feat: add YAML export — serialize canvas nodes/edges to downloadable .yaml file

frontend/package-lock.json

@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
         "@fontsource-variable/geist": "^5.2.8",
         "@fontsource-variable/inter": "^5.2.8",
         "@fontsource/jetbrains-mono": "^5.2.8",
+        "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
         "@xyflow/react": "^12.10.1",
         "axios": "^1.13.6",
         "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.1",
         "clsx": "^2.1.1",
         "dagre": "^0.8.5",
         "html-to-image": "^1.11.13",
+        "js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
         "next-themes": "^0.4.6",
         "react": "^19.2.0",
         "react-dom": "^19.2.0",
@@ -3008,6 +3010,12 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/js-yaml": {
+      "version": "4.0.9",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.0.9.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-k4MGaQl5TGo/iipqb2UDG2UwjXziSWkh0uysQelTlJpX1qGlpUZYm8PnO4DxG1qBomtJUdYJ6qR6xdIah10JLg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/json-schema": {
       "version": "7.0.15",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/json-schema/-/json-schema-7.0.15.tgz",

frontend/package.json

@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@
     "@fontsource-variable/geist": "^5.2.8",
     "@fontsource-variable/inter": "^5.2.8",
     "@fontsource/jetbrains-mono": "^5.2.8",
+    "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.9",
     "@xyflow/react": "^12.10.1",
     "axios": "^1.13.6",
     "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.1",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "dagre": "^0.8.5",
     "html-to-image": "^1.11.13",
+    "js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
     "next-themes": "^0.4.6",
     "react": "^19.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.2.0",

frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { applyDagreLayout } from '@/utils/layout'
 import { generateUUID } from '@/utils/uuid'
 import { generateMarkdownTable } from '@/utils/exportMarkdown'
 import { exportToPng } from '@/utils/export'
+import { exportCanvasToYaml, downloadYaml } from '@/utils/exportYaml'
 import { TooltipProvider } from '@/components/ui/tooltip'
 import { Toaster } from '@/components/ui/sonner'
 import { toast } from 'sonner'
@@ -371,6 +372,13 @@ export default function App() {
     toast.success('Markdown table copied to clipboard')
   }, [nodes])
 
+  const handleExportYaml = useCallback(() => {
+    if (nodes.length === 0) { toast.error('No nodes to export'); return }
+    const content = exportCanvasToYaml(nodes, edges)
+    downloadYaml(content)
+    toast.success('Canvas exported as YAML')
+  }, [nodes, edges])
+
   const handleExport = useCallback(async () => {
     const el = canvasRef.current?.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.react-flow')
     if (!el) { toast.error('Canvas not ready'); return }
@@ -449,6 +457,7 @@ export default function App() {
               onRedo={redo}
               onShortcuts={() => setShortcutsOpen(true)}
               onExportMd={handleExportMd}
+              onExportYaml={handleExportYaml}
             />
             <div className="flex flex-1 min-h-0">
               <div ref={canvasRef} className="flex-1 min-w-0 h-full">

frontend/src/components/panels/Toolbar.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Save, LayoutDashboard, Download, Palette, Undo2, Redo2, HelpCircle, Table2 } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Save, LayoutDashboard, Download, Palette, Undo2, Redo2, HelpCircle, Table2, FileDown } from 'lucide-react'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { Logo } from '@/components/ui/Logo'
 import { useCanvasStore } from '@/stores/canvasStore'
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ interface ToolbarProps {
   onRedo: () => void
   onShortcuts: () => void
   onExportMd: () => void
+  onExportYaml: () => void
 }
 
-export function Toolbar({ onSave, onAutoLayout, onExport, onChangeStyle, onUndo, onRedo, onShortcuts, onExportMd }: ToolbarProps) {
+export function Toolbar({ onSave, onAutoLayout, onExport, onChangeStyle, onUndo, onRedo, onShortcuts, onExportMd, onExportYaml }: ToolbarProps) {
   const { hasUnsavedChanges, past, future } = useCanvasStore()
 
   return (
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ export function Toolbar({ onSave, onAutoLayout, onExport, onChangeStyle, onUndo,
       <Button size="sm" variant="ghost" className="gap-1.5 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground" onClick={onExportMd} title="Copy inventory as Markdown table">
         <Table2 size={14} /> MD
       </Button>
+      <Button size="sm" variant="ghost" className="gap-1.5 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground" onClick={onExportYaml} title="Export canvas as YAML">
+        <FileDown size={14} /> YAML
+      </Button>
       <Button size="sm" variant="ghost" className="gap-1.5 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground" onClick={onShortcuts} title="Keyboard shortcuts (?)">
         <HelpCircle size={14} />
       </Button>

