diff --git a/modules/desktop/electron/electron.ts b/modules/desktop/electron/electron.ts
index 90d1251..a73c68c 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/electron/electron.ts
+++ b/modules/desktop/electron/electron.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import initializePushNotification, {
   syncPackageTopicSubscriptions
 } from "./libs/push-notification";
 
-import init, { initializeTeaCli } from "./libs/initialize";
+import init from "./libs/initialize";
 import { readSessionData } from "./libs/auth";
 
 import { isDev } from "./libs/auto-updater";
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ if (app.isPackaged) {
     }
   });
   Sentry.configureScope(async (scope) => {
-    const [session, cliVersion] = await Promise.all([readSessionData(), initializeTeaCli()]);
+    const session = await readSessionData();
     scope.setUser({
       id: session.device_id, // device_id this should exist in our pg db: developer_id is to many device_id
-      username: session?.user?.login || "", // github username or handler
-      tea: cliVersion
+      username: session?.user?.login || "" // github username or handler
     });
   });
   setSentryLogging(Sentry);
diff --git a/modules/desktop/electron/libs/cli.ts b/modules/desktop/electron/libs/cli.ts
index cdea472..5f7da28 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/electron/libs/cli.ts
+++ b/modules/desktop/electron/libs/cli.ts
@@ -1,139 +1,76 @@
-import { spawn, exec } from "child_process";
-import { getGuiPath, getTeaPath } from "./tea-dir";
+import { spawn } from "child_process";
+import { getGuiPath } from "./tea-dir";
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
-import { initializeTeaCli } from "./initialize";
+import { hooks } from "@teaxyz/lib";
 
-import { app } from "electron";
 import log from "./logger";
 import { MainWindowNotifier } from "./types";
-
-// Be careful with globbing when passing this to a shell which might expand it.  Either escape it or quote it.
-export const cliBinPath = path.join(getTeaPath(), "tea.xyz/v*/bin/tea");
+import { Installation, Package, porcelain } from "@teaxyz/lib";
+import type { Resolution } from "@teaxyz/lib/script/src/plumbing/resolve";
 
 export async function installPackage(
   full_name: string,
   version: string,
   notifyMainWindow: MainWindowNotifier
 ) {
-  const teaVersion = await initializeTeaCli();
-  const progressNotifier = newInstallProgressNotifier(full_name, notifyMainWindow);
-
-  if (!teaVersion) throw new Error("no tea");
+  const notifier = newInstallProgressNotifier(full_name, notifyMainWindow);
 
   const qualifedPackage = `${full_name}@${version}`;
-
   log.info(`installing package ${qualifedPackage}`);
-
-  let stdout = "";
-  let stderr = "";
-
-  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    // tea requires HOME to be set.
-    const opts = { env: { HOME: app.getPath("home"), NO_COLOR: "1" } };
-
-    const child = spawn(
-      cliBinPath,
-      ["--env=false", "--sync", "--json", `+${qualifedPackage}`],
-      opts
-    );
-
-    child.stdout.on("data", (data) => {
-      stdout += data.toString().trim();
-    });
-
-    child.stderr.on("data", (data) => {
-      try {
-        data
-          .toString()
-          .split("\n")
-          .map((s: string) => s.trim())
-          .filter((s: string) => s.length > 0)
-          .forEach((line) => {
-            try {
-              const msg = JSON.parse(line.trim());
-              progressNotifier(msg);
-            } catch (err) {
-              log.error("handling cli notification line", line, err);
-            }
-          });
-
-        stderr += data.toString();
-      } catch (err) {
-        log.error("error processing cli data", data.toString(), err);
-      }
-    });
-
-    child.on("exit", (code) => {
-      log.info("cli exited with code:", code);
-      log.info("cli stdout:", stdout);
-      if (code !== 0) {
-        log.info("cli stderr:", stderr);
-        reject(new Error("tea exited with non-zero code: " + code));
-      } else {
-        resolve(null);
-      }
-    });
-
-    child.on("error", () => {
-      reject(new Error(stderr));
-    });
-  });
+  const result = await porcelain.install(qualifedPackage, notifier);
+  console.log(`successfully installed ${qualifedPackage}`, result);
 }
 
-// This is hacky and kind of complex because of the output we get from the CLI.  When the CLI
-// gives better output this definitely should get looked at.
 function newInstallProgressNotifier(full_name: string, notifyMainWindow: MainWindowNotifier) {
-  // the install progress is super spammy, only send every 10th update
-  let counter = 0;
-
   // the totall number of packages to install - this is set by the "resolved" message
   let numberOfPackages = 1;
 
