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PhoenixKit - The Elixir Phoenix Boilerplate Starter Kit for writing your SaaS, social networks, ERP systems, marketplaces, internal tools, AI-powered apps, community platforms, and more.

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# PhoenixKit — A Foundation for Building Your Elixir Phoenix Apps

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We are actively building PhoenixKit, a foundation for building your Elixir Phoenix apps — SaaS, social networks, ERP systems, marketplaces, internal tools, AI-powered apps, community platforms, and more. Our goal is to eliminate the need to reinvent the wheel every time you start a new project.

With PhoenixKit, you are able to create Elixir/Phoenix apps much faster and focus on your unique business logic instead of reimplementing common patterns.

## 📖 Documentation

- **[Integration Guide](guides/integration.md)** - Complete guide for using PhoenixKit as a dependency, with API reference and examples. Optimized for AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, Copilot, Tidewave MCP).
- **[All Guides](guides/README.md)** - Full list of development guides

## Installation

One command sets up the dependency, configuration, routes, mailer, and migrations:

```bash
mix igniter.install phoenix_kit
```

> **Prerequisite:** the `igniter_new` archive (one-time setup, same as `phx_new`):
>
> ```bash
> mix archive.install hex igniter_new
> ```

This will automatically:

- Add `{:phoenix_kit, "~> 1.7"}` to your `mix.exs` and fetch deps
- Auto-detect your Ecto repository
- **Validate PostgreSQL compatibility** with adapter detection
- Generate migration files for authentication tables
- **Optionally run migrations interactively** for instant setup
- Add PhoenixKit configuration to `config/config.exs`
- Configure mailer settings for development
- **Create production mailer templates** in `config/prod.exs`
- Add authentication routes to your router

See [Installation Options](#installation-options) below for advanced flags and fallback flows.

### If the build fails on `mdex` / `mdex_native`

PhoenixKit renders markdown through `mdex`, which normally downloads a
precompiled NIF. Two situations make it build from source instead, and both
need `rustler` — which is a *host* dependency, because an optional dep is not
resolved transitively:

```elixir
# mix.exs
{:rustler, ">= 0.0.0", optional: true}
```

- **Your CPU has no AVX support**, or you are on a platform with no prebuilt
  binary. Set `MDEX_NATIVE_BUILD=1` and rebuild; you will need a Rust toolchain.
- **Your environment blocks the download** (an air-gapped or proxied CI). Same
  fix.

Without `rustler` present the build fails with a compilation error from
`mdex_native` rather than anything naming PhoenixKit, which is why this is
worth stating up front.

## 📦 Current PhoenixKit Features / Modules:

```
✅ One-command install via Igniter (`mix igniter.install phoenix_kit`, updates via `mix phoenix_kit.update`) 
✅ Tailwind and DaisyUI integration
✅ App layout integration
✅ App database integration (Postgres only for now)
✅ Custom slug prefix (default: `/phoenix_kit`)

✅ Backend Admin module

✅ User Module
  ✅ Registration
  ✅ Login
  ✅ Logout
  ✅ Magic link
  ✅ Email confirmation (waiting Email Module)
  ✅ Fail2ban (userbased, ip based, region based)
  ✅ Password reset
  ✅ User roles
  ✅ Custom user fields
    ✅ JSONB storage for flexibility
  ✅ Location of registration (ip, country, region, city)
  ✅ User's timezone (and mismatch detection)
  ✅ User's locale
  ✅ OAuth (google, facebook)

✅ Modules Manager

✅ Session Manager Module

✅ Settings
    ✅ General
    ✅ App title
    ✅ Global app timezone (switched from timex to native elixir)
    ✅ Global time format (switched from timex to native elixir)
    ✅ Language configuration

✅ Languages (Backend and frontend languages, broken down to countries and regions)
    ✅ Backend languages
    ✅ Frontend enduser languages, broken down and organized by countries and regions

✅ Users Module
    ✅ Role management
    ✅ Referral Program

✅ User Relationship Module (for User Generated Content/UGC)

✅ Maintenance Mode Module

✅ Email Module
    ✅ AWS SES integration

✅ Entities Module (dynamic content types)
    ✅ Dynamic entity type creation
    ✅ Flexible field schemas (13 field types)
    ✅ JSONB storage for flexibility
    ✅ Full CRUD interfaces
    ✅ Settings management

✅ Media Module
    ✅ Photos and Videos
    ✅ Local and cloud multiple storages
    ✅ Image resizing 
    ✅ Video resizing
✅ Publishing Module
     ✅ 2 types supported: timed and slug based
     ✅ Multilingual publishing
     ✅ Timezone support

✅ Posts Module (for User Generated Content/UGC)

✅ Sitemap Module

✅ AI Module
     ✅ OpenRouter Integration

✅ Billing Module
    - Invoices
    - Payment
      - Integration
        - Stripe
        - PayPal
    - Orders
  - Membership / Subscription Module

✅ Basic UI Components
    ✅ [Draggable List](guides/draggable_list_component.md) - Drag-and-drop grid/list component
```

