Manifest Frontend

Manifest has a two-layer frontend system: a framework layer (serving + building) and preset extensions (starter kits with templates and conventions).

How It Works

The framework layer lives in manifest/frontend.ts (~90 lines) and handles three things:

1. Building — Bun.build() bundles frontend/ into dist/ with source maps.
2. Serving — manifest/server.ts serves dist/ as a fallback after API routes. API routes always win.
3. Live reload — In dev mode, an SSE endpoint at /__dev/reload pushes reload events to the browser when files change.

The preset extensions provide the actual frontend code and conventions. Check which one is installed:

ls extensions/ | grep manifest-frontend