frontend/src/types/yaml.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import type { EdgeType, NodeType } from '@/types'
+
+export interface YamlNodeConnection {
+  label: string
+  linkType: EdgeType
+  linkLabel: string
+}
+
+export interface YamlNode {
+  nodeType: NodeType
+  nodeIcon?: string
+  label: string
+  hostname?: string
+  ipAddress?: string
+  checkMethod?: string
+  checkTarget?: string
+  notes?: string
+  parent?: YamlNodeConnection
+  clusterR?: YamlNodeConnection
+  clusterL?: YamlNodeConnection
+  cpuModel?: string
+  cpuCore?: number
+  ram?: number
+  disk?: number
+}

frontend/src/utils/__tests__/exportYaml.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { exportCanvasToYaml } from '../exportYaml'
+import type { Node, Edge } from '@xyflow/react'
+import type { NodeData, EdgeData } from '@/types'
+import yaml from 'js-yaml'
+
+const makeNode = (overrides: Partial<NodeData> = {}, id = '1', parentId?: string): Node<NodeData> => ({
+  id,
+  type: overrides.type ?? 'server',
+  position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
+  parentId,
+  data: { label: 'Test', type: 'server', status: 'online', services: [], ...overrides },
+})
+
+const makeEdge = (id: string, source: string, target: string, data: Partial<EdgeData> = {}): Edge<EdgeData> => ({
+  id,
+  source,
+  target,
+  data: { type: 'ethernet', ...data } as EdgeData,
+})
+
+describe('exportCanvasToYaml', () => {
+  it('serializes a simple node with basic fields', () => {
+    const nodes = [makeNode({ label: 'My Server', type: 'server', ip: '192.168.1.10', hostname: 'srv.local' })]
+    const result = yaml.load(exportCanvasToYaml(nodes, [])) as object[]
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1)
+    const entry = result[0] as Record<string, unknown>
+    expect(entry.nodeType).toBe('server')
+    expect(entry.label).toBe('My Server')
+    expect(entry.ipAddress).toBe('192.168.1.10')
+    expect(entry.hostname).toBe('srv.local')
+  })
+
+  it('omits empty/null/undefined optional fields', () => {
+    const nodes = [makeNode({ label: 'Router', type: 'router', hostname: undefined, ip: undefined, notes: undefined })]
+    const result = yaml.load(exportCanvasToYaml(nodes, [])) as object[]
+    const entry = result[0] as Record<string, unknown>
+    expect(entry).not.toHaveProperty('hostname')
+    expect(entry).not.toHaveProperty('ipAddress')
+    expect(entry).not.toHaveProperty('notes')
+  })
+
+  it('omits hardware specs when zero or falsy', () => {
+    const nodes = [makeNode({ label: 'Server', type: 'server', cpu_count: 0, ram_gb: 0, disk_gb: 0 })]
+    const result = yaml.load(exportCanvasToYaml(nodes, [])) as object[]
+    const entry = result[0] as Record<string, unknown>
+    expect(entry).not.toHaveProperty('cpuCore')
+    expect(entry).not.toHaveProperty('ram')
+    expect(entry).not.toHaveProperty('disk')
+  })
+
+  it('includes hardware specs when non-zero', () => {
+    const nodes = [makeNode({ label: 'Server', type: 'server', cpu_count: 16, ram_gb: 64, disk_gb: 2000, cpu_model: 'Intel Xeon' })]
+    const result = yaml.load(exportCanvasToYaml(nodes, [])) as object[]
+    const entry = result[0] as Record<string, unknown>
+    expect(entry.cpuCore).toBe(16)
+    expect(entry.ram).toBe(64)
