atomantic · atomantic · Aug 31, 2026 · Aug 30, 2026
diff --git a/client/src/components/settings/InstanceFeaturesTab.jsx b/client/src/components/settings/InstanceFeaturesTab.jsx
@@ -19,10 +19,40 @@ const sourceHint = (feature) => {
 };
 
 const normalizeGitHubRepo = (url) => {
+  const parsed = parseGitHubUrl(url);
+  if (!parsed) return null;
+  return /^git@github\.com:/i.test(String(url).trim())
+    ? `git@github.com:${parsed.owner}/${parsed.repo}.git`
+    : `https://github.com/${parsed.owner}/${parsed.repo}`;
+};
+
+const buildEidoverseRepoUrl = (owner, transport) => (
+  transport === 'ssh'
+    ? `git@github.com:${owner}/eidoverse-worlds.git`
+    : `https://github.com/${owner}/eidoverse-worlds`
+);
+
+const eidoverseTransport = (url) => (/^git@github\.com:/i.test(String(url).trim()) ? 'ssh' : 'http');
+
+const githubBrowseUrl = (url) => {
   const parsed = parseGitHubUrl(url);
   return parsed ? `https://github.com/${parsed.owner}/${parsed.repo}` : null;
 };
 
+const SourceChoiceButton = ({ active, children, disabled = false, onClick }) => (
+  <button
+    type="button"
+    aria-pressed={active}
+    disabled={disabled}
+    onClick={onClick}
+    className={`min-h-[36px] px-3 py-1.5 text-xs rounded-md transition-colors disabled:opacity-40 disabled:cursor-not-allowed ${active
+      ? 'bg-port-accent text-white'
+      : 'text-gray-400 hover:text-white hover:bg-port-border/70'}`}
+  >
+    {children}
+  </button>
+);
+
 export function InstanceFeaturesTab() {
   const { features, error, reload } = useInstanceFeatures();
   const [savingId, setSavingId] = useState(null);
@@ -126,6 +156,11 @@ export function InstanceFeaturesTab() {
           const needsInstall = isEidoverse && setup?.installed !== true;
           const installing = savingId === feature.id;
           const selectedRepoUrl = eidoverseRepoUrl ?? setup?.worldsRepoUrl ?? '';
+          const selectedRepo = parseGitHubUrl(selectedRepoUrl);
+          const selectedTransport = eidoverseTransport(selectedRepoUrl);
+          const selfOwner = setup?.sourceOwners?.self || null;
+          const upstreamOwner = setup?.sourceOwners?.upstream || 'anima-research';
+          const worldsBrowseUrl = githubBrowseUrl(setup?.worldsRepoUrl);
           const repoIsValid = isGitHubRepoUrl(selectedRepoUrl);
           const canInstall = repoIsValid && setup?.registryAvailable !== false;
           const canUpdateSource = repoIsValid
@@ -155,21 +190,57 @@ export function InstanceFeaturesTab() {
                     {needsInstall && <p>
                       PortOS will install Bun if needed, clone your selected Worlds repository and the upstream video runtime as separate AGPL-3.0 repositories, install their dependencies, and register Worlds under Apps. It will not start the server automatically.
                     </p>}
-                    <label className="block pt-2" htmlFor="eidoverse-worlds-repo">
-                      <span className="block text-gray-300 mb-1">Worlds GitHub repository</span>
+                    <div className="pt-2">
+                      <label className="block text-gray-300 mb-1" htmlFor="eidoverse-worlds-repo">
+                        Worlds GitHub repository
+                      </label>
+                      <span className="flex flex-wrap gap-2 mb-2">
+                        <span role="group" aria-label="Worlds repository owner" className="inline-flex gap-1 rounded-lg border border-port-border p-1">
+                          <SourceChoiceButton
+                            active={Boolean(selfOwner) && selectedRepo?.owner?.toLowerCase() === selfOwner.toLowerCase()}
+                            disabled={savingId !== null || !selfOwner}
+                            onClick={() => setEidoverseRepoUrl(buildEidoverseRepoUrl(selfOwner, selectedTransport))}
+                          >
+                            Self
+                          </SourceChoiceButton>
+                          <SourceChoiceButton
+                            active={selectedRepo?.owner?.toLowerCase() === upstreamOwner.toLowerCase()}
+                            disabled={savingId !== null}
+                            onClick={() => setEidoverseRepoUrl(buildEidoverseRepoUrl(upstreamOwner, selectedTransport))}
+                          >
+                            Upstream
+                          </SourceChoiceButton>
+                        </span>
+                        <span role="group" aria-label="Worlds repository protocol" className="inline-flex gap-1 rounded-lg border border-port-border p-1">
+                          <SourceChoiceButton
+                            active={selectedTransport === 'http'}
+                            disabled={savingId !== null || !selectedRepo}
+                            onClick={() => setEidoverseRepoUrl(buildEidoverseRepoUrl(selectedRepo.owner, 'http'))}
+                          >
+                            HTTP
+                          </SourceChoiceButton>
+                          <SourceChoiceButton
+                            active={selectedTransport === 'ssh'}
+                            disabled={savingId !== null || !selectedRepo}
+                            onClick={() => setEidoverseRepoUrl(buildEidoverseRepoUrl(selectedRepo.owner, 'ssh'))}
+                          >
+                            SSH
+                          </SourceChoiceButton>
+                        </span>
+                      </span>
                       <input
                         id="eidoverse-worlds-repo"
-                        type="url"
+                        type="text"
                         required
                         value={selectedRepoUrl}
                         onChange={(event) => setEidoverseRepoUrl(event.target.value)}
                         disabled={savingId !== null}
                         aria-invalid={!repoIsValid}
                         aria-describedby={!repoIsValid ? 'eidoverse-worlds-repo-error' : undefined}
                         className="w-full px-3 py-2 bg-port-bg border border-port-border rounded-lg text-white focus:border-port-accent focus:outline-hidden disabled:opacity-50"
-                        placeholder="https://github.com/your-account/eidoverse-worlds"
+                        placeholder="https://github.com/example-owner/eidoverse-worlds"
                       />
-                    </label>
+                    </div>
                     {!repoIsValid && (
                       <p id="eidoverse-worlds-repo-error" role="alert" className="text-port-error">
                         {selectedRepoUrl === ''
@@ -216,8 +287,8 @@ export function InstanceFeaturesTab() {
                 )}
                 {setup?.installed && (
                   <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3 mt-3 text-xs">
-                    {setup.worldsRepoUrl && (
-                      <a className="text-port-accent hover:text-white transition-colors" href={setup.worldsRepoUrl} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
+                    {worldsBrowseUrl && (
+                      <a className="text-port-accent hover:text-white transition-colors" href={worldsBrowseUrl} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
                         Worlds repository
                       </a>
                     )}

