is shutting down" out/vibe-kanban; then
+            echo "ERROR: the cloud-shutdown banner is embedded in the host binary."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          # And it must point at us, not at api.vibekanban.com.
+          grep -qa "kanban.internal" out/vibe-kanban \
+            || { echo "ERROR: baked API base missing from the binary"; exit 1; }
+          echo "ok: no sunset UI, lair endpoints baked in"
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: host-binary
+          path: out/vibe-kanban
+          retention-days: 7
+
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
+      commit: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.commit }}
+
+  package:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: rpm
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        fedora_version: ["43", "44"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: host-binary
+          path: bin/
+
+      - name: rpmbuild
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          find bin/ -name vibe-kanban -exec mv --target-directory=bin/ {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+          mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
+          install -m 0755 bin/vibe-kanban ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/vibe-kanban
+          rpmbuild -bb rpm/vibe-kanban.spec \
+            --define "vk_version ${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}" \
+            --define "vk_commit  ${{ needs.build.outputs.commit }}" \
+            --define "dist .fc${{ matrix.fedora_version }}"
+          ls -l ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: rpm-fc${{ matrix.fedora_version }}
+          path: ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/*.rpm
+          retention-days: 7
+
+  publish:
+    needs: package
+    runs-on: rpm
+    env:
+      RPM_REPO_HOST: oolon.kosherinata.internal
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        fedora_version: ["43", "44"]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: rpm-fc${{ matrix.fedora_version }}
+          path: rpms/
+
+      - name: Flatten RPM artifacts
+        run: |
+          find rpms/ -name '*.rpm' -exec mv --target-directory=rpms/ {} +
+          find rpms/ -mindepth 1 -type d -empty -delete
+
+      - name: Import signing key
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ secrets.RPM_SIGNING_KEY }}" | gpg --batch --import
+          fpr=$(gpg --batch --with-colons --list-keys "${{ secrets.RPM_SIGNING_KEY_ID }}" | awk -F: '/^fpr:/ { print $10; exit }')
+          echo "${fpr}:6:" | gpg --batch --import-ownertrust
+          sed "s/@GPG_NAME@/${{ secrets.RPM_SIGNING_KEY_ID }}/" rpm/rpmmacros > ~/.rpmmacros
+
+      - name: Sign RPMs
+        run: |
+          for rpm in rpms/*.rpm; do
+            echo "signing ${rpm}..."
+            rpm --addsign "${rpm}"
+          done
+
+      - name: Set up SSH
+        run: |
+          install --directory --mode 700 ~/.ssh
+          echo "${RSYNC_SSH_KEY}" | install --mode 600 /dev/stdin ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+        env:
+          RSYNC_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.RSYNC_SSH_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Test SSH connectivity
+        run: |
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new "gitea_ci@${RPM_REPO_HOST}" exit
+
+      - name: Sync RPMs to repo
+        run: |
+          rsync \
+            --archive \
+            --verbose \
+            --chmod D755,F644 \
+            rpms/*.rpm \
+            "gitea_ci@${RPM_REPO_HOST}:/var/www/rpm/fedora/${{ matrix.fedora_version }}/x86_64/"
+
+      - name: Update repo metadata
+        run: |
+          # flock guards createrepo against concurrent publishes into the
+          # shared repo tree (other package repos publish here too).
+          ssh "gitea_ci@${RPM_REPO_HOST}" \
+            "flock /var/www/rpm/.publish.lock -c 'cd /var/www/rpm/fedora/${{ matrix.fedora_version }}/x86_64 && createrepo_c --update .'"
+
+      - name: Generate packages.json
+        run: |
+          scp rpm/generate-packages-json.py "gitea_ci@${RPM_REPO_HOST}:/tmp/"
+          ssh "gitea_ci@${RPM_REPO_HOST}" \
+            "flock /var/www/rpm/.publish.lock -c 'python3 /tmp/generate-packages-json.py \
+              --repodata-dir /var/www/rpm/fedora/${{ matrix.fedora_version }}/x86_64/repodata \
+              --output /var/www/rpm/fedora/${{ matrix.fedora_version }}/x86_64/packages.json \
+              --base-url https://rpm.lair.cafe/fedora/${{ matrix.fedora_version }}/x86_64'"
diff --git a/rpm/Containerfile b/rpm/Containerfile
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+++ b/rpm/Containerfile
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+# Builder for the LOCAL vibe-kanban server (crates/server) — the binary a host
+# runs to pair with our remote. Produces /out/vibe-kanban.
+#
+# `npx vibe-kanban` cannot be used for this: npx-cli resolves its download from
+# R2_BASE_URL, a placeholder substituted at npm-publish time to BloopAI's bucket
+# (npx-cli/src/download.ts) with no runtime override. That bucket ships upstream's
+# binary -- which carries the product sunset -- and disappears when they do.
