An unloaded balance rendered as `0`. Zero is not a loading state — it is
a number, and it is the one number that frightens people. Someone
opening the dashboard while the RPCs were still in flight was told, in
the wallet's own typeface, that their money was gone.
There is no formatting fix for that. The fix is to stop claiming a
figure we do not have, so `null` now means "not known yet" and `0` means
"none", and the two are kept apart end to end: the refs start at null,
a rail becomes a number only when its call actually succeeds, and a
snapshot key that was never written stays unknown instead of becoming a
zero.
In place of the figure, a small dot-matrix scans in the rail's own
colour. It inherits currentColor, so on-chain shimmers orange, Lightning
yellow, Cashu purple, Fedimint blue and Ark teal with no colour table to
keep in sync — and it is sized to the figure it stands in for, so
nothing jumps when the real number lands. It carries role="status" and
names what it is waiting for; a shimmering box with no text is nothing
at all to a screen reader.
Two consequences worth stating. The total is withheld until every rail
that makes it up is known — summing nulls as zero would show a total
*lower* than the rails beneath it, which is worse than showing nothing
because it looks authoritative. And the Ark row stays hidden while its
balance is unknown, since "unknown" must not be read as "> 0" on the
many nodes with no Ark sidecar.
The LND app UI had the same bug in a different shape: its tiles start as
an em-dash, but renderBalances() runs on every poll including before the
first response, and `num(null && …)` is 0 — so the dashes were painted
over with "0 sats" almost immediately. Same treatment, in plain CSS.
Also fixes a stale assertion in AppHeroSection's suite, which has been
red since 9ccc325a changed "Restarting..." to a real ellipsis; and two
test proofs that used a plausible-looking hex string for `C`. The V3
codec never parses that field so it went unnoticed, but the V4 encoder
hands it to the reference implementation, which checks the point is
actually on secp256k1. Real curve points now.
Frontend: 996 tests green. Backend: 1436 green.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Archipelago Web UI
Vue 3 + TypeScript + Vite + Tailwind CSS + Pinia
The web interface for Archipelago — a self-sovereign Bitcoin Node OS.
Quick Start
cd neode-ui
npm install
npm start
Visit http://localhost:8100 — login with password: password123
This starts:
- Mock backend on port 5959 (no Docker required)
- Vite dev server on port 8100 with HMR
Stop with npm stop.
Architecture
neode-ui/
├── src/
│ ├── api/ # RPC client (rpc-client.ts), WebSocket, container client
│ ├── stores/ # Pinia stores (app, container, appLauncher, monitoring)
│ ├── views/ # Page components (Dashboard, Marketplace, Settings, etc.)
│ ├── components/ # Reusable components (SplashScreen, AppSession, etc.)
│ ├── router/ # Vue Router configuration
│ ├── types/ # TypeScript type definitions
│ └── style.css # Global styles + Tailwind utilities
├── public/assets/ # Static assets (images, fonts, app icons, audio)
├── mock-backend.js # Mock backend server (simulates Rust backend)
├── docker/ # Docker configs (nginx, entrypoint)
└── vite.config.ts # Vite config with backend proxy
Dev Modes
The mock backend supports multiple startup modes via VITE_DEV_MODE:
| Mode | Command | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
| default | npm start |
Fully set up, login screen |
| existing | VITE_DEV_MODE=existing npm run dev:mock |
Same as default |
| setup | VITE_DEV_MODE=setup npm run dev:mock |
First-time password setup flow |
| onboarding | VITE_DEV_MODE=onboarding npm run dev:mock |
Post-setup onboarding flow |
| boot | npm run dev:boot |
25s simulated boot sequence |
Mock Backend
The mock backend (mock-backend.js) simulates the full Rust backend for local development:
Pre-installed apps (always visible in My Apps):
- Bitcoin Core, LND, Electrs, Mempool, FileBrowser, LoraBell, Fedimint
Marketplace: 30+ curated apps with Docker images, install/uninstall simulation
Features simulated:
- Authentication (login, password change, TOTP 2FA)
- System metrics (CPU, memory, disk — randomized for realism)
- Node identity (DID, Nostr pubkey, Tor address)
- Federation (3 mock nodes with apps, metrics, trust levels)
- Mesh networking (4 LoRa peers, encrypted messaging, invoices)
- Peer-to-peer messaging
- FileBrowser API (mock file system with Music, Documents, Photos, Videos)
- DWN sync status
- Transport layer (mesh/LAN/Tor routing)
- Notifications (5 realistic entries)
- Claude AI chat proxy (requires
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY)
Container runtime: If Docker/Podman is available, the mock backend will run real containers for installed apps. Otherwise, it simulates them.
Demo Deployment (Portainer)
Deploy the demo via Docker Compose for showcasing:
docker compose -f docker-compose.demo.yml build
docker compose -f docker-compose.demo.yml up -d
Or deploy through Portainer Stacks:
- Stacks > Add stack > name:
archy-demo - Web editor: paste
docker-compose.demo.ymlcontents - Add environment variable:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY(for Claude chat) - Deploy
Access at http://your-host:4848 — password: password123
Development Commands
npm start # Start mock backend + Vite (recommended)
npm stop # Stop all servers
npm run dev:mock # Same as start, without port cleanup
npm run dev:boot # Boot mode (simulated startup delay)
npm run backend:mock # Mock backend only
npm run dev # Vite only (needs backend running separately)
npm run dev:real # Vite with real Rust backend
npm run build # Production build (outputs to ../web/dist/neode-ui/)
npm run build:docker # Build for Docker (no type checking)
npm run type-check # TypeScript type checking
npm test # Run tests
Design System
Glass Classes
| Class | Use |
|---|---|
.glass-card |
Content containers, modals, panels |
.glass-button |
ALL buttons (primary and secondary) |
.path-option-card |
Interactive cards with hover lift |
.info-card |
Status badges, metric displays |
Tokens
- Font: Avenir Next (primary), Montserrat (
font-archipelago) - Glass:
bg: rgba(0,0,0,0.60),blur: 24px,border: rgba(255,255,255,0.22) - Accent:
#fb923c(Bitcoin orange),#4ade80(green),#ef4444(red) - Text:
rgba(255,255,255,0.9)primary,rgba(255,255,255,0.6)muted
Rules
- Global CSS classes in
style.cssonly — never inline Tailwind in components .gradient-buttonis banned — use.glass-button- All components use
<script setup lang="ts">
API
import { rpcClient } from '@/api/rpc-client'
await rpcClient.login('password')
await rpcClient.startPackage('bitcoin')
const metrics = await rpcClient.getMetrics()
State management via Pinia stores. WebSocket patches applied automatically.
Build Output
- Dev build:
../web/dist/neode-ui/ - Docker build:
dist/(deployed to nginx)
License
MIT