diff --git a/client/src/components/settings/InstanceFeaturesTab.test.jsx b/client/src/components/settings/InstanceFeaturesTab.test.jsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const EIDOVERSE_FEATURE = {
     uiPort: 8940,
     runtimeStatus: 'not_registered',
     worldsRepoUrl: 'https://github.com/anima-research/eidoverse-worlds',
+    sourceOwners: { self: 'example-owner', upstream: 'anima-research' },
   },
 };
 
@@ -145,6 +146,40 @@ describe('InstanceFeaturesTab', () => {
     ));
   });
 
+  it('builds Self and Upstream sources with the selected Git transport', async () => {
+    mock.getInstanceFeatures.mockResolvedValue({ features: [EIDOVERSE_FEATURE] });
+    render(<MemoryRouter><InstanceFeaturesTab /></MemoryRouter>);
+
+    const ownerGroup = await screen.findByRole('group', { name: 'Worlds repository owner' });
+    const protocolGroup = screen.getByRole('group', { name: 'Worlds repository protocol' });
+    expect(ownerGroup.querySelector('[aria-pressed="true"]')).toHaveTextContent('Upstream');
+    expect(protocolGroup.querySelector('[aria-pressed="true"]')).toHaveTextContent('HTTP');
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Self' }));
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'SSH' }));
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Worlds GitHub repository' }))
+      .toHaveValue('git@github.com:example-owner/eidoverse-worlds.git');
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Install & enable' }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(mock.installEidoverseFeature).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'git@github.com:example-owner/eidoverse-worlds.git',
+      { silent: true },
+    ));
+  });
+
+  it('disables Self when the PortOS origin is not a GitHub repository', async () => {
+    mock.getInstanceFeatures.mockResolvedValue({
+      features: [{
+        ...EIDOVERSE_FEATURE,
+        setup: { ...EIDOVERSE_FEATURE.setup, sourceOwners: { self: null, upstream: 'anima-research' } },
+      }],
+    });
+    render(<MemoryRouter><InstanceFeaturesTab /></MemoryRouter>);
+
+    expect(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Self' })).toBeDisabled();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Upstream' })).toHaveAttribute('aria-pressed', 'true');
+  });
+
   it('updates the origin of an installed Worlds checkout in place', async () => {
     const installed = {
       ...EIDOVERSE_FEATURE,

diff --git a/server/routes/settings.test.js b/server/routes/settings.test.js
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ vi.mock('../services/datadog.js', () => ({
 vi.mock('../services/jira.js', () => ({
   hasConfiguredInstances: vi.fn(async () => false),
 }));
+vi.mock('../lib/gitRemote.js', () => ({
+  getOriginInfo: vi.fn(async () => ({ isGithub: true, owner: 'example-owner' })),
+}));
 vi.mock('../services/eidoverse.js', () => ({
   DEFAULT_EIDOVERSE_WORLDS_REPO: 'https://github.com/anima-research/eidoverse-worlds',
   normalizeEidoverseWorldsRepo: vi.fn((url) => url),
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ describe('Settings routes — instance feature participation', () => {
   });
 