+    expect(entry.disk).toBe(2000)
+    expect(entry.cpuModel).toBe('Intel Xeon')
+  })
+
+  it('serializes parent relationship from parentId', () => {
+    const parent = makeNode({ label: 'Proxmox1', type: 'proxmox' }, 'pve1')
+    const child = makeNode({ label: 'VM1', type: 'vm' }, 'vm1', 'pve1')
+    const edge = makeEdge('e1', 'pve1', 'vm1', { type: 'virtual' })
+    const result = yaml.load(exportCanvasToYaml([parent, child], [edge])) as object[]
+    const childEntry = (result as Record<string, unknown>[]).find((e) => e.label === 'VM1')!
+    expect(childEntry.parent).toEqual({ label: 'Proxmox1', linkType: 'virtual', linkLabel: '' })
+  })
+
+  it('serializes clusterR edge on source node', () => {
+    const nodeA = makeNode({ label: 'NodeA', type: 'proxmox' }, 'a')
+    const nodeB = makeNode({ label: 'NodeB', type: 'proxmox' }, 'b')
+    const edge = makeEdge('e1', 'a', 'b', { type: 'ethernet', label: '10GbE' })
+    const result = yaml.load(exportCanvasToYaml([nodeA, nodeB], [edge])) as Record<string, unknown>[]
+    const entryA = result.find((e) => e.label === 'NodeA')!
+    expect(entryA.clusterR).toEqual({ label: 'NodeB', linkType: 'ethernet', linkLabel: '10GbE' })
+  })
+
+  it('does not duplicate an edge as both clusterR and clusterL', () => {
+    const nodeA = makeNode({ label: 'NodeA', type: 'proxmox' }, 'a')
+    const nodeB = makeNode({ label: 'NodeB', type: 'proxmox' }, 'b')
+    const edge = makeEdge('e1', 'a', 'b', { type: 'ethernet' })
+    const result = yaml.load(exportCanvasToYaml([nodeA, nodeB], [edge])) as Record<string, unknown>[]
+    const entryA = result.find((e) => e.label === 'NodeA')!
+    const entryB = result.find((e) => e.label === 'NodeB')!
+    // clusterR on A and clusterL on B would duplicate — only one side should have it
+    const hasClusterR = 'clusterR' in entryA
+    const hasClusterL = 'clusterL' in entryB
+    expect(hasClusterR && hasClusterL).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('excludes groupRect nodes from output', () => {
+    const nodes = [
+      makeNode({ label: 'Zone', type: 'groupRect' }, '1'),
+      makeNode({ label: 'Server', type: 'server' }, '2'),
+    ]
+    const result = yaml.load(exportCanvasToYaml(nodes, [])) as object[]
+    expect(result).toHaveLength(1)
+    expect((result[0] as Record<string, unknown>).label).toBe('Server')
+  })
+
+  it('roundtrip: all non-empty fields appear in YAML output', () => {
+    const nodes = [makeNode({
+      label: 'Full Node',
+      type: 'server',
+      ip: '10.0.0.1',
+      hostname: 'full.local',
+      check_method: 'ping',
+      check_target: '10.0.0.1',
+      notes: 'test notes',
+      cpu_model: 'AMD EPYC',
+      cpu_count: 32,
+      ram_gb: 128,
+      disk_gb: 4000,
+      custom_icon: 'star',
+    })]
+    const yamlStr = exportCanvasToYaml(nodes, [])
+    expect(yamlStr).toContain('Full Node')
+    expect(yamlStr).toContain('10.0.0.1')
+    expect(yamlStr).toContain('full.local')
+    expect(yamlStr).toContain('ping')
+    expect(yamlStr).toContain('test notes')
+    expect(yamlStr).toContain('AMD EPYC')
+    expect(yamlStr).toContain('32')
+    expect(yamlStr).toContain('128')
+    expect(yamlStr).toContain('4000')
+    expect(yamlStr).toContain('star')
+  })
+})

