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From: Aryan Singh <asing271@illinois.edu>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:35:02 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Revise README to include project overview and setup

Added detailed project description, features, architecture, tech stack, and getting started instructions.
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-# EnvSync
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+<div align="center">
+
+# 🔐 EnvSync
+## 🚧 Under Development
+
+### Encrypted `.env` Collaboration — Git for your secrets.
+
+[![Next.js](https://img.shields.io/badge/Next.js-15-black?style=flat-square&logo=next.js)](https://nextjs.org/)
+[![Spring Boot](https://img.shields.io/badge/Spring_Boot-3.x-6DB33F?style=flat-square&logo=springboot)](https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot)
+[![PostgreSQL](https://img.shields.io/badge/PostgreSQL-16-4169E1?style=flat-square&logo=postgresql)](https://www.postgresql.org/)
+[![Redis](https://img.shields.io/badge/Redis-7-DC382D?style=flat-square&logo=redis)](https://redis.io/)
+[![MinIO](https://img.shields.io/badge/MinIO-Object_Storage-C72E49?style=flat-square&logo=minio)](https://min.io/)
+[![Keycloak](https://img.shields.io/badge/Keycloak-IAM-4D9B9B?style=flat-square)](https://www.keycloak.org/)
+[![NGINX](https://img.shields.io/badge/NGINX-Reverse_Proxy-009639?style=flat-square&logo=nginx)](https://nginx.org/)
+[![Docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/Docker-Compose-2496ED?style=flat-square&logo=docker)](https://www.docker.com/)
+
+> Stop sending `.env` files over Slack. Stop wondering if your teammate has the latest secrets. EnvSync is a CLI + web dashboard that gives your team a single encrypted source of truth for environment variables — with diffing, versioning, and real-time notifications. **100% self-hosted. Zero cloud dependencies.**
+
+</div>
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 The Problem
+
+Every dev team has this conversation:
+
+> _"Hey did you add the new `STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET` to your `.env`?"_
+> _"Wait there's a new one? Since when?"_
+
+Environment variable drift causes bugs that are impossible to reproduce, broken local setups, and secrets leaking through Slack DMs. EnvSync fixes this — and keeps everything on your own infrastructure.
+
+---
+
+## ✨ Features
+
+- **CLI-first workflow** — `envsync push`, `envsync pull`, `envsync diff` — feels like git for your `.env`
+- **End-to-end encryption** — secrets encrypted client-side with `libsodium` before ever hitting the server
+- **Real-time notifications** — teammates get notified instantly via Redis pub/sub when variables change
+- **Environment scoping** — separate vaults for `development`, `staging`, `production`
+- **Audit log** — full history of who changed what, when, and from where
+- **`.env` diff viewer** — visual diff in the web dashboard showing exactly what changed between versions
+- **Org & project management** — multi-team support with role-based access control (Admin, Editor, Viewer)
+- **MinIO backups** — encrypted vault snapshots stored in self-hosted S3-compatible object storage
+- **Keycloak SSO** — enterprise-grade identity: OIDC login, MFA, LDAP, team provisioning
+
+---
+
+## 🏗️ Architecture
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                        CLI Tool                         │
+│              envsync push / pull / diff                 │
+└────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┘
+                         │ HTTPS (via NGINX)
+                         │ E2E Encrypted Payload
+┌────────────────────────▼────────────────────────────────┐
+│                     NGINX                               │
+│              Reverse Proxy / TLS termination            │
+└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
+                       │
+┌──────────────────────▼──────────────────────────────────┐
+│                  Spring Boot API                        │
+│         Auth · Vault CRUD · Audit Logging               │
+└──────┬──────────────────┬──────────────────┬────────────┘
+       │                  │                  │
+┌──────▼──────┐   ┌───────▼──────┐   ┌──────▼──────┐
+│  PostgreSQL │   │    Redis     │   │    MinIO    │
+│  Vaults &   │   │  Pub/Sub     │   │   Encrypted │
+│  Audit Logs │   │  Notifications│  │   Backups   │
+└─────────────┘   └──────────────┘   └─────────────┘
+
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                    Keycloak                             │
+│       SSO · OIDC · Role Management · User Provisioning  │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+                         │