   it('updates the installed Eidoverse source without changing feature participation', async () => {
-    const worldsRepoUrl = 'https://github.com/example-owner/eidoverse-worlds';
+    const worldsRepoUrl = 'git@github.com:example-owner/eidoverse-worlds.git';
     store = { instanceFeatures: { eidoverse: { enabled: true } } };
 
     const res = await request(buildApp())

diff --git a/server/services/eidoverse.js b/server/services/eidoverse.js
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ export function normalizeEidoverseWorldsRepo(worldsRepoUrl) {
       code: 'EIDOVERSE_REPO_INVALID',
     });
   }
-  return `https://github.com/${parsed.owner}/${parsed.repo}`;
+  return /^git@github\.com:/i.test(String(worldsRepoUrl).trim())
+    ? `git@github.com:${parsed.owner}/${parsed.repo}.git`
+    : `https://github.com/${parsed.owner}/${parsed.repo}`;
 }
 
 export function getEidoversePaths(worldsRepoUrl = DEFAULT_EIDOVERSE_WORLDS_REPO) {
@@ -200,6 +202,7 @@ async function performInstall(worldsRepoUrl) {
     paths.worlds === configuredPaths.worlds ? cloneRepo(worldsRepoUrl) : Promise.resolve(),
     cloneRepo(EIDOVERSE_VIDEO_REPO),
   ]);
+  await updateOriginAtPath(paths.worlds, worldsRepoUrl);
 
   await Promise.all([
     installDependencies(paths.worlds, bun),
@@ -293,6 +296,27 @@ export async function getEidoverseStatus({ worldsRepoUrl = DEFAULT_EIDOVERSE_WOR
   };
 }
 
+async function updateOriginAtPath(repoPath, worldsRepoUrl) {
+  const result = await execGit(
+    ['remote', 'set-url', 'origin', worldsRepoUrl],
+    repoPath,
+    { ignoreExitCode: true },
+  );
+  if (result.exitCode === 0) return;
+
+  const added = await execGit(
+    ['remote', 'add', 'origin', worldsRepoUrl],
+    repoPath,
+    { ignoreExitCode: true },
+  );
+  if (added.exitCode !== 0) {
+    throw new ServerError('The Eidoverse Worlds checkout has no usable Git origin.', {
+      status: 422,
+      code: 'EIDOVERSE_ORIGIN_UPDATE_FAILED',
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Change the Worlds checkout's fetch origin without moving the checkout or
  * touching its working tree. This is intentionally separate from installation:
@@ -319,24 +343,7 @@ export async function setEidoverseWorldsOrigin(worldsRepoUrl) {
     });
   }
 
-  const result = await execGit(
-    ['remote', 'set-url', 'origin', normalizedRepoUrl],
-    repoPath,
-    { ignoreExitCode: true },
-  );
-  if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
-    const added = await execGit(
-      ['remote', 'add', 'origin', normalizedRepoUrl],
-      repoPath,
-      { ignoreExitCode: true },
-    );
-    if (added.exitCode !== 0) {
-      throw new ServerError('The Eidoverse Worlds checkout has no usable Git origin.', {
-        status: 422,
-        code: 'EIDOVERSE_ORIGIN_UPDATE_FAILED',
-      });
-    }
-  }
+  await updateOriginAtPath(repoPath, normalizedRepoUrl);
 
   notifyAppsChanged('update', app.id);
   return { appId: app.id, worldsRepoUrl: normalizedRepoUrl };

diff --git a/server/services/eidoverse.test.js b/server/services/eidoverse.test.js
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import {
 } from './eidoverse.js';
 
 const SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO = 'https://github.com/example-owner/eidoverse-worlds';
+const SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO_SSH = 'git@github.com:example-owner/eidoverse-worlds.git';
 const selectedPaths = getEidoversePaths(SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO);
 
 describe('Eidoverse managed-app installer', () => {
@@ -84,9 +85,9 @@ describe('Eidoverse managed-app installer', () => {
     __resetEidoverseInstallForTests();
 
     mock.cloneRepo.mockImplementation(async (url) => {
-      mock.existing.add(url === SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO
-        ? join(selectedPaths.worlds, '.git')
-        : join(selectedPaths.video, '.git'));
+      mock.existing.add(url === EIDOVERSE_VIDEO_REPO
+        ? join(selectedPaths.video, '.git')
+        : join(selectedPaths.worlds, '.git'));
     });
     mock.spawn.mockImplementation(async (command, _args, options = {}) => {
       if (command === 'powershell' || command === 'bash') {
@@ -119,6 +120,11 @@ describe('Eidoverse managed-app installer', () => {
 
