diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 2f56ce4..07e5b2d 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1052,6 +1052,26 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "rev": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1787647619,
+        "narHash": "sha256-2uifZrVfZxca+jMfAD92caqlRf4ME3SIbJtv43f7Vsk=",
+        "ref": "refs/heads/main",
+        "rev": "6750a1871521b95fe177abfae5a9f3ef60f23f2c",
+        "revCount": 233,
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://git.naps.pt/yolo/rev.git"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "type": "git",
+        "url": "https://git.naps.pt/yolo/rev.git"
+      }
+    },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "agent-of-empires": "agent-of-empires",
@@ -1069,6 +1089,7 @@
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_7",
         "nvchad-starter": "nvchad-starter",
         "nvchad4nix": "nvchad4nix",
+        "rev": "rev",
         "rose-pine-hyprcursor": "rose-pine-hyprcursor",
         "sem": "sem",
         "spicetify-nix": "spicetify-nix",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 69a53eb..46bf2fa 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@
     # Terminal-session orchestrator. Pins its own nixpkgs for the same reason
     # ethui and agent-of-empires do — it is a verified Rust build.
     maestro.url = "git+https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro.git";
+    # Always-on local code review server. Follows nixpkgs, unlike the Rust
+    # inputs above: it is a plain node bundle, and a second nixpkgs would put a
+    # second node 26 in the closure for nothing.
+    rev = {
+      url = "git+https://git.naps.pt/yolo/rev.git";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
     nix-index-database = {
       url = "github:nix-community/nix-index-database";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
diff --git a/home/common/programs/nix-autodeploy/default.nix b/home/common/programs/nix-autodeploy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..163df14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/common/programs/nix-autodeploy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+# nix-autodeploy: one webhook endpoint that turns "a repo I own pushed to main"
+# into "that flake input is bumped, committed, and (optionally) applied".
+#
+# Replaces per-app deploy webhooks that rebuilt from a checkout on the box. The
+# apps are flake inputs now, so deploying one is a lock bump plus a generation
+# switch — the same operation for every app, hence one service instead of N.
+let
+  cfg = config.services.nixAutodeploy;
+
+  # A user unit inherits almost no PATH, and the deploy shells out to git (with
+  # the gitea credential helper), nix and nh.
+  profilePath = lib.concatStringsSep ":" [
+    "%h/.local/bin"
+    "%h/.nix-profile/bin"
+    "/etc/profiles/per-user/%u/bin"
+    "/run/current-system/sw/bin"
+  ];
+
+  deploy = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
+    name = "nix-autodeploy-deploy";
+    runtimeInputs = [
+      pkgs.git
+      pkgs.nix
+      pkgs.nh
+      pkgs.curl
+      pkgs.jq
+      pkgs.util-linux
+    ];
+    text = ''
+      # usage: nix-autodeploy-deploy <flake-input> <apply|notify>
+      input=$1
+      mode=$2
+      flake=${lib.escapeShellArg cfg.flake}
+      topic=${lib.escapeShellArg cfg.ntfy.topic}
+      ntfy_url=${lib.escapeShellArg cfg.ntfy.url}
+
+      notify() {
+        [ -n "''${NTFY_TOKEN:-}" ] || return 0
+        curl -fsS -X POST "$ntfy_url/$topic" \
+          -H "Authorization: Bearer $NTFY_TOKEN" \
+          -H "Title: $1" -d "$2" > /dev/null || true
+      }
+
+      # Serialize: two pushes landing together would otherwise race on the same
+      # working tree and the same flake.lock.
+      exec 9> "''${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR:-/tmp}/nix-autodeploy.lock"
+      flock 9
+
+      cd "$flake"
+
+      branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+      if [ "$branch" != main ]; then
+        notify "autodeploy skipped ($input)" "checkout is on $branch, not main"
+        exit 0
+      fi
+      if ! git diff --quiet || ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
+        notify "autodeploy skipped ($input)" "working tree is dirty"
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
+      git fetch --quiet origin main
+      git merge --ff-only --quiet origin/main
+
+      nix flake update "$input"
+      if git diff --quiet -- flake.lock; then
+        echo "autodeploy: $input already at the pushed revision"
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
+      rev=$(nix flake metadata --json |
+        jq -r --arg i "$input" '.locks.nodes[$i].locked.rev[0:7]')
+      git commit --quiet -m "chore(flake): bump $input to $rev" -- flake.lock
+      git push --quiet origin main
+
+      if [ "$mode" != apply ]; then
+        notify "$input bumped to $rev" "Not applied — run 'nh home switch' when convenient."
