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From: Bendik Aagaard Lynghaug <bendik.lynghaug@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 19:32:37 +0200
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One command, zero config, and only the client ever bundles: v8 server
code is plain ESM that Node runs as-authored, so there is no server
build to rot (the lesson of v9).

- start: Vite middleware mode + HMR with per-request streaming SSR via
  ssrLoadModule; a virtual client entry generates the browser glue so
  the user writes exactly one isomorphic module (plan decision D5).
- build: client bundle via Vite 8/Rolldown, manifest-derived route
  assets in dist/bankai.json, service worker built with the precache
  list injected (choo-service-worker convention, manifest edition),
  brotli+gzip precompression of every text asset.
- serve: immutable caching + precompressed negotiation for hashed
  assets, 103 Early Hints (res.writeEarlyHints) with the route's assets
  before every page, streaming SSR, and a window.initialState tail with
  script-breakout-safe serialization and choo internals filtered out.
- inspect: raw/gzip/brotli size report.

Integration tests drive the real counter example through build and
serve, asserting the 103 interim response at the HTTP level.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014NgfSjHE11oFpoSnLVKLXd
---
 package.json                             |   2 +-
 packages/bankai/cli.js                   |  59 ++++++++++++
 packages/bankai/index.js                 |   6 ++
 packages/bankai/lib/app.js               |  23 +++++
 packages/bankai/lib/build.js             | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 packages/bankai/lib/dev.js               |  59 ++++++++++++
 packages/bankai/lib/document.js          |  55 +++++++++++
 packages/bankai/lib/inspect.js           |  56 +++++++++++
 packages/bankai/lib/plugin.js            |  28 ++++++
 packages/bankai/lib/serve.js             | 116 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 packages/bankai/package.json             |  32 +++++++
 packages/bankai/test/build-serve.test.js | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 packages/bankai/test/document.test.js    |  55 +++++++++++
 13 files changed, 716 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/cli.js
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/index.js
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/lib/app.js
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/lib/build.js
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/lib/dev.js
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/lib/document.js
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/lib/inspect.js
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/lib/plugin.js
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/lib/serve.js
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/package.json
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/test/build-serve.test.js
 create mode 100644 packages/bankai/test/document.test.js

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dae178d..a24ae41 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "node": ">=24"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "node --test packages/core/test/ packages/html/test/ packages/component/test/ packages/devtools/test/ packages/migrate/test/",
+    "test": "node --test packages/core/test/ packages/html/test/ packages/component/test/ packages/devtools/test/ packages/migrate/test/ packages/bankai/test/",
     "test:e2e": "node --test test/e2e/",
     "bench": "node bench/render.js",
     "bench:browser": "node bench/real-browser.js"
diff --git a/packages/bankai/cli.js b/packages/bankai/cli.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d624b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// bankai <command> [entry] [options]
+//
+//   bankai start <entry>   dev server: Vite + HMR + streaming SSR
+//   bankai build <entry>   production build (client bundle, manifest,
+//                          service worker, precompression)
+//   bankai serve           production server for a built app: static
+//                          assets + 103 Early Hints + streaming SSR
+//   bankai inspect         size report for the built output
+//
+// options: --port <n>  --out <dir>  --title <text>
+
+import { parseArgs } from 'node:util'
+
+const { values, positionals } = parseArgs({
+  allowPositionals: true,
+  options: {
+    port: { type: 'string' },
+    out: { type: 'string', default: 'dist' },
+    title: { type: 'string', default: 'choo' }
+  }
+})
+
+const [command, entry] = positionals
+const port = values.port ? Number(values.port) : 8080
+
+try {
+  if (command === 'start') {
+    requireEntry(entry)
+    const { default: dev } = await import('./lib/dev.js')
+    const { origin } = await dev({ entry, port, title: values.title })