+#
+# Built on bookworm although the RPM targets Fedora 43/44. glibc compatibility is
+# forward-only, so a binary linked against bookworm's 2.36 runs on Fedora's newer
+# glibc; the reverse would not. One binary therefore serves both Fedora targets.
+
+FROM node:20-alpine AS fe-builder
+WORKDIR /repo
+RUN corepack enable
+
+# Lockfile-first so a source-only change does not re-resolve ~900 packages.
+COPY pnpm-lock.yaml pnpm-workspace.yaml package.json ./
+COPY packages/local-web/package.json packages/local-web/package.json
+COPY packages/remote-web/package.json packages/remote-web/package.json
+COPY packages/ui/package.json packages/ui/package.json
+COPY packages/web-core/package.json packages/web-core/package.json
+COPY patches/ patches/
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=pnpm-local,target=/pnpm/store \
+    pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+
+COPY packages/ packages/
+COPY shared/ shared/
+# PostHog/Sentry VITE_ vars are deliberately unset: unset means no telemetry.
+RUN pnpm -C packages/local-web build
+
+FROM rust:1.93-slim-bookworm AS builder
+ENV CARGO_REGISTRIES_CRATES_IO_PROTOCOL=sparse
+ENV CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/app/target
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+  && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends pkg-config libssl-dev ca-certificates git \
+  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Whole-tree copy rather than enumerating workspace manifests: crates/server
+# pulls in most of the workspace, and an enumerated list silently breaks when a
+# crate is added. The cargo cache mounts below carry the incremental build.
+COPY . .
+COPY --from=fe-builder /repo/packages/local-web/dist packages/local-web/dist
+
+# Baked at compile time by crates/server/build.rs, so the installed binary points
+# at our instance with no environment on the command line. std::env::var still
+# takes precedence at runtime, so either can be overridden per-invocation.
+ARG VK_SHARED_API_BASE=https://kanban.internal
+ARG VK_SHARED_RELAY_API_BASE=https://kanban.internal/relay-api
+ENV VK_SHARED_API_BASE=${VK_SHARED_API_BASE}
+ENV VK_SHARED_RELAY_API_BASE=${VK_SHARED_RELAY_API_BASE}
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=cargo-registry,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=cargo-git,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=host-target,target=/app/target \
+    cargo build --release --manifest-path crates/server/Cargo.toml \
+ && mkdir -p /out \
+ && cp /app/target/release/server /out/vibe-kanban
+
+FROM scratch AS export
+COPY --from=builder /out/vibe-kanban /vibe-kanban
diff --git a/rpm/generate-packages-json.py b/rpm/generate-packages-json.py
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+++ b/rpm/generate-packages-json.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Parse RPM repodata and emit a packages.json manifest for the UI."""
+
+import argparse
+import gzip
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+RPM_NS = "http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/common"
+OTHER_NS = "http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/other"
+REPO_NS = "http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/repo"
+
+
+def find_repodata_file(repodata_dir, data_type):
+    """Read repomd.xml and return the path to a specific data type's file."""
+    repomd_path = os.path.join(repodata_dir, "repomd.xml")
+    tree = ET.parse(repomd_path)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+
+    for data in root.findall(f"{{{REPO_NS}}}data"):
+        if data.get("type") == data_type:
+            location = data.find(f"{{{REPO_NS}}}location")
+            if location is not None:
+                href = location.get("href", "")
+                return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(repodata_dir), href)
+
+    return None
+
+
+def open_compressed(path):
+    """Open a gzip or zstd compressed file for reading."""
+    if path.endswith(".zst"):
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["zstdcat", path], capture_output=True, check=True
+        )
+        import io
+        return io.BytesIO(result.stdout)
+    else:
+        return gzip.open(path, "rb")
+
+
+def parse_primary(repodata_dir):
+    """Parse primary.xml.{gz,zst} and return package metadata."""
+    path = find_repodata_file(repodata_dir, "primary")
+    if not path:
+        print("error: primary metadata not found in repomd.xml", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    packages = {}
+    with open_compressed(path) as f:
+        tree = ET.parse(f)
+
+    for pkg in tree.getroot().findall(f"{{{RPM_NS}}}package"):
+        if pkg.get("type") != "rpm":
+            continue
+
+        name = pkg.findtext(f"{{{RPM_NS}}}name", "")
+        version_el = pkg.find(f"{{{RPM_NS}}}version")
+        ver = version_el.get("ver", "") if version_el is not None else ""
+        rel = version_el.get("rel", "") if version_el is not None else ""
+        arch = pkg.findtext(f"{{{RPM_NS}}}arch", "")
+
+        size_el = pkg.find(f"{{{RPM_NS}}}size")
+        size = int(size_el.get("package", "0")) if size_el is not None else 0
+
+        time_el = pkg.find(f"{{{RPM_NS}}}time")
+        build_time = int(time_el.get("build", "0")) if time_el is not None else 0
+
+        location_el = pkg.find(f"{{{RPM_NS}}}location")
+        filename = os.path.basename(location_el.get("href", "")) if location_el is not None else ""
+
+        key = f"{name}-{ver}-{rel}"
+        packages[key] = {
+            "name": name,
+            "version": ver,
+            "release": rel,
+            "arch": arch,
+            "summary": pkg.findtext(f"{{{RPM_NS}}}summary", ""),
+            "size": size,
+            "buildTime": build_time,
+            "rpmFilename": filename,
+            "changelog": [],
+        }
+
+    return packages
+
+
+def parse_other(repodata_dir, packages):
+    """Parse other.xml.gz and attach changelog entries to packages."""