+        exit 0
+      fi
+
+      if nh home switch "$flake"; then
+        notify "$input deployed" "Bumped to $rev and switched."
+      else
+        notify "$input FAILED to apply" "Lock is at $rev on main; the switch failed. See journalctl --user -u run-*."
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    '';
+  };
+
+  listener = pkgs.writers.writePython3Bin "nix-autodeploy" {
+    # Only line length: http.server's do_GET/do_POST spelling is already
+    # excused inline.
+    flakeIgnore = [ "E501" ];
+  } (builtins.readFile ./listener.py);
+
+  repoMap = lib.mapAttrs (_: r: {
+    inherit (r) input;
+    inherit (r) apply;
+  }) cfg.repos;
+in
+{
+  options.services.nixAutodeploy = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "the forge-webhook listener that bumps and applies flake inputs";
+
+    port = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.port;
+      default = 7375;
+      description = "Port the listener binds on 0.0.0.0. There is no auth beyond the webhook HMAC, so only expose it through the reverse proxy.";
+    };
+
+    flake = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      example = "/home/naps62/tea/nixos-config";
+      description = "Absolute path to the nixos-config checkout whose flake.lock gets bumped. Must be on main and clean, or the deploy skips.";
+    };
+
+    environmentFile = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      example = "%h/.config/nix-autodeploy/env";
+      description = ''
+        File holding `NIX_AUTODEPLOY_SECRET` (the webhook HMAC secret, shared
+        with every repo below) and `NTFY_TOKEN`. Not in the store — these are
+        secrets.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    ntfy = {
+      url = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.str;
+        default = "https://ntfy.home.naps.pt";
+        description = "Base URL of the ntfy server deploy results are posted to.";
+      };
+      topic = lib.mkOption {
+        type = lib.types.str;
+        default = "nix-autodeploy";
+        description = "ntfy topic for deploy results.";
+      };
+    };
+
+    repos = lib.mkOption {
+      default = { };
+      description = "Forge repositories to listen for, keyed by `<owner>/<repo>` exactly as the webhook payload spells it.";
+      example = lib.literalExpression ''
+        { "yolo/rev" = { input = "rev"; }; }
+      '';
+      type = lib.types.attrsOf (
+        lib.types.submodule {
+          options = {
+            input = lib.mkOption {
+              type = lib.types.str;
+              description = "Name of the flake input in this repo's flake.nix that tracks that repository.";
+            };
+            apply = lib.mkOption {
+              type = lib.types.bool;
+              default = true;
+              description = ''
+                Whether to run `nh home switch` after the bump. Set false for an
+                app whose restart disrupts a live session — the lock is still
+                bumped and pushed, and the ntfy message says it is waiting.
+              '';
+            };
+          };
+        }
+      );
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    systemd.user.services.nix-autodeploy = {
+      Unit = {
+        Description = "nix-autodeploy — forge webhooks bump and apply flake inputs";
+        After = [ "network.target" ];
+        # Same restart-budget trap every other always-on unit here avoids: at
+        # RestartSec=2 a fast-crashing listener would park in `failed`.
+        StartLimitIntervalSec = 0;
+      };
+      Service = {
+        Type = "simple";
+        ExecStart = lib.getExe listener;
+        EnvironmentFile = cfg.environmentFile;
+        Environment = [
+          "PATH=${profilePath}"
+          "NIX_AUTODEPLOY_PORT=${toString cfg.port}"
+          "NIX_AUTODEPLOY_DEPLOY_BIN=${lib.getExe deploy}"
+          "NIX_AUTODEPLOY_ENV_FILE=${cfg.environmentFile}"
+          "NIX_AUTODEPLOY_REPOS=${builtins.toJSON repoMap}"
+        ];
+        Restart = "always";
+        RestartSec = 2;
+      };
+      Install.WantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/home/common/programs/nix-autodeploy/listener.py b/home/common/programs/nix-autodeploy/listener.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e891ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/common/programs/nix-autodeploy/listener.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+"""Forge webhook listener that turns a push into a flake-input bump.
+
+Verifies the HMAC a Gitea (or GitHub) webhook signs the body with, then hands
+the actual work to a transient systemd unit. Nothing is done in-process: the
+deploy runs `nh home switch`, which restarts every unit home-manager owns —
+including this listener — so the job has to outlive it.
+"""
+
+import hashlib
+import hmac
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, ThreadingHTTPServer
+
+SECRET = os.environ.get("NIX_AUTODEPLOY_SECRET", "").encode()
+PORT = int(os.environ.get("NIX_AUTODEPLOY_PORT", "7375"))
+DEPLOY = os.environ["NIX_AUTODEPLOY_DEPLOY_BIN"]
+# {"<owner>/<repo>": {"input": "rev", "apply": true}, ...}
+REPOS = json.loads(os.environ["NIX_AUTODEPLOY_REPOS"])
+ENV_FILE = os.environ.get("NIX_AUTODEPLOY_ENV_FILE", "")
+MAX_BODY = 1 << 20
+
+if not SECRET:
+    sys.exit("NIX_AUTODEPLOY_SECRET is not set")
+
+
+def signature_ok(body: bytes, headers) -> bool:
+    expected = hmac.new(SECRET, body, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
+    # Gitea sends the bare hex digest; GitHub prefixes it with "sha256=".
+    for name in ("X-Gitea-Signature", "X-Hub-Signature-256"):
+        got = headers.get(name)
+        if got and hmac.compare_digest(got.removeprefix("sha256="), expected):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def spawn(repo: str, entry: dict) -> None:
+    cmd = [
+        "systemd-run",
+        "--user",
+        "--collect",
+        f"--description=nix-autodeploy: {repo}",
+        # PATH is not inherited by a transient unit, and the deploy shells out
+        # to git, nix and the gitea credential helper.
+        f"--setenv=PATH={os.environ['PATH']}",
+    ]
+    if ENV_FILE:
+        cmd.append(f"--property=EnvironmentFile={ENV_FILE}")
+    cmd += [DEPLOY, entry["input"], "apply" if entry.get("apply", True) else "notify"]
+    subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
+
+
+class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+    def reply(self, code: int, text: str) -> None:
+        payload = text.encode()
+        self.send_response(code)
+        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+        self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(payload)))
+        self.end_headers()
+        self.wfile.write(payload)
+
+    def do_GET(self) -> None:  # noqa: N802 - BaseHTTPRequestHandler's spelling
+        if self.path == "/health":
+            self.reply(200, "ok\n")
+        else:
+            self.reply(404, "no\n")
+
+    def do_POST(self) -> None:  # noqa: N802
+        length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", "0"))
+        if length > MAX_BODY:
+            return self.reply(413, "body too large\n")
+        body = self.rfile.read(length)
+
+        if not signature_ok(body, self.headers):
+            return self.reply(401, "bad signature\n")
+
+        try:
+            event = json.loads(body)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            return self.reply(400, "bad json\n")
+
+        ref = event.get("ref")
+        repo = (event.get("repository") or {}).get("full_name")
+        if ref != "refs/heads/main":
+            return self.reply(200, f"ignored ref {ref}\n")
+
+        entry = REPOS.get(repo)
+        if entry is None:
+            return self.reply(200, f"ignored repo {repo}\n")
+
+        spawn(repo, entry)
+        self.reply(202, f"deploying {entry['input']}\n")
+
+    def log_message(self, fmt: str, *args) -> None:
+        # Journal already timestamps; the default format prepends its own.
+        sys.stderr.write(f"{self.address_string()} {fmt % args}\n")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ThreadingHTTPServer(("0.0.0.0", PORT), Handler).serve_forever()
diff --git a/home/common/programs/rev/default.nix b/home/common/programs/rev/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a47b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/common/programs/rev/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ inputs, ... }:
+# rev: the always-on code review server. Module only — no `enable` here. It
+# discovers every repo under its roots and serves them without auth, so only a
+# box that is already a trusted single-user machine should run it.
+{
+  imports = [ inputs.rev.homeManagerModules.default ];
+}
diff --git a/home/yolo/default.nix b/home/yolo/default.nix
index 2bcc2a6..0160e2d 100644
--- a/home/yolo/default.nix
+++ b/home/yolo/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ in
     ../common/programs/gpg.nix
     ../common/programs/aoe
     ../common/programs/maestro
+    ../common/programs/rev
+    ../common/programs/nix-autodeploy
     ../common/features/xdg.nix
     ./monitors.nix
     ./services.nix
diff --git a/home/yolo/services.nix b/home/yolo/services.nix
index 9bc498e..42adb5f 100644
--- a/home/yolo/services.nix
+++ b/home/yolo/services.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
   inputs,
   ...
 }:
-# The user services this box exists to run, ported from hand-written units in
-# ~/.config/systemd/user on the Ubuntu machine.
+# The user services this box exists to run.
 #
-# NOT self-contained: every ExecStart under ~/.bun or ~/.local/bin is an
-# imperatively-installed binary, and the WorkingDirectories are clones of
-# separate repos. Nix owns the unit definitions here, nothing more.