+    console.log(`bankai: dev server streaming on ${origin}`)
+  } else if (command === 'build') {
+    requireEntry(entry)
+    const { default: build } = await import('./lib/build.js')
+    const { outDir, compressed } = await build({ entry, outDir: values.out, title: values.title })
+    console.log(`bankai: built to ${outDir} (${compressed} asset(s) precompressed) — bankai serve to run it`)
+  } else if (command === 'serve') {
+    const { default: serve } = await import('./lib/serve.js')
+    const { origin } = await serve({ outDir: values.out, port })
+    console.log(`bankai: production server on ${origin}`)
+  } else if (command === 'inspect') {
+    const { default: inspect } = await import('./lib/inspect.js')
+    await inspect({ outDir: values.out })
+  } else {
+    console.log('usage: bankai <start|build|serve|inspect> [entry] [--port n] [--out dir] [--title text]')
+    process.exit(command ? 1 : 0)
+  }
+} catch (err) {
+  console.error('bankai:', err.message)
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+function requireEntry (value) {
+  if (!value) {
+    console.error('bankai: an entry module is required, e.g. bankai start app.js')
+    process.exit(1)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/bankai/index.js b/packages/bankai/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7f5999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export { default as dev } from './lib/dev.js'
+export { default as build } from './lib/build.js'
+export { default as serve } from './lib/serve.js'
+export { default as inspect } from './lib/inspect.js'
+export { documentHead, documentTail, serializeState, assetLinks } from './lib/document.js'
+export { resolveApp } from './lib/app.js'
diff --git a/packages/bankai/lib/app.js b/packages/bankai/lib/app.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b48872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/lib/app.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// The isomorphic entry contract (plan decision D5): the entry module's
+// default export is either a choo app instance (typically
+// `export default app.mount('body')` — mount() on the server records the
+// selector and returns the app) or a factory returning one (preferred:
+// fresh state per request). One module, three consumers: browser mount,
+// server render, build metadata.
+
+export function resolveApp (mod, entry) {
+  const value = mod && mod.default
+  if (!value) {
+    throw new Error(`bankai: ${entry} has no default export — export your choo app (or a function returning one)`)
+  }
+  // a factory is a plain function; an app instance has .mount
+  const app = typeof value === 'function' && !value.mount ? value() : value
+  if (typeof app.toStream !== 'function') {
+    throw new Error(`bankai: the default export of ${entry} is not a choo v8 app (missing toStream)`)
+  }
+  return app
+}
+
+export function selectorOf (app) {
+  return app.selector || 'body'
+}
diff --git a/packages/bankai/lib/build.js b/packages/bankai/lib/build.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c469013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/lib/build.js
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// bankai build — the production build. Only the CLIENT is bundled: the
+// server side of a choo v8 app is plain ESM that Node runs as-authored,
+// so there is no server build to rot. Outputs:
+//   dist/assets/*            hashed client chunks + css
+//   dist/.vite/manifest.json Vite's build manifest
+//   dist/bankai.json         bankai's route/asset metadata for serving
+//   dist/sw.js               service worker (if <entry dir>/sw.js exists),
+//                            with the precached asset list defined in
+//   *.br / *.gz              precompressed siblings for every text asset
+
+import { readFile, writeFile, readdir, stat, access } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { join, dirname, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { brotliCompress, gzip, constants } from 'node:zlib'
+import { promisify } from 'node:util'
+
+import bankaiPlugin, { CLIENT_ID } from './plugin.js'
+
+const brotli = promisify(brotliCompress)
+const gzipP = promisify(gzip)
+
+export default async function buildApp ({ entry, outDir = 'dist', title = 'choo' }) {
+  const { build } = await import('vite')
+  entry = resolve(entry)
+  outDir = resolve(outDir)
+
+  await build({
+    appType: 'custom',
+    plugins: [bankaiPlugin(entry)],
+    logLevel: 'warn',
+    build: {
+      outDir,
+      emptyOutDir: true,
+      manifest: true,
+      rollupOptions: { input: { main: CLIENT_ID } }
+    }
+  })
+
+  // derive the route-independent asset set from Vite's manifest
+  const manifest = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(outDir, '.vite', 'manifest.json'), 'utf8'))
+  const entryChunk = Object.values(manifest).find((m) => m.isEntry)
+  const modulepreload = (entryChunk.imports || []).map((key) => '/' + manifest[key].file)
