build: unify the gate so root make check covers the backend (closes #16)

Root `make check` only ever ran the frontend, so the "main is always
green" policy was satisfied vacuously: the Go backend could be entirely
broken and the root gate stayed green.

- The backend moves onto scripts-to-rule-them-all. Its test, lint, fmt,
  fmt-check, build, run and clean implementations now live in
  `backend/script/`, and `backend/Makefile` is thin shims. The backend
  is its own project (own module, README, LICENSE, linter config,
  Dockerfile stage), and `Dockerfile.backend` only copies `backend/`
  into its builder, so its scripts have to live under `backend/`.
- The root `script/test`, `script/lint`, `script/fmt` and
  `script/fmt-check` now run the frontend step and then the matching
  `backend/script/*` step, so `script/check` — and therefore the
  pre-commit hook — gates both halves. The frontend-only steps moved
  into `script/frontend-*` so nothing is duplicated.
- `script/bootstrap` now provisions the backend's toolchain as well,
  because widening the gate without widening bootstrap left the
  documented fresh-clone path (`make setup`) installing a pre-commit
  hook that rejected every commit with `golangci-lint: not found`. Go
  is reused when the installed version is new enough, otherwise it is
  installed from the official `go1.25.7` release archive; golangci-lint
  is installed at exactly `2.7.2`, the version `Dockerfile.backend`
  pins, so local findings match CI. Both come from a specific release
  archive whose sha256 is hardcoded here and verified before anything
  is unpacked — never an install script piped to a shell — and both are
  symlinked onto `PATH`, since nvm-style activation does not reach
  `make` or the git hook.
- `script/frontend-check` is the frontend half of the gate, exposed as
  the `frontend-check` target, for the frontend Dockerfile: its build
  stage is a node image with no Go toolchain. The backend half is gated
  by `Dockerfile.backend`, and `script/cibuild` builds both images, so
  the two Dockerfiles together still gate the whole repo. The
  `backend-check` target is the mirror of it. Both targets are named
  after the script they shim, like every other target.
- `script/cibuild` builds both images through one `build_image` helper,
  and the Gitea workflow's only build step is `script/cibuild`; the raw
  `docker build -f Dockerfile.backend .` is gone from the workflow.
  `script/docker` likewise builds and tags both images.
- `backend/Makefile`'s `hooks` target is removed. It wrote the same
  `.git/hooks/pre-commit` as `script/install-precommit`, so the two
  clobbered each other and the developer silently ended up gating on
  only one half of the repo. `script/install-precommit` is now the only
  installer, and the hook it writes runs the repo-wide `script/check`.
- `backend/Makefile`'s `docker` target is removed too: the backend image
  builds from the repo root with a root-level Dockerfile, so it belongs
  to the root `script/docker` and `script/cibuild` rather than to a
  backend script that would have to reach outside `backend/`.
- `backend/script/lint` verifies that `.golangci.yml` still matches its
  pinned sha256 before running the linter. Offline hash comparison, no
  network. The pin is marked provisional in the file: it is the config
  currently on `main`, and the comment names PR #31 and the canonical
  hash that must replace it when #31 lands.
- Every script locates the repo root with the mandated
  `$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)` idiom, `cd`s there, and calls
  siblings as `"$ROOT/script/<name>"`; the `SCRIPT_DIR` variant is gone.

READMEs at the root and in `backend/` document every script, the
backend's Getting Started separates commands run from `backend/` from
those run at the repo root, and `TODO.md` records the change.

.gitea/workflows/check.yml

@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             # actions/checkout v4.2.2, 2026-02-22
             - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+            # script/cibuild builds both images; it is the only build
+            # step, so how the repo builds stays defined in script/.
             - run: script/cibuild
-            - run: docker build -f Dockerfile.backend .

Dockerfile

@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ COPY package.json yarn.lock ./
 RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile
 RUN apk add --no-cache git make
 COPY . .
-# make check runs script/check (test + lint + fmt-check); its test step
+# make frontend-check runs script/frontend-check (test + lint +
-# is the production yarn build, so this both produces dist/ and gates the
+# fmt-check for the frontend); its test step is the production yarn
-# image on lint/fmt-check/test regressions, not merely a broken build.
+# build, so this both produces dist/ and gates the image on
-RUN make check
+# lint/fmt-check/test regressions, not merely a broken build. It is the
+# frontend half of `make check` rather than all of it because this stage
+# is a node image with no Go toolchain; the backend half is gated by
+# Dockerfile.backend, and script/cibuild builds both images.
+RUN make frontend-check
 
 # nginx:stable-alpine as of 2026-02-22
 FROM nginx@sha256:15e96e59aa3b0aada3a121296e3bce117721f42d88f5f64217ef4b18f458c6ab