## 🛣️ Roadmap / Ideas / Feature requests

--- Next priority

- Newsletter Module
- Notifications Module
- Cookies Module
- Complience and Legal Module
    - Cookies usage
    - Terms Of Service
    - Acceptable Use
    - GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) for EU users
    - CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) for California users
    - Data Retention Policy
    - Privacy Policy
- Customer service Module
    - Chat
- Jobs Module (Oban powered)
- E-commerce Module
    - E-commerce Storefront
    - Physical products
    - Digital and downloadable products
- Missing features for User Auth Module
  - 2FA
  - User impersonation
  - New device notification

--- To sort items

- Design / templates / themes
- Integration with notification providers (Twilio, etc...)
- Media / Gallery (with s3 backend)
- Video (Video processing, streaming, Adaptive Bitrate (ABR): stream in multiple bitrates and resolutions for difference devices, HTTP Live Streaming (HLS): reduce bandwidth usage, playback latency, and buffering, H.264, H.265, VP8 & VP9: optimized next-generation video codecs)
- Audio
- Media / Gallery
- Local / External storage support (AWS S3, Azure Storage, Google Storage, Cloudflare R2, and DigitalOcean Spaces)
- CDN
- Comments
- Search
- Blocks
- Sliders
- Video player (mp4, youtube, etc)
- Booking Module (Calendar based)
- Popups Module
- Contact Us Module
- SEO Module (sitemap, open graph)
- What’s New Module
- Internal Chat Module (https://github.com/basecamp/once-campfire)
- DB Manager Module
    - Export / Import
    - Snapshots
    - Backups (onsite/offsite)
- Feedback Module
- Roadmap / Ideas Module
- CRM Module
- App Analytics / BI Module
  - ClickHouse backend
  - Events
  - Charts, trends and notifications
- API Module
- Cron Modules
- Forms Module
- Cluster Module

💡 Send your ideas and suggestions about any existing modules and features our way. Start building your apps today!

## Installation Options

The recommended path is `mix igniter.install phoenix_kit` (see the [quick install](#installation) at the top of this README). The sections below cover advanced options and fallback flows.

### Installer options

```bash
# Specify custom repository
mix igniter.install phoenix_kit --repo MyApp.Repo

# Use PostgreSQL schema prefix for table isolation
mix igniter.install phoenix_kit --prefix "auth" --create-schema

# Specify custom router file path
mix igniter.install phoenix_kit --router-path lib/my_app_web/router.ex
```

The same flags work with `mix phoenix_kit.install` if the dep is already in your project.

### Fallback: two-step install

If you'd rather not use the `igniter_new` archive, add the dep yourself and invoke the installer directly — `:igniter` is already pulled in transitively, so this works on any Phoenix project:

```elixir
# mix.exs
def deps do
  [
    {:phoenix_kit, "~> 1.7"}
  ]
end
```

```bash
mix deps.get
mix phoenix_kit.install
```

### Manual Installation

For full control, skip the installer entirely:

1. Add `{:phoenix_kit, "~> 1.7"}` to `mix.exs`
2. Run `mix deps.get && mix phoenix_kit.gen.migration`
3. Configure repository: `config :phoenix_kit, repo: MyApp.Repo`
4. Add `phoenix_kit_routes()` to your router
5. Run `mix ecto.migrate`

## Quick Start

Visit these URLs after installation:

- `http://localhost:4000/{prefix}/users/register` - User registration
- `http://localhost:4000/{prefix}/users/log-in` - User login

Where `{prefix}` is your configured PhoenixKit URL prefix (default: `/phoenix_kit`).

## Configuration

### Basic Setup

```elixir
# config/config.exs (automatically added by installer)
config :phoenix_kit,
  repo: YourApp.Repo,
  from_email: "noreply@yourcompany.com",  # Required for email notifications
  from_name: "Your Company Name"          # Optional, defaults to "PhoenixKit"

# Production mailer (see config/prod.exs for more options)
config :phoenix_kit, PhoenixKit.Mailer,
  adapter: Swoosh.Adapters.SMTP,
  relay: "smtp.your-provider.com",
  username: System.get_env("SMTP_USERNAME"),
  password: System.get_env("SMTP_PASSWORD"),
  port: 587
```

### Layout Integration

```elixir
# Use your app's layout (optional)
config :phoenix_kit,
  layout: {YourAppWeb.Layouts, :app},
  root_layout: {YourAppWeb.Layouts, :root}
```

### Email Configuration

PhoenixKit supports multiple email providers with automatic setup assistance:

