Architecture

PointSav software is built for sovereign operation: it runs on hardware you control, costs what hardware costs, and does not require cloud connectivity to function.

Tier 0

The baseline tier requires only a commodity VPS ($7/month) with no GPU and no external APIs. All core functions — content rendering, search, admin interface — operate without AI.

Composition pattern

Capabilities are composed via the app-orchestration-* pattern. A marketing landing site does not carry a database engine. An orchestration surface mounts what it needs via API, not by bundling everything into one process.

Flat-file content

Content lives in Markdown files in a directory. Git provides version history. The server renders from disk. There is no database to migrate, back up, or corrupt.

Optional intelligence

When a service-slm Doorman is available, intelligent features activate. When it is not available, the stack degrades gracefully. AI is additive — removing it leaves a working system.