> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://exegia-release-v0-2-0.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Corpora — a secure, offline-first platform for managing scholarly text corpora

**Corpora** is a full-stack application for managing scholarly text corpora — manuscripts, biblical texts, Quranic texts, lexical data, and more. It combines a Supabase-powered backend with a native macOS admin application for seamless corpus curation and research.

## What is Corpora?

Corpora provides an accessible platform for scholars, researchers, and language enthusiasts to work with, analyze, and manage large text corpora in a secure, offline-first sandbox environment — a safe, isolated space for experimenting with text data without affecting production systems.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Get the backend running locally in minutes
  </Card>

  <Card title="Project Overview" icon="compass" href="/project/overview">
    Vision, architecture, and target users
  </Card>

  <Card title="Architecture" icon="sitemap" href="/backend/architecture">
    How the backend converts and serves corpora
  </Card>

  <Card title="API Reference" icon="code" href="/backend/api">
    Upload, convert, and query corpora over REST
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Features

| 🚀 Edge Functions       | 🗄️ PostgreSQL Database | 📦 Storage            | 🔒 Security           |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------- | --------------------- | --------------------- |
| Async corpus conversion | 30+ pre-loaded corpora  | S3-compatible storage | Row-level security    |
| Background processing   | Full-text search        | `.exg` format support | Public read access    |
| REST API endpoints      | Type-safe schema        | Automatic backups     | Auth-protected writes |

**Supported languages:** Hebrew, Greek, Syriac, Arabic, Aramaic, Latin, English, and more.

**Corpus types:** Biblical texts, commentaries, lexicons, and historical manuscripts.

<Note>
  The backend uses **Deno exclusively** for all TypeScript code and Edge Functions. No Node.js or Bun required.
</Note>

## The two stacks

<Steps>
  <Step title="Supabase backend (TypeScript / Deno)">
    Edge functions, database migrations, seeds, and storage for converting and serving corpus datasets. See the [Backend section](/backend/architecture).
  </Step>

  <Step title="macOS admin app (SwiftUI)">
    A native macOS interface for uploading, browsing, editing, and managing corpus datasets. See the [Project Overview](/project/overview) for its scope and features.
  </Step>
</Steps>