# mcma-backend Self-hosted, **offline-first** music service — backend. Searches/downloads music from external sources, stores files + metadata, streams to clients, and serves a native REST API plus a Subsonic-compatible API. > Status: **Phase 1 (core/MVP)** — project skeleton in place. See the > implementation plan for the full roadmap. ## Architecture — hexagonal (ports & adapters) ``` app/ ├── domain/ pure core: entities, value objects, errors, ports (Protocols) ├── application/ use cases / services — orchestrate domain via ports ├── infrastructure/ driven adapters: ORM, repositories, db, redis, sources, ML client │ ├── db/ declarative base, async engine, session factory │ └── cache/ redis client ├── api/ driving adapter: FastAPI routers, schemas, deps, middleware ├── workers/ arq background tasks (download, enrich, transcode) └── core/ cross-cutting: config, logging, security ``` **Rule:** dependencies point inward. `domain` imports nothing framework-specific; `application` depends on domain ports; `infrastructure`/`api` are the outer ring and are wired together at the composition root (`app/main.py`, `app/api/deps.py`). ## Build (Docker) This repo ships only its own `Dockerfile` — the image runs anywhere and gets every peer (Postgres, Redis, media path) from env. It carries **no** orchestration. Full-stack wiring lives in the workspace compose one level up (`../docker-compose.yml`, alongside `mcma-webui`): ```bash docker build -t mcma-backend . # build just this service # or, from the workspace root, the whole stack: docker compose --profile app up --build # db, redis, api, worker, webui ``` ## Local dev (without Docker) ```bash uv sync # install deps (uses managed Python 3.14) # start backing services from the workspace root: `docker compose up -d` (db + redis) cp .env.example .env # then set a real JWT_SECRET uv run uvicorn app.main:app --reload ``` ## Tooling ```bash uv run ruff check . # lint uv run ruff format . # format uv run mypy app # type-check (strict) uv run pytest # tests ``` ## Database migrations (Alembic) ```bash uv run alembic revision --autogenerate -m "message" # after model changes uv run alembic upgrade head # apply ``` The DB URL is injected from app settings — never hardcoded in `alembic.ini`. ## Configuration All settings come from environment variables (or `.env` in dev). See [`.env.example`](.env.example). External services (ML, AcoustID, MusicBrainz) are **optional** — the backend degrades gracefully when they are absent.