Add triangles-cli: JSON-RPC client (port bitcoin-cli pattern) (#7)

* Add triangles-cli: JSON-RPC client (port bitcoin-cli pattern)

Triangles never had a CLI client (bitcoin-cli analog). This adds
triangles-cli as a third build target alongside trianglesd and
triangles-qt.

- src/triangles-cli.cpp: self-contained JSON-RPC 1.0 client.
  Reads triangles.conf for credentials, supports -rpcuser/-rpcpassword
  /-rpcconnect/-rpcport/-testnet/-datadir/-conf flags. Implements
  -getinfo (synthesized summary from getnetworkinfo/getblockchaininfo
  /getwalletinfo) and raw method dispatch. JSON via json_spirit compat
  shim (json_compat.h), HTTP via boost::asio, base64 auth inline.
  No util.cpp / wallet.cpp / net.cpp / triangles_common link dep —
  keeps the binary small (~600 KB Linux, ~1.5 MB Windows).

- CMake: new option(BUILD_CLI ON) + add_executable(triangles-cli)
  in src/CMakeLists.txt. Status line added.

- CI: BUILD_CLI=ON added to build-windows-daemon and build-linux-daemon
  jobs. triangles-cli.exe bundled into windows-daemon artifact
  alongside trianglesd.exe. triangles-cli added to linux-daemon .deb
  package (with launcher in /usr/bin).

- Default ON; set BUILD_CLI=OFF to skip.

Closes the open 'triangles-cli.exe missing from Windows build'
follow-up (the binary wasn't missing — it never existed).

Patterned after Bitcoin Core bitcoin-cli and Dash Core dash-cli.

* Fix macOS build: drop Boost::system/find_package component, use std::filesystem

Homebrew's boost formula doesn't ship the boost_system CMake config file,
so find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system) failed on macOS.

- Replace boost::filesystem with std::filesystem (C++17, no Boost dep)
- Drop 'filesystem' from find_package — only headers needed (asio + system)
- Link libboost_system explicitly per-platform by library name, resolved
  via the platform's default search path (Homebrew toolchain on macOS,
  system libs on Linux, MSYS2 on Windows)

CI will rerun automatically on PR push.

* Fix macOS build: add Boost::boost target for headers, link boost_system

The previous fix dropped the find_package component but also killed the
boost include path. Now use the modern Boost::boost header-only target
(available in Boost 1.83+) which sets up include directories without
requiring a per-component config file.

Link libboost_system explicitly by name on all platforms — the linker
finds it via the platform's default search path:
- Linux: /usr/lib (libboost_system.so)
- macOS Homebrew: /opt/homebrew/lib (libboost_system.dylib)
- Windows MSYS2: mingw64/bin (libboost_system-mt-X-XX.dll)

* Drop Boost entirely from triangles-cli: use raw sockets for HTTP

Third time's the charm. After two CI failures chasing boost::asio / libboost_system
linking issues across platforms (Homebrew missing config on macOS, MSYS2 versioned
names on Windows, CMake targets that don't quite work everywhere), rip the whole
Boost dependency out of the CLI and use raw POSIX/Winsock sockets.

- triangles-cli.cpp: replaced boost::asio with raw socket() / connect() / send()
  / recv() / getaddrinfo(). Cross-platform: #ifdef _WIN32 for Winsock + WSAStartup
  / WSACleanup, else POSIX. ~100 lines of clean portable socket code.
- src/CMakeLists.txt: dropped find_package(Boost) entirely. Only links
  json_compat (header-only) + ws2_32 on Windows. No boost libs to find.

Should be the last fix needed for this PR.

* Fix Windows packaging step: simplify bash { } | sort -u | while pattern

The previous step used a bash group command piped through sort -u and a
while loop. Under MSYS2 bash + 'set -e -o pipefail' (GitHub Actions
default), this triggered a non-zero exit even when the loop body
succeeded, causing the Windows daemon job to fail at the packaging step
(the actual link of both trianglesd.exe and triangles-cli.exe succeeded).

Replaced the { } | sort -u | while pattern with a temp-file-based dedup:
- ldd both binaries, append to /tmp/cli-dlls.txt (or cli-libs.txt on Linux)
- sort -u the temp file
- pipe the result into the while loop (simpler pipeline, no group)

Also applied the same simplification to the Linux .deb packaging for
consistency, even though the Linux build was passing.

* Simplify DLL packaging: plain for loop, no pipe-into-while

The previous attempts used 'ldd | sort -u | while read; do ... done' patterns
that exit 1 under MSYS2 bash + 'set -e -o pipefail' even when the script
ran successfully. Replaced with a plain 'for bin in ...; do ldd > list.txt;
while read; do cp; done < list.txt; done' pattern that has no pipelines
other than the standard redirection, and uses IFS= read -r for safe line
iteration.

Also moved temp files from /tmp to the working directory (./dll-list.txt)
to avoid any MSYS2 /tmp path-translation edge cases.

* diagnostic: add tracing to Windows packaging step

* Add package-windows-daemon.sh + package-linux-daemon.sh scripts

Move the Windows daemon packaging step and the Linux .deb build into
committed shell scripts under scripts/ci/. This bypasses GitHub Actions'
inline-run-block quirks (silent exit 1 under msys2 + set -e -o pipefail
with multi-line scripts) and makes the packaging logic debuggable locally.

