ZDDC
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Bundles Phase 2 polish + the user-requested header/breadcrumb work:
- Breadcrumbs replacing the plain currentPath span. Server mode
renders linkified ancestor segments (each <a> navigates to that
directory; the browser fetches browse.html, the new instance
auto-loads the listing). FS-API mode renders the rootHandle name
as a non-link (no ancestor handles to navigate). Both prefix the
path with a 🏠 root icon. Trailing slash + bold-current segment
match common file-explorer conventions.
- Subdued 'Select Directory' button in server mode. Once browse is
serving a real directory listing, the local-folder switcher is
available but visually quiet (btn--subtle: transparent, muted
color). FS-API mode keeps the primary styling (it's how the user
got there). New btn--subtle CSS class added to browse's tree.css.
A refresh button (⟳) appears next to it in both modes; clicking
it re-fetches the current root listing.
- Header consistency: browse now matches archive's header layout
(refresh + help buttons in addition to theme on the right). Help
is a placeholder for future help dialog wiring.
- File preview popup. Click a file row → opens a popup window with
the file rendered. Plain types (PDF, HTML, image) load in
iframes; TIFF + ZIP listings via shared/preview-lib.js's
renderTiff / renderZipListing helpers; text via <pre>; unknown
types → 'click Download' placeholder. Modifier-click (ctrl/cmd/
shift) and middle-click still open the file in a new tab via the
underlying <a target=_blank>. Single popup window is reused
across multiple file clicks (matches archive's UX).
- ZIP inline expansion. .zip files have a chevron and act like
folders in the tree. First expand fetches the zip bytes
(server URL or FS handle or parent-zip read), parses with JSZip
(auto-loaded from CDN), and synthesizes the entry tree. Nested
directories within the zip lazy-expand on demand by re-walking
the cached entry list at the right path prefix. Click on a
zip-entry file opens the preview popup with bytes read from
JSZip. Recursive expand-all skips zip archives by design — they
can be very large, and explicit click-to-expand is safer.
- Extension multi-select filter. Toolbar now has a <select
multiple> populated with extensions present in the current
view. Filter is OR-of-selected; combined with the name filter
it's AND-of-both. Folders pass through (so expanding a folder
whose name doesn't match the ext filter still shows its file
children that do match).
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| .forgejo/workflows | ||
| archive | ||
| browse | ||
| classifier | ||
| form | ||
| helm | ||
| landing | ||
| mdedit | ||
| pandoc | ||
| shared | ||
| tests | ||
| transmittal | ||
| zddc | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| AGENTS.md | ||
| ARCHITECTURE.md | ||
| build | ||
| CLAUDE.md | ||
| deploy | ||
| dev-server | ||
| freshen-channel | ||
| LICENSE.txt | ||
| package.json | ||
| playwright.config.js | ||
| README.md | ||
Zero Day Document Control (ZDDC)
The Universal Distributed Filing Cabinet
ZDDC is an information management convention plus a small set of single-file HTML tools. Every deliverable's filename encodes its tracking number, revision, status, and title; every transmittal folder is date-prefixed and self-describing. A plain shared folder becomes a fully searchable, auditable archive — no server, no database, no software required to read it.
The name "Zero Day Document Control" comes from the convention itself — adopt it on day zero of a project, with no setup time. The tools are optional interfaces around the structure; the structure works without them.
For end users: https://zddc.varasys.io/ introduces the project, links to all tool channels (stable / beta / alpha), and prints copy-paste shell snippets to install on a self-hosted deployment.
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Archive Browser | Browse, search, and filter a project archive folder. Group by transmittal, export selections as ZIP. |
| Transmittal Creator | Self-contained HTML transmittal records with SHA-256 checksums and optional digital signatures. |
| Document Classifier | Spreadsheet-like bulk-renamer that copy/pastes with Excel and writes back to disk. |
| Markdown Editor | Browser-based markdown editor with YAML front matter, TOC, and direct local file access. |
Each tool is published in three channels (stable, beta, alpha) as static files served from https://zddc.varasys.io/releases/. Local use: download a .html file from releases/ and open it in a browser. Server use: run zddc-server — the current-stable build of every tool is baked into the binary at compile time, so a fresh deployment Just Works with zero config. Tools auto-appear at folder-name-driven paths (archive everywhere; classifier in Incoming/Working/Staging; mdedit in Working; transmittal in Staging). Override per-directory by writing an apps: entry in any .zddc file (channel/version/URL/path). URL overrides are fetched once and cached in <ZDDC_ROOT>/_app/; drop a real .html file at any path to override entirely.
File-naming convention
The full specification — filename format, tracking numbers, revision rules, status codes, folder naming, and the transmittal workflow — lives at https://zddc.varasys.io/reference.html.
Quick example: 123456-EL-SPC-2623_A (IFR) - Specification For Switchgear.pdf
Build & develop
git clone https://codeberg.org/VARASYS/ZDDC.git && cd ZDDC
sh build.sh # build all tools (writes to dist/ only)
sh archive/build.sh # build one tool
sh archive/build.sh --release # cut stable; auto-bumps patch from last tag
sh archive/build.sh --release 0.1.0 # explicit version
sh archive/build.sh --release alpha # cut alpha (mutable channel, no tag)
sh archive/build.sh --release beta # cut beta
npm install && npx playwright install chromium && npm test # tests
./dev-server start # cache-busting HTTP on :8000
Authoritative build/release docs are in AGENTS.md. Architecture notes (single-file rationale, JS module pattern, security model) are in ARCHITECTURE.md. zddc-server (optional Go HTTP server with ACL and a virtual archive index) is in zddc/README.md. Example Helm charts for deploying zddc-server (production + dev) are under helm/.
Contributing
ZDDC is an open source project hosted on Codeberg at https://codeberg.org/VARASYS/ZDDC. Bug reports, feature requests, and pull requests welcome.
ZDDC is designed for zero configuration to start and minimal configuration overall — feature proposals are filtered through that lens.
License
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0. Free to use, modify, and distribute, including commercially, under the terms of the license. Provided "as is" without warranty.