+  const assets = {
+    scripts: ['/' + entryChunk.file],
+    modulepreload,
+    css: collectCss(manifest, entryChunk)
+  }
+
+  const meta = { title, entry, assets, builtAt: new Date().toISOString() }
+  await writeFile(join(outDir, 'bankai.json'), JSON.stringify(meta, null, 2))
+
+  // service worker: <entry dir>/sw.js, built standalone with the asset
+  // list injected — the choo-service-worker convention, manifest edition
+  const swSource = join(dirname(entry), 'sw.js')
+  if (await exists(swSource)) {
+    const precache = ['/', ...assets.scripts, ...assets.modulepreload, ...assets.css]
+    await build({
+      appType: 'custom',
+      logLevel: 'warn',
+      define: { __BANKAI_ASSETS__: JSON.stringify(precache) },
+      build: {
+        outDir,
+        emptyOutDir: false,
+        rollupOptions: {
+          input: { sw: swSource },
+          output: { entryFileNames: 'sw.js' }
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  // precompress text assets so the server never compresses at request time
+  const compressed = await precompress(outDir)
+
+  return { outDir, meta, compressed }
+}
+
+function collectCss (manifest, entryChunk) {
+  const css = new Set(entryChunk.css || [])
+  for (const key of entryChunk.imports || []) {
+    for (const file of manifest[key].css || []) css.add(file)
+  }
+  return [...css].map((file) => '/' + file)
+}
+
+const COMPRESSIBLE = /\.(js|mjs|css|html|json|svg|txt|map)$/
+
+async function precompress (dir) {
+  let count = 0
+  for (const name of await readdir(dir)) {
+    const path = join(dir, name)
+    const info = await stat(path)
+    if (info.isDirectory()) {
+      count += await precompress(path)
+      continue
+    }
+    if (!COMPRESSIBLE.test(name) || info.size < 1024) continue
+    const data = await readFile(path)
+    await writeFile(path + '.br', await brotli(data, {
+      params: { [constants.BROTLI_PARAM_QUALITY]: constants.BROTLI_MAX_QUALITY }
+    }))
+    await writeFile(path + '.gz', await gzipP(data, { level: constants.Z_BEST_COMPRESSION }))
+    count++
+  }
+  return count
+}
+
+async function exists (path) {
+  try {
+    await access(path)
+    return true
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/bankai/lib/dev.js b/packages/bankai/lib/dev.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ea53d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/lib/dev.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// bankai start — the dev server: Vite middleware mode for the module
+// graph and HMR, per-request streaming SSR of the same entry through
+// vite.ssrLoadModule so server code shares Vite's transforms and cache.
+
+import { createServer } from 'node:http'
+
+import bankaiPlugin, { CLIENT_URL } from './plugin.js'
+import { resolveApp } from './app.js'
+import { documentHead, documentTail } from './document.js'
+
+export default async function dev ({ entry, port = 8080, title = 'choo' }) {
+  const { createServer: createViteServer } = await import('vite')
+
+  const vite = await createViteServer({
+    appType: 'custom',
+    server: { middlewareMode: true },
+    plugins: [bankaiPlugin(entry)],
+    logLevel: 'warn'
+  })
+
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+    vite.middlewares(req, res, async () => {
+      // not an asset Vite knows: this is a page navigation — SSR it
+      try {
+        const mod = await vite.ssrLoadModule(entry)
+        const app = resolveApp(mod, entry)
+        const state = {}
+
+        res.writeHead(200, { 'content-type': 'text/html; charset=utf-8' })
+        res.write(documentHead({
+          title,
+          scripts: ['/@vite/client', CLIENT_URL]
+        }))
+
+        for await (const chunk of app.toStream(req.url, state)) {
+          res.write(chunk)
+        }
+        res.end(documentTail(state))
+      } catch (err) {
+        vite.ssrFixStacktrace(err)
+        console.error(err)
+        if (!res.headersSent) res.writeHead(500, { 'content-type': 'text/plain' })
+        res.end('bankai dev error:\n\n' + (err.stack || err.message))
+      }
+    })
+  })
+
+  await new Promise((resolve) => server.listen(port, resolve))
+  return {
+    server,
+    vite,
+    port: server.address().port,
+    origin: `http://localhost:${server.address().port}`,
+    close: async () => {
+      await vite.close()
+      await new Promise((resolve) => server.close(resolve))
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/bankai/lib/document.js b/packages/bankai/lib/document.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb9bdc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/lib/document.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// The HTML document around the app's streamed body. bankai owns the
+// <head> (charset, viewport, title, asset links) and the tail
+// (window.initialState + </html>); the app's view owns <body>.