Makefile

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-.PHONY: bootstrap setup dev test lint fmt fmt-check check docker hooks
+.PHONY: bootstrap setup dev test lint fmt fmt-check check frontend-check \
+	backend-check docker hooks
 
 # Standard targets are thin shims; the implementations live in script/
 # per the scripts-to-rule-them-all pattern (see the Entrypoints section
-# of README.md).
+# of README.md). test, lint, fmt, fmt-check and check all cover the
+# whole repo: the frontend at the root and the Go backend in backend/.
 
 bootstrap:
 	@script/bootstrap
@@ -28,6 +30,15 @@ fmt-check:
 check:
 	@script/check
 
+# Half-repo gates. Used by the two Dockerfiles, whose build stages only
+# have the toolchain for their own half; prefer `make check` otherwise.
+# Each is named after the script it shims, like every other target here.
+frontend-check:
+	@script/frontend-check
+
+backend-check:
+	@backend/script/check
+
 docker:
 	@script/docker
 

README.md

@@ -28,23 +28,62 @@ docker run -p 8080:8080 netwatch
 This repository adheres to the
 [Scripts to Rule Them All](https://github.com/github/scripts-to-rule-them-all)
 standard: normalized scripts in `script/` are the entrypoints for the
-development workflow, and the Makefile targets are thin shims that call them. We
+development workflow, and the Makefile targets are thin shims that call them.
-provide:
 
-- `script/bootstrap` — install all dependencies (pinned node via nvm if needed,
+The repo holds two projects: the frontend at the repo root and the Go backend in
-  yarn via corepack, `yarn install --frozen-lockfile`)
+`backend/`, which has its own `script/` directory and its own shim Makefile. The
+root scripts cover both, so `make check` at the root fails if either half is
+broken. We provide:
+
+- `script/bootstrap` — install all dependencies, assuming nothing is present:
+  pinned node via nvm if needed, yarn via corepack,
+  `yarn install --frozen-lockfile`, and the backend's toolchain — Go (reused if
+  already new enough) and golangci-lint at the version `Dockerfile.backend`
+  pins. Everything not installed by the system package manager comes from a
+  hash-verified release archive and is symlinked onto `PATH`, so `make check`
+  works in a plain shell afterwards
 - `script/setup` — make a fresh clone ready for development: bootstrap plus the
   git pre-commit hook
-- `script/projectname` — print the project name (used for the Docker image tag)
+- `script/projectname` — print the project name (used for the Docker image tags)
-- `script/test` — run the production build as the test (no unit tests yet)
+- `script/test` — run the whole repo's tests: `script/frontend-test`, then
-- `script/lint` — run prettier in check mode
+  `backend/script/test`
-- `script/fmt` — format all files (writes)
+- `script/lint` — lint the whole repo: `script/frontend-lint`, then
-- `script/fmt-check` — check formatting (read-only)
+  `backend/script/lint`
-- `script/check` — run test, lint, and fmt-check
+- `script/fmt` — format the whole repo (writes): `script/frontend-fmt`, then
-- `script/docker` — build the Docker image tagged via `script/projectname`
+  `backend/script/fmt`
-- `script/cibuild` — CI entrypoint: plain `docker build .`
+- `script/fmt-check` — check formatting across the whole repo (read-only)
-- `script/precommit` — run by the git pre-commit hook; runs `script/check`
+- `script/check` — run test, lint, and fmt-check; this is the repo-wide gate
-- `script/install-precommit` — install the git pre-commit hook
+- `script/frontend-test` — the frontend's test: the production build (no unit
+  tests yet)
+- `script/frontend-lint` — run prettier in check mode
+- `script/frontend-fmt` — format everything prettier understands (writes)
+- `script/frontend-fmt-check` — check prettier formatting (read-only)
+- `script/frontend-check` — the frontend half of `script/check`, shimmed by
+  `make frontend-check` and used by `Dockerfile`, whose build stage is a node
+  image with no Go toolchain. Its mirror `make backend-check` shims to
+  `backend/script/check`
+- `script/docker` — build both images, tagged via `script/projectname`:
+  `netwatch` from `Dockerfile` and `netwatch-server` from `Dockerfile.backend`
+- `script/cibuild` — CI entrypoint: builds both images; the only build step in
+  the Gitea workflow
+- `script/precommit` — run by the git pre-commit hook; runs `script/check`, so a
+  commit is gated on both halves of the repo
+- `script/install-precommit` — install the git pre-commit hook; this is the
+  repo's only pre-commit hook installer
+
+The backend's scripts are shimmed by `backend/Makefile` and are also called by
+the root scripts above:
+
+- `backend/script/build` — compile `netwatch-server` with version and
+  architecture stamped in
+- `backend/script/test` — run the Go tests under a 30-second timeout
+- `backend/script/lint` — assert `.golangci.yml` still matches its pinned
+  sha256, then run golangci-lint
+- `backend/script/fmt` — format the Go sources (writes)
+- `backend/script/fmt-check` — check Go formatting (read-only)
+- `backend/script/check` — run the backend's test, lint, and fmt-check
+- `backend/script/run` — build and run the server locally
+- `backend/script/clean` — remove build artifacts
 
