Demo mode
The switch that turns the stack into a public demo, what it changes, and how to take it out of a real company's code.
For the Full Stack package
Off unless you turn it on
Demo mode is the switch for sharing the template as a public demo, where anyone can try the website and the dashboard without changing what other visitors see. It is off in every .env.example, in the Dockerfiles and in docker-compose.yml, so a real company never meets it, and one command per app removes its code entirely.
Turning it on
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The three switches and why they must agree.
What the API does in demo mode
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The write allowlist, per-visitor ownership, payments and visitors' own AI keys.
The assistant's free messages
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How a public demo pays for a counted number of assistant messages per visitor, by country, and when it asks for the visitor's own key.
What the frontends do in demo mode
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The per-visitor sign-in, the free-message count, the visitor's key dialog and the website's demo notices.
Removing demo mode
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The command that takes the demo code out of each app.