+// Page scripts live in <head> (type=module defers itself); the one
+// exception is the initialState script, which must be inline and is
+// emitted after the body — inline scripts execute during parse, module
+// scripts only after it, so the order still holds.
+
+export function documentHead ({ title, css = [], modulepreload = [], scripts = [] }) {
+  let head = '<!doctype html>\n<html lang="en">\n<head>\n<meta charset="utf-8">\n<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">\n'
+  if (title) head += `<title>${escapeHtml(title)}</title>\n`
+  for (const href of css) {
+    head += `<link rel="stylesheet" href="${escapeHtml(href)}">\n`
+  }
+  for (const href of modulepreload) {
+    head += `<link rel="modulepreload" href="${escapeHtml(href)}">\n`
+  }
+  for (const src of scripts) {
+    head += `<script type="module" src="${escapeHtml(src)}"></script>\n`
+  }
+  head += '</head>\n'
+  return head
+}
+
+export function documentTail (state) {
+  return `\n<script>window.initialState=${serializeState(state)}</script>\n</html>\n`
+}
+
+// choo internals that every boot recomputes \u2014 no point shipping them
+const RECOMPUTED = new Set(['events', 'cache', 'prefetch'])
+
+// JSON that is safe to embed in an inline <script>: no '</script>' or
+// '<!--' breakouts, no raw line separators
+export function serializeState (state) {
+  return JSON.stringify(state, function (key, value) {
+    if (this === state && RECOMPUTED.has(key)) return undefined
+    return value
+  })
+    .replace(/</g, '\\u003c')
+    .replace(/\u2028/g, '\\u2028')
+    .replace(/\u2029/g, '\\u2029')
+}
+
+// Early Hints / Link header values for a route's assets
+export function assetLinks ({ css = [], modulepreload = [], scripts = [] }) {
+  const links = []
+  for (const href of scripts) links.push(`<${href}>; rel=modulepreload`)
+  for (const href of modulepreload) links.push(`<${href}>; rel=modulepreload`)
+  for (const href of css) links.push(`<${href}>; rel=preload; as=style`)
+  return links
+}
+
+function escapeHtml (str) {
+  return String(str).replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;').replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
+}
diff --git a/packages/bankai/lib/inspect.js b/packages/bankai/lib/inspect.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac1baba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/lib/inspect.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// bankai inspect — what did the build produce, and how big is it on the
+// wire? Reads the manifest + dist and prints raw/gzip/brotli sizes.
+
+import { readFile, readdir, stat } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { join, resolve, relative } from 'node:path'
+
+export default async function inspect ({ outDir = 'dist' }) {
+  outDir = resolve(outDir)
+  const meta = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(outDir, 'bankai.json'), 'utf8'))
+
+  const rows = []
+  await walk(outDir, rows, outDir)
+  rows.sort((a, b) => b.raw - a.raw)
+
+  console.log(`\nbankai build — ${meta.title} (${meta.builtAt})\n`)
+  console.log('  ' + 'file'.padEnd(44) + 'raw'.padStart(10) + 'gzip'.padStart(10) + 'brotli'.padStart(10))
+  let totals = { raw: 0, gz: 0, br: 0 }
+  for (const row of rows) {
+    totals.raw += row.raw
+    totals.gz += row.gz || 0
+    totals.br += row.br || 0
+    console.log('  ' + row.file.padEnd(44) + kb(row.raw) + kb(row.gz) + kb(row.br))
+  }
+  console.log('  ' + 'total'.padEnd(44) + kb(totals.raw) + kb(totals.gz) + kb(totals.br) + '\n')
+  return rows
+}
+
+async function walk (dir, rows, root) {
+  for (const name of await readdir(dir)) {
+    if (name === '.vite') continue
+    const path = join(dir, name)
+    const info = await stat(path)
+    if (info.isDirectory()) {
+      await walk(path, rows, root)
+      continue
+    }
+    if (name.endsWith('.br') || name.endsWith('.gz')) continue
+    const row = { file: relative(root, path), raw: info.size, gz: null, br: null }
+    row.gz = await sizeOf(path + '.gz')
+    row.br = await sizeOf(path + '.br')
+    rows.push(row)
+  }
+}
+
+async function sizeOf (path) {
+  try {
+    return (await stat(path)).size
+  } catch (e) {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+function kb (bytes) {
+  if (bytes === null) return '—'.padStart(10)
+  return (bytes < 1024 ? bytes + ' B' : (bytes / 1024).toFixed(1) + ' kB').padStart(10)
+}
diff --git a/packages/bankai/lib/plugin.js b/packages/bankai/lib/plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7a5bc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/lib/plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Vite plugin: a virtual client entry that mounts the user's app. The
+// user writes one isomorphic module; bankai generates the two lines of
+// browser glue instead of asking for a second file.