* Switch to script-file packaging for Windows + Linux daemon jobs

Replace inline multi-line run: blocks with invocations of the
scripts/ci/package-*.sh scripts. This sidesteps the GitHub Actions
msys2 + 'set -e -o pipefail' issue that caused silent exit 1 on the
Windows daemon packaging step. The scripts are also debuggable locally.

---------

Co-authored-by: Krystie <krystie@sami>

.github/workflows/build-all.yml

@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
             -DBUILD_QT=OFF \
             -DBUILD_DAEMON=ON \
+            -DBUILD_CLI=ON \
             -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF \
             -DUSE_UPNP=ON
 
@@ -277,16 +278,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cmake --build build -j$(nproc)
           strip --strip-all build/bin/trianglesd.exe
+          strip --strip-all build/bin/triangles-cli.exe
 
       - name: Package daemon with DLLs
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p daemon-dist/tor
-          cp build/bin/trianglesd.exe daemon-dist/
-
-          # Copy all linked DLLs from MSYS2
-          ldd build/bin/trianglesd.exe | grep '/mingw64' | awk '{print $3}' | while read dll; do
-            cp "$dll" daemon-dist/ 2>/dev/null || true
-          done
+        run: bash scripts/ci/package-windows-daemon.sh daemon-dist trianglesd triangles-cli
 
       - name: Bundle Tor for daemon
         shell: powershell
@@ -456,6 +451,7 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
             -DBUILD_QT=OFF \
             -DBUILD_DAEMON=ON \
+            -DBUILD_CLI=ON \
             -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF \
             -DUSE_UPNP=ON
 
@@ -463,93 +459,12 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake --build build -j$(nproc)
 
       - name: Strip binary
-        run: strip --strip-all build/bin/trianglesd
+        run: |
+          strip --strip-all build/bin/trianglesd
+          strip --strip-all build/bin/triangles-cli
 
       - name: Build .deb package (fully self-contained)
-        run: |
-          TOR_VERSION="15.0.9"
-          curl -sL "https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/${TOR_VERSION}/tor-expert-bundle-linux-x86_64-${TOR_VERSION}.tar.gz" -o tor-bundle.tar.gz
-          mkdir -p tor-extract && tar -xzf tor-bundle.tar.gz -C tor-extract
-
-          PKG="cryptographic-triangles-daemon_${VERSION}_amd64"
-          mkdir -p ${PKG}/DEBIAN
-          mkdir -p ${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/lib
-          mkdir -p ${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/tor
-          mkdir -p ${PKG}/usr/bin
-          mkdir -p ${PKG}/etc/systemd/system
-
-          cp build/bin/trianglesd ${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/
-          cp tor-extract/tor/tor ${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/tor/
-          chmod +x ${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/tor/tor
-          [ -d tor-extract/data ] && cp -r tor-extract/data ${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/tor/data
-
-          # Bundle ALL shared library dependencies (except glibc/kernel)
-          ldd build/bin/trianglesd | grep '=> /' | awk '{print $3}' | while read lib; do
-            case "$lib" in
-              /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so*|/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so*|/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so*|/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so*|/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so*|/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux*|/lib64/ld-linux*)
-                ;; # Skip glibc core — always present
-              *)
-                cp -L "$lib" ${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/lib/ 2>/dev/null || true
-                ;;
-            esac
-          done
-          echo "=== Bundled libs ==="
-          ls ${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/lib/ | wc -l
-          ls ${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/lib/
-
-          # Launcher with LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-          cat > ${PKG}/usr/bin/trianglesd << 'LAUNCHER'
-          #!/bin/bash
-          INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles
-          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${INSTALL_DIR}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
-          exec "${INSTALL_DIR}/trianglesd" "$@"
-          LAUNCHER
-          sed -i 's/^          //' ${PKG}/usr/bin/trianglesd
-          chmod +x ${PKG}/usr/bin/trianglesd
-
-          cat > ${PKG}/etc/systemd/system/trianglesd.service << 'SVC'
-          [Unit]
-          Description=Cryptographic Triangles Daemon
-          After=network-online.target
-          Wants=network-online.target
-
-          [Service]
-          Type=simple
-          Environment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/lib
-          ExecStart=/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/trianglesd
-          Restart=on-failure
-          RestartSec=10
-
-          [Install]
-          WantedBy=multi-user.target
-          SVC
-          sed -i 's/^          //' ${PKG}/etc/systemd/system/trianglesd.service
-
-          cat > ${PKG}/DEBIAN/control << CTRL
-          Package: cryptographic-triangles-daemon
-          Version: ${VERSION}
-          Architecture: amd64
-          Maintainer: Cryptographic Triangles <dev@cryptographic-triangles.org>
-          Description: Cryptographic Triangles daemon with integrated Tor
-           Fully self-contained headless node with all libraries, Tor, and systemd service.
-           No external dependencies required — runs on any x86_64 Linux.
-          Section: finance
-          Priority: optional
-          CTRL
-          sed -i 's/^          //' ${PKG}/DEBIAN/control
-
-          cat > ${PKG}/DEBIAN/postinst << 'POST'
-          #!/bin/bash
-          systemctl daemon-reload
-          echo ""
-          echo "Cryptographic Triangles daemon installed."
-          echo "  Start:     sudo systemctl start trianglesd"
-          echo "  On boot:   sudo systemctl enable trianglesd"
-          echo ""
-          POST
-          chmod +x ${PKG}/DEBIAN/postinst
-
-          dpkg-deb --build ${PKG}
+        run: bash scripts/ci/package-linux-daemon.sh "${VERSION}"
 
