What your app includes

OwlMeans Platform does things you don’t even think about. Every web application starts with the common services most apps need, and with the parts people usually remember too late. So your description can concentrate on users and their work.

Included foundation	What you use it for
Landing page and product identity	Welcome visitors on a public page. Show your product’s name, description and icon on every page, including sign-in.
Application areas	Give guests, customers, staff and administrators their own navigation.
Terms, privacy and cookie pages	Publish your reviewed legal text, with cookie choices for visitors.
Separate preview and production	Keep test users and settings out of production. Production depends on your plan.
IAM and authentication	Let people sign in and manage their accounts.
Authorization	Decide which users can view or change each resource.
PostgreSQL	Store durable records such as projects and tasks.
Valkey	Support fast shared state and background work where the app needs it.
Multiple organization entities	Give customer organizations separate membership and access.
Layered application structure	Keep screens, business behavior, access checks and storage consistent as features grow.
OwlMeans Common building blocks	Reuse forms, services, configuration and access patterns.
Skills and project memory	Help another coding agent understand the app and continue development.

PostgreSQL is a database: it keeps the records your app must remember after a restart. Valkey is an in-memory data store: it helps with work that benefits from fast access. You do not need to install either to use a hosted preview.

Use the foundation

1. Describe who will use your app and what each person may do.

2. Include the records you need to keep and any customer organization boundaries.

3. Review those requirements in the proposed specification before accepting it.

4. Develop a user story, then try both the permitted and forbidden actions with test users.

   

5. Use the configuration guide for external services and the permissions guide for access changes.

The included foundation is available when creating an app. Some operating capabilities, such as production publishing, independent production sign-in, custom domains and delegated inference, depend on your plan.

Application example

Category: Project and task management. Example: Task Grove, a task board for a small team.

Names and marks

PostgreSQL and Slonik are trademarks or registered trademarks of the PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada; used under its published permission. Usage policy.

Valkey is a Linux Foundation project. Its name and marks are used to identify the referenced technology. Usage policy. OwlMeans documentation does not imply sponsorship or endorsement by those owners.