Ekklesia
Ekklesia is an open, modular church technology platform for composing backend capabilities into independently developed dashboards, websites, mobile apps, kiosks, displays, and other surfaces.
Current status
Phase 1 establishes the repository foundation only. It includes reproducible workspace tooling, strict TypeScript defaults, executable architectural boundary checks, tests, CI, and local PostgreSQL/S3-compatible infrastructure. Core runtime, module discovery, identity, Module SDK, surfaces, and feature modules intentionally begin in later phases.
Quick start
Prerequisites: Node.js 24 LTS, pnpm 11.12, and Docker with Compose.
pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
cp .env.example .env
pnpm infrastructure:up
pnpm verify
The development services bind only to loopback:
- PostgreSQL:
127.0.0.1:5432 - S3-compatible object storage:
127.0.0.1:8333
The values in .env.example are development-only and must never be reused in a deployed
environment.
Architecture
No open-source license has been selected yet. A license should be added only after the project owner makes that decision.