   // the current package number - this is incremented by the "installed" or "downloaded" message
   let currentPackageNumber = 0;
 
-  return function (msg: any) {
-    if (msg.status !== "downloading" && msg.status !== "installing") {
-      log.info("cli:", msg);
-    }
-
-    if (msg.status === "resolved") {
-      numberOfPackages = msg.pkgs?.length ?? 1;
-      log.info(`installing ${numberOfPackages} packages`);
-    } else if (msg.status === "downloading") {
-      counter++;
-      if (counter % 10 !== 0) return;
-
-      const { received = 0, "content-size": contentSize = 0 } = msg;
-      if (contentSize > 0) {
-        // how many total pacakges are completed
-        const overallProgress = (currentPackageNumber / numberOfPackages) * 100;
-        // how much of the current package is completed
-        const packageProgress = (received / contentSize) * 100;
-        // progress is the total packages completed plus the percentage of the current package
-        const progress = overallProgress + packageProgress / numberOfPackages;
-        notifyMainWindow("install-progress", { full_name, progress });
+  return {
+    resolved: ({ pending }: Resolution) => {
+      numberOfPackages = pending.length ?? 1;
+      log.info(`resolved ${numberOfPackages} packages to install`);
+    },
+    installing: ({ pkg, progress }: { pkg: Package; progress: number | undefined }) => {
+      log.info(`installing ${pkg.project}@${pkg.version} - ${progress}`);
+      if (progress && progress > 0) {
+        // how many total packages are completed
+        const completedProgress = (currentPackageNumber / numberOfPackages) * 100;
+        // overallProgress is the total packages completed plus the percentage of the current package
+        const overallProgress = completedProgress + (progress / numberOfPackages) * 100;
+        notifyMainWindow("install-progress", { full_name, progress: overallProgress });
       }
-    } else if (msg.status === "installed") {
+    },
+    installed: (installation: Installation) => {
+      log.info("installed", installation);
+      const { project, version } = installation.pkg;
+
       currentPackageNumber++;
       const progress = (currentPackageNumber / numberOfPackages) * 100;
       notifyMainWindow("install-progress", { full_name, progress });
-      notifyPackageInstalled(msg.pkg, notifyMainWindow);
+      notifyMainWindow("pkg-installed", { full_name: project, version: version.toString() });
     }
   };
 }
 
-const notifyPackageInstalled = (rawPkg: string, notifyMainWindow: MainWindowNotifier) => {
-  try {
-    const [full_name, version] = rawPkg.split("=");
-    notifyMainWindow("pkg-installed", { full_name, version });
-  } catch (err) {
-    log.error("failed to notify package installed", err);
+// the tea cli package is needed to open any other package in the terminal, so make sure it's installed and return the path
+async function installTeaCli() {
+  const installations = await porcelain.install("tea.xyz");
+  const teaPkg = installations.find((i) => i.pkg.project === "tea.xyz");
+  if (!teaPkg) {
+    throw new Error("could not find or install tea cli!");
   }
-};
+
+  return teaPkg.path.join("bin/tea");
+}
 
 export async function openPackageEntrypointInTerminal(pkg: string) {
+  const cliBinPath = await installTeaCli();
+  log.info(`opening package ${pkg} with tea cli at ${cliBinPath}`);
+
   let sh = `"${cliBinPath}" --sync --env=false +${pkg} `;
   switch (pkg) {
     case "github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui":
@@ -194,24 +131,8 @@ const createCommandScriptFile = async (cmd: string): Promise<string> => {
   return tmpFilePath;
 };
 
-export async function asyncExec(cmd: string): Promise<string> {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    exec(cmd, (err, stdout) => {
-      if (err) {
-        console.log("err:", err);
-        reject(err);
-        return;
-      }
-      console.log("stdout:", stdout);
-      resolve(stdout);
-    });
-  });
-}
-
 export async function syncPantry() {
-  const teaVersion = await initializeTeaCli();
-
-  if (!teaVersion) throw new Error("no tea");
-  log.info("Syncing pantry", teaVersion);
-  await asyncExec(`DEBUG=1 "${cliBinPath}" --sync --env=false`);
+  log.info("syncing pantry");
+  await hooks.useSync();
+  log.info("syncing pantry completed");
 }
diff --git a/modules/desktop/electron/libs/initialize.ts b/modules/desktop/electron/libs/initialize.ts
index c3d5b9b..cd0360e 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/electron/libs/initialize.ts
+++ b/modules/desktop/electron/libs/initialize.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-import fs from "fs";
-import { getTeaPath } from "./tea-dir";
 import { authFileState } from "./auth";
-import * as https from "https";
-import { spawn } from "child_process";
-import path from "path";
-import { semver } from "@teaxyz/lib";
 
 type InitState = "NOT_INITIALIZED" | "PENDING" | "INITIALIZED";
 