 ## Rationale
 

TODO.md

@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ files, so merging it also closes most compliance gaps.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-08-09: unified the gate: the root `make check` now covers the Go backend
+  as well as the frontend, the backend moved onto scripts-to-rule-them-all
+  (`backend/script/*` with `backend/Makefile` as thin shims), the duplicate
+  pre-commit hook installer in `backend/Makefile` was removed, `script/cibuild`
+  now builds both images as the workflow's only build step, and
+  `script/bootstrap` provisions the backend toolchain (pinned, hash-verified Go
+  and golangci-lint) so a fresh clone can pass the widened gate
 - 2026-07-07 Adopted scripts-to-rule-them-all: `script/` entrypoints, Makefile
   shims, README Entrypoints section
 - 2026-02-27: backend with buffered zstd-compressed report storage; CI workflow

backend/Makefile

@@ -1,53 +1,38 @@
-UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
+# Standard targets are thin shims; the implementations live in
-VERSION := $(shell git describe --always --dirty)
+# backend/script/ per the scripts-to-rule-them-all pattern (see the
-BUILDARCH := $(shell uname -m)
+# Entrypoints section of README.md).
-BINARY := netwatch-server
+#
+# There is no `hooks` target here: the repo has exactly one pre-commit
+# hook installer, the root `script/install-precommit`, and the hook it
+# installs gates both halves of the repo. There is no `docker` target
+# either: the backend image is built from Dockerfile.backend with the
+# repo root as its context, so it belongs to the root `make docker` and
+# `script/cibuild`.
 
-GOLDFLAGS += -X main.Version=$(VERSION)
+.PHONY: all build test lint fmt fmt-check check run clean
-GOLDFLAGS += -X main.Buildarch=$(BUILDARCH)
-
-ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
-	GOFLAGS := -ldflags "$(GOLDFLAGS)"
-else
-	GOFLAGS = -ldflags "-linkmode external -extldflags -static $(GOLDFLAGS)"
-endif
-
-.PHONY: all build test lint fmt fmt-check check docker hooks run clean
 
 all: build
 
-build: ./$(BINARY)
+build:
-
+	@script/build
-./$(BINARY): $(shell find . -name '*.go' -type f) go.mod go.sum
-	go build -o $@ $(GOFLAGS) ./cmd/netwatch-server/
 
 test:
-	timeout 30 go test ./...
+	@script/test
 
 lint:
-	golangci-lint run ./...
+	@script/lint
 
 fmt:
-	go fmt ./...
+	@script/fmt
 
 fmt-check:
-	@test -z "$$(gofmt -l .)" || \
+	@script/fmt-check
-		(echo "Files not formatted:"; gofmt -l .; exit 1)
 
-check: test lint fmt-check
+check:
+	@script/check
 
-docker:
+run:
-	timeout 300 docker build -t netwatch-server -f ../Dockerfile.backend ..
+	@script/run
-
-hooks:
-	@printf '#!/bin/sh\ncd backend && make check\n' > \
-		$$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.git/hooks/pre-commit
-	@chmod +x \
-		$$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.git/hooks/pre-commit
-	@echo "Pre-commit hook installed"
-
-run: build
-	./$(BINARY)
 
 clean:
-	rm -f ./$(BINARY)
+	@script/clean

backend/README.md

@@ -4,18 +4,54 @@ SPA and persists them as zstd-compressed JSONL files on disk.
 
 ## Getting Started
 
+From this directory (`backend/`):
+
 ```bash
 # Build and run locally
 make run
 
-# Run tests, lint, and format check
+# Run the backend's tests, lint, and format check
 make check
+```
 
-# Docker
+From the repo root, one directory up — `Dockerfile.backend` lives there and its
-docker build -t netwatch-server .
+build context is the repo root, so there is no `docker` target here:
+
+```bash
+# Build both images, including netwatch-server
+make docker
+
+# Run the backend image
 docker run -p 8080:8080 netwatch-server
 ```
 