     expect(mock.cloneRepo).toHaveBeenCalledWith(SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO);
     expect(mock.cloneRepo).toHaveBeenCalledWith(EIDOVERSE_VIDEO_REPO);
+    expect(mock.execGit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      ['remote', 'set-url', 'origin', SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO],
+      selectedPaths.worlds,
+      { ignoreExitCode: true },
+    );
     expect(mock.spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('bun', ['install', '--frozen-lockfile'], expect.objectContaining({ cwd: selectedPaths.worlds }));
     expect(mock.spawn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('bun', ['install', '--frozen-lockfile'], expect.objectContaining({ cwd: join(selectedPaths.worlds, 'client') }));
     expect(mock.atomicWrite).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
@@ -161,11 +167,25 @@ describe('Eidoverse managed-app installer', () => {
     expect(status).toMatchObject({ installed: true, appId: 'app-eidoverse' });
   });
 
-  it('uses the canonical upstream by default and normalizes a selected fork URL', () => {
+  it('configures a fresh checkout with the selected SSH origin', async () => {
+    const status = await installEidoverse({ worldsRepoUrl: SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO_SSH });
+
+    expect(mock.cloneRepo).toHaveBeenCalledWith(SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO_SSH);
+    expect(mock.execGit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      ['remote', 'set-url', 'origin', SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO_SSH],
+      selectedPaths.worlds,
+      { ignoreExitCode: true },
+    );
+    expect(status).toMatchObject({ installed: true, worldsRepoUrl: SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO_SSH });
+  });
+
+  it('uses the canonical upstream by default and preserves the selected Git transport', () => {
     expect(getEidoversePaths().worlds).toBe(join('/example/data/repos', 'anima-research', 'eidoverse-worlds'));
     expect(DEFAULT_EIDOVERSE_WORLDS_REPO).toBe('https://github.com/anima-research/eidoverse-worlds');
-    expect(normalizeEidoverseWorldsRepo('git@github.com:example-owner/eidoverse-worlds.git'))
+    expect(normalizeEidoverseWorldsRepo('https://github.com/example-owner/eidoverse-worlds.git'))
       .toBe(SELECTED_WORLDS_REPO);
+    expect(normalizeEidoverseWorldsRepo('git@github.com:example-owner/eidoverse-worlds.git'))
+      .toBe('git@github.com:example-owner/eidoverse-worlds.git');
   });
 
   it('selects the official unattended Bun installer for each supported platform', () => {

diff --git a/server/services/instanceFeatures.js b/server/services/instanceFeatures.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ServerError } from '../lib/errorHandler.js';
+import { getOriginInfo } from '../lib/gitRemote.js';
 import { parseGitHubUrl } from '../lib/githubRepoUrl.js';
 import { INSTANCE_FEATURES, INSTANCE_FEATURE_IDS } from '../lib/instanceFeatureRegistry.js';
 import { isPlainObject } from '../lib/objects.js';
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ const configuredEidoverseRepo = (settings) => {
   if (typeof configured !== 'string') return DEFAULT_EIDOVERSE_WORLDS_REPO;
   const parsed = parseGitHubUrl(configured);
   return parsed
-    ? `https://github.com/${parsed.owner}/${parsed.repo}`
+    ? normalizeEidoverseWorldsRepo(configured)
     : DEFAULT_EIDOVERSE_WORLDS_REPO;
 };
 
@@ -133,9 +134,20 @@ export async function assertConfiguredEidoverseInstalled() {
 }
 
 const attachSetupStatus = async (features, settings) => {
-  const eidoverse = await getEidoverseStatus({ worldsRepoUrl: configuredEidoverseRepo(settings) });
+  const [eidoverse, portosOrigin] = await Promise.all([
+    getEidoverseStatus({ worldsRepoUrl: configuredEidoverseRepo(settings) }),
+    getOriginInfo(),
+  ]);
+  const upstream = parseGitHubUrl(DEFAULT_EIDOVERSE_WORLDS_REPO)?.owner || null;
+  const sourceOwners = {
+    // A stock clone points at atomantic/PortOS, which identifies the project
+    // owner rather than the current user's GitHub account. Only a non-upstream
+    // GitHub origin gives us a defensible owner for the "Self" shortcut.
+    self: portosOrigin.isGithub && !portosOrigin.isUpstream ? portosOrigin.owner : null,
+    upstream,
+  };
   return features.map((feature) => (
-    feature.id === 'eidoverse' ? { ...feature, setup: eidoverse } : feature
+    feature.id === 'eidoverse' ? { ...feature, setup: { ...eidoverse, sourceOwners } } : feature
   ));
 };