@@ -63,99 +57,6 @@ export class InitWatcher<T> {
     return this.initState;
   }
 }
-
-// Be careful with globbing when passing this to a shell which might expand it.  Either escape it or quote it.
-const teaCliPrefix = path.join(getTeaPath(), "tea.xyz/v*");
-
-export const cliInitializationState = new InitWatcher<string>(async () => {
-  if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(teaCliPrefix, "bin/tea"))) {
-    return installTeaCli();
-  } else {
-    const dir = fs.readlinkSync(teaCliPrefix);
-    const v = semver.parse(dir)?.toString();
-    if (!v) throw new Error(`couldn't parse to semver: ${dir}`);
-    return v;
-  }
-});
-
-cliInitializationState.initialize();
-
-export async function initializeTeaCli(): Promise<string> {
-  if (
-    cliInitializationState.getState() === "INITIALIZED" &&
-    !fs.existsSync(path.join(teaCliPrefix, "bin/tea"))
-  ) {
-    cliInitializationState.reset();
-  }
-  return cliInitializationState.observe();
-}
-
-//NOTE copy pasta from https://github.com/teaxyz/setup/blob/main/action.js
-//FIXME ideally we'd not copy pasta this
-//NOTE using `tar` is not ideal ∵ Windows and even though tar is POSIX it's still not guaranteed to be available
-async function installTeaCli() {
-  const PREFIX = `${process.env.HOME}/.tea`;
-
-  const midfix = (() => {
-    switch (process.arch) {
-      case "arm64":
-        return `${process.platform}/aarch64`;
-      case "x64":
-        return `${process.platform}/x86-64`;
-      default:
-        throw new Error(`unsupported platform: ${process.platform}/${process.arch}`);
-    }
-  })();
-
-  /// versions.txt is guaranteed semver-sorted
-  const v: string | undefined = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    https
-      .get(`https://dist.tea.xyz/tea.xyz/${midfix}/versions.txt`, (rsp) => {
-        if (rsp.statusCode != 200) return reject(rsp.statusCode);
-        rsp.setEncoding("utf8");
-        const chunks: string[] = [];
-        rsp.on("data", (x) => chunks.push(x));
-        rsp.on("end", () => {
-          resolve(chunks.join("").trim().split("\n").at(-1));
-        });
-      })
-      .on("error", reject);
-  });
-
-  if (!v) throw new Error(`invalid versions.txt for tea/cli`);
-
-  fs.mkdirSync(PREFIX, { recursive: true });
-
-  const exitcode = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    https
-      .get(`https://dist.tea.xyz/tea.xyz/${midfix}/v${v}.tar.gz`, (rsp) => {
-        if (rsp.statusCode != 200) return reject(rsp.statusCode);
-        const tar = spawn("tar", ["xzf", "-"], {
-          stdio: ["pipe", "inherit", "inherit"],
-          cwd: PREFIX
-        });
-        rsp.pipe(tar.stdin);
-        tar.on("close", resolve);
-      })
-      .on("error", reject);
-  });
-
-  if (exitcode != 0) {
-    throw new Error(`tar: ${exitcode}`);
-  }
-
-  const oldwd = process.cwd();
-  process.chdir(`${PREFIX}/tea.xyz`);
-  if (fs.existsSync(`v*`)) fs.unlinkSync(`v*`);
-  fs.symlinkSync(`v${v}`, `v*`, "dir");
-  if (fs.existsSync(`v0`)) fs.unlinkSync(`v0`);
-  fs.symlinkSync(`v${v}`, `v0`, "dir"); //FIXME
-  process.chdir(oldwd);
-
-  return v;
-}
-
-export default async function initialize(): Promise<string> {
-  const [version] = await Promise.all([initializeTeaCli(), authFileState.observe()]);
-  return version;
+export default async function initialize() {
+  await authFileState.observe();
 }
diff --git a/modules/desktop/electron/libs/ipc.ts b/modules/desktop/electron/libs/ipc.ts
index 8e1b7aa..cca0fb9 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/electron/libs/ipc.ts
+++ b/modules/desktop/electron/libs/ipc.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import log from "./logger";
 import { syncLogsAt } from "./v1-client";
 import { installPackage, openPackageEntrypointInTerminal, syncPantry } from "./cli";
 
