marketplaces/docs/PROJECT_INDEX.md

# Marketplace Platform — Documentation Index

This is the entry point. Read this first — it links to everything else and tells you what's actually true right now versus what's historical.

## What this is

A configuration-driven, multi-tenant SaaS marketplace platform (Angular 21.1, standalone components). One frontend codebase serves unlimited tenants ("marketplaces"). Tenant identity, theme, navigation, page/section/widget composition, and static content all resolve from a per-tenant `bootstrap.json` fetched at runtime — no tenant-specific code paths exist in the frontend. New tenants are onboarded by domain + config + backend data, never by forking the frontend.

Every tenant has three surfaces on this one codebase:
- **Website** — the public storefront (catalog, product pages, cart, static pages).
- **Builder** (Project Editor, `/edit/**`) — an in-app editor that edits the tenant's `BootstrapConfig`.
- **Backoffice** (Admin, `/:lang/backoffice/**`) — the admin area: products, categories (live-wired to a real gateway), orders, transactions, users, monitoring, analytics, media.

## System overview

- **Architecture**: `Component (container) → Facade → Domain Service → Repository/Provider (DI token, swappable mock↔API) → Mock | API`. Enforced by `npm run arch:check` (import boundaries + circular deps), not just convention. Full detail: [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md), governance docs at `docs/architecture/foundation/**` (11 ADRs + 9 standards docs).
- **Seller Management** (optional, not built): typed foundation only — `modules.sellerManagement.enabled` gate on `BootstrapConfig`, disabled by default, zero effect on existing marketplaces. See ADR-011 and `docs/architecture/foundation/Seller-Management-Diagrams.md`.
- **State**: Signals-based facades everywhere, no NgRx (ADR-007).
- **Rendering**: Bootstrap JSON → Section Engine → Page Renderer → Widget Host → registered widget component (ADR-005). 100% lazy-loaded routes.
- **Theming**: CSS custom properties per tenant, 3 theme stylesheets, never hardcoded hex in a component (ADR-008). Design system spec: [`DESIGN.md`](../DESIGN.md) (root of repo).
- **i18n**: 3 locales (en/ru/hy), compile-time-enforced key parity across locale files.
- **Backend**: mostly PLANNED (mock gateways behind swappable provider tokens) — see [BACKEND.md](BACKEND.md), the single canonical backend spec (architecture, bootstrap, auth, JWT, Ed25519, permissions, maintenance mode, error model, every endpoint, DTOs, uploads, pagination/filters/sorting, publish workflow, media, builder, implementation checklist). Categories is the one domain fully wired to a real HTTP gateway; everything else is local/mock.

## Doc index (living documents)

Read these directly — they're the current source of truth, not one-off reports:

