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The React frontend has a single required environment variable that controls which backend it talks to.

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Environment variables

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VITE_API_URL
string
required
The base URL of the Flask backend. All API calls are prefixed with this value.Example: http://localhost:5000
This variable is consumed in src/config/api.js:
src/config/api.js
export const API_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL;
Vite exposes only variables prefixed with VITE_ to the browser bundle at build time. Any environment variable without this prefix is intentionally kept out of client-side code.
Create a .env file at the root of the frontend/ directory and set VITE_API_URL there for local development. This file should be added to .gitignore to avoid committing environment-specific values.

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Development

Start the Vite development server with: 
npm run dev
The dev server starts on http://localhost:5173 by default and proxies hot-module replacement (HMR) updates to the browser automatically as you edit source files.

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Production build

Compile a production-optimised bundle with: 
npm run build
This produces a dist/ folder containing static HTML, JS, and CSS assets. Set VITE_API_URL to the production Flask URL before running the build so the correct backend address is baked into the bundle: 
VITE_API_URL=https://api.yourdomain.com npm run build
Then serve the dist/ folder with any static file host — Nginx, Vercel, GitHub Pages, or any CDN that can serve a single-page application.

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Dependencies

Key packages used by the frontend:
PackagePurpose
reactCore UI library (v19)
react-domDOM rendering for React
react-router-domClient-side routing (BrowserRouter, useNavigate, etc.)
@headlessui/reactUnstyled, accessible UI primitives (dropdowns, dialogs)
@heroicons/reactSVG icon set designed for Tailwind CSS
flowbiteTailwind CSS component library
tailwindcssUtility-first CSS framework
viteBuild tool and development server
Tailwind CSS is configured with custom color tokens — unisonBlue, unisonOrange, and unisonYellow — defined in tailwind.config.js. If you are customising the UI to match a different brand, update those token values in that file and they will propagate throughout all components automatically.

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