💍 Giftarmaal

A modern wedding website boilerplate
Svelte frontend · NestJS backend · PostgreSQL

✨ Modern · ⚡ Fast · 🧠 Minimal dependencies

✨ What is Giftarmaal?

Giftarmaal is a modern, self-hostable wedding website boilerplate with batteries included. Can be set up with a simple makefile command and hosted via any Docker-compliant hosting service. Or on a Raspberry Pi in your closet at home.

🏗️ Tech Stack

• ✅ Svelte for fast, elegant UI
• ✅ NestJS for a modular, maintainable backend
• ✅ PostgreSQL as the single source of truth
• ✅ SSE (Server-Sent Events) for live updates
• ✅ Docker-first for predictable environments

Frontend

• 🧡 Svelte (no SvelteKit required)
• ⚡ Vite build tool / dev server
• 🗺️ Leaflet + OSM (no API keys) for mapping

Backend

• 🐦 NestJS
• 🔁 Server-Sent Events (SSE) for realtime updates
• 🧩 Modular architecture (features, not spaghetti)
• 🗄️ PostgreSQL

Infra

• 🐳 Docker / Docker Compose
• 🛠️ pnpm
• 🧪 Ready for Fly.io / VPS / home server

🚀 Features (Current & Planned)

Public site

• 🖼️ Hero section with photo / video (not versioned yet)
• 🕰️ Wedding program timeline (not versioned yet)
• 🗺️ Interactive map (hotel, ceremony, party)
• 📨 RSVP (code-based invitations) (coming)
• ⚡ Live updates via SSE

Admin (work in progress)

• 🛠️ Edit program & locations
• 📸 Upload & manage images (coming)
• 👥 Manage guest list (coming)
• 🔐 Simple auth (no OAuth madness) (coming)

🧩 Project Structure (Monorepo)

apps/
 ├─ web/        # Svelte frontend
 └─ api/        # NestJS backend
packages/
 └─ shared/     # Shared types & utilities