       - name: Upload .deb
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 # ── User-facing options ──
 option(BUILD_QT           "Build triangles-qt (Qt5 GUI wallet)"              ON)
 option(BUILD_DAEMON       "Build trianglesd (headless daemon)"               ON)
+option(BUILD_CLI          "Build triangles-cli (JSON-RPC client)"            ON)
 option(BUILD_TESTS        "Build test_triangles (Boost.Test unit tests)"     ON)
 option(USE_UPNP           "Enable UPnP support via miniupnpc"               ON)
 option(USE_IPV6           "Enable IPv6 support"                              ON)
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ message(STATUS "")
 message(STATUS "Triangles ${PROJECT_VERSION} build configuration:")
 message(STATUS "  Build Qt GUI:       ${BUILD_QT}")
 message(STATUS "  Build daemon:       ${BUILD_DAEMON}")
+message(STATUS "  Build CLI:          ${BUILD_CLI}")
 message(STATUS "  Build tests:        ${BUILD_TESTS}")
 message(STATUS "  UPnP:               ${USE_UPNP}")
 message(STATUS "  IPv6:               ${USE_IPV6}")

scripts/ci/package-linux-daemon.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# scripts/ci/package-linux-daemon.sh
+#
+# Linux packaging step for the triangles daemon + CLI .deb.
+# Called from .github/workflows/build-all.yml build-linux-daemon step.
+#
+# Builds a self-contained .deb with trianglesd, triangles-cli, bundled libs,
+# Tor, systemd service, and CLI launchers. Designed to be reproducible and
+# debuggable outside the CI environment.
+#
+# Usage: bash scripts/ci/package-linux-daemon.sh <version>
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+VERSION="${1:-0.0.0}"
+PKG="cryptographic-triangles-daemon_${VERSION}_amd64"
+TOR_VERSION="${TOR_VERSION:-15.0.9}"
+
+echo ">>> Building .deb for triangles ${VERSION}"
+
+# Stage directories
+rm -rf "${PKG}"
+mkdir -p "${PKG}/DEBIAN"
+mkdir -p "${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/lib"
+mkdir -p "${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/tor"
+mkdir -p "${PKG}/usr/bin"
+mkdir -p "${PKG}/etc/systemd/system"
+
+# Download + extract Tor
+TOR_TARBALL="tor-expert-bundle-linux-x86_64-${TOR_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+if [ ! -f "${TOR_TARBALL}" ]; then
+    echo ">>> Downloading Tor ${TOR_VERSION}..."
+    curl -sL "https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/${TOR_VERSION}/${TOR_TARBALL}" -o "${TOR_TARBALL}"
+fi
+mkdir -p tor-extract
+tar -xzf "${TOR_TARBALL}" -C tor-extract
+
+# Copy binaries
+cp "build/bin/trianglesd"    "${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/"
+cp "build/bin/triangles-cli" "${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/"
+
+# Copy Tor
+cp "tor-extract/tor/tor" "${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/tor/"
+chmod +x "${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/tor/tor"
+if [ -d "tor-extract/data" ]; then
+    cp -r "tor-extract/data" "${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/tor/data"
+fi
+
+# Bundle shared library dependencies (skip glibc/kernel — always present)
+echo ">>> Bundling shared library dependencies..."
+ALL_LIBS="$(mktemp)"
+trap 'rm -f "${ALL_LIBS}"' EXIT
+
+for bin in trianglesd triangles-cli; do
+    ldd "build/bin/${bin}" 2>/dev/null \
+        | grep '=> /' \
+        | awk '{print $3}' \
+        >> "${ALL_LIBS}" || true
+done
+
+if [ -s "${ALL_LIBS}" ]; then
+    sort -u "${ALL_LIBS}" | while IFS= read -r lib; do
+        if [ -z "${lib}" ]; then continue; fi
+        case "${lib}" in
+            /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so*|/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so*|/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so*|/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so*|/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so*|/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux*|/lib64/ld-linux*)
+                ;;  # Skip glibc core
+            *)
+                cp -L "${lib}" "${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/lib/" 2>/dev/null || true
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+fi
+
+echo ">>> Bundled libs:"
+ls -la "${PKG}/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/lib/" | tail -n +2 | wc -l
+
+# Launchers (set LD_LIBRARY_PATH for bundled libs)
+cat > "${PKG}/usr/bin/trianglesd" << 'LAUNCHER'
+#!/bin/bash
+INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${INSTALL_DIR}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+exec "${INSTALL_DIR}/trianglesd" "$@"
+LAUNCHER
+chmod +x "${PKG}/usr/bin/trianglesd"
+
+cat > "${PKG}/usr/bin/triangles-cli" << 'LAUNCHER'
+#!/bin/bash
+INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${INSTALL_DIR}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+exec "${INSTALL_DIR}/triangles-cli" "$@"
+LAUNCHER
+chmod +x "${PKG}/usr/bin/triangles-cli"
+
+# systemd unit
+cat > "${PKG}/etc/systemd/system/trianglesd.service" << 'SVC'
+[Unit]
+Description=Cryptographic Triangles Daemon
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+Environment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/lib
+ExecStart=/usr/lib/cryptographic-triangles/trianglesd
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=10
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+SVC
+
+# DEBIAN/control
+cat > "${PKG}/DEBIAN/control" << CTRL
+Package: cryptographic-triangles-daemon
+Version: ${VERSION}
+Architecture: amd64
+Maintainer: Cryptographic Triangles <dev@cryptographic-triangles.org>
+Description: Cryptographic Triangles daemon + CLI with integrated Tor
+ Fully self-contained headless node + JSON-RPC client with all libraries,
+ Tor, and systemd service. No external dependencies required.
+Section: finance
+Priority: optional
+CTRL
+
+# DEBIAN/postinst
+cat > "${PKG}/DEBIAN/postinst" << 'POST'
+#!/bin/bash
+systemctl daemon-reload
+echo ""
+echo "Cryptographic Triangles daemon + CLI installed."
+echo "  Start daemon: sudo systemctl start trianglesd"
+echo "  On boot:      sudo systemctl enable trianglesd"
+echo "  Use CLI:      triangles-cli getinfo"
+echo ""
+POST
+chmod +x "${PKG}/DEBIAN/postinst"
+
+# Build the .deb
+dpkg-deb --build "${PKG}"
+echo ">>> Built: ${PKG}.deb"
+ls -la "${PKG}.deb"
+exit 0

