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The header says Phases 1-3 shipped, then §1 "Where we are today" described the world before any of them: catalog carrying "version + image override only", the manifest "never registry-distributed", counts of 48 disk manifests and 28 catalog entries. A reader hits the contradiction immediately and can't tell which half is current. Retitled §1 as the pre-Phase-1 baseline it is, and added the actual state: `releases/app-catalog.json` has 66 entries and 56 embed a full `manifest` block — one for every `apps/*/manifest.yml` in the tree (the stale counts were 48 and 28). What's genuinely left is Phase 4 (build-context apps) and Phase 5 (drop `apps/` from the OTA rsync), which the phase list already marks ⏳. Also: - The install arrow claimed "render Quadlet unit"; same overstatement corrected in architecture.md and app-manifest-spec.md — Quadlet is opt-in, the default is podman create+start. - §8's open question "generated_files with inline content — already supported?" is answered: `app.files[]` takes inline `content` with placeholder rendering. Marked answered rather than leaving a resolved question looking open. Verified present and unchanged: `catalog_manifest_to_overlay`, `install_stack_via_orchestrator`, `install_immich_stack`, and the catalog-wins merge semantics. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Archipelago documentation
Start here. This index groups the docs by what you're trying to do. The
authoritative behaviour is always the code in core/; where a doc and the code
disagree, the code wins and the doc is a bug.
Getting started
- User Walkthrough — setting up and using a node, from hardware to daily use
- Talking to your node — the conversational command surface
- Seed Verification — independently verify your 24-word backup
- Troubleshooting — common problems and how to resolve them
- Gamepad / Controller Navigation — driving the UI from a controller
Architecture
- Architecture — the system at a glance
- Multi-Node Architecture — how nodes relate across a fleet
- API Reference — the JSON-RPC surface
App development
- App Developer Guide — build and package a containerized app
- App Manifest Specification — the manifest schema, field by field
- Manifest → Quadlet unit — how a manifest compiles to a systemd-owned container unit
- Container lifecycle — the reconciler state machine: install/adopt/start/stop/self-heal
- App secrets — declaring, generating and injecting per-install credentials
- Registry-Distributed Manifests — how manifests reach nodes via the signed catalog
- Decentralized Marketplace Protocol — publishing apps via an external registry
- Bitcoin RPC Relay — letting an external wallet reach the node's Bitcoin RPC
- Companion Pairing QR — the pairing handoff contract
- TV input inside iframe apps — keyboard/gamepad routing into embedded apps
Design docs
These record why a thing is built the way it is. They are design records, not step-by-step guides, and some predate the current implementation.
- Registry-Distributed Manifests
- DHT Distribution
- Bitcoin Multi-Version
- Dual Ecash
- Hardware Signer
- Manifest Hooks
- Meshroller Integration
- Nostr Git Source Hosting
- Nostr Identity Import · Nostr Signer Login (research)
- Streaming Ecash (phase 4)
- App Packaging Migration
Decisions (ADRs)
- ADR-001: Podman over Docker
- ADR-002: DID Key Method for Node Identity
- ADR-003: Nostr Relays for Discovery
- ADR-004: Tor Hidden Services for Peer Communication
- ADR-005: ChaCha20-Poly1305 for Backup Encryption
- ADR-006: Nostr Relays for Marketplace Discovery
- ADR-007: DID-Based Federation Trust
- ADR-008: Dual Key Strategy (Ed25519 + Secp256k1)
- ADR-009: Manifest-Level Container Security
- ADR-011: DWN Deprioritization
Security
- Security Policy — how to report a vulnerability
- PSBT Signing Architecture
- Bitcoin RPC Proxy Exposure
- Entropy Enforcement (KEY-05)