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feat(appgate): apps with their own login can skip the node login
Some apps carry a complete account system and are broken by an upstream
challenge: git clients speak basic-auth (not browser cookies), and a
BTCPay checkout link handed to a customer must open for that customer.
Both were behind the gate's login page — the "non-browser clients need an
access token" gap disclosed in five consecutive releases.

- New manifest port policy `auth: open`: the daemon still fronts the port
  exactly like `gated` (loopback pin, external binds, frame-header fixes,
  app-down retry page, Tor upstream) but serves it without the login
  challenge. Requires auth_rationale, same burden of proof as `none`.
  Gitea 3001 and BTCPay 23000 declare it.
- Runtime operator override per app (security.set-app-gate → app-configs/
  <id>.json "gateEnabled"), surfaced as Settings → app → Access control.
  Wins over the manifest in both directions and applies on the next
  request — no restart, and it works today on catalog-covered apps whose
  signed manifest still says `gated`.
- The gate resolves policy per-request from the live port map, so a
  toggle takes effect without waiting for the 60s rebind sweep. "Off"
  never releases the port: gated apps are loopback-pinned, so releasing
  would strand them, not open them.
- security.app-gate-status now reports gate_enabled + any override.
- New guard test pins the `auth: open` set (both entries reviewed); the
  `auth: none` count moves 25 → 26, absorbing pre-existing drift from the
  phoenixd onboarding (loopback JSON API with its own generated password).
- Docs: the manifest spec's ports row documented only host/container/
  protocol — bind, auth, auth_rationale and session_passthrough were
  undocumented. Added a full "Ports & the app gate" section plus a
  developer-guide entry telling app authors to enforce their own auth
  regardless, since the operator can flip the gate either way.

Verified live on archi-dev-box from an external address: gated → 401 gate
page; override off → Gitea 200 own page, BTCPay 302 to its own login,
git-over-HTTP info/refs 200; override on → 401 again; clear → default.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-16 11:40:07 -04:00
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Archipelago App Manifests

Containerized applications for the Archipelago Bitcoin Node OS. All apps run in rootless Podman with security hardening (cap-drop ALL, readonly root, non-root user, memory limits).

App Categories

Bitcoin & Lightning

  • bitcoin-knots — Full Bitcoin node (v28.1)
  • lnd — Lightning Network Daemon (v0.17.4-beta)
  • btcpay-server — Payment processor (v1.13.5)
  • mempool — Block explorer and fee estimator (v2.5.0)
  • electrumx — Electrum server
  • fedimint — Federated Bitcoin minting (v0.10.0)

Nostr

  • nostr-rs-relay — High-performance Rust relay (v0.9.0)
  • nostrudel — Nostr web client (v0.40.0)

Web5 & Identity

  • did-wallet — Web5 DID Wallet

Self-Hosted Services

  • nextcloud (v28), jellyfin (v10.8.13), immich (release), photoprism (v240915)
  • vaultwarden (v1.30.0-alpine), penpot (v2.4)
  • homeassistant (v2024.1), filebrowser (v2.27.0), searxng (2024.11.17)
  • ollama (v0.5.4), grafana (v10.2.0), portainer (v2.19.4)

Networking

  • tailscale (stable), nginx-proxy-manager (v2.12.1)

Custom & External

  • indeedhub — Bitcoin documentary streaming (custom build)
  • router — Mesh routing and network management
  • botfights — External web app

Manifest Format

Each app has a manifest.yml defining container image, resources, dependencies, security policies, health checks, and network config. See docs/app-manifest-spec.md for the spec.

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