+
+export const CLIENT_ID = 'bankai:client'
+const RESOLVED_CLIENT_ID = '\0' + CLIENT_ID
+
+// the URL a browser uses to import the virtual module through Vite's dev
+// middleware ('\0' encodes as '__x00__')
+export const CLIENT_URL = '/@id/__x00__' + CLIENT_ID
+
+export default function bankaiPlugin (entry) {
+  return {
+    name: 'bankai',
+    resolveId (id) {
+      if (id === CLIENT_ID) return RESOLVED_CLIENT_ID
+    },
+    load (id) {
+      if (id === RESOLVED_CLIENT_ID) {
+        return [
+          `import create from ${JSON.stringify(entry)}`,
+          'const app = typeof create === "function" && !create.mount ? create() : create',
+          'app.mount(app.selector || "body")'
+        ].join('\n')
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/bankai/lib/serve.js b/packages/bankai/lib/serve.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7de3282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/lib/serve.js
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// bankai serve — the production server. Static assets from dist
+// (precompressed variants negotiated, hashed assets cached forever);
+// everything else is a page: 103 Early Hints from the build manifest,
+// then streaming SSR of the entry module — imported natively, because
+// the server side never needed a build.
+
+import { createServer } from 'node:http'
+import { createReadStream } from 'node:fs'
+import { readFile, stat } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { join, normalize, extname, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
+
+import { resolveApp } from './app.js'
+import { documentHead, documentTail, assetLinks } from './document.js'
+
+const MIME = {
+  '.html': 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
+  '.js': 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8',
+  '.mjs': 'text/javascript; charset=utf-8',
+  '.css': 'text/css; charset=utf-8',
+  '.json': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
+  '.svg': 'image/svg+xml',
+  '.map': 'application/json',
+  '.txt': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8',
+  '.woff2': 'font/woff2',
+  '.png': 'image/png',
+  '.webp': 'image/webp',
+  '.ico': 'image/x-icon'
+}
+
+export default async function serve ({ outDir = 'dist', port = 8080 }) {
+  outDir = resolve(outDir)
+  const meta = JSON.parse(await readFile(join(outDir, 'bankai.json'), 'utf8'))
+  const mod = await import(pathToFileURL(meta.entry))
+  const links = assetLinks(meta.assets)
+
+  const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    const url = new URL(req.url, 'http://localhost')
+    const pathname = decodeURIComponent(url.pathname)
+
+    // static asset?
