A detailed interactive flow: frontend, backend, data, domain, GitHub, control & trust, APIs and AI connectors
flowchart LR
U["Users
Visitors · Clients · Admins"]
D["Custom Domain
e.g. yourbrand.com"]
DNS["DNS Settings
Papaki · GoDaddy · Cloudflare"]
DEP["Deployment
Live preview / production app"]
L["Lovable Project
Idea → UI → Code → App"]
GH["GitHub Repository
Code history · versions · backup"]
subgraph CONTROL["Control & Trust"]
GDPR["GDPR / Privacy
Consent · access rights"]
ROLES["User Roles
Admin · user · company"]
ANALYTICS["Analytics
Usage · performance · errors"]
end
subgraph FRONTEND["Frontend Layer"]
REACT["React UI
Pages · components · layouts"]
ROUTES["Routes
Home · dashboard · admin"]
DESIGN["Design System
Tailwind · cards · buttons"]
end
subgraph BACKEND["Backend / Logic Layer"]
API["API Layer
Business logic · requests"]
AUTH["Authentication
Login · roles · permissions"]
FUNCTIONS["Server Functions
Automations · validations"]
end
subgraph CONNECTORS["External Connectors"]
EMAIL["Email
Gmail · Outlook · SendGrid"]
CAL["Calendar
Google Calendar · Outlook"]
MAPS["Maps
Google Maps · Place IDs"]
PAY["Payments
Stripe · subscriptions"]
CRM["CRM / Excel
Salesforce · HubSpot · CSV/XLSX"]
AI["AI / LLM
OpenAI · Claude · assistants"]
end
subgraph DATA["Data Layer"]
DB["Database
Users · records · transactions"]
FILES["File Storage
PDFs · images · uploads"]
LOGS["Logs & History
Activity · audit trail"]
end
U --> D --> DNS --> DEP --> L
L --> GH
L --> FRONTEND
FRONTEND --> BACKEND
BACKEND --> DATA
BACKEND --> EMAIL
BACKEND --> CAL
BACKEND --> MAPS
BACKEND --> PAY
BACKEND --> CRM
BACKEND --> AI
CRM --> DATA
AI --> BACKEND
CONTROL --> L
CONTROL --> BACKEND
CONTROL --> DATA
DATA --> FILES
DATA --> DB
DATA --> LOGS
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classDef domain fill:#064e3b,stroke:#10b981,stroke-width:2px,color:#ecfdf5;
classDef core fill:#022c22,stroke:#4ade80,stroke-width:2.5px,color:#ecfdf5;
classDef frontend fill:#073b3a,stroke:#2dd4bf,stroke-width:2px,color:#ecfdf5;
classDef backend fill:#083344,stroke:#22d3ee,stroke-width:2px,color:#ecfeff;
classDef connector fill:#134e4a,stroke:#2dd4bf,stroke-width:2px,color:#ecfdf5;
classDef data fill:#1a2e05,stroke:#a3e635,stroke-width:2px,color:#f7fee7;
classDef control fill:#172554,stroke:#60a5fa,stroke-width:2px,color:#eff6ff;
classDef github fill:#14532d,stroke:#22c55e,stroke-width:2px,color:#ecfdf5;
class U start;
class D,DNS,DEP domain;
class L core;
class GH github;
class REACT,ROUTES,DESIGN frontend;
class API,AUTH,FUNCTIONS backend;
class EMAIL,CAL,MAPS,PAY,CRM,AI connector;
class DB,FILES,LOGS data;
class GDPR,ROLES,ANALYTICS control;
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