scripts/ci/package-windows-daemon.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# scripts/ci/package-windows-daemon.sh
+#
+# Windows MSYS2 packaging step for the triangles daemon + CLI.
+# Called from .github/workflows/build-all.yml build-windows-daemon step.
+#
+# Why a script file instead of inline YAML:
+# The GitHub Actions msys2 shell wrapper has shown inconsistent handling of
+# multi-line inline run: blocks under `set -e -o pipefail` (silent exits with
+# code 1). A committed script file bypasses the YAML → shell translation
+# quirks and gives us a known-good artifact that we can also run locally in
+# MSYS2 for debugging.
+#
+# Usage: bash scripts/ci/package-windows-daemon.sh <dist-dir> <bin> [<bin> ...]
+# Example: bash scripts/ci/package-windows-daemon.sh daemon-dist trianglesd triangles-cli
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+DIST="${1:-daemon-dist}"
+shift
+BINS=("$@")
+
+if [ "${#BINS[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <dist-dir> <bin> [<bin> ...]" >&2
+    echo "  e.g. $0 daemon-dist trianglesd triangles-cli" >&2
+    exit 2
+fi
+
+echo ">>> Package step: bins=${BINS[*]} dist=${DIST}"
+
+# Make the dist directory
+mkdir -p "${DIST}/tor"
+
+# Copy each binary to dist/
+for bin in "${BINS[@]}"; do
+    src="build/bin/${bin}.exe"
+    if [ ! -f "${src}" ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: ${src} not found" >&2
+        exit 3
+    fi
+    cp "${src}" "${DIST}/"
+    echo "  copied ${src} -> ${DIST}/"
+done
+
+# Copy linked DLLs (union of all binaries' dependencies, deduped)
+echo ">>> Collecting DLLs from ldd output..."
+ALL_DLLS="$(mktemp)"
+trap 'rm -f "${ALL_DLLS}"' EXIT
+
+for bin in "${BINS[@]}"; do
+    src="build/bin/${bin}.exe"
+    ldd "${src}" 2>/dev/null \
+        | grep '/mingw64' \
+        | awk '{print $3}' \
+        >> "${ALL_DLLS}" || true
+done
+
+if [ ! -s "${ALL_DLLS}" ]; then
+    echo "WARNING: no /mingw64 DLLs found in ldd output for ${BINS[*]}" >&2
+else
+    echo ">>> Copying $(sort -u "${ALL_DLLS}" | wc -l) unique DLLs..."
+    sort -u "${ALL_DLLS}" | while IFS= read -r dll; do
+        if [ -n "${dll}" ] && [ -f "${dll}" ]; then
+            cp "${dll}" "${DIST}/" || echo "WARN: failed to copy ${dll}" >&2
+        fi
+    done
+fi
+
+echo ">>> Package complete: $(ls -1 "${DIST}" | wc -l) files in ${DIST}/"
+ls -la "${DIST}/"
+exit 0

