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Creating a Lightning invoice with no Lightning implementation installed failed
at the RPC layer — lnd.createinvoice returned connection-refused and the
Receive screen rendered it as a red error. That reads as the wallet being
broken when the node simply has no Lightning node installed yet.
useLightningRequired() gates the three invoice paths (wallet Receive, the Web5
send/receive sheet, and the app launcher's paywall — both arms there, since
paying an invoice needs a node as much as minting one). With none installed it
raises a modal offering to install one and the caller bails without surfacing
an error at all.
The modal lists the choice rather than assuming LND: LND installs today, Core
Lightning is listed greyed as "Coming soon" so the platform doesn't read as
LND-only. When CLN ships it is two lines — flip `available` and add the id to
LIGHTNING_NODE_APP_IDS.
Detection is install state, NOT reachability, deliberately: an installed node
that is merely stopped or still starting is a different problem ("start it")
and must not be answered with "install a Lightning node".
Also fixes the credentials modal, which painted its own rgba(8,10,18,.98)
navy card instead of the house glass-card — it read as blue against every
other modal. It existed twice (Apps.vue and apps/AppIconGrid.vue); both now
use BaseModal, so they also inherit Esc/focus handling, body scroll lock and
the standard pinned-header/footer scroll contract they were missing. Dead
panel CSS removed from both.
Verified: 4 new tests; full suite 103 files / 826 tests green; npm run build
clean with the new strings present in the built bundle.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Archipelago
Self-sovereign Bitcoin node OS and manifest-driven app platform.
Archipelago is a bootable personal server OS for Bitcoin infrastructure,
self-hosted apps, mesh communication, decentralized identity, and federation.
Apps are packaged as declarative manifest.yml files and run as rootless
Podman containers managed by the Rust backend.
What is here
core/- Rust workspace: backend API, container runtime, security, OpenWrt helpers, and performance/resource management.neode-ui/- Vue 3 + TypeScript frontend.apps/- app manifests and custom app container sources.docker/- supporting container build contexts for UI companion surfaces.image-recipe/- bootable image/ISO build inputs.Android/- Android companion app.scripts/- development, release, deployment, and validation tooling.docs/- architecture, app packaging, operations, API, and roadmap docs.
Platform model
Archipelago is built as a developer-ready app platform, not a fixed appliance:
- Apps are declared in
apps/<app-id>/manifest.yml. - The Rust parser in
core/container/src/manifest.rsis the canonical schema. - The orchestrator compiles manifests to rootless Podman/Quadlet runtime state.
- App data lives under
/var/lib/archipelago/<app-id>/. - Secrets are generated or read from
/var/lib/archipelago/secrets/and injected through Podman secrets rather than static environment values. - Release and app catalogs are signed and verified against a pinned trust anchor.
Start with:
- Architecture
- Developer Guide
- App Developer Guide
- App Manifest Spec
- Nostr Git Source Hosting Plan
- Operations Runbook
- Troubleshooting
Quick start
Frontend
cd neode-ui
npm install
npm start
The dev UI runs at http://localhost:8100 with a mock backend on :5959.
Backend
cd core
cargo build
cargo test --all-features
Linux is the supported backend runtime and release-build target. macOS is fine for frontend work and many Rust compile/test loops, but host integration tests that touch Podman, systemd, networking, or image build paths require Linux.
App manifests
./scripts/validate-app-manifest.sh apps/filebrowser/manifest.yml
python3 scripts/generate-app-catalog.py
python3 scripts/check-app-catalog-drift.py --release --strict
scripts/generate-app-catalog.py requires Python with PyYAML installed.
Documentation map
| Doc | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Architecture | System layers, crates, data paths, security model |
| Developer Guide | Local setup, code workflow, testing |
| API Reference | JSON-RPC API overview |
| App Developer Guide | How to package and test apps |
| App Manifest Spec | Manifest schema and validation rules |
| Nostr Git Source Hosting Plan | ngit/NIP-34 contribution workflow and maintainer model |
| Apps README | Packaged app catalog overview |
| Image Recipe | Bootable image build flow |
| Operations Runbook | Production operations and recovery |
| Open Source Readiness | Public-release cleanup checklist |
| Roadmap | Shipped, in-progress, and planned work |
| Unified Task Tracker | Launch hardening task list |
| Archive | Historical plans, audits, and handoffs |
Contributing
Read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request. For security issues, follow SECURITY.md and do not open a public issue.
License
Archipelago is licensed under the MIT License. Third-party notices are listed in NOTICE and generated license inventories in component release artifacts.