Alice v0.18.1

Alice v0.18.1 — Lydia → Alice rename (full codebase)

What Changed

Complete rename of all lydia references to alice across the entire codebase:

• 218 files changed, 2207 insertions, 2207 deletions
• Function names, constants, env vars, variables, parameters, comments

Core (alice_constants.py)

• set/get/reset_lydia_home_override → set/get/reset_alice_home_override
• _get_platform_default_lydia_home → _get_platform_default_alice_home
• ensure_lydia_home → ensure_alice_home
• find_lydia_node_executable → find_alice_node_executable
• with_lydia_node_path → with_alice_node_path
• • 10 more function renames

Environment Variables

• LYDIA_HOME → ALICE_HOME
• LYDIA_HOME_MODE → ALICE_HOME_MODE
• LYDIA_GIT_SHA → ALICE_GIT_SHA
• LYDIA_GIT_BASH_PATH → ALICE_GIT_BASH_PATH
• LYDIA_BUNDLED_SKILLS → ALICE_BUNDLED_SKILLS
• LYDIA_OPTIONAL_SKILLS → ALICE_OPTIONAL_SKILLS
• LYDIA_OPTIONAL_MCPS → ALICE_OPTIONAL_MCPS
• LYDIA_NODE_TARGET_MAJOR → ALICE_NODE_TARGET_MAJOR

Electron Desktop

• resolveLydiaHome() → resolveAliceHome()
• LYDIA_HOME variable → ALICE_HOME
• ACTIVE_LYDIA_ROOT → ACTIVE_ALICE_ROOT
• .lydia-bootstrap-complete → .alice-bootstrap-complete
• APP_NAME = 'Lydia' → APP_NAME = 'Alice'
• com.nousresearch.lydia → com.nousresearch.alice
• verifyLydiaCli → verifyAliceCli
• All .cjs files updated (backend-env, backend-probes, bootstrap-runner, etc.)

Python Codebase

• 60+ function renames across alice_cli/, agent/, gateway/, tools/, tui_gateway/, cron/
• 351 variable/parameter renames
• 79 additional renames (cookies, build info, temp files)

Intentional Remaining (4 references)

• r/lydiaagent — Reddit subreddit (external reference)
• "clydia-foo" — anti-false-positive string in uninstall
• Regex patterns in approval.py — detect old lydia commands for security

Stats

• 49/49 tests passing
• 0 syntax errors
• Rename-only change, no functional difference