src/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -250,6 +250,39 @@ if(BUILD_DAEMON)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+# 4b. JSON-RPC client (triangles-cli)
+#
+# Self-contained: only links univalue + boost::asio + boost::program_options
+# + boost::filesystem + OpenSSL (for base64 / future TLS). Does NOT link
+# triangles_common, wallet, or net — keeps the binary small.
+# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+if(BUILD_CLI)
+    add_executable(triangles-cli
+        triangles-cli.cpp
+    )
+    # No Boost dependency: uses raw POSIX/Winsock sockets for HTTP. Only links
+    # the json_compat header-only shim and the platform's native socket lib
+    # (Winsock ws2_32 on Windows; libc on POSIX). Keeps the binary small and
+    # avoids per-platform Boost linking pain (MSYS2 uses versioned -mt- names;
+    # Homebrew doesn't ship the boost_system CMake config).
+    target_link_libraries(triangles-cli
+        PRIVATE
+            json_compat
+    )
+
+    if(WIN32)
+        set_target_properties(triangles-cli PROPERTIES SUFFIX ".exe")
+        target_link_libraries(triangles-cli PRIVATE ws2_32)
+    endif()
+
+    if(MSVC)
+        set_target_properties(triangles-cli PROPERTIES
+            VS_WINRT_COMPONENT "console"
+        )
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 # 5. Qt5 GUI wallet (triangles-qt)
 # ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

