oott/CLAUDE.md

Project OOTT

OOTT is an easy to setup network monitoring and alert system aimed at notifying when new or unknown devices join a local area network.

It has two major components:

• A backend service that runs the monitoring and other processes and provides a REST API. This is built with Rust.
• A front-end that enables the user to configure the system and access the data it stores. This is built with Flutter - a front-end framework based on the Dart language.

Code style

For Rust code:

• Use the standard Rust style guide
• Use rustfmt to format the code

For Flutter/Dart code:

• Use the standard Dart style guide
• Use dart format --output show to format the code

Project commands

• cd backend && ./build.sh from the backend/ folder - Build the backend
• cd backend && ./run.sh from the backend/ folder - Run the backend
• cd frontend && ./run.sh from the frontend/ folder - Run the front-end for the web
• cd backend && ./run_tests.sh - Run the backend tests
• cd backend && ./lint.sh - Run the clippy linter for Rust code
• dart analyze - Run the Dart linter
• cd backend/data && ./update_mac_vendors --llm - Update the MAC vendors list from the web and re-calculate the vedors -> device type list

Architecture

General

• All backend source code is under the backend/ folder
• All front-end source code is under the frontend/ folder
• All interactions between the front-end and the backend are via the backend REST API

Backend

• System state and events are stored in a SQLite database (oott.db by default) which is accessed and managed exclusively by the backend via a data access layer (db.rs and files under the backend/src/db/ folder)
• Database structure is handled through incremental migrations (stored under the backend/database_migrations folder). Each set of structural changes should be a new database migration file.
• The backend's entry point is src/main.rs which starts two threads using the Tokyo framework: one for the network scanning process and another one for the web server that exposes the API and hosts the Flutter app (front-end) assets when deployed in a live environment (ie not development)

Front-end

• The front-end's entry point is lib/main.dart
• It uses the Material 3 framework for Flutter
• The application needs to be responsive and adapt to a web experience in the desktop, tablets and phones
• The application is also available in iOS and Android as a native experience (via de App Store and Play store)
• Backend API access is implemented in the utils/oott_api.dart component

Important notes

• NEVER add or commit .env files or files with secrets (passwords, API keys or similar information)
• Code must be as simple as possible, human readable and modularized
• ALWAYS write unit tests for new or modified backend components
• ALWAYS run all tests after making a new change and do not continue until all tests pass
• When adding a new API endpoint, ALWAYS wire it to the OpenAPI generation
• When adding a significant chunk of new code (either Rust or Dart), run the corresponding linter
• In the frontend, use the UISnackbars component to display messages to the user that do not require action on their part.
• In the frontend, always use colors from the selected theme. Never hard code colors any other way. If a color is needed and it's not covered semantically by the theme, suggest an addition to the theme extension implemented in the project.
• In the backend Rust code, avoid import aliases ("use ... as ...") unless necessary