Plan-checker revision iteration 1 — 1 blocker + 2 warnings. BLOCKER (context_compliance, D-13): the music track blocked phase completion despite being locked as non-blocking. 13-15 depended on 13-11, which chains back through 13-07 to 13-04, so the phase could not close without the entire music chain. Took the checker's option (b): 13-15 depends_on is now ["13-06","13-09","13-14"] — 13-06 added so the content-grid check stays a real gate, 13-11 dropped so no path reaches 13-04/13-07/13-11. UAT step 7 is now content-only and blocking; new step 7b is the music view as record-and-defer, the same shape step 10 already used for Routstr. Verified: 13-15's transitive closure contains no music plan. WARNING (scope_reduction): T-13-32 claimed the filebrowser-client.ts JWT-in-query-string leak was "fixed" while only guaranteeing it was not propagated. Now actually fixed — streamUrl returns a query-free same-origin URL and relies on the path=/ cookie login() already sets; filebrowser-client.ts and a new regression test are in 13-06's files_modified. T-13-32 is scoped to new code; new T-13-39 owns the pre-existing leak and names the residual (the JWT is still 24h, now confined to the cookie jar). WARNING (verification_derivation): the edge-probe reconciliation did not match the files. Corrected in 13-VALIDATION.md — 10 probe findings vs 9 edge entries kept apart, 13-07's 3 truths retagged as authored rather than probe-surfaced. No truths deleted. 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.