+## Entrypoints
+
+This project follows the same
+[Scripts to Rule Them All](https://github.com/github/scripts-to-rule-them-all)
+pattern as the repo root: the implementations live in `backend/script/` and the
+targets in `backend/Makefile` are thin shims that call them. The repo root's
+`script/test`, `script/lint`, `script/fmt` and `script/fmt-check` call these
+too, so the root `make check` covers the backend.
+
+- `script/build` — compile `netwatch-server` with the version and architecture
+  stamped in via ldflags (statically linked on Linux)
+- `script/test` — run the Go tests under a 30-second timeout
+- `script/lint` — assert `.golangci.yml` still matches its pinned sha256, then
+  run golangci-lint
+- `script/fmt` — format the Go sources (writes)
+- `script/fmt-check` — check Go formatting (read-only)
+- `script/check` — run test, lint, and fmt-check
+- `script/run` — build and run the server locally
+- `script/clean` — remove build artifacts
+
+There is deliberately no `hooks` target here: the repo has exactly one
+pre-commit hook installer, the root `script/install-precommit`, and the hook it
+installs runs the root `script/check`, which gates both halves of the repo.
+There is no `docker` target either: `Dockerfile.backend` lives at the repo root
+and builds with the repo root as its context, so the backend image is built by
+the root `make docker` and by `script/cibuild`.
+
 ## Rationale
 
 The NetWatch frontend collects latency measurements from the browser but has no

backend/script/build

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/build: compile the netwatch-server binary into the backend
+# project root. Version and architecture are stamped into the binary via
+# ldflags; on Linux the binary is statically linked.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+BINARY="netwatch-server"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+
+    # git describe fails outside a working repo (e.g. a source tarball),
+    # which must not abort the build.
+    version="$(git describe --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
+    buildarch="$(uname -m)"
+
+    ldflags="-X main.Version=$version -X main.Buildarch=$buildarch"
+    if [ "$(uname -s)" != "Darwin" ]; then
+        ldflags="-linkmode external -extldflags -static $ldflags"
+    fi
+
+    go build -o "$BINARY" -ldflags "$ldflags" ./cmd/netwatch-server/
+}
+
+main "$@"

backend/script/check

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/check: run all backend checks (test, lint, fmt-check). Must not
+# modify any files. The root script/check calls this, so the repo-wide
+# gate covers the backend.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    "$ROOT/script/test"
+    "$ROOT/script/lint"
+    "$ROOT/script/fmt-check"
+}
+
+main "$@"

backend/script/clean

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/clean: remove build artifacts.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    rm -f netwatch-server
+}
+
+main "$@"

backend/script/fmt

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/fmt: format all Go sources in the backend (writes).
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    go fmt ./...
+}
+
+main "$@"

backend/script/fmt-check

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/fmt-check: check Go formatting (read-only). Same scope as
+# script/fmt, but fails instead of writing.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    unformatted="$(gofmt -l .)"
+    if [ -n "$unformatted" ]; then
+        echo "Files not formatted:"
+        echo "$unformatted"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+main "$@"

backend/script/lint

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/lint: run the Go linter over the backend.
+#
+# .golangci.yml is standardized org-wide and must never be edited here
+# (REPO_POLICIES.md). Its last silent drift replaced the v2 schema with
+# v1 keys, which left every threshold in the file inert while the build
+# stayed green. This script therefore asserts the file still matches the
+# pinned copy byte for byte before the linter runs. The check is a local
+# hash comparison: no network, no remote schema, nothing unpinned in the
+# build path.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+# sha256 of the pinned backend/.golangci.yml.
+#
+# PROVISIONAL. The hash below is the file currently on main, which is
+# the schema-invalid v1-keyed config described above: it is pinned only
+# so this branch and main stay green, NOT because it is canonical.
+#
+# The canonical org-wide .golangci.yml is
+# 021cc83f4e6fc7c31b95b34b846723dfcf20b66b7baeea1dc40406e643346bcb,
+# and PR #31 replaces backend/.golangci.yml with it. When #31 lands,
+# GOLANGCI_CONFIG_SHA256 must be updated to that hash in the same
+# commit. Until then, do not treat the pinned file as the standard.
+GOLANGCI_CONFIG_SHA256="33ba2bf7fe4a44779d09b0fb31d6daf03685f8dc9d2bc417f963d7aabb0d17dc"
+
+# sha256 <file>: print the file's sha256, coreutils or Darwin/busybox.
+sha256() {
+    if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        sha256sum "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1
+    else
+        shasum -a 256 "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1
+    fi
+}
+
+check_config_hash() {
+    actual="$(sha256 .golangci.yml)"
+    if [ "$actual" != "$GOLANGCI_CONFIG_SHA256" ]; then
+        echo ".golangci.yml has drifted from the pinned config."
+        echo "  expected $GOLANGCI_CONFIG_SHA256"
+        echo "  actual   $actual"
+        echo "Restore it verbatim from sneak/prompts; do not edit it."
+        echo "Only update GOLANGCI_CONFIG_SHA256 in this script when the"
+        echo "pinned config is deliberately replaced with a new standard."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    check_config_hash
+    golangci-lint run ./...
+}
+
+main "$@"

