diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index ee54234..a673c84 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock};
 
 mod queue;
+mod parity;
 
 pub struct AppState {
     pub tasks: Arc<Mutex<HashMap<String, u32>>>,
@@ -1341,7 +1342,8 @@ pub fn run() {
             request_automation_permission, open_automation_settings,
             set_keychain_password, get_keychain_password, delete_keychain_password,
             check_file_exists, delete_file, toggle_tray_icon, set_extension_pairing_token,
-            set_extension_frontend_ready
+            set_extension_frontend_ready,
+            parity::get_system_proxy, parity::get_file_category, parity::check_for_updates
         ])
         .run(tauri::generate_context!())
         .expect("error while running tauri application");
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/parity.rs b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/parity.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fc0134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/parity.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn get_system_proxy() -> Result<Option<String>, String> {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    {
+        use std::process::Command;
+        let output = Command::new("scutil").arg("--proxy").output().map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+        let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+        
+        let mut http_enable = false;
+        let mut http_proxy = String::new();
+        let mut http_port = String::new();
+        let mut https_enable = false;
+        let mut https_proxy = String::new();
+        let mut https_port = String::new();
+
+        for line in stdout.lines() {
+            let parts: Vec<&str> = line.splitn(2, ':').collect();
+            if parts.len() == 2 {
+                let key = parts[0].trim();
+                let value = parts[1].trim();
+                match key {
+                    "HTTPEnable" => http_enable = value == "1",
+                    "HTTPProxy" => http_proxy = value.to_string(),
+                    "HTTPPort" => http_port = value.to_string(),
+                    "HTTPSEnable" => https_enable = value == "1",
+                    "HTTPSProxy" => https_proxy = value.to_string(),
+                    "HTTPSPort" => https_port = value.to_string(),
+                    _ => {}
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if https_enable && !https_proxy.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(Some(format!("http://{}:{}", https_proxy, https_port))); // Often https proxy is HTTP
+        } else if http_enable && !http_proxy.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(Some(format!("http://{}:{}", http_proxy, http_port)));
+        }
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
+    {
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub fn get_file_category(filename: String) -> String {
+    let ext = std::path::Path::new(&filename)
+        .extension()
+        .and_then(|s| s.to_str())
+        .map(|s| s.to_lowercase())
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+
+    let music_exts = ["aac", "aif", "aiff", "alac", "amr", "ape", "au", "caf", "flac", "m4a", "m4b", "mid", "midi", "mp3", "oga", "ogg", "opus", "ra", "wav", "weba", "wma"];
+    let movie_exts = ["3g2", "3gp", "avi", "divx", "f4v", "flv", "m2ts", "m4v", "mkv", "mov", "mp4", "mpeg", "mpg", "mts", "ogm", "ogv", "rm", "rmvb", "ts", "vob", "webm", "wmv"];
+    let compressed_exts = ["7z", "ace", "alz", "apk", "appx", "ar", "arc", "arj", "bz", "bz2", "cab", "cpio", "deb", "dmg", "gz", "gzip", "iso", "jar", "lha", "lzh", "lz", "lz4", "lzip", "lzma", "pak", "pkg", "rar", "rpm", "sit", "sitx", "tar", "tbz", "tbz2", "tgz", "tlz", "txz", "war", "whl", "xar", "xz", "z", "zip", "zipx", "zst"];
+    let picture_exts = ["ai", "apng", "avif", "bmp", "cr2", "cr3", "dng", "emf", "eps", "gif", "heic", "heif", "ico", "indd", "jfif", "jpeg", "jpg", "jxl", "nef", "orf", "pbm", "pgm", "png", "pnm", "ppm", "psd", "raw", "rw2", "svg", "tga", "tif", "tiff", "webp", "wmf"];
+    let document_exts = ["azw", "azw3", "csv", "djvu", "doc", "docm", "docx", "dot", "dotx", "epub", "fb2", "htm", "html", "ics", "key", "log", "md", "mobi", "pdf", "numbers", "odp", "ods", "odt", "pages", "pot", "potx", "pps", "ppsx", "ppt", "pptm", "pptx", "rtf", "tex", "txt", "vcf", "xls", "xlsm", "xlsx", "xml", "xps", "yaml", "yml"];
+
+    if music_exts.contains(&ext.as_str()) {
+        "musics".to_string()
+    } else if movie_exts.contains(&ext.as_str()) {
+        "movies".to_string()
+    } else if compressed_exts.contains(&ext.as_str()) {
+        "compressed".to_string()
+    } else if picture_exts.contains(&ext.as_str()) {
+        "pictures".to_string()
+    } else if document_exts.contains(&ext.as_str()) {
+        "documents".to_string()
+    } else {
+        "other".to_string()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
+pub struct AvailableReleaseUpdate {
+    pub version: String,
+    pub tag_name: String,
+    pub title: String,
+    pub release_notes: String,
+    pub release_url: String,
+    pub published_at: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "type")]
+pub enum ReleaseCheckOutcome {
+    UpdateAvailable { update: AvailableReleaseUpdate },
+    UpToDate { latest_version: String, local_version: String },
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct GitHubRelease {
+    tag_name: String,
+    name: Option<String>,
+    body: Option<String>,
+    html_url: String,
+    draft: bool,
+    prerelease: bool,
+    published_at: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn check_for_updates(app_handle: tauri::AppHandle) -> Result<ReleaseCheckOutcome, String> {
+    let current_version = app_handle.package_info().version.to_string();
+    
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let res = client.get("https://api.github.com/repos/nimbold/Firelink/releases?per_page=30")
+        .header("User-Agent", "Firelink")
+        .header("Accept", "application/vnd.github+json")
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+
+    if !res.status().is_success() {
+        return Err(format!("GitHub returned HTTP {}", res.status().as_u16()));
+    }
+
+    let releases: Vec<GitHubRelease> = res.json().await.map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
+    
+    let latest_stable = releases.into_iter()
+        .filter(|r| !r.draft && !r.prerelease)
+        .max_by(|a, b| cmp_versions(&a.tag_name, &b.tag_name));
+        
+    let release = match latest_stable {
+        Some(r) => r,
+        None => return Err("No stable release was found.".to_string()),
+    };
+
+    let latest_version = release.tag_name.trim_start_matches(|c| c == 'v' || c == 'V').to_string();
+
+    if cmp_versions(&latest_version, &current_version) == std::cmp::Ordering::Greater {
+        Ok(ReleaseCheckOutcome::UpdateAvailable {
+            update: AvailableReleaseUpdate {
+                version: latest_version.clone(),
+                tag_name: release.tag_name.clone(),
+                title: release.name.unwrap_or(release.tag_name),
+                release_notes: release.body.unwrap_or_else(|| "No release notes were provided for this version.".to_string()),
+                release_url: release.html_url,
+                published_at: release.published_at,
+            }
+        })
+    } else {
+        Ok(ReleaseCheckOutcome::UpToDate {
+            latest_version,
+            local_version: current_version,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+fn cmp_versions(a: &str, b: &str) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
+    let a_clean = a.trim_start_matches(|c| c == 'v' || c == 'V');
+    let b_clean = b.trim_start_matches(|c| c == 'v' || c == 'V');
+    
+    let a_parts: Vec<u32> = a_clean.split('.').filter_map(|s| s.parse().ok()).collect();
+    let b_parts: Vec<u32> = b_clean.split('.').filter_map(|s| s.parse().ok()).collect();
+    
+    let len = std::cmp::max(a_parts.len(), b_parts.len());
+    for i in 0..len {
+        let a_val = a_parts.get(i).unwrap_or(&0);
+        let b_val = b_parts.get(i).unwrap_or(&0);
+        if a_val != b_val {
+            return a_val.cmp(b_val);
+        }
+    }
+    std::cmp::Ordering::Equal
+}