#### AWS SES (Complete Setup)

For AWS SES, PhoenixKit automatically configures required dependencies and HTTP client:

```elixir
# Add to mix.exs dependencies (done automatically by installer when needed)
{:gen_smtp, "~> 1.2"}

# Application supervisor includes Finch automatically
{Finch, name: Swoosh.Finch}

# Production configuration
config :phoenix_kit, PhoenixKit.Mailer,
  adapter: Swoosh.Adapters.AmazonSES,
  region: "eu-north-1"  # or "eu-north-1", "eu-west-1", etc.
```

**AWS SES Checklist:**

- ✅ Create AWS IAM user with SES permissions (`ses:*`)
- ✅ Verify sender email address in AWS SES Console
- ✅ Verify recipient emails (if in sandbox mode)
- ✅ Ensure AWS region matches your verification region
- ✅ Request production access to send to any email
- ✅ Configure AWS credentials in Settings UI or via config

#### Other Email Providers

```elixir
# SendGrid
config :phoenix_kit, PhoenixKit.Mailer,
  adapter: Swoosh.Adapters.Sendgrid,
  api_key: System.get_env("SENDGRID_API_KEY")

# Mailgun
config :phoenix_kit, PhoenixKit.Mailer,
  adapter: Swoosh.Adapters.Mailgun,
  api_key: System.get_env("MAILGUN_API_KEY"),
  domain: System.get_env("MAILGUN_DOMAIN")
```

**Note:** Run `mix deps.compile phoenix_kit --force` after changing configuration.

### OAuth Configuration

Enable social authentication (Google, Apple, GitHub) through admin UI at `{prefix}/admin/settings`.
Built-in setup instructions included. For reverse proxy deployments, ensure `X-Forwarded-Proto` header is set:

```nginx
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
```

See [OAuth Setup Guide](guides/oauth-and-magic-link-setup.md) for details.

### Advanced Options

- Custom URL prefix: `phoenix_kit_routes("/authentication")`
- PostgreSQL schemas: `mix phoenix_kit.install --prefix "auth" --create-schema`
- Custom repository: `mix phoenix_kit.install --repo MyApp.CustomRepo`

## Routes

### User Authentication Routes

- `GET {prefix}/users/register` - Registration form
- `GET {prefix}/users/log-in` - Login form
- `GET {prefix}/users/reset-password` - Password reset
- `GET {prefix}/users/confirm/:token` - Email confirmation
- `DELETE {prefix}/users/log-out` - Logout endpoint

### User Dashboard Routes (when enabled)

- `GET {prefix}/dashboard` - User dashboard home
- `GET {prefix}/dashboard/settings` - User settings
- `GET {prefix}/dashboard/settings/confirm-email/:token` - Email confirmation

### Admin Routes (Owner/Admin only)

- `GET {prefix}/admin` - Admin dashboard
- `GET {prefix}/admin/users` - User management

## API Usage

### Current User Access

```elixir
# In your controller or LiveView
user = conn.assigns[:phoenix_kit_current_user]

# Or using Scope system
scope = socket.assigns[:phoenix_kit_current_scope]
PhoenixKit.Users.Auth.Scope.authenticated?(scope)
```

### Role-Based Access

```elixir
# Check user roles
PhoenixKit.Users.Roles.user_has_role?(user, "Admin")

# Promote user to admin
{:ok, _} = PhoenixKit.Users.Roles.promote_to_admin(user)

# Use in LiveView sessions
on_mount: [{PhoenixKitWeb.Users.Auth, :phoenix_kit_ensure_admin}]
```

### Authentication Helpers

```elixir
# In your LiveView sessions
on_mount: [{PhoenixKitWeb.Users.Auth, :phoenix_kit_mount_current_scope}]
on_mount: [{PhoenixKitWeb.Users.Auth, :phoenix_kit_ensure_authenticated_scope}]
```

## Database Schema

PhoenixKit creates these PostgreSQL tables:

- `phoenix_kit_users` - User accounts with email, names, status
- `phoenix_kit_users_tokens` - Authentication tokens (session, reset, confirm)
- `phoenix_kit_user_roles` - System and custom roles
- `phoenix_kit_user_role_assignments` - User-role mappings with audit trail
- `phoenix_kit_role_permissions` - Module-level permission grants per role (V53)
- `phoenix_kit_schema_versions` - Migration version tracking

## Role-Based Access Control

### System Roles

- **Owner** - Full system access (first user)
- **Admin** - Management privileges
- **User** - Standard access (default)

### Role Management

```elixir
# Check roles
PhoenixKit.Users.Roles.get_user_roles(user)
# => ["Admin", "User"]

# Role promotion/demotion
PhoenixKit.Users.Roles.promote_to_admin(user)
PhoenixKit.Users.Roles.demote_to_user(user)

# Create custom roles
PhoenixKit.Users.Roles.create_role(%{name: "Manager", description: "Team lead"})
```

### Module-Level Permissions (V53)

PhoenixKit includes a granular permission system that controls which roles can access which admin sections and feature modules.

**24 permission keys**: 5 core sections (dashboard, users, media, settings, modules) + 19 feature modules

**Access rules**:
- **Owner** bypasses all checks (full access always)
- **Admin** seeded with all 24 keys by default
- **Custom roles** start with no permissions, assigned via matrix UI or API

```elixir
# Grant/revoke permissions for a role
Permissions.grant_permission(role_id, "billing", admin_id)
Permissions.revoke_permission(role_id, "billing")
Permissions.set_permissions(role_id, ["dashboard", "users", "billing"], admin_id)

# Query permissions
Permissions.get_permissions_for_role(role_id)    # ["dashboard", "users", ...]
Permissions.role_has_permission?(role_id, "shop") # true/false

# Check access via Scope (in LiveViews)
Scope.has_module_access?(scope, "billing")       # true/false
Scope.has_any_module_access?(scope, ["billing", "shop"])
Scope.system_role?(scope)                        # Owner or Admin?
```

**Admin UI**: Interactive permission matrix at `{prefix}/admin/users/permissions` and inline editor on the Roles page.

**Route enforcement**: `phoenix_kit_ensure_admin` and `phoenix_kit_ensure_module_access` on_mount hooks enforce permissions at the route level. Sidebar navigation is gated per-user based on granted permissions.

### Module System

PhoenixKit uses a modular architecture where features can be enabled/disabled at runtime. **All modules are disabled by default** and must be enabled before use.

**Enable via Admin UI:**
Visit `{prefix}/admin/modules` to toggle modules on/off.

**Enable via Code:**
```elixir
# Check if a module is enabled
PhoenixKitAI.enabled?()                 # => false (default, when installed)
PhoenixKit.Modules.Entities.enabled?()  # => false (default)

# Enable modules before use
PhoenixKitAI.enable_system()
PhoenixKit.Modules.Entities.enable_system()
PhoenixKit.Modules.Posts.enable_system()
PhoenixKit.Emails.enable_system()
PhoenixKit.Billing.enable_system()

# Disable when no longer needed
PhoenixKitAI.disable_system()
```

**Important**: Attempting to use a disabled module's API functions or admin pages will result in errors or redirects. Always enable modules before:
- Calling their API functions (e.g., `PhoenixKitAI.ask_with_prompt/4`)
- Visiting their admin pages (e.g., `/{prefix}/admin/ai/endpoints`)

### Built-in Admin Interface

**Core Administration:**
- `{prefix}/admin` - System statistics and overview
- `{prefix}/admin/users` - User management with role controls
- `{prefix}/admin/users/permissions` - Permission matrix for all roles
- `{prefix}/admin/sessions` - Active session management
- `{prefix}/admin/modules` - Enable/disable PhoenixKit modules
- `{prefix}/admin/settings` - System settings (timezone, date/time formats)

**Content & Data:**
- `{prefix}/admin/publishing` - Blog posts and articles management
- `{prefix}/admin/posts` - User-generated content (social posts)
- `{prefix}/admin/entities` - Dynamic content types

**Communication:**
- `{prefix}/admin/emails` - Email logs and delivery tracking
- `{prefix}/admin/emails/dashboard` - Email metrics and analytics

**AI Module:**
- `{prefix}/admin/ai/endpoints` - AI provider endpoints
- `{prefix}/admin/ai/prompts` - Reusable prompt templates
- `{prefix}/admin/ai/usage` - AI usage statistics

**Billing & Payments:**
- `{prefix}/admin/billing` - Billing dashboard
- `{prefix}/admin/billing/orders` - Order management
- `{prefix}/admin/billing/invoices` - Invoice management
- `{prefix}/admin/billing/subscriptions` - Subscription management

**Settings & Configuration:**
- `{prefix}/admin/settings/languages` - Multi-language configuration
- `{prefix}/admin/settings/media` - Storage buckets and image dimensions
- `{prefix}/admin/settings/sitemap` - Sitemap generation settings
- `{prefix}/admin/settings/seo` - SEO configuration

## Architecture

PhoenixKit follows professional library patterns:

- **OTP Application**: Ships with its own supervision tree (`PhoenixKit.Application`) for background workers, caching, and scheduled jobs
- **Dynamic Repository**: Uses your existing Ecto repo
- **Versioned Migrations**: Oban-style schema management
- **PostgreSQL Only**: Optimized for production databases

## Contributing

See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/BeamLabEU/phoenix_kit/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for detailed instructions on setting up a development environment and contributing to PhoenixKit.

## License

MIT License - see [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for version history.

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