feat(sandbox): VM library — pointer catalog + local build via /sbx vmlib

Add an installable-VM catalog that ships pointers only (no multi-GB images
in the repo). When a VM is chosen it is BUILT LOCALLY on the caller's own
machine — nothing is relayed to the room.

- scripts/vbox-library.json: 7-entry manifest (Windows 11, macOS Sonoma,
  Kali, Parrot, Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 41, Debian 12) with download
  pointers, ostype, cpu/mem/disk, and build kind.
- scripts/vbox-library.sh: --list / --info / --plan / --install. Build
  kinds: iso (download/--iso + createvm + boot installer; EFI+TPM for
  Win11), cloudimg (delegate to vbox-new.sh, unattended), ova (import),
  manual (pointer-only, e.g. macOS per Apple licensing). Detect-first:
  --plan changes nothing, install refuses to clobber and rolls back
  half-built VMs, direct URLs fall back to the page + --iso <path>.
- sbx.rs: vbox_library()/library_vm()/vbox_library_install() loaders +
  running_vms() for live-state markers.
- app.rs: /sbx vmlib (catalog ✓installed/↓available), /sbx vmlib <id>
  (pointer/notes), /sbx vmlib <id> install [--iso path] (local build);
  /sbx vms now flags running VMs (▶). Registered in SBX_SUBCOMMANDS +
  usage.
- ui.rs: help entry for the VM library.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

hh/src/app.rs

@@ -2291,15 +2291,23 @@ fn handle_command(
                             "VirtualBox isn't installed — install it with `/sbx gui <vm> --install`, or run ./scripts/ensure-vbox.sh".to_string()
                         })?;
                         let vms = sbx::list_vms().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
-                        Ok::<_, String>((ver, vms))
+                        let running = sbx::running_vms();
+                        Ok::<_, String>((ver, vms, running))
                     })
                     .await;
                     let _ = match res {
-                        Ok(Ok((ver, v))) if !v.is_empty() => tx.send(Net::Sys(format!(
+                        Ok(Ok((ver, v, running))) if !v.is_empty() => tx.send(Net::Sys(format!(
                             "VirtualBox {ver} detected · VMs: {}",
-                            v.join(", ")
+                            v.iter()
+                                .map(|n| if running.iter().any(|r| r == n) {
+                                    format!("{n} ▶")
+                                } else {
+                                    n.clone()
+                                })
+                                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                                .join(", ")
                         ))),
-                        Ok(Ok((ver, _))) => tx.send(Net::Sys(format!(
+                        Ok(Ok((ver, _, _))) => tx.send(Net::Sys(format!(
                             "VirtualBox {ver} detected · no VMs registered"
                         ))),
                         Ok(Err(e)) => tx.send(Net::Err(e)),
@@ -2401,6 +2409,102 @@ fn handle_command(
                     }
                 }
             }
+            Some("vmlib") => {
+                // VM library: a catalog of pointers to installable VMs (no
+                // images are bundled). Bare `/sbx vmlib` lists the catalog
+                // marking which are already installed locally; `/sbx vmlib <id>`
+                // shows the pointer/notes; `/sbx vmlib <id> install [--iso path]`
+                // builds the chosen VM locally on the caller's own machine.
+                let args: Vec<&str> = p.collect();
+                let iso = args
+                    .iter()
+                    .position(|a| *a == "--iso")
+                    .and_then(|i| args.get(i + 1).copied())
+                    .map(str::to_string);
+                let mut pos = args.iter().copied().filter(|a| !a.starts_with('-'));
+                match pos.next() {
+                    None => {
+                        // Catalog listing
+                        let tx = app_tx.clone();
+                        tokio::spawn(async move {
+                            let res =
+                                tokio::task::spawn_blocking(sbx::vbox_library).await;
+                            let _ = match res {
+                                Ok(Ok(vms)) => {
+                                    let body = vms
+                                        .iter()
+                                        .map(|v| {
+                                            let mark = if v.installed { "✓" } else { "↓" };
+                                            format!("{mark} {} — {} ({})", v.id, v.name, v.os)
+                                        })
+                                        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                                        .join("\n");
+                                    tx.send(Net::Sys(format!(
+                                        "VM library (✓ installed · ↓ available) — `/sbx vmlib <id>` for details, `/sbx vmlib <id> install` to build locally:\n{body}"
+                                    )))
+                                }
+                                Ok(Err(e)) => tx.send(Net::Err(format!("vmlib: {e}"))),
+                                Err(e) => tx.send(Net::Err(format!("vmlib task: {e}"))),
+                            };
+                        });
+                    }
+                    Some(id) => {
+                        let id = id.to_string();
+                        let action = pos.next();
+                        if matches!(action, Some("install")) {
+                            app.sys(format!(
+                                "building VM '{id}' locally{}… (this downloads + provisions on your own machine; watch for a VirtualBox window)",
+                                iso.as_deref().map(|p| format!(" from {p}")).unwrap_or_default()
+                            ));
+                            let (tx, iso) = (app_tx.clone(), iso.clone());
+                            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                                let res = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+                                    sbx::vbox_library_install(&id, iso)
+                                })
+                                .await;
+                                let _ = match res {
+                                    Ok(Ok(desc)) => tx.send(Net::Sys(format!("⛧ {desc}"))),
+                                    Ok(Err(e)) => tx.send(Net::Err(format!("vmlib install failed: {e}"))),
+                                    Err(e) => tx.send(Net::Err(format!("vmlib install task: {e}"))),
+                                };
+                            });
+                        } else {
+                            // Info / pointer for one entry
+                            let tx = app_tx.clone();
+                            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                                let res = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+                                    sbx::library_vm(&id).ok_or(id)
+                                })
+                                .await;
+                                let _ = match res {
+                                    Ok(Ok(v)) => {
+                                        let state = if v.installed {
+                                            "already installed".to_string()
+                                        } else {
+                                            "available — `/sbx vmlib <id> install` to build locally".to_string()
+                                        };
+                                        let mut body = format!(
+                                            "{} ({}) · {} · {}\n{}",
+                                            v.name, v.id, v.os, v.size, state
+                                        );
+                                        if !v.notes.is_empty() {
+                                            body.push_str(&format!("\n{}", v.notes));
+                                        }
+                                        if !v.page.is_empty() {
+                                            body.push_str(&format!("\nsource: {}", v.page));
+                                        }
+                                        tx.send(Net::Sys(body))
+                                    }
+                                    Ok(Err(bad)) => tx.send(Net::Err(format!(
+                                        "no VM library entry '{bad}' — `/sbx vmlib` lists the catalog"
+                                    ))),
+                                    Err(e) => tx.send(Net::Err(format!("vmlib task: {e}"))),
+                                };
+                            });
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             Some("gui") => {
                 // Convenience alias for `/sbx vbox gui <vm> [yes]` — opens a
                 // local VirtualBox VM's GUI on your own machine. Bare `/sbx gui`
@@ -2416,7 +2520,7 @@ fn handle_command(
                 }
             }
             other => {
-                let usage = "usage: /sbx <type> <option> — /sbx docker|podman|multipass|local [image] · /sbx vbox [gui] <vm> [yes] (host opens directly; non-host appends yes) · /sbx vbox new [name] (fresh VM) · vms · stop · save [label] [--local] · load <label> · snaps · vmsave <vm> [label] [--local] · vmload <vm> [label] · vmsnaps <vm>";
+                let usage = "usage: /sbx <type> <option> — /sbx docker|podman|multipass|local [image] · /sbx vbox [gui] <vm> [yes] (host opens directly; non-host appends yes) · /sbx vbox new [name] (fresh VM) · vmlib [<id> [install [--iso path]]] (VM library — build locally) · vms · stop · save [label] [--local] · load <label> · snaps · vmsave <vm> [label] [--local] · vmload <vm> [label] · vmsnaps <vm>";
                 // Bare `/sbx` → usage. An unrecognised subcommand → suggest the
                 // closest documented one before the usage line.
                 match other.and_then(|bad| closest(bad, SBX_SUBCOMMANDS).map(|s| (bad, s))) {
@@ -2686,7 +2790,7 @@ const KNOWN_COMMANDS: &[&str] = &[
 /// omitted so suggestions point at the documented form.
 const SBX_SUBCOMMANDS: &[&str] = &[
     "docker", "podman", "multipass", "local", "vbox", "stop", "save", "load", "snaps", "vms",
-    "vmsave", "vmload", "vmsnaps",
+    "vmsave", "vmload", "vmsnaps", "vmlib",
 ];
 
 /// Classic Levenshtein edit distance (insert/delete/substitute, each cost 1).

hh/src/sbx.rs

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ const SBX_BOOTSTRAP: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/scripts/sandbo
 const SBX_TOOLS_JSON: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/scripts/sandbox-tools.json");
 /// Creates a fresh, cloud-init-provisioned Ubuntu VirtualBox VM (hh/scripts/).
 const VBOX_NEW: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/scripts/vbox-new.sh");
+/// Browse + locally-build VMs from the curated library (hh/scripts/).
+const VBOX_LIBRARY_SH: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/scripts/vbox-library.sh");
+/// The library manifest: pointers (URLs/pages) to VMs, never the images. The
+/// loader cross-references `list_vms` to mark which are already built locally.
+const VBOX_LIBRARY_JSON: &str = concat!(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"), "/scripts/vbox-library.json");
 
 /// Is the `docker` binary installed? (`docker --version` succeeds.) This is a
 /// weaker check than `docker_daemon_up`: the CLI can be present while the daemon
@@ -379,6 +384,121 @@ pub fn vbox_new(name: &str, user: &str) -> Result<String> {
     })
 }
 