+    const file = normalize(join(outDir, pathname))
+    if (file.startsWith(outDir) && extname(pathname)) {
+      if (await isFile(file)) return sendFile(req, res, file, pathname)
+      if (MIME[extname(pathname)]) {
+        // a missing asset is a miss, not a page
+        res.writeHead(404, { 'content-type': 'text/plain' })
+        return res.end('not found: ' + pathname)
+      }
+    }
+
+    // page: hints first, then stream
+    try {
+      const app = resolveApp(mod, meta.entry)
+      const state = {}
+
+      if (links.length && res.writeEarlyHints) {
+        res.writeEarlyHints({ link: links })
+      }
+      res.writeHead(200, {
+        'content-type': 'text/html; charset=utf-8',
+        link: links.join(', ')
+      })
+      res.write(documentHead({ title: meta.title, ...meta.assets }))
+      for await (const chunk of app.toStream(req.url, state)) {
+        res.write(chunk)
+      }
+      res.end(documentTail(state))
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error(err)
+      if (!res.headersSent) res.writeHead(500, { 'content-type': 'text/plain' })
+      res.end('bankai: render error')
+    }
+  })
+
+  await new Promise((resolveListen) => server.listen(port, resolveListen))
+  return {
+    server,
+    port: server.address().port,
+    origin: `http://localhost:${server.address().port}`,
+    close: () => new Promise((resolveClose) => server.close(resolveClose))
+  }
+}
+
+async function isFile (path) {
+  try {
+    return (await stat(path)).isFile()
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
+async function sendFile (req, res, file, pathname) {
+  const headers = {
+    'content-type': MIME[extname(file)] || 'application/octet-stream',
+    // hashed build assets are immutable; everything else revalidates
+    'cache-control': pathname.startsWith('/assets/')
+      ? 'public, max-age=31536000, immutable'
+      : 'no-cache',
+    vary: 'accept-encoding'
+  }
+
+  // negotiate precompressed siblings written at build time
+  const accepted = String(req.headers['accept-encoding'] || '')
+  for (const [encoding, ext] of [['br', '.br'], ['gzip', '.gz']]) {
+    if (accepted.includes(encoding) && await isFile(file + ext)) {
+      headers['content-encoding'] = encoding
+      res.writeHead(200, headers)
+      createReadStream(file + ext).pipe(res)
+      return
+    }
+  }
+
+  res.writeHead(200, headers)
+  createReadStream(file).pipe(res)
+}
diff --git a/packages/bankai/package.json b/packages/bankai/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2fbf65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "name": "bankai",
+  "version": "10.0.0-dev",
+  "description": "The isomorphic choo compiler & server: one command, streaming SSR, zero config",
+  "type": "module",
+  "bin": {
+    "bankai": "./cli.js"
+  },
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./index.js"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "cli.js",
+    "index.js",
+    "lib"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=24"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "vite": "^8.0.0"
+  },
+  "repository": "choojs/choo",
+  "keywords": [
+    "choo",
+    "bankai",
+    "ssr",
+    "streaming",
+    "compiler"
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/packages/bankai/test/build-serve.test.js b/packages/bankai/test/build-serve.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07d3c8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/test/build-serve.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+// The full production pipeline against the real counter example:
+// build → artifacts on disk → serve → 103 Early Hints, streamed SSR,
+// filtered initialState, precompressed asset negotiation.
+
+import { test, before, after } from 'node:test'
+import assert from 'node:assert'
+import http from 'node:http'
+import { access, mkdtemp, rm } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { join, dirname } from 'node:path'
+import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+
+import build from '../lib/build.js'
+import serve from '../lib/serve.js'
+
+const repo = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '..', '..', '..')