src/triangles-cli.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,616 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2014-2026 The Cryptographic Triangles developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+//
+// triangles-cli — JSON-RPC client for trianglesd.
+//
+// Talks to a running trianglesd over HTTP/1.1 with HTTP Basic auth and
+// JSON-RPC 1.0. Patterned after bitcoin-cli (Bitcoin Core) and dash-cli.
+//
+// Build with -DBUILD_CLI=ON (default ON).
+//
+// Self-contained: does NOT link util.cpp / wallet.cpp / net.cpp / triangles_common.
+// Only links json_compat (nlohmann/json via json_spirit shim) and the platform's
+// native socket library (Winsock on Windows, libc on POSIX). No Boost dependency
+// at all — keeps the binary small and avoids platform-specific link problems
+// with boost::asio / libboost_system (MSYS2 names them with -mt- versioned
+// suffixes; Homebrew doesn't ship the CMake config for the system component).
+//
+// Connection parameters (highest precedence first):
+//   1. Command line flags: -rpcuser/-rpcpassword/-rpcconnect/-rpcport
+//   2. triangles.conf in the data directory (or -conf=<path>)
+//   3. Defaults: 127.0.0.1:19111 mainnet, 19112 testnet; no auth (must be set in conf)
+//
+// Usage:
+//   triangles-cli help                              List commands (delegates to daemon)
+//   triangles-cli help <command>                    Help for one command
+//   triangles-cli getinfo                           Example: summary info
+//   triangles-cli getblockchaininfo                Example: chain state
+//   triangles-cli getbalance                        Example: 0-arg call
+//   triangles-cli getbalance "*" 6                  Example: positional args
+//   triangles-cli sendtoaddress <addr> 1.5 "memo"    Example: mixed types
+//   triangles-cli -getinfo                          Synthesized summary from multiple RPCs
+//   triangles-cli -raw <method> <args...>           Print raw JSON response (no pretty-print)
+//
+// Any command-line arg that parses as a JSON literal (number, bool, null,
+// object, array) is forwarded as that literal; otherwise it is sent as a JSON
+// string. This matches bitcoin-cli semantics.
+
+#define TRIANGLES_CLI_VERSION "1.0.0"
+
+#include "json/json_compat.h"
+
+#include <filesystem>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <map>
+#include <set>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+// Cross-platform socket includes
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  #ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+    #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+  #endif
+  #include <winsock2.h>
+  #include <ws2tcpip.h>
+  #pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")
+  using socket_t = SOCKET;
+  #define TRI_CLI_INVALID_SOCKET INVALID_SOCKET
+  #define TRI_CLI_CLOSE_SOCKET(s) closesocket(s)
+#else
+  #include <sys/types.h>
+  #include <sys/socket.h>
+  #include <netinet/in.h>
+  #include <arpa/inet.h>
+  #include <netdb.h>
+  #include <unistd.h>
+  #include <fcntl.h>
+  #include <errno.h>
+  using socket_t = int;
+  #define TRI_CLI_INVALID_SOCKET (-1)
+  #define TRI_CLI_CLOSE_SOCKET(s) close(s)
+#endif
+
+using namespace std;
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+using namespace json_spirit;
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Minimal arg/config plumbing — self-contained, no util.cpp dep.
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+static map<string, string> mapArgs;
+static map<string, vector<string> > mapMultiArgs;
+
+static string GetArg(const string& key, const string& def = "")
+{
+    auto it = mapArgs.find(key);
+    return (it != mapArgs.end()) ? it->second : def;
+}
+
+static bool GetBoolArg(const string& key, bool def)
+{
+    auto it = mapArgs.find(key);
+    if (it == mapArgs.end()) return def;
+    string v = it->second;
+    if (v.empty()) return true;
+    return (v != "0" && v != "false" && v != "no");
+}
+
+static void ReadConfigFile(const string& path)
+{
+    ifstream f(path);
+    if (!f.good()) return;
+    string line;
+    while (getline(f, line)) {
+        if (!line.empty() && line.back() == '\r') line.pop_back();
+        size_t start = line.find_first_not_of(" \t");
+        if (start == string::npos) continue;
+        if (line[start] == '#') continue;
+        size_t eq = line.find('=', start);
+        if (eq == string::npos) continue;
+        string key   = line.substr(start, eq - start);
+        string value = line.substr(eq + 1);
+        auto trim = [](string& s) {
+            size_t a = s.find_first_not_of(" \t");
+            size_t b = s.find_last_not_of(" \t");
+            if (a == string::npos) { s.clear(); return; }
+            s = s.substr(a, b - a + 1);
+        };
+        trim(key);
+        trim(value);
+        if (value.size() >= 2 &&
+            ((value.front() == '"'  && value.back() == '"') ||
+             (value.front() == '\'' && value.back() == '\''))) {
+            value = value.substr(1, value.size() - 2);
+        }
+        string dashKey = "-" + key;
+        if (mapArgs.count(dashKey) == 0) {
+            mapArgs[dashKey] = value;
+            mapMultiArgs[dashKey].push_back(value);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+static fs::path GetDefaultDataDir()
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    const char* appdata = getenv("APPDATA");
+    if (appdata && *appdata) {
+        return fs::path(appdata) / "CryptographicTriangles";
+    }
+    return fs::path("C:/CryptographicTriangles");
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+    const char* home = getenv("HOME");
+    if (home && *home) {
+        return fs::path(home) / "Library/Application Support/CryptographicTriangles";
+    }
+    return fs::path("/tmp/CryptographicTriangles");
+#else
+    const char* home = getenv("HOME");
+    if (home && *home) {
+        return fs::path(home) / ".cryptographic-triangles";
+    }
+    return fs::path("/tmp/CryptographicTriangles");
+#endif
+}
+
+static fs::path GetConfigFilePath()
+{
+    fs::path confPath = GetArg("-conf", "triangles.conf");
+    if (confPath.is_absolute()) return confPath;
+    fs::path datadir = GetArg("-datadir", "");
+    if (datadir.empty()) datadir = GetDefaultDataDir().string();
+    return fs::path(datadir) / confPath;
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Command-line parsing
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+static void ParseCommandLine(int argc, char* const argv[])
+{
+    mapArgs.clear();
+    mapMultiArgs.clear();
+    for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
+        string str(argv[i]);
+        if (str == "-") {
+            mapMultiArgs["-"].push_back("-");
+            continue;
+        }
+        string strKey, strVal;
+        size_t idx = str.find('=');
+        if (idx == string::npos) {
+            strKey = "-" + str;
+            strVal = "1";
+        } else {
+            strKey = "-" + str.substr(0, idx);
+            strVal = str.substr(idx + 1);
+        }
+        mapArgs[strKey] = strVal;
+        mapMultiArgs[strKey].push_back(strVal);
+    }
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// RPC connection parameters
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+struct RPCConn {
+    string host = "127.0.0.1";
+    string port = "19111";
+    string user;
+    string pass;
+};
+
+static int AppInitRPCConn(RPCConn& conn)
+{
+    fs::path confPath = GetConfigFilePath();
+    if (!confPath.empty()) ReadConfigFile(confPath.string());
+
+    bool fTestNet = GetBoolArg("-testnet", false);
+    conn.port = GetArg("-rpcport", fTestNet ? "19112" : "19111");
+    conn.host = GetArg("-rpcconnect", "127.0.0.1");
+    conn.user = GetArg("-rpcuser", "");
+    conn.pass = GetArg("-rpcpassword", "");
+
+    if (conn.user.empty() || conn.pass.empty()) {
+        cerr << "triangles-cli: missing RPC credentials. Set rpcuser/rpcpassword in triangles.conf\n"
+             << "              or pass -rpcuser=<user> -rpcpassword=<pw> on the command line.\n"
+             << "              (RPC config file: " << confPath.string() << ")\n";
+        return 1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// JSON-RPC param conversion
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+static Value ParseCLIParam(const string& arg)
+{
+    if (arg.empty()) {
+        return Value(string(""));
+    }
+    Value v;
+    if (read_string(arg, v) && v.type() != str_type) {
+        return v;
+    }
+    return Value(arg);
+}
+
+static void ParseCommandLineRPCParams(int argc, char* const argv[],
+                                      Value& method, Array& params)
+{
+    method = Value(string(""));
+    params.clear();
+    int i = 1;
+    static const set<string> valFlags = {
+        "-conf", "-datadir", "-rpcconnect", "-rpcport",
+        "-rpcuser", "-rpcpassword"
+    };
+    while (i < argc) {
+        string arg(argv[i]);
+        if (arg == "-" || arg.size() < 2 || arg[0] != '-') break;
+        if (valFlags.count(arg) && i + 1 < argc &&
+            string(argv[i+1]).substr(0,1) != "-") {
+            i += 2;
+        } else {
+            ++i;
+        }
+    }
+    if (i >= argc) {
+        method = Value(string("help"));
+        return;
+    }
+    method = Value(string(argv[i]));
+    ++i;
+    while (i < argc) {
+        string arg(argv[i]);
+        if (arg == "-") {
+            string line;
+            while (getline(cin, line)) {
+                if (!line.empty() && line.back() == '\r') line.pop_back();
+                params.push_back(ParseCLIParam(line));
+            }
+        } else {
+            params.push_back(ParseCLIParam(arg));
+        }
+        ++i;
+    }
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Base64 (RFC 4648) — for HTTP Basic auth
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+static const char b64_table[] =
+    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
+
+static string Base64Encode(const string& in)
+{
+    string out;
+    out.reserve(((in.size() + 2) / 3) * 4);
+    int val = 0, valb = -6;
+    for (unsigned char c : in) {
+        val = (val << 8) + c;
+        valb += 8;
+        while (valb >= 0) {
+            out.push_back(b64_table[(val >> valb) & 0x3F]);
+            valb -= 6;
+        }
+    }
+    if (valb > -6) out.push_back(b64_table[((val << 8) >> (valb + 8)) & 0x3F]);
+    while (out.size() % 4) out.push_back('=');
+    return out;
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// HTTP/1.1 JSON-RPC POST (plaintext) — using raw sockets (no Boost)
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+namespace {
+
+class SocketInit {
+public:
+    SocketInit() {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        WSADATA wsa;
+        WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsa);
+#endif
+    }
+    ~SocketInit() {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        WSACleanup();
+#endif
+    }
+};
+
+inline void close_socket(socket_t s) {
+    TRI_CLI_CLOSE_SOCKET(s);
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+static int CallRPC(const RPCConn& conn, const string& strMethod,
+                   const Array& params, Value& result)
+{
+    SocketInit sockInit;
+
+    Object req;
+    req.push_back(Pair("jsonrpc", Value(string("1.0"))));
+    req.push_back(Pair("id",      Value(string("triangles-cli"))));
+    req.push_back(Pair("method",  Value(strMethod)));
+    req.push_back(Pair("params",  Value(params)));
+    string strRequest = write_string(Value(req), false) + "\n";
+
+    string strAuth = Base64Encode(conn.user + ":" + conn.pass);
+
+    // Resolve host:port via getaddrinfo
+    struct addrinfo hints;
+    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
+    hints.ai_family   = AF_UNSPEC;
+    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+    hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
+
+    struct addrinfo* addrRes = nullptr;
+    int rc = getaddrinfo(conn.host.c_str(), conn.port.c_str(), &hints, &addrRes);
+    if (rc != 0 || addrRes == nullptr) {
+        cerr << "triangles-cli: resolve " << conn.host << ":" << conn.port
+             << " failed: " << gai_strerror(rc) << "\n";
+        if (addrRes) freeaddrinfo(addrRes);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // Try each resolved address until one connects
+    socket_t sock = TRI_CLI_INVALID_SOCKET;
+    for (struct addrinfo* ai = addrRes; ai != nullptr; ai = ai->ai_next) {
+        sock = ::socket(ai->ai_family, ai->ai_socktype, ai->ai_protocol);
+        if (sock == TRI_CLI_INVALID_SOCKET) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (::connect(sock, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen) == 0) {
+            break;  // connected
+        }
+        close_socket(sock);
+        sock = TRI_CLI_INVALID_SOCKET;
+    }
+    freeaddrinfo(addrRes);
+    if (sock == TRI_CLI_INVALID_SOCKET) {
+        cerr << "triangles-cli: connect to " << conn.host << ":" << conn.port
+             << " failed\n"
+             << "(is trianglesd running and accepting JSON-RPC?)\n";
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // Build HTTP/1.1 request
+    string reqData =
+        "POST / HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+        "Host: " + conn.host + ":" + conn.port + "\r\n"
+        "Authorization: Basic " + strAuth + "\r\n"
+        "Content-Type: application/json\r\n"
+        "Content-Length: " + to_string(strRequest.size()) + "\r\n"
+        "Connection: close\r\n"
+        "\r\n" + strRequest;
+
+    // Send
+    size_t totalSent = 0;
+    while (totalSent < reqData.size()) {
+        ssize_t n = ::send(sock, reqData.data() + totalSent,
+                           reqData.size() - totalSent, 0);
+        if (n <= 0) {
+            cerr << "triangles-cli: write failed\n";
+            close_socket(sock);
+            return 1;
+        }
+        totalSent += static_cast<size_t>(n);
+    }
+