backend/script/run

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/run: build and run netwatch-server locally.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    "$ROOT/script/build"
+    exec ./netwatch-server "$@"
+}
+
+main "$@"

backend/script/test

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/test: run the backend test suite.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    timeout 30 go test ./...
+}
+
+main "$@"

script/bootstrap

@@ -5,7 +5,20 @@
 # or apk (detected in that order); assumes nothing is present. Node is
 # used directly if installed; otherwise it is installed at a pinned
 # version via nvm (installing nvm itself first, from a hash-verified
-# release archive, never curl | sh).
+# release archive, never curl | sh). Go is used directly if it is
+# already new enough, and golangci-lint is installed at the exact pinned
+# version; both come from hash-verified official release archives, never
+# an install script.
+#
+# The backend's toolchain is bootstrapped here because script/check runs
+# backend/script/test and backend/script/lint, so a machine that cannot
+# run go and golangci-lint cannot pass the repo-wide gate or the
+# pre-commit hook that script/setup installs.
+#
+# Anything installed outside the system package manager is symlinked
+# into a directory that is on PATH, so a later `make check` in a plain
+# shell finds it. nvm only puts node on PATH for shells that source
+# nvm.sh, which neither make nor the git hook does.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
@@ -17,9 +30,37 @@ NVM_VERSION="0.40.3"
 NVM_SHA256="5f4d6aaa04a177dc93c985e31dbc411ab6b8c6e1e21d8015dbc1372625fcd1d0"
 YARN_VERSION="1.22.22"
 
+# Go 1.25.7 (2026-08-09). This is the toolchain inside the pinned
+# golang:1.25-alpine builder of Dockerfile.backend, so a local build
+# uses the same compiler CI does. GO_MIN_VERSION is the floor from
+# backend/go.mod; an already-installed go at or above it is used as is.
+GO_VERSION="1.25.7"
+GO_MIN_VERSION="1.25.5"
+
+# golangci-lint 2.7.2 (2026-08-09). MUST stay equal to the golangci-lint
+# pinned in Dockerfile.backend (currently commit
+# 9f61b0f53f80672872fced07b6874397c3ed197b, which is tag v2.7.2), so a
+# local `make lint` and CI's in-image `make check` report the same
+# findings.
+#
+# Reconciliation note: PR #31 moves Dockerfile.backend to golangci-lint
+# v2.12.2, commit c0d3ddc9cf3faa61a4e378e879ece580256d76e5. When that
+# lands, GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION and every hash in golangci_lint_sha256()
+# below must be updated to the v2.12.2 release archives in the same
+# commit, or local and CI will disagree.
+GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION="2.7.2"
+
+# Where hash-verified archives are unpacked. Version-scoped, so bumping
+# a pin installs alongside the old copy instead of half-overwriting it.
+# Filled in by main() from script/projectname.
+GO_DIR=""
+GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR=""
+
 PKGMGR=""
 SUDO=""
 APT_UPDATED=""
+BIN_DIR=""
+NODE_BIN=""
 
 detect_pkgmgr() {
     [ -n "$PKGMGR" ] && return 0
@@ -79,6 +120,85 @@ verify_sha256() {
     fi
 }
 
+# fetch_verified <url> <expected-hash> <dest>: download a release
+# archive and check it against a hash hardcoded in this script before
+# anything is unpacked or run. Never pipe a remote script to a shell.
+fetch_verified() {
+    if missing curl; then pkg_install curl curl curl curl; fi
+    curl -fsSL -o "$3" "$1"
+    verify_sha256 "$3" "$2"
+}
+
+# platform: <os>-<arch> as used in the Go and golangci-lint release
+# archive filenames.
+platform() {
+    plat_os="$(uname -s)"
+    plat_arch="$(uname -m)"
+    case "$plat_os" in
+        Linux) plat_os="linux" ;;
+        Darwin) plat_os="darwin" ;;
+        *)
+            echo "bootstrap: unsupported OS $plat_os" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    case "$plat_arch" in
+        x86_64 | amd64) plat_arch="amd64" ;;
+        aarch64 | arm64) plat_arch="arm64" ;;
+        *)
+            echo "bootstrap: unsupported architecture $plat_arch" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    echo "$plat_os-$plat_arch"
+}
+
+# ver_ge <have> <want>: succeed if dotted version <have> is at least
+# <want>, comparing up to three numeric components.
+ver_ge() {
+    awk -v have="$1" -v want="$2" '
+        BEGIN {
+            n = split(have, h, ".")
+            m = split(want, w, ".")
+            for (i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
+                hv = (i <= n) ? h[i] + 0 : 0
+                wv = (i <= m) ? w[i] + 0 : 0
+                if (hv > wv) exit 0
+                if (hv < wv) exit 1
+            }
+            exit 0
+        }'
+}
+
+# ensure_bin_dir: pick the directory provisioned tools are linked into.
+# /usr/local/bin when writable (root, or a Homebrew prefix), otherwise
+# ~/.local/bin, which is prepended to PATH for the rest of this run and
+# reported so the user can add it permanently.
+ensure_bin_dir() {
+    [ -n "$BIN_DIR" ] && return 0
+    if [ -d /usr/local/bin ] && [ -w /usr/local/bin ]; then
+        BIN_DIR="/usr/local/bin"
+    else
+        BIN_DIR="$HOME/.local/bin"
+        mkdir -p "$BIN_DIR"
+    fi
+    case ":$PATH:" in
+        *":$BIN_DIR:"*) ;;
+        *)
+            PATH="$BIN_DIR:$PATH"
+            export PATH
+            echo "bootstrap: add $BIN_DIR to your PATH" >&2
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+# link_bin <target> <name>: idempotently expose one provisioned binary
+# on PATH.
+link_bin() {
+    ensure_bin_dir
+    ln -sfn "$1" "$BIN_DIR/$2"
+}
+
 # nvm is a bash script; run a command in a bash with nvm loaded
 nvm_sh() {
     bash -c ". \"\$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh\" && $*"
@@ -91,9 +211,9 @@ ensure_nvm() {
     if missing curl; then pkg_install curl curl curl curl; fi
     if missing git; then pkg_install git git git git; fi
     tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
-    curl -fsSL -o "$tmp/nvm.tar.gz" \
+    fetch_verified \
-        "https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/archive/refs/tags/v${NVM_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+        "https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/archive/refs/tags/v${NVM_VERSION}.tar.gz" \
-    verify_sha256 "$tmp/nvm.tar.gz" "$NVM_SHA256"
+        "$NVM_SHA256" "$tmp/nvm.tar.gz"
     mkdir -p "$HOME/.nvm"
     tar -xzf "$tmp/nvm.tar.gz" -C "$HOME/.nvm" --strip-components=1
     rm -rf "$tmp"
@@ -103,6 +223,10 @@ ensure_node() {
     if ! missing node; then return 0; fi
     ensure_nvm
     nvm_sh "nvm install $NODE_VERSION"
+    NODE_BIN="$HOME/.nvm/versions/node/v$NODE_VERSION/bin"
+    for nb in node npm npx corepack; do
+        if [ -e "$NODE_BIN/$nb" ]; then link_bin "$NODE_BIN/$nb" "$nb"; fi
+    done
 }
 
 ensure_yarn() {
@@ -116,6 +240,9 @@ ensure_yarn() {
     else
         npm install -g "yarn@$YARN_VERSION"
     fi
+    if [ -n "$NODE_BIN" ] && [ -e "$NODE_BIN/yarn" ]; then
+        link_bin "$NODE_BIN/yarn" yarn
+    fi
 }
 
