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Some people find the drifting ambient petals distracting rather than cozy, so make the whole PetalFall layer opt-out-able from a 🌸 toggle sitting just left of the sound toggle in the status bar. Mirrors the existing sound-mute pattern: a tiny localStorage-backed pub/sub (effects/petals.ts) drives a PetalsToggle twin of SoundToggle. PetalFall subscribes to the setting, stops animating and wipes the canvas when off, and the choice persists across reloads. Works in both day (petals) and night (stars) modes. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_016Yr6jELuRc7hyzYLccQKZd
🌸 Petal
A self-hosted, privacy-first writing editor with warm bubbly design, auto-save, and
local-LLM grammar/ESL suggestions. See petal-spec.md for the full
design spec and BUILD_PLAN.md for build progress.
Stack
Go + chi backend · SQLite (modernc, pure Go) · React + Vite + Tiptap + Tailwind v4 frontend ·
local vLLM/Ollama for AI suggestions. Single-binary deployment (frontend embedded via go:embed).
Local development
Two processes during development:
# 1. Backend (serves /api on :8080)
go run ./cmd/server
# 2. Frontend dev server (HMR on :5173, proxies /api → :8080)
cd web && npm install && npm run dev
Open http://localhost:5173 while developing.
Production build (single binary)
cd web && npm run build # emits web/dist (embedded by the Go binary)
cd .. && go build -o petal ./cmd/server
./petal # serves UI + API on :8080
Configuration is via environment variables — copy .env.example to .env.
Status
Early build, multi-session. Auth (Authentik), Copyleaks plagiarism, and Docker/Traefik
deployment are deferred — see BUILD_PLAN.md.