+    // Read full response (until EOF)
+    string respData;
+    char buf[4096];
+    while (true) {
+        ssize_t n = ::recv(sock, buf, sizeof(buf), 0);
+        if (n > 0) {
+            respData.append(buf, static_cast<size_t>(n));
+        } else if (n == 0) {
+            break;  // EOF
+        } else {
+            // Error
+#ifdef _WIN32
+            int err = WSAGetLastError();
+            if (err == WSAECONNRESET || err == WSAECONNABORTED) {
+                // Treat as EOF
+                break;
+            }
+#else
+            if (errno == EINTR) continue;  // interrupted, retry
+            if (errno == ECONNRESET) break;  // peer closed
+#endif
+            cerr << "triangles-cli: read failed\n";
+            close_socket(sock);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    close_socket(sock);
+
+    // Parse status line
+    size_t hdrEnd = respData.find("\r\n\r\n");
+    if (hdrEnd == string::npos) {
+        cerr << "triangles-cli: malformed response (no header terminator)\n";
+        return 1;
+    }
+    string statusLine = respData.substr(0, respData.find("\r\n"));
+    int status = 0;
+    {
+        istringstream iss(statusLine);
+        string httpVer;
+        iss >> httpVer >> status;
+    }
+    if (status != 200) {
+        cerr << "triangles-cli: server returned HTTP " << status << "\n";
+        string body = respData.substr(hdrEnd + 4);
+        if (!body.empty()) cerr << body << "\n";
+        return 1;
+    }
+    string body = respData.substr(hdrEnd + 4);
+
+    Value reply;
+    if (!read_string(body, reply)) {
+        cerr << "triangles-cli: could not parse JSON response:\n" << body << "\n";
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (reply.type() != obj_type) {
+        cerr << "triangles-cli: unexpected response (not an object):\n"
+             << write_string(reply, true) << "\n";
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    Object replyObj = reply.get_obj();
+    const Value& err = find_value(replyObj, "error");
+    if (err.type() != null_type) {
+        cerr << "RPC error: " << write_string(err, false) << "\n";
+        return 1;
+    }
+    const Value& res = find_value(replyObj, "result");
+    result = res;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// triangles-cli -getinfo — synthesize a friendly summary from a few RPC calls
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+static int Getinfo(const RPCConn& conn, bool fPretty)
+{
+    Object info;
+    Value r;
+    Array emptyParams;
+
+    if (CallRPC(conn, "getnetworkinfo", emptyParams, r) == 0) {
+        info.push_back(Pair("network", r));
+    }
+    if (CallRPC(conn, "getblockchaininfo", emptyParams, r) == 0) {
+        Object chain = r.get_obj();
+        info.push_back(Pair("blockchain", r));
+        info.push_back(Pair("blocks",          find_value(chain, "blocks")));
+        info.push_back(Pair("headers",         find_value(chain, "headers")));
+        info.push_back(Pair("bestblockhash",   find_value(chain, "bestblockhash")));
+        info.push_back(Pair("difficulty",      find_value(chain, "difficulty")));
+        info.push_back(Pair("verificationprogress",
+                                                find_value(chain, "verificationprogress")));
+        info.push_back(Pair("chain",           find_value(chain, "chain")));
+    }
+    if (CallRPC(conn, "getwalletinfo", emptyParams, r) == 0) {
+        Object wal = r.get_obj();
+        info.push_back(Pair("wallet",  r));
+        info.push_back(Pair("balance", find_value(wal, "balance")));
+    }
+    Object connObj;
+    connObj.push_back(Pair("rpcconnect", Value(conn.host)));
+    connObj.push_back(Pair("rpcport",    Value(conn.port)));
+    info.push_back(Pair("connection", Value(connObj)));
+    cout << write_string(Value(info), fPretty) << "\n";
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Help / version
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+static int CommandLineHelp(ostream& out)
+{
+    out << "Usage: triangles-cli [options] <command> [params]\n"
+        << "\n"
+        << "  triangles-cli [options] help                List commands (delegates to daemon)\n"
+        << "  triangles-cli [options] help <command>      Help for one command (delegates to daemon)\n"
+        << "  triangles-cli -getinfo                      Show summary info from the daemon\n"
+        << "\n"
+        << "Options:\n"
+        << "  -conf=<file>       Specify configuration file (default: triangles.conf)\n"
+        << "  -datadir=<dir>     Specify data directory\n"
+        << "  -testnet           Use testnet (RPC port 19112)\n"
+        << "  -rpcconnect=<ip>   Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1)\n"
+        << "  -rpcport=<port>    Connect to JSON-RPC on <port> (default: 19111 or testnet: 19112)\n"
+        << "  -rpcuser=<user>    Username for JSON-RPC connections\n"
+        << "  -rpcpassword=<pw>  Password for JSON-RPC connections\n"
+        << "  -stdin             Read extra params from standard input, one per line\n"
+        << "  -raw               Print raw JSON response (no pretty-printing)\n"
+        << "  -version           Print version and exit\n"
+        << "\n"
+        << "Examples:\n"
+        << "  triangles-cli getinfo\n"
+        << "  triangles-cli getblockchaininfo\n"
+        << "  triangles-cli getbalance\n"
+        << "  triangles-cli getbalance \"*\" 6\n"
+        << "  triangles-cli sendtoaddress <address> <amount> [comment]\n"
+        << "  triangles-cli -getinfo\n"
+        << "\n";
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int CommandLineVersion()
+{
+    cout << "triangles-cli version " << TRIANGLES_CLI_VERSION
+         << " (Cryptographic Triangles RPC client)\n";
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// main
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+    ParseCommandLine(argc, argv);
+
+    if (argc < 2 || GetArg("-?", "") == "1" || GetArg("-h", "") == "1" ||
+        GetArg("--help", "") == "1") {
+        CommandLineHelp(cerr);
+        return argc < 2 ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+    if (!GetArg("-version", "").empty() || !GetArg("--version", "").empty()) {
+        CommandLineVersion();
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    RPCConn conn;
+    if (AppInitRPCConn(conn) != 0) return 1;
+
+    Value method;
+    Array params;
+    ParseCommandLineRPCParams(argc, argv, method, params);
+    string strMethod = method.get_str();
+
+    if (strMethod == "help" || strMethod == "-help") {
+        if (params.empty()) {
+            CommandLineHelp(cout);
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!GetArg("-getinfo", "").empty()) {
+        return Getinfo(conn, /*fPretty=*/true);
+    }
+
+    bool fPretty = GetArg("-raw", "").empty();
+
+    Value result;
+    int nRet = CallRPC(conn, strMethod, params, result);
+    if (nRet == 0) {
+        cout << write_string(result, fPretty) << "\n";
+    }
+    return nRet;
+}