+const entry = join(repo, 'examples', 'counter', 'app.js')
+
+let outDir, meta, srv
+
+before(async () => {
+  outDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'bankai-test-'))
+  ;({ meta } = await build({ entry, outDir, title: 'counter' }))
+  srv = await serve({ outDir, port: 0 })
+})
+
+after(async () => {
+  await srv?.close()
+  if (outDir) await rm(outDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+})
+
+function get (path, headers = {}) {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const req = http.request({ host: 'localhost', port: srv.port, path, headers }, (res) => {
+      const chunks = []
+      res.on('data', (d) => chunks.push(d))
+      res.on('end', () => resolve({
+        status: res.statusCode,
+        headers: res.headers,
+        body: Buffer.concat(chunks),
+        interim: req.interim
+      }))
+    })
+    req.interim = []
+    req.on('information', (info) => req.interim.push(info))
+    req.on('error', reject)
+    req.end()
+  })
+}
+
+test('build produced manifest, metadata and precompressed assets', async () => {
+  await access(join(outDir, '.vite', 'manifest.json'))
+  await access(join(outDir, 'bankai.json'))
+  assert.strictEqual(meta.assets.scripts.length, 1, 'one entry chunk')
+  const chunk = meta.assets.scripts[0]
+  await access(join(outDir, chunk.slice(1)))
+  await access(join(outDir, chunk.slice(1) + '.br'))
+  await access(join(outDir, chunk.slice(1) + '.gz'))
+})
+
+test('pages get 103 Early Hints carrying the route assets', async () => {
+  const res = await get('/')
+  assert.strictEqual(res.interim.length, 1, 'one interim response')
+  assert.strictEqual(res.interim[0].statusCode, 103)
+  assert.match(String(res.interim[0].headers.link), /rel=modulepreload/)
+  assert.match(String(res.headers.link), /rel=modulepreload/, 'Link header repeated on the final response')
+})
+
+test('pages stream SSR html with a filtered initialState tail', async () => {
+  const res = await get('/')
+  const text = res.body.toString()
+  assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200)
+  assert.match(text, /<h1>count is 0<\/h1>/, 'server-rendered view')
+  assert.match(text, /<script type="module" src="\/assets\//, 'client entry wired')
+  assert.match(text, /window\.initialState=/, 'state serialized')
+  assert.ok(!/initialState=.*"events"/.test(text), 'internals filtered from state')
+})
+
+test('hashed assets are immutable and served precompressed on request', async () => {
+  const chunk = meta.assets.scripts[0]
+
+  const plain = await get(chunk)
+  assert.strictEqual(plain.status, 200)
+  assert.match(plain.headers['content-type'], /javascript/)
+  assert.match(plain.headers['cache-control'], /immutable/)
+  assert.strictEqual(plain.headers['content-encoding'], undefined)
+
+  const br = await get(chunk, { 'accept-encoding': 'br, gzip' })
+  assert.strictEqual(br.headers['content-encoding'], 'br')
+  assert.ok(br.body.length < plain.body.length, 'brotli variant is smaller')
+
+  const gz = await get(chunk, { 'accept-encoding': 'gzip' })
+  assert.strictEqual(gz.headers['content-encoding'], 'gzip')
+})
+
+test('the service worker builds with the precache list injected', async () => {
+  const res = await get('/sw.js')
+  assert.strictEqual(res.status, 200)
+  const sw = res.body.toString()
+  assert.ok(!sw.includes('__BANKAI_ASSETS__'), 'define was applied')
+  assert.ok(sw.includes(meta.assets.scripts[0]), 'hashed entry chunk in the precache list')
+  assert.match(sw, /[`"']\/[`"']\s*,/, 'root page precached (any quote style the minifier picks)')
+})
+
+test('missing assets 404; extensionless paths fall through to SSR', async () => {
+  const miss = await get('/assets/nope-not-real.js')
+  assert.strictEqual(miss.status, 404)
+
+  const page = await get('/some/page')
+  assert.strictEqual(page.status, 200, 'wildcard route rendered')
+  assert.match(page.body.toString(), /count is 0/)
+})
diff --git a/packages/bankai/test/document.test.js b/packages/bankai/test/document.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c18b8d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bankai/test/document.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { test } from 'node:test'
+import assert from 'node:assert'
+
+import { documentHead, documentTail, serializeState, assetLinks } from '../lib/document.js'
+
+test('documentHead renders title, css, preloads and module scripts', () => {
+  const head = documentHead({
+    title: 'a < b',
+    css: ['/assets/x.css'],
+    modulepreload: ['/assets/dep.js'],
+    scripts: ['/assets/main.js']
+  })
+  assert.match(head, /<title>a &lt; b<\/title>/)
+  assert.match(head, /<link rel="stylesheet" href="\/assets\/x.css">/)
+  assert.match(head, /<link rel="modulepreload" href="\/assets\/dep.js">/)
+  assert.match(head, /<script type="module" src="\/assets\/main.js"><\/script>/)
+  assert.match(head, /^<!doctype html>/)
+})
+
+test('serializeState blocks script breakouts and drops recomputed internals', () => {
+  const json = serializeