wacrm/docs/README.md
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docs: README polish + architecture + alt hosts
Finishes the template-readiness sequence. All docs — nothing runtime.

README.md
  Rewrites the landing page of the repo to actually sell what it is
  to someone finding the repo cold on GitHub search.
  - Shields.io badges: MIT, CI status, Next.js 16, Supabase, GitHub
    stars.
  - "What you get out of the box" bullet list — inbox, contacts,
    pipelines, broadcasts, automations, dashboard, account
    management — so the feature surface is visible before the reader
    scrolls.
  - "Why fork this?" section: full ownership, full customisation,
    zero ops to start, real security primitives. Frames WaCRM as a
    template, not an SDK.
  - Docs section reorganised into Setup / Deploy / Reference to
    match the in-app /docs viewer and docs/README.md.
  - Contributing section rewrites the stale "Pull requests welcome"
    line to match the fork-first framing from PR #73.

docs/architecture.md  (new)
  One-page tour for forkers: stack table, full folder layout,
  two ASCII request-lifecycle diagrams (inbound webhook + outbound
  send), security primitives rundown, and a "where to change things"
  index that maps common customisation tasks to source files. This
  is the thing I wish I'd had the first time I opened a forked
  template.

docs/deployment-alternatives.md  (new)
  Short blocks for Vercel, Railway, raw VPS, and Docker. Each covers
  env-var setup, cron strategy (Vercel cron without custom headers
  is a footgun worth calling out), and trade-offs. Keeps Hostinger
  as the primary recommendation — this page is for people whose
  constraints rule it out.

docs/README.md
  - Reading order grouped as Setup / Deploy / Reference, adding the
    two new pages.
  - Stack-at-a-glance updated: encryption is AES-256-GCM, not CBC
    (the PR #71 change that earlier docs hadn't caught up to).

src/lib/docs/content.ts
  Registers the two new markdown files in the ORDER map so they
  appear in the in-app /docs sidebar under the Reference section,
  with prev/next pagination wiring.

Verified: /docs, /docs/architecture, /docs/deployment-alternatives,
and /docs/getting-started all return 200 from the dev server.
Sidebar shows 9 pages grouped Setup / Deploy / Reference with the
new entries. Typecheck clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-20 21:43:42 +03:00

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# WaCRM documentation
WaCRM is a self-hostable WhatsApp CRM built on Next.js and Supabase. These
docs walk you from a freshly forked repo to a production deploy.
## Reading order
**Setup**
1. **[Getting started](./getting-started.md)** — fork the repo, install, run
locally.
2. **[Supabase setup](./supabase-setup.md)** — create the database, run the
migrations, grab the keys.
3. **[WhatsApp setup](./whatsapp-setup.md)** — create a Meta app, connect a
phone number, wire the webhook.
4. **[Environment variables](./environment-variables.md)** — the full reference.
**Deploy**
5. **[Deploy on Hostinger](./deployment-hostinger.md)** — recommended hosting
walkthrough (Managed Node.js Hosting).
6. **[Alternative hosts](./deployment-alternatives.md)** — Vercel, Railway,
raw VPS, Docker / Kubernetes.
7. **[Automations cron](./automations-and-cron.md)** — schedule the pending
executions drain so waits and delays fire.
**Reference**
8. **[Architecture](./architecture.md)** — stack, folder layout, request
lifecycle, where to change things.
9. **[Troubleshooting](./troubleshooting.md)** — the usual suspects.
## What you will need before starting
- A GitHub account (to fork the repo).
- A [Supabase](https://supabase.com) project on any paid or free tier.
- A [Meta for Developers](https://developers.facebook.com) account with a
WhatsApp Business app.
- A WhatsApp phone number that is **not** already tied to the regular
WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business mobile apps.
- A [Hostinger Managed Node.js Hosting](https://www.hostinger.com/web-apps-hosting)
plan (or any Node host that runs long-running Node.js 20+ processes).
## Stack at a glance
- **Frontend / API** — Next.js 16 (App Router), React 19, Tailwind v4.
- **Database + auth + storage** — Supabase (Postgres + RLS).
- **WhatsApp transport** — Meta Cloud API (official WhatsApp Business API).
- **Encryption** — AES-256-GCM for per-user WhatsApp access + verify
tokens at rest. Legacy CBC-encrypted rows self-heal on next use.
- **Scheduler** — cron (or any pinger) that hits `GET /api/automations/cron`.
## Getting help
If something is unclear or broken, open an issue against the source repo:
<https://github.com/ArnasDon/wacrm/issues>.