+/// Names of VMs that are currently running (`VBoxManage list runningvms`), so the
+/// `/sbx vms` listing can flag which of the registered VMs are live.
+pub fn running_vms() -> Vec<String> {
+    Command::new("VBoxManage")
+        .args(["list", "runningvms"])
+        .output()
+        .map(|o| {
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout)
+                .lines()
+                .filter_map(|l| {
+                    let start = l.find('"')? + 1;
+                    let end = l[start..].find('"')? + start;
+                    Some(l[start..end].to_string())
+                })
+                .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                .collect()
+        })
+        .unwrap_or_default()
+}
+
+// ---- VM library (curated pointers; built locally on demand) -----------------
+//
+// The repo ships scripts/vbox-library.json — POINTERS only (download URLs/pages),
+// never the multi-GB images. Choosing a VM builds it on the caller's own machine
+// via scripts/vbox-library.sh. Here we parse the manifest for listing/info; the
+// heavy build is shelled out to the script (which already handles download +
+// VBoxManage create/import + boot, with rollback).
+
+/// One curated VM as declared in the manifest. Only the fields we surface in the
+/// TUI are deserialized; the rest of the JSON (specs, firmware, etc.) is consumed
+/// by the build script.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
+pub struct LibraryVm {
+    pub id: String,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub os: String,
+    pub size: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub page: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub notes: String,
+    /// Filled in by `vbox_library()` (not in the JSON): is a VM of this name
+    /// already registered in VirtualBox on this machine?
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub installed: bool,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+struct LibraryManifest {
+    vms: Vec<LibraryVm>,
+}
+
+/// Parse the VM library manifest, marking each entry `installed` if a VM of that
+/// display name is already registered locally (`list_vms`). The catalog is the
+/// same for everyone; `installed` is per-machine, so this works identically for a
+/// host or any room member — VirtualBox VMs are always local to the caller.
+pub fn vbox_library() -> Result<Vec<LibraryVm>> {
+    let text = std::fs::read_to_string(VBOX_LIBRARY_JSON)
+        .with_context(|| format!("reading VM library manifest ({VBOX_LIBRARY_JSON})"))?;
+    let manifest: LibraryManifest =
+        serde_json::from_str(&text).context("parsing vbox-library.json")?;
+    let have = list_vms().unwrap_or_default();
+    Ok(manifest
+        .vms
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|mut v| {
+            v.installed = have.iter().any(|n| n == &v.name);
+            v
+        })
+        .collect())
+}
+
+/// Look up a single library entry by its id (with `installed` resolved).
+pub fn library_vm(id: &str) -> Option<LibraryVm> {
+    vbox_library().ok()?.into_iter().find(|v| v.id == id)
+}
+
+/// Build a library VM locally by driving scripts/vbox-library.sh `--install`.
+/// Blocking and potentially slow (large download); run off the UI thread. No
+/// sudo is needed — VBoxManage create/import run as the user. `iso` supplies a
+/// locally-downloaded installer for entries with no auto-download (e.g. Windows).
+/// Returns the script's final status line(s).
+pub fn vbox_library_install(id: &str, iso: Option<String>) -> Result<String> {
+    let mut cmd = Command::new("bash");
+    cmd.arg(VBOX_LIBRARY_SH).args(["--install", id, "--yes"]);
+    if let Some(path) = iso.as_deref() {
+        cmd.args(["--iso", path]);
+    }
+    let out = cmd
+        .output()
+        .context("running vbox-library.sh (is bash available?)")?;
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr);
+    if !out.status.success() {
+        // The script narrates on stderr and ends with a ✖ reason / pointer.
+        let reason = stderr
+            .lines()
+            .rev()
+            .find(|l| !l.trim().is_empty())
+            .unwrap_or("build failed")
+            .trim();
+        anyhow::bail!("{reason}");
+    }
+    // Surface the final ✓/ⓘ status line.
+    let last = stderr
+        .lines()
+        .rev()
+        .find(|l| {
+            let t = l.trim_start();
+            t.starts_with('✓') || t.starts_with('ⓘ')
+        })
+        .unwrap_or("done")
+        .trim();
+    Ok(last.to_string())
+}
+
 /// A running hypervisor that holds the CPU's VT-x/VMX root mode. While one is
 /// live, VirtualBox can't boot a *hardware* VM (it aborts with
 /// `VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE`). We only mark holders we know how to stop

hh/src/ui.rs

@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ fn help_clusters(theme: &Theme) -> Vec<HelpCluster> {
                     "/sbx vbox new [name]",
                     "build a FRESH Ubuntu VM from a cloud image (cloud-init installs the dev toolchain)",
                 ),
+                kv(
+                    "/sbx vmlib [<id> [install]]",
+                    "VM library — catalog of installable VMs (Win11, macOS, Kali…); <id> install builds it LOCALLY on your machine (pointers only, no images bundled)",
+                ),
                 kv(
                     "/sbx vbox [gui] <vm> [yes]",
                     "boot a VirtualBox VM's GUI on YOUR machine (non-host appends yes to install/import first)",