 install_js_deps() {
@@ -127,9 +254,136 @@ install_js_deps() {
     fi
 }
 
+# go_sha256 <platform>: sha256 of
+# https://go.dev/dl/go1.25.7.<platform>.tar.gz, from the signed release
+# index at https://go.dev/dl/?mode=json (2026-08-09).
+go_sha256() {
+    case "$1" in
+        linux-amd64)
+            echo "12e6d6a191091ae27dc31f6efc630e3a3b8ba409baf3573d955b196fdf086005"
+            ;;
+        linux-arm64)
+            echo "ba611a53534135a81067240eff9508cd7e256c560edd5d8c2fef54f083c07129"
+            ;;
+        darwin-amd64)
+            echo "bf5050a2152f4053837b886e8d9640c829dbacbc3370f913351eb0904cb706f5"
+            ;;
+        darwin-arm64)
+            echo "ff18369ffad05c57d5bed888b660b31385f3c913670a83ef557cdfd98ea9ae1b"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "bootstrap: no pinned Go archive hash for $1" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+# go_ok: an already-installed go is acceptable if it is at least
+# GO_MIN_VERSION, mirroring how node is used when already present.
+go_ok() {
+    if missing go; then return 1; fi
+    have="$(go version 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $3}')"
+    have="${have#go}"
+    [ -n "$have" ] || return 1
+    ver_ge "$have" "$GO_MIN_VERSION"
+}
+
+ensure_go() {
+    if go_ok; then return 0; fi
+    if [ ! -x "$GO_DIR/bin/go" ]; then
+        plat="$(platform)"
+        tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
+        fetch_verified \
+            "https://go.dev/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.${plat}.tar.gz" \
+            "$(go_sha256 "$plat")" "$tmp/go.tar.gz"
+        rm -rf "$GO_DIR.partial"
+        mkdir -p "$GO_DIR.partial"
+        tar -xzf "$tmp/go.tar.gz" -C "$GO_DIR.partial" --strip-components=1
+        rm -rf "$GO_DIR"
+        mv "$GO_DIR.partial" "$GO_DIR"
+        rm -rf "$tmp"
+    fi
+    link_bin "$GO_DIR/bin/go" go
+    link_bin "$GO_DIR/bin/gofmt" gofmt
+}
+
+# golangci_lint_sha256 <platform>: sha256 of the golangci-lint 2.7.2
+# release archive for that platform, from
+# https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases/download/v2.7.2/golangci-lint-2.7.2-checksums.txt
+# (2026-08-09).
+golangci_lint_sha256() {
+    case "$1" in
+        linux-amd64)
+            echo "ce46a1f1d890e7b667259f70bb236297f5cf8791a9b6b98b41b283d93b5b6e88"
+            ;;
+        linux-arm64)
+            echo "7028e810837722683dab679fb121336cfa303fecff39dfe248e3e36bc18d941b"
+            ;;
+        darwin-amd64)
+            echo "6966554840a02229a14c52641bc38c2c7a14d396f4c59ba0c7c8bb0675ca25c9"
+            ;;
+        darwin-arm64)
+            echo "6ce86a00e22b3709f7b994838659c322fdc9eae09e263db50439ad4f6ec5785c"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "bootstrap: no pinned golangci-lint archive hash for $1" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+# golangci_lint_ok: unlike go, this must be the exact pinned version.
+# A different version reports a different set of findings, so local
+# results would stop matching what Dockerfile.backend gates on.
+golangci_lint_ok() {
+    if missing golangci-lint; then return 1; fi
+    have="$(golangci-lint version 2>&1 | awk '
+        {
+            for (i = 1; i < NF; i++) {
+                if ($i == "version") {
+                    v = $(i + 1)
+                    sub(/^v/, "", v)
+                    print v
+                    exit
+                }
+            }
+        }')"
+    [ "$have" = "$GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION" ]
+}
+
+ensure_golangci_lint() {
+    if golangci_lint_ok; then return 0; fi
+    if [ ! -x "$GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR/golangci-lint" ]; then
+        plat="$(platform)"
+        base="golangci-lint-${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION}-${plat}"
+        tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
+        fetch_verified \
+            "https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases/download/v${GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION}/${base}.tar.gz" \
+            "$(golangci_lint_sha256 "$plat")" "$tmp/golangci-lint.tar.gz"
+        mkdir -p "$tmp/x"
+        tar -xzf "$tmp/golangci-lint.tar.gz" -C "$tmp/x" --strip-components=1
+        rm -rf "$GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR.partial"
+        mkdir -p "$GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR.partial"
+        cp "$tmp/x/golangci-lint" "$GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR.partial/golangci-lint"
+        chmod +x "$GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR.partial/golangci-lint"
+        rm -rf "$GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR"
+        mv "$GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR.partial" "$GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR"
+        rm -rf "$tmp"
+    fi
+    link_bin "$GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR/golangci-lint" golangci-lint
+    if ! golangci_lint_ok; then
+        echo "bootstrap: a different golangci-lint precedes $BIN_DIR on your" >&2
+        echo "  PATH; local lint findings may not match what CI gates on" >&2
+    fi
+}
+
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
 
+    toolchain="$HOME/.local/share/$("$ROOT/script/projectname")/toolchain"
+    GO_DIR="$toolchain/go-$GO_VERSION"
+    GOLANGCI_LINT_DIR="$toolchain/golangci-lint-$GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION"
+
     if missing make; then pkg_install gnumake make make make; fi
     if missing git; then pkg_install git git git git; fi
 
@@ -137,6 +391,9 @@ main() {
     ensure_yarn
     install_js_deps
 
+    ensure_go
+    ensure_golangci_lint
+
     echo "bootstrap complete"
 }
 

script/check

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# script/check: run all checks (test, lint, fmt-check). Our own
+# script/check: run all checks (test, lint, fmt-check) across the whole
-# extension to scripts-to-rule-them-all. Must not modify any files.
+# repo, frontend and backend. Our own extension to
+# scripts-to-rule-them-all. Must not modify any files.
 set -eu
 
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
-    "$SCRIPT_DIR/test"
+    cd "$ROOT"
-    "$SCRIPT_DIR/lint"
+    "$ROOT/script/test"
-    "$SCRIPT_DIR/fmt-check"
+    "$ROOT/script/lint"
+    "$ROOT/script/fmt-check"
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/cibuild

