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 # Owly News Summariser
 
-Owly News Summariser is a web application that fetches news articles from various RSS feeds, uses an LLM (Large Language Model) to summarize them, and presents them in a clean, user-friendly interface.
+Owly News Summariser is a modern web application that fetches news articles from various RSS feeds, uses an LLM (Large Language Model) to summarize them, and presents them in a clean, user-friendly interface.
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -9,97 +9,56 @@ Owly News Summariser is a web application that fetches news articles from variou
 - Filters news by country
 - Progressive Web App (PWA) support for offline access
 - Scheduled background updates
+- High-performance Rust backend for optimal resource usage
+- Modern Vue.js frontend with TypeScript support
 
 ## Project Structure
 
-The project consists of two main components:
+The project consists of multiple components:
 
-- **Backend**: A FastAPI application that fetches and processes news feeds, summarizes articles, and provides API endpoints
-- **Frontend**: A Vue.js application that displays the news and provides a user interface for managing feeds
+- **Backend (Rust)**: Primary backend written in Rust using Axum framework for high performance (`backend-rust/`)
+- **Backend (Python)**: Legacy FastAPI backend (`backend/`)
+- **Frontend**: Modern Vue.js 3 application with TypeScript and Tailwind CSS (`frontend/`)
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- Python 3.8+ for the backend
-- Node.js 16+ and Yarn for the frontend
+### For Rust Backend (Recommended)
+- Rust 1.88.0+
+- [Ollama](https://ollama.ai/) for article summarization
+- SQLite (handled automatically by SQLx)
+
+### For Python Backend (Legacy)
+- Python 3.8+
 - [Ollama](https://ollama.ai/) for article summarization
 
-## Installing Yarn
-
-Yarn is a package manager for JavaScript that's required for the frontend. Here's how to install it:
-
-### Using npm (recommended)
-
-If you already have Node.js installed, the easiest way to install Yarn is via npm:
-
-```bash
-npm install -g yarn
-```
-
-### Platform-specific installations
-
-#### Windows
-
-- **Using Chocolatey**: `choco install yarn`
-- **Using Scoop**: `scoop install yarn`
-- **Manual installation**: Download and run the [installer](https://classic.yarnpkg.com/latest.msi)
-
-#### macOS
-
-- **Using Homebrew**: `brew install yarn`
-- **Using MacPorts**: `sudo port install yarn`
-
-#### Linux
-
-- **Debian/Ubuntu**:
-  ```bash
-  curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
-  echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
-  sudo apt update && sudo apt install yarn
-  ```
-
-- **CentOS/Fedora/RHEL**:
-  ```bash
-  curl --silent --location https://dl.yarnpkg.com/rpm/yarn.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/yarn.repo
-  sudo yum install yarn
-  ```
-
-- **Arch Linux**: `pacman -S yarn`
-
-After installation, verify Yarn is installed correctly:
-
-```bash
-yarn --version
-```
+### For Frontend
+- Node.js 22+ and npm
+- Modern web browser with PWA support
 
 ## Setup
 
-### Backend Setup
+### Rust Backend Setup (Recommended)
 
-1. Navigate to the backend directory:
+1. Navigate to the Rust backend directory:
    ```bash
-   cd backend
+   cd backend-rust
    ```
 
-2. Create a virtual environment:
-   ```bash
-   python -m venv venv
-   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
-   ```
-
-3. Install dependencies:
-   ```bash
-   pip install -r requirements.txt
-   ```
-
-4. Create a `.env` file based on the example:
+2. Create a `.env` file based on the example:
    ```bash
    cp example.env .env
    ```
 
-5. Customize the `.env` file as needed:
-   - `OLLAMA_HOST`: URL for the Ollama service (default: http://localhost:11434)
-   - `CRON_HOURS`: Interval for scheduled news fetching (default: 1)
+3. Customize the `.env` file as needed:
    - `DATABASE_URL`: SQLite database connection string
+   - `OLLAMA_BASE_URL`: URL for the Ollama service (default: http://localhost:11434)
+   - Other configuration options as documented in the example file
+
+4. Run database migrations:
+   ```bash
+   cargo install sqlx-cli
+   sqlx migrate run
+   ```
 
 ### Frontend Setup
 
@@ -110,29 +69,24 @@ yarn --version
 
 2. Install dependencies:
    ```bash
-   yarn
+   npm install
    ```
 
 ## Running the Application
 
-### Running the Backend
+### Running the Rust Backend
 
-1. Navigate to the backend directory:
+1. Navigate to the Rust backend directory:
    ```bash
-   cd backend
+   cd backend-rust
    ```
 
-2. Activate the virtual environment:
+2. Start the backend server:
    ```bash
-   source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
+   cargo run
    ```
 
-3. Start the backend server:
-   ```bash
-   uvicorn app.main:app --reload
-   ```
-
-   The backend will be available at http://localhost:8000
+   The backend will be available at http://localhost:3000
 
 ### Running the Frontend
 
@@ -143,21 +97,26 @@ yarn --version
 
 2. Start the development server:
    ```bash
-   yarn dev:watch
+   npm run dev
    ```
 
    The frontend will be available at http://localhost:5173
 
 ## Building for Production
 
-### Building the Backend
+### Building the Rust Backend
 
-The backend can be deployed as a standard FastAPI application. You can use tools like Gunicorn with Uvicorn workers:
+1. Navigate to the Rust backend directory:
+   ```bash
+   cd backend-rust
+   ```
 
-```bash
-pip install gunicorn
-gunicorn app.main:app -w 4 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
-```
+2. Build the optimized release binary:
+   ```bash
+   cargo build --release
+   ```
+
+   The binary will be available at `target/release/owly-news-summariser`
 
 ### Building the Frontend
 
@@ -168,32 +127,32 @@ gunicorn app.main:app -w 4 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
 
 2. Build the frontend:
    ```bash
-   yarn build
+   npm run build
    ```
 
    The built files will be in the `dist` directory and can be served by any static file server.
 
-## API Endpoints
+## Development
 
-The backend provides the following API endpoints:
+### Code Quality
 
-- `GET /news`: Get news articles with optional filtering
-- `GET /meta/last_sync`: Get the timestamp of the last feed synchronization
-- `POST /meta/cron`: Set the schedule for automatic feed synchronization
-- `GET /meta/feeds`: List all configured feeds
-- `POST /meta/feeds`: Add a new feed
-- `DELETE /meta/feeds`: Delete a feed
-- `GET /meta/model`: Check the status of the LLM model
-- `POST /meta/sync`: Manually trigger a feed synchronization
+The project includes comprehensive tooling for code quality:
 
-## Environment Variables
+**Frontend:**
+- ESLint with Vue and TypeScript support
+- Prettier for code formatting
+- Vitest for testing
+- TypeScript for type safety
+- Oxlint for additional linting
 
-### Backend
+**Backend (Rust):**
+- Standard Rust tooling (`cargo fmt`, `cargo clippy`)
+- SQLx for compile-time checked SQL queries
 
-- `OLLAMA_HOST`: URL for the Ollama service
-- `CRON_HOURS`: Interval for scheduled news fetching in hours
-- `DATABASE_URL`: SQLite database connection string
+### Testing
 
-## License
-
-Code ist unter der [PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0](https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/) lizenziert. Für jegliche kommerzielle Nutzung bitte Kontakt aufnehmen.
+Run frontend tests:
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npm run test
+```