# Description of Changes ## What & why This PR introduces the **Stirling developer portal** — a new control-plane frontend that sits alongside the existing PDF editor — plus the shared design system and workspace structure needed to host both apps in one frontend. The portal is the parent product surface: where users connect sources, compose pipelines, wire agents, and manage usage / billing / infrastructure, with the PDF editor as one capability inside it. This PR lays the **foundation** — workspace reshape, design system, app shell, navigation, and a mock-driven home — rather than wiring real backends (those surfaces are placeholders for follow-up phases). ## What's in this PR **1. Frontend repo reshape (`frontend/src/` → `frontend/editor/`)** The existing editor app moved under `frontend/editor/`, so `editor`, `portal`, and `shared` are siblings in one workspace. All references were updated accordingly: `LICENSE`, `.dockerignore`, `.gitignore`, build/sign shell scripts, the GH language-check script, the Taskfile, and Docker config. **No editor source logic changed — path references only.** **2. New shared design system (`frontend/shared/`)** - **Design tokens** in `tokens.css` as the single runtime source of truth (light/dark, category accents, gradients). `tokens.ts` now holds only the `Tier` type — the old JS palette mirror was removed (nothing consumed it and it had drifted). - ~30 framework-light **components** (Card, Button, Input, Select, Tabs, Modal, Drawer, Toast, MetricCard, StatusBadge, Skeleton, EmptyState, …) with Storybook stories. - **Typed data catalogues**: `endpoints.ts` (10 verticals / 64 endpoints) and `ops.ts`. **3. New developer portal app (`frontend/portal/`)** - App shell: `Header`, `Sidebar`, `AssistantPanel`, search modal, notifications, tier switcher, theme toggle, MSW toggle. - **Tier-aware** home (free / pay-as-you-go / enterprise): KPI strip, 30-day usage chart, onboarding checklist, quick actions, recent activity, region health, product grid, and a curated **"Popular use cases"** teaser. - **Documents** view hosting the full, tab-filterable endpoint catalogue. - Placeholder views for Sources / Pipelines / Agents / Editor / Infrastructure / Usage & Billing / Developer Docs / Settings (follow-up phases). - **MSW-mocked** API layer: `api/*` issues real `fetch`, intercepted by mocks in dev/Storybook; pointing at a real backend is just a matter of not registering MSW. `react-router` URLs; Tier / View / UI contexts. **4. Tooling & guardrails** - ESLint extended to `portal` + `shared`, with **layering-boundary rules**: `shared/` may depend only on third-party packages and itself (no `@app` / `@portal` / `@core` / `@proprietary` / Tauri), so it stays cleanly extractable into a standalone package later. - `dpdm` circular-dependency check now walks editor + portal + shared (the old glob matched only 2 files). - New **devDependencies only** — Storybook (+ a11y/docs/themes addons), MSW. No runtime dependencies added. - New tasks: `frontend:dev:portal`, `frontend:build:portal`. ## Testing done locally - `tsc` for both `portal` and `shared` projects — clean - `eslint --max-warnings=0` across the whole frontend — clean - `dpdm` circular-dependency check — no cycles - Editor builds clean: `vite build editor --mode core` (✓ built, only the pre-existing >500 kB chunk-size advisory) - Editor runs in dev (core mode) with **zero console errors**; portal runs in dev across all three tiers ## Notes for reviewers - The change is overwhelmingly **additive**: `shared/` and `portal/` are brand-new; the existing editor is path-reference changes only. - The portal is intentionally **mock-driven** at this stage — real backends and the remaining views land in follow-up phases. --- ## Checklist ### General - [ ] I have read the [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) - [ ] I have read the [Stirling-PDF Developer Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md) (if applicable) - [ ] I have read the [How to add new languages to Stirling-PDF](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md) (if applicable) - [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code - [x] My changes generate no new warnings ### Documentation - [ ] I have updated relevant docs on [Stirling-PDF's doc repo](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-Tools.github.io/blob/main/docs/) (if functionality has heavily changed) - [ ] I have read the section [Add New Translation Tags](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/devGuide/HowToAddNewLanguage.md#add-new-translation-tags) (for new translation tags only) ### Translations (if applicable) - [ ] I ran [`scripts/counter_translation.py`](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/docs/counter_translation.md) ### UI Changes (if applicable) - [ ] Screenshots or videos demonstrating the UI changes are attached (e.g., as comments or direct attachments in the PR) ### Testing (if applicable) - [ ] I have run `task check` to verify linters, typechecks, and tests pass - [x] I have tested my changes locally. Refer to the [Testing Guide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DeveloperGuide.md#7-testing) for more details. --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform
Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services.
Key Capabilities
- Everywhere you work - Desktop client, browser UI, and self-hosted server with a private API.
- 50+ PDF tools - Edit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress, and more.
- Automation & workflows - No-code pipelines direct in UI with APIs to process millions of PDFs.
- Enterprise‑grade - SSO, auditing, and flexible on‑prem deployments.
- Developer platform - REST APIs available for nearly all tools to integrate into your existing systems.
- Global UI - Interface available in 40+ languages.
For a full feature list, see the docs: https://docs.stirlingpdf.com
Quick Start
docker run -p 8080:8080 docker.stirlingpdf.com/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf
Then open: http://localhost:8080
For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our Documentation Guide.
Resources
Support
- Community Discord
- Bug Reports: Github issues
Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
This project uses Task as a unified command runner for all build, dev, and test commands. Run task install to get started, or see the Developer Guide for full details.
For adding translations, see the Translation Guide.
License
Stirling PDF is open-core. See LICENSE for details.