+# maestro and rev come from their own flakes, so nix owns the build as well as
+# the unit. aoe-web is still the odd one out: its unit is defined here and the
+# binary comes from the flake input.
 let
   # A user unit gets almost no PATH by default; these are the profile dirs the
   # original units got for free from the system PATH on Ubuntu.
@@ -19,16 +18,17 @@ let
   aoe = inputs.agent-of-empires.packages.${pkgs.system}.aoe-with-web;
 in
 {
+  # sem is here as well as on rev's unit: the shell uses it directly too.
   home.packages = [
     sem
-    pkgs.bun
     # ACP adapter aoe's structured (web) sessions spawn as `claude-agent-acp`.
     pkgs.claude-agent-acp
   ];
 
-  # maestro's own units come from its flake module, not from the hand-written
-  # set below. 8081, not 8080: aoe-web already has that port on this host.
-  # There is no auth layer, so 0.0.0.0 is only safe behind the LAN perimeter.
+  # maestro's and rev's units come from their flake modules, not from the
+  # hand-written set below. 8081, not 8080: aoe-web already has that port on
+  # this host. There is no auth layer, so 0.0.0.0 is only safe behind the LAN
+  # perimeter.
   services.maestro = {
     enable = true;
     web.enable = true;
@@ -41,60 +41,40 @@ in
     };
   };
 
+  # Everything under ~, three levels deep — the worktrees live at
+  # ~/<area>/<repo>/worktrees/<name>. sem gives entity-level diffs; without it
+  # rev falls back to line diffs.
+  services.rev = {
+    enable = true;
+    roots = [ "%h" ];
+    depth = 3;
+    semBin = "${sem}/bin/sem";
+  };
+
+  # One endpoint for both app repos. rev applies straight away; maestro only
+  # bumps the lock and notifies, because switching restarts the daemon that
+  # owns every interactive shell on this box.
+  services.nixAutodeploy = {
+    enable = true;
+    flake = "/home/naps62/tea/nixos-config";
+    environmentFile = "%h/.config/nix-autodeploy/env";
+    repos = {
+      "yolo/rev".input = "rev";
+      "naps62/maestro" = {
+        input = "maestro";
+        apply = false;
+      };
+    };
+  };
+
   systemd.user.services = {
-    rev = {
-      Unit = {
-        Description = "rev — always-on local code review server";
-        After = [ "network.target" ];
-        # MUST stay 0: at RestartSec=2 a fast-crashing rev burns the default
-        # 5-starts-per-10s budget, and systemd parks the unit in `failed` until
-        # a manual `systemctl --user reset-failed`.
-        StartLimitIntervalSec = 0;
-      };
-      Service = {
-        Type = "simple";
-        WorkingDirectory = "%h/tea/rev";
-        # nodejs_26, not pkgs.nodejs: rev's package.json sets engines >=26 and
-        # the nixpkgs default is 24.
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.nodejs_26}/bin/node server/index.ts";
-        Environment = [
-          "NODE_ENV=production"
-          "REV_ROOTS=%h"
-          "REV_DEPTH=3"
-          "REV_SEM_BIN=${sem}/bin/sem"
-          "PATH=${toolPath}"
-        ];
-        Restart = "always";
-        RestartSec = 2;
-      };
-      Install.WantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
-    };
-
-    rev-deploy = {
-      Unit = {
-        Description = "rev-deploy — Gitea webhook listener that deploys rev on push to main";
-        After = [ "network.target" ];
-        # Same restart-budget trap as `rev` above.
-        StartLimitIntervalSec = 0;
-      };
-      Service = {
-        Type = "simple";
-        WorkingDirectory = "%h/tea/rev";
-        ExecStart = "${pkgs.bun}/bin/bun scripts/deploy-webhook.ts";
-        EnvironmentFile = "%h/.config/rev/deploy.env";
-        # Unit files are home-manager symlinks; deploy.sh must not rewrite them.
-        Environment = [ "PATH=${toolPath}" "REV_SKIP_UNIT_INSTALL=1" ];
-        Restart = "always";
-        RestartSec = 2;
-      };
-      Install.WantedBy = [ "default.target" ];
-    };
-
     aoe-web = {
       Unit = {
         Description = "aoe serve — Agent of Empires web dashboard";
         After = [ "network.target" ];
-        # Same restart-budget trap as `rev` above.
+        # MUST stay 0: at RestartSec=2 a fast-crashing aoe burns the default
+        # 5-starts-per-10s budget, and systemd parks the unit in `failed` until
+        # a manual `systemctl --user reset-failed`.
         StartLimitIntervalSec = 0;
       };
       Service = {