@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# script/cibuild: run the CI build. The Dockerfile runs make check, so
+# script/cibuild: run the CI build. It builds every image in the repo:
-# a successful build implies all checks pass.
+# the frontend image from Dockerfile and the backend image from
+# Dockerfile.backend. Each Dockerfile runs its half of make check as a
+# build step, so a successful cibuild implies the whole repo is green.
+# This is the only build step the Gitea workflow runs.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
+# build_image <dockerfile>: build one image from the repo root context.
+# Every docker build CI performs goes through here, so build-wide flags
+# only ever have to be added in one place.
+build_image() {
+    timeout 300 docker build -f "$1" .
+}
+
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
-    docker build .
+    build_image Dockerfile
+    build_image Dockerfile.backend
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/docker

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# script/docker: build the Docker image tagged with the project name.
+# script/docker: build the repo's Docker images, tagged from
-# The tag comes from script/projectname.
+# script/projectname: the frontend image as <name> and the backend image
+# as <name>-server. Both build from the repo root as their context.
 set -eu
 
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
-ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
-    timeout 300 docker build -t "$("$SCRIPT_DIR/projectname")" .
+    name="$("$ROOT/script/projectname")"
+    timeout 300 docker build -t "$name" -f Dockerfile .
+    timeout 300 docker build -t "$name-server" -f Dockerfile.backend .
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/fmt

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# script/fmt: format all files (writes).
+# script/fmt: format the whole repo (writes): prettier over everything
+# it understands, then gofmt over the Go backend.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
-    yarn prettier --write .
+    "$ROOT/script/frontend-fmt"
+    "$ROOT/backend/script/fmt"
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/fmt-check

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# script/fmt-check: check formatting (read-only). Same scope as
+# script/fmt-check: check formatting across the whole repo (read-only).
-# script/fmt, but fails instead of writing.
+# Same scope as script/fmt, but fails instead of writing.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
-    yarn prettier --check .
+    "$ROOT/script/frontend-fmt-check"
+    "$ROOT/backend/script/fmt-check"
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/frontend-check

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/frontend-check: run the frontend half of the checks only (test,
+# lint, fmt-check). This exists for the frontend Dockerfile, whose build
+# stage is a node image with no Go toolchain; the backend half is gated
+# by Dockerfile.backend. Everywhere else, use script/check, which covers
+# the whole repo. Must not modify any files.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    "$ROOT/script/frontend-test"
+    "$ROOT/script/frontend-lint"
+    "$ROOT/script/frontend-fmt-check"
+}
+
+main "$@"

script/frontend-fmt

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/frontend-fmt: format the frontend and every other file prettier
+# understands, repo-wide (writes). backend/ is in .prettierignore; Go
+# sources are formatted by backend/script/fmt.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    yarn prettier --write .
+}
+
+main "$@"

script/frontend-fmt-check

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/frontend-fmt-check: check prettier formatting (read-only). Same
+# scope as script/frontend-fmt, but fails instead of writing.
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    yarn prettier --check .
+}
+
+main "$@"

script/frontend-lint

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/frontend-lint: run the frontend linter (prettier in check mode).
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    yarn prettier --check .
+}
+
+main "$@"

script/frontend-test

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# script/frontend-test: run the frontend test suite. The frontend has no
+# unit tests; the production build serves as the test (fails on broken
+# code).
+set -eu
+
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
+
+main() {
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    timeout 30 yarn build
+}
+
+main "$@"

script/lint

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# script/lint: run the linter (prettier in check mode).
+# script/lint: lint the whole repo: prettier over everything it
+# understands, then golangci-lint over the Go backend.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
-    yarn prettier --check .
+    "$ROOT/script/frontend-lint"
+    "$ROOT/backend/script/lint"
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/precommit

@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 # checks fail. Our own extension to scripts-to-rule-them-all.
 set -eu
 
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
-    "$SCRIPT_DIR/check"
+    cd "$ROOT"
+    "$ROOT/script/check"
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/setup

@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 # installs dependencies and the git pre-commit hook.
 set -eu
 
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
+ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
-    "$SCRIPT_DIR/bootstrap"
+    cd "$ROOT"
-    "$SCRIPT_DIR/install-precommit"
+    "$ROOT/script/bootstrap"
+    "$ROOT/script/install-precommit"
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/test

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# script/test: run the test suite. This repo has no unit tests; the
+# script/test: run the test suite for the whole repo: the frontend at
-# production build serves as the test (fails on broken code).
+# the repo root, then the Go backend in backend/.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
-    timeout 30 yarn build
+    "$ROOT/script/frontend-test"
+    "$ROOT/backend/script/test"
 }
 
 main "$@"