-import { initializeTeaCli, cliInitializationState } from "./initialize";
-
 import { getAutoUpdateStatus, getUpdater, isDev } from "./auto-updater";
 
 import { loadPackageCache, writePackageCache } from "./package";
@@ -59,8 +57,7 @@ export default function initializeHandlers({ notifyMainWindow }: HandlerOptions)
   ipcMain.handle("get-session", async () => {
     try {
       log.info("getting session");
-      const [session, cliVersion] = await Promise.all([readSessionData(), initializeTeaCli()]);
-      session.teaVersion = cliVersion;
+      const session = await readSessionData();
       log.debug(session ? "found session data" : "no session data found");
       return session;
     } catch (error) {
@@ -168,10 +165,6 @@ export default function initializeHandlers({ notifyMainWindow }: HandlerOptions)
         }
       } catch (e) {
         log.error(e);
-      } finally {
-        if (fullName === "tea.xyz") {
-          cliInitializationState.reset();
-        }
       }
     }
   );
@@ -193,21 +186,6 @@ export default function initializeHandlers({ notifyMainWindow }: HandlerOptions)
     }
   });
 
-  ipcMain.handle("get-tea-version", async () => {
-    try {
-      log.info("installing tea cli");
-      const version = await initializeTeaCli();
-      if (!version) {
-        throw new Error("failed to install tea cli");
-      }
-
-      return { version, message: "" };
-    } catch (error) {
-      log.error(error);
-      return { version: "", message: error.message };
-    }
-  });
-
   ipcMain.handle("topbar-double-click", async (event: Electron.IpcMainInvokeEvent) => {
     const mainWindow = BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(event.sender);
     if (mainWindow) {
diff --git a/modules/desktop/package.json b/modules/desktop/package.json
index ab4e41a..05f3157 100644
--- a/modules/desktop/package.json
+++ b/modules/desktop/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "@sentry/electron": "^4.4.0",
     "@sentry/svelte": "^7.47.0",
     "@sentry/vite-plugin": "^0.7.2",
-    "@teaxyz/lib": "^0.2.2",
+    "@teaxyz/lib": "^0.3.0",
     "@types/electron": "^1.6.10",
     "@types/mousetrap": "^1.6.11",
     "@vitest/coverage-c8": "^0.27.1",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index f492738..f180e55 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ importers:
       '@sveltejs/adapter-static': ^1.0.0-next.48
       '@sveltejs/kit': ^1.15.9
       '@tea/ui': workspace:*
-      '@teaxyz/lib': ^0.2.2
+      '@teaxyz/lib': ^0.3.0
       '@testing-library/jest-dom': ^5.16.5
       '@testing-library/svelte': ^3.2.2
       '@testing-library/webdriverio': ^3.2.1
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ importers:
       '@sentry/electron': 4.5.0
       '@sentry/svelte': 7.51.2_svelte@3.59.1
       '@sentry/vite-plugin': 0.7.2
-      '@teaxyz/lib': 0.2.2
+      '@teaxyz/lib': 0.3.0
       '@types/electron': 1.6.10
       '@types/mousetrap': 1.6.11
       '@vitest/coverage-c8': 0.27.3_jsdom@21.1.2
@@ -3637,8 +3637,8 @@ packages:
       tailwindcss: 3.3.2
     dev: false
 
-  /@teaxyz/lib/0.2.2:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-xChLHuuwbUXZcHMmqMsGIB6RbXqEb1hXgRYJk4Zg3KfozhRllXuiZ6VkUZYPib66ygMjPlndclG7tj2cDlsLkg==}
+  /@teaxyz/lib/0.3.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-NFoVdSE4iX5JBdiXXOo0aGk4fsTb5zjBOqkY9ldA8asa8pITSJjPOxoa34H7gkkxuTcjv/zjeiOREveWdibcdA==}
     dependencies:
       '@deno/shim-crypto': 0.3.1
       '@deno/shim-deno': 0.16.1