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Stack

• SvelteKit (in SPA mode)
• Pocketbase
• Tailwind (with DaisyUI v4 for login components)
• Zod (form validation)
• Svelte-i18n (localization)

Dev Setup

1. Clone the Project:

Create a .env file with the Pocketbase URL

PUBLIC_POCKETBASE_HOST=http://<your-device-ip>:8090

2. Install Dependencies:

npm install

3. Run Pocketbase:

npm run db

4. Run the SPA:

npm run dev

The Pocketbase folder contains the Windows .exe files, for Linux or MacOS setup, consult the Pocketbase docs

Deploy Suggestions

The frontend SvelteKit application in SPA mode can be hosted virtually anywhere, since it is fully static. Pocketbase can be hosted either on a VPS or one of the hosting providers such as Pockethost. By building the SvelteKit project with npm run build and placing the build in the /pocketbase/pb_public directory, Pocketbase will automatically serve the frontend as well. As of 2025-08-20, we are using a GitHub action to build the frontend into the /pocketbase/pb_public directory and deploying to the Makerepo VPS using the Pocketbase docker image. We also rely on openrouteservice that we are hosting on the VPS in a Docker container.