Discoverly

Discoverly is a swipe-first food discovery app with Stellar-powered checkout.

Active Stack

• Mobile: Expo + React Native + TypeScript
• Backend: Node.js + Express + TypeScript + MongoDB (Mongoose)
• Blockchain: Stellar

Repository Structure

discoverly/
  backend/                # Active backend implementation
  mobile/                 # Active mobile implementation
  web/                    # Reserved for restaurant dashboard
  docs/adr/               # Architecture decisions
  legacy/nest-backend/    # Archived legacy backend (read-only)

Why This Bootstrap Exists

This repository was normalized so contributors can pick up Phase 1/2 issues without stack ambiguity. The active implementation target is documented in:

• docs/adr/0001-stack-and-repo-structure.md

Quick Start

1) Install Workspace Dependencies

npm run bootstrap

2) Run Backend

cd backend
cp .env.example .env
npm run dev

Or run backend + Mongo together from repo root:

docker-compose up --build

Smoke test after containers are up:

curl http://localhost:5000/api/health

3) Run Mobile

cd mobile
cp .env.example .env
npm run start

Backend Upload Service

The backend exposes:

• POST /api/upload (multipart form-data)
• file field name: file
• max file size: 5MB
• storage target: S3

See /backend/.env.example for required AWS variables.