+    path = find_repodata_file(repodata_dir, "other")
+    if not path:
+        return
+
+    with open_compressed(path) as f:
+        tree = ET.parse(f)
+
+    for pkg in tree.getroot().findall(f"{{{OTHER_NS}}}package"):
+        name = pkg.get("name", "")
+        version_el = pkg.find(f"{{{OTHER_NS}}}version")
+        ver = version_el.get("ver", "") if version_el is not None else ""
+        rel = version_el.get("rel", "") if version_el is not None else ""
+        key = f"{name}-{ver}-{rel}"
+
+        if key not in packages:
+            continue
+
+        for entry in pkg.findall(f"{{{OTHER_NS}}}changelog"):
+            packages[key]["changelog"].append({
+                "author": entry.get("author", ""),
+                "date": int(entry.get("date", "0")),
+                "text": (entry.text or "").strip(),
+            })
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repodata-dir",
+        required=True,
+        help="path to the repodata/ directory",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output",
+        required=True,
+        help="path to write packages.json",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--base-url",
+        required=True,
+        help="public base URL for the repo (e.g. https://rpm.lair.cafe/fedora/43/x86_64)",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    packages = parse_primary(args.repodata_dir)
+    parse_other(args.repodata_dir, packages)
+
+    manifest = {
+        "generated": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
+        "baseUrl": args.base_url,
+        "packages": list(packages.values()),
+    }
+
+    with open(args.output, "w") as f:
+        json.dump(manifest, f, indent=2)
+
+    print(f"wrote {len(packages)} packages to {args.output}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/rpm/rpmmacros b/rpm/rpmmacros
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index 00000000..03ce44d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpm/rpmmacros
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+%_openpgp_sign_id @GPG_NAME@
diff --git a/rpm/vibe-kanban.spec b/rpm/vibe-kanban.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05a2adf9
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+++ b/rpm/vibe-kanban.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Prebuilt Rust binary produced by rpm/Containerfile — no compile here, no
+# debuginfo (matches the house convention in lair/claude-desktop-package).
+%global _build_id_links none
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+%global __strip /usr/bin/true
+
+# Passed in via --define at rpmbuild time (see .gitea/workflows/host-release.yml).
+%{!?vk_version: %global vk_version 0.0.0}
+%{!?vk_commit:  %global vk_commit  unknown}
+
+Name:           vibe-kanban
+Version:        %{vk_version}
+Release:        1.g%{vk_commit}%{?dist}
+Summary:        Local vibe-kanban server — pairs a host with the lair remote
+
+License:        Apache-2.0
+URL:            https://git.lair.cafe/lair/vibe-kanban
+Source0:        vibe-kanban
+ExclusiveArch:  x86_64
+
+# git is invoked at runtime for worktree and branch operations.
+Requires:       git-core
+
+%description
+The local half of vibe-kanban: runs on a development host, registers with the
+relay at https://kanban.internal/relay-api and serves its own UI, so the host's
+repositories and coding agents can be driven from the remote board.
+
+Built from lair/vibe-kanban, our fork of BloopAI/vibe-kanban. Upstream sunset
+the product in April 2026, replacing the kanban board with an export-only page
+and adding a cloud-shutdown banner; both are reverted in this fork. It is not
+`npx vibe-kanban`, which downloads upstream's binary from a bucket that carries
+the sunset and disappears with them.
+
+The remote and relay endpoints are compiled in, so no configuration is needed on
+a lair host. Override per-invocation with VK_SHARED_API_BASE and
+VK_SHARED_RELAY_API_BASE, which take precedence over the baked defaults.
+
+%prep
+# Source0 is the bare binary; nothing to unpack.
+
+%build
+# Built upstream of rpmbuild, in a container. See rpm/Containerfile.
+
+%install
+install -D -m 0755 %{SOURCE0} %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/vibe-kanban
+
+%files
+%{_bindir}/vibe-kanban
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Jul 21 2026 rob thijssen <rthijssen@gmail.com> - 0.1.44-1
+- First lair build: sunset reverted, remote and relay endpoints baked in.