frontend/src/utils/exportYaml.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import type { Node, Edge } from '@xyflow/react'
+import type { NodeData, EdgeData, EdgeType } from '@/types'
+import type { YamlNode, YamlNodeConnection } from '@/types/yaml'
+import yaml from 'js-yaml'
+
+/** Build a map of node id → label for edge resolution */
+function buildIdToLabel(nodes: Node<NodeData>[]): Map<string, string> {
+  const m = new Map<string, string>()
+  for (const n of nodes) m.set(n.id, n.data.label)
+  return m
+}
+
+function makeConnection(targetLabel: string, edgeType: EdgeType, edgeLabel: string | undefined): YamlNodeConnection {
+  return {
+    label: targetLabel,
+    linkType: edgeType,
+    linkLabel: edgeLabel ?? '',
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Serialize React Flow canvas state to a YAML string.
+ * Each node becomes one entry; edges are embedded as parent/clusterR/clusterL sub-objects.
+ * Edge deduplication: each edge is written on exactly one side (source as clusterR, target as clusterL)
+ * unless the edge type is 'virtual' or there is a parentId relationship, in which case
+ * it becomes the 'parent' field of the child node.
+ */
+export function exportCanvasToYaml(nodes: Node<NodeData>[], edges: Edge<EdgeData>[]): string {
+  const idToLabel = buildIdToLabel(nodes)
+
+  // Build per-node edge maps (id → connections)
+  // We use a Set to track already-serialized edge ids (deduplication).
+  const serializedEdges = new Set<string>()
+
+  // Index edges by source and target for quick lookup
+  const edgesBySource = new Map<string, Edge<EdgeData>[]>()
+  const edgesByTarget = new Map<string, Edge<EdgeData>[]>()
+  for (const e of edges) {
+    if (!edgesBySource.has(e.source)) edgesBySource.set(e.source, [])
+    edgesBySource.get(e.source)!.push(e)
+    if (!edgesByTarget.has(e.target)) edgesByTarget.set(e.target, [])
+    edgesByTarget.get(e.target)!.push(e)
+  }
+
+  const yamlNodes: YamlNode[] = []
+
+  for (const node of nodes) {
+    const d = node.data
+
+    // Skip groupRect nodes — they are canvas decoration only
+    if (d.type === 'groupRect') continue
+
+    const entry: YamlNode = {
+      nodeType: d.type,
+      label: d.label,
+    }
+
+    if (d.custom_icon) entry.nodeIcon = d.custom_icon
+    if (d.hostname) entry.hostname = d.hostname
+    if (d.ip) entry.ipAddress = d.ip
+    if (d.check_method && d.check_method !== 'none') entry.checkMethod = d.check_method
+    if (d.check_target) entry.checkTarget = d.check_target
+    if (d.notes) entry.notes = d.notes
+
+    // Hardware specs — omit zero values
+    if (d.cpu_model) entry.cpuModel = d.cpu_model
+    if (d.cpu_count && d.cpu_count > 0) entry.cpuCore = d.cpu_count
+    if (d.ram_gb && d.ram_gb > 0) entry.ram = d.ram_gb
+    if (d.disk_gb && d.disk_gb > 0) entry.disk = d.disk_gb
+
+    // Parent relationship: if this node has a parentId in React Flow,
+    // encode it as a 'parent' connection using any virtual edge between them.
+    if (node.parentId) {
+      const parentLabel = idToLabel.get(node.parentId) ?? node.parentId
+      // Find an edge between parent and this node (either direction)
+      const parentEdges = [
+        ...(edgesBySource.get(node.parentId) ?? []).filter((e) => e.target === node.id),
+        ...(edgesByTarget.get(node.parentId) ?? []).filter((e) => e.source === node.id),
+      ]
+      const pEdge = parentEdges[0]
+      const linkType: EdgeType = (pEdge?.data?.type as EdgeType) ?? 'virtual'
+      const linkLabel = pEdge?.data?.label ?? ''
+      entry.parent = { label: parentLabel, linkType, linkLabel: linkLabel as string }
+      if (pEdge) serializedEdges.add(pEdge.id)
+    }
+
+    // Non-parent edges: serialize as clusterR (source side) or clusterL (target side).
+    // We process source edges as clusterR on this node; target edges as clusterL on this node,
+    // but only if the edge hasn't been serialized yet (deduplication: source wins).
+    const sourceEdgesForNode = (edgesBySource.get(node.id) ?? []).filter(
+      (e) => !serializedEdges.has(e.id) && e.target !== node.parentId && e.source !== node.parentId,
+    )
+    for (const e of sourceEdgesForNode) {
+      const targetLabel = idToLabel.get(e.target)
+      if (!targetLabel) continue
+      const edgeType: EdgeType = (e.data?.type as EdgeType) ?? 'ethernet'
+      const edgeLabel = e.data?.label as string | undefined
+      if (!entry.clusterR) {
+        entry.clusterR = makeConnection(targetLabel, edgeType, edgeLabel)
+      }
+      // Only first clusterR wins per node; mark all source edges as serialized
+      serializedEdges.add(e.id)
+    }
+
+    const targetEdgesForNode = (edgesByTarget.get(node.id) ?? []).filter(
+      (e) => !serializedEdges.has(e.id) && e.source !== node.parentId && e.target !== node.parentId,
+    )
+    for (const e of targetEdgesForNode) {
+      const sourceLabel = idToLabel.get(e.source)
+      if (!sourceLabel) continue
+      const edgeType: EdgeType = (e.data?.type as EdgeType) ?? 'ethernet'
+      const edgeLabel = e.data?.label as string | undefined
+      if (!entry.clusterL) {
+        entry.clusterL = makeConnection(sourceLabel, edgeType, edgeLabel)
+      }
+      serializedEdges.add(e.id)
+    }
+
+    yamlNodes.push(entry)
+  }
+
+  return yaml.dump(yamlNodes, { lineWidth: -1, noRefs: true })
+}
+
+/** Trigger a browser file download with the given YAML content */
+export function downloadYaml(content: string, filename = 'homelable-export.yaml'): void {
+  const blob = new Blob([content], { type: 'text/yaml;charset=utf-8' })
+  const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
+  const a = document.createElement('a')
+  a.href = url
+  a.download = filename
+  document.body.appendChild(a)
+  a.click()
+  document.body.removeChild(a)
+  URL.revokeObjectURL(url)
+}