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Directory structure
===================
This page documents the Zulip directory structure and how to decide where to
put a file.
Scripts
=======
+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``scripts/`` | Scripts that production deployments might run manually (e.g. ``restart-server``) |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``scripts/lib/`` | Scripts that are needed on production deployments but humans should never run |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``scripts/setup/`` | Tools that production deployments will only run once, during installation |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``tools/`` | Development tools |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Bots
====
+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``api/integrations`` | Bots distributed as part of the Zulip API bundle. |
+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``bots/`` | Previously Zulip internal bots. These usually need a bit of work. |
+------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Management commands
===================
+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``zerver/management/commands/`` | Management commands one might run at a production deployment site (e.g. scripts to change a value or deactivate a user properly) |
+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Views
=====
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| ``zerver/tornadoviews.py`` | Tornado views |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| ``zerver/views/webhooks.py`` | Webhook views |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| ``zerver/views/messages.py`` | message-related views |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
| ``zerver/views/__init__.py`` | other Django views |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
Jinja2 Compatibility Files
==========================
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``zproject/jinja2/__init__.py`` | Jinja2 environment |
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``zproject/jinja2/backends.py`` | Jinja2 backend |
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``zproject/jinja2/compressors.py`` | Jinja2 compatible functions of Django-Pipeline |
+-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
Static assets
=============
+---------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``assets/`` | For assets not to be served to the web (e.g. the system to generate our favicons) |
+---------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``static/`` | For things we do want to both serve to the web and distribute to production deployments (e.g. the webpages) |
+---------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Puppet
======
+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ``puppet/zulip`` | For configuration for production deployments |
+--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Templates
=========
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| ``templates/zerver`` | For Jinja2 templates for the backend (for zerver app) |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
| ``static/templates`` | Handlebars templates for the frontend |
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
Tests
=====
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| ``zerver/tests/`` | Backend tests |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| ``frontend_tests/node`` | Node Frontend unit tests |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| ``frontend_tests/tests``| Casper frontend tests |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------+
Documentation
=============
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``docs/`` | Source for this documentation |
+-------------+-----------------------------------------------+
You can consult the repository's .gitattributes file to see exactly
which components are excluded from production releases (release
tarballs are generated using tools/build-release-tarball).