| Doc | What it covers |
|---|---|
| [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md) | Layered architecture, container/facade/service pattern, bootstrap/theme/widget engines, links to the enforced ADRs |
| [BACKEND.md](BACKEND.md) | **The one canonical backend spec** — auth, JWT, Ed25519, permissions, maintenance mode, every endpoint, DTOs, uploads, error model, migration guide, checklist |
| [FRONTEND.md](FRONTEND.md) | App structure, routing, i18n, theming, state management, dynamic rendering |
| [EDITOR.md](EDITOR.md) | The Project Editor: every section, save/publish/draft/reset model |
| [StaticPages.md](StaticPages.md) | The Static Pages CMS module (the thing that actually serves About/Contacts/etc. today) |
| [PROJECT-STRUCTURE.md](PROJECT-STRUCTURE.md) | Folder-by-folder tour of `src/app/**` with a worked feature-add example |
| [PROJECT_STATUS.md](PROJECT_STATUS.md) | **Current status** — completion %, readiness for demo/production/backend, honest limitations |
| [NEXT_PHASE.md](NEXT_PHASE.md) | The one roadmap — backend integration → testing → performance → monitoring → v2 ideas |
| [TODO.md](TODO.md) | Release blockers only — currently empty |
| [KNOWN-ISSUES.md](KNOWN-ISSUES.md) | Real, reproducible, currently-open frontend bugs only |
| [PRODUCT_BACKLOG.md](PRODUCT_BACKLOG.md) | Items needing a client/business decision (dark mode, brand colors, page content, etc.) |
| [FUTURE_FEATURES.md](FUTURE_FEATURES.md) | Nice-to-have, non-blocking future work (Angular 22, bundle splitting, etc.) |
| [ANGULAR22_PLAN.md](ANGULAR22_PLAN.md) | Angular 22 upgrade feasibility (research only, not yet executed — tracked in FUTURE_FEATURES.md) |
| [SALES-GUIDE.md](SALES-GUIDE.md) | Plain-language guide for the sales team — what to demo, what's not live yet |
| [`../DESIGN.md`](../DESIGN.md) | Visual design system: colors, typography, elevation, component specs |
| [`../PRODUCT.md`](../PRODUCT.md) | Product positioning, users, brand personality, anti-references |
| [`../CHANGELOG.md`](../CHANGELOG.md) | Keep-a-Changelog-format history of shipped features |
| `docs/architecture/foundation/**` | Enforced ADRs (ADR-001…ADR-011) and standards docs — governance, read directly |
| `docs/context/**` | Barry Cache's own source-backed memory system — infrastructure, not project documentation, do not edit by hand |
| `docs/archive/**` | Superseded docs, kept for history only — do not implement against these |

**One topic, one place**: routing lives in FRONTEND.md, not repeated here. Backend contract lives entirely in BACKEND.md — nowhere else. Design tokens live in DESIGN.md, not repeated elsewhere.

## What's still open

[TODO.md](TODO.md) — release blockers only. [PRODUCT_BACKLOG.md](PRODUCT_BACKLOG.md) and [FUTURE_FEATURES.md](FUTURE_FEATURES.md) hold everything else that isn't a blocker.

## Historical reports

19 one-off audit/sprint/review reports were archived, then deleted once every open finding worth keeping was confirmed merged into [KNOWN-ISSUES.md](KNOWN-ISSUES.md)/[TODO.md](TODO.md). A 20th (`FRONTEND-ROADMAP.md`, despite its name a shipped-history changelog, not a forward roadmap) was archived to `docs/archive/` on 2026-07-26 for the same reason. Full original text recoverable via `git log --diff-filter=D -- docs/archive` or `docs/archive/FRONTEND-ROADMAP.md` itself.

## How to run it

```bash
npm install
npm run start           # ng serve
npm run start:dexar      # ng serve --configuration=development --port 4200
npm run build            # ng build
npm run build:dexar      # ng build --configuration=production
npm run arch:check       # boundary + circular-dependency checks
```

Barry Cache (repo memory, optional but recommended before/after non-trivial work):

```bash
npm run barry -- resume --task "<task>"
npm run barry -- validate
```

See root `CLAUDE.md` for the full Barry Cache workflow and memory policy.

## Current status

Full detail (completion %, per-area readiness, known limitations): [PROJECT_STATUS.md](PROJECT_STATUS.md). Short version:

- **Frontend**: Release Candidate, feature-complete. `TODO.md` has no blockers.
- **Backend**: not implemented, fully specified. Categories is the one domain wired to a real gateway; everything else is mock. See [BACKEND.md](BACKEND.md).
- **Documentation**: consolidated (Final Documentation Consolidation pass, 2026-07-26) — one canonical backend doc, one roadmap, one status doc, historical/sprint docs moved to `docs/archive/`.
- **First client demo**: ready, with one caveat — admin role enforcement doesn't exist yet, see `PROJECT_STATUS.md`.

Draft/publish for the Project Editor is still **frontend-only** (localStorage), no backend persistence — the single largest backend gap, see [BACKEND.md §1 (Bootstrap: Draft vs Published)](BACKEND.md#1-bootstrap) and §8 (Real Backend Implementation Guide).