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 ## Contribute to the Robotic Satoshis Open Source Project
 Check out our [Contribution Guide](https://learn.robosats.com/contribute/) to find how you can make RoboSats great.
 
+RoboSats is a monorepo, arguably a messy one at the moment.
+ - The top level is a Django application (the coordinator backend) with apps `/api`, `/control`, and `/chat`. Django settings are in `/robosats` and `/tests` has integration tests for the RoboSats backend.
+ - The `/frontend` directory contains the ReactJS client.
+ - The `/nodeapp` directory contains the docker orchestration and utilities for the self-hosted application (Umbrel, StartOS, etc)
+ - The `/mobile` directory contains our React Native app (a wrapper around our ReactJS app in `/frontend`)
+ - The `/docs` directory has the learn.robosats.com static Jekyll site markdown docs.
+ - The `/web` directory is a light wrapper around our client app `/frontend` intended to host a RoboSats dex client to be used for the public. We use this one in dex.robosats.com
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+You can run the whole stack for local development following the instructions in [setup.md](/setup.md)
+
+Officially mantained docker orchestration for coordinators can be found in the repo [robosats-deploy](https://github.com/RoboSats/robosats-deploy)
 ### ⚡Developer Rewards ⚡
 Check out the [Developer Rewards Panel](https://github.com/users/Reckless-Satoshi/projects/2/views/5) for tasks paid in Sats.