+┌────────────────────────▼────────────────────────────────┐
+│                  Next.js Dashboard                      │
+│        Web UI · Real-time updates · Diff viewer         │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🛠️ Tech Stack
+
+| Layer | Technology | Self-Hosted Replaces |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Frontend** | Next.js 15 (App Router) | — |
+| **Backend** | Spring Boot 3 (Java) | — |
+| **Database** | PostgreSQL 16 | AWS RDS |
+| **Cache / Pub-Sub** | Redis 7 | AWS ElastiCache / SQS |
+| **Object Storage** | MinIO | AWS S3 |
+| **Identity / Auth** | Keycloak (OIDC) | AWS IAM / Cognito |
+| **Reverse Proxy** | NGINX | AWS CloudFront |
+| **Encryption** | libsodium / TweetNaCl.js | AWS KMS |
+| **ORM** | Hibernate / Spring Data JPA | — |
+| **CLI** | Node.js (npm package) | — |
+| **Containerization** | Docker Compose | AWS ECS / Fargate |
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Getting Started
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- Docker & Docker Compose
+- Java 21+
+- Node.js 20+
+
+### 1. Clone & Start Infrastructure
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/yourusername/envsync.git
+cd envsync
+docker compose up -d
+# Starts: PostgreSQL, Redis, MinIO, Keycloak, NGINX
+```
+
+### 2. Configure Keycloak
+
+```
+Open http://localhost:8180
+Admin console → Create realm: "envsync"
+Create client: "envsync-api"
+Set redirect URIs: http://localhost:3000/*
+```
+
+### 3. Configure MinIO
+
+```
+Open http://localhost:9001 (MinIO Console)
+Create bucket: "envsync-backups"
+Generate access key → paste into backend .env
+```
+
+### 4. Start the Backend
+
+```bash
+cd backend
+cp .env.example .env   # fill in Keycloak + MinIO credentials
+./mvnw spring-boot:run
+# API at http://localhost:8080
+```
+
+### 5. Start the Frontend
+
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npm install
+npm run dev
+# Dashboard at http://localhost:3000
+```
+
+### 6. Install the CLI
+
+```bash
+npm install -g envsync-cli
+
+envsync login              # OIDC flow via Keycloak
+envsync init               # initialize in your project
+envsync push               # push your .env to the vault
+envsync pull               # pull latest secrets
+envsync diff               # see what changed
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📖 CLI Reference
+
+```bash
+envsync init --project my-app --env development
+envsync push                          # push local .env → vault
+envsync pull                          # pull vault → local .env
+envsync diff                          # diff local vs vault
+envsync log                           # view audit log
+envsync set DATABASE_URL "postgres://..."
+envsync unset OLD_API_KEY
+envsync envs                          # list environments (dev/staging/prod)
+envsync history                       # version history of the vault
+envsync rollback --version 12         # restore a previous vault version
+```
+
+---
+
+## 📁 Project Structure
+
+```
+envsync/
+├── frontend/               # Next.js 15 dashboard
+│   ├── app/
+│   │   ├── (auth)/         # Keycloak OIDC login flow
+│   │   ├── dashboard/      # Overview & notifications
+│   │   ├── projects/       # Project vault management
+│   │   └── audit/          # Audit log viewer
+│   └── components/
+│       ├── DiffViewer/     # .env diff component
+│       └── VaultEditor/    # Secret CRUD UI
+│
+├── backend/                # Spring Boot API
+│   └── src/main/java/
+│       ├── auth/           # Keycloak + Spring Security OIDC
+│       ├── vault/          # Vault CRUD & versioning
+│       ├── audit/          # Audit log service
+│       ├── notification/   # Redis pub/sub notifications
+│       └── storage/        # MinIO backup service
+│
+├── cli/                    # Node.js CLI tool
+│   └── src/
+│       ├── commands/       # push, pull, diff, set, unset, rollback
+│       └── crypto/         # libsodium client-side encryption
+│
+├── nginx/
+│   └── nginx.conf          # Reverse proxy + TLS config
+│
+└── docker-compose.yml      # Full self-hosted stack
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🔒 Security Model
+
+EnvSync uses a **zero-knowledge encryption** model:
+
+1. Secret key derived locally from your password using **Argon2**
+2. Secrets encrypted **before** leaving your machine using **XChaCha20-Poly1305**
+3. Server only ever stores ciphertext — it physically cannot read your secrets
+4. Team sharing via asymmetric encryption — each member's public key wraps the vault key
+5. Identity via **Keycloak** — supports MFA, LDAP federation, and social login out of the box
+
+---
+
+<div align="center">
+Built to solve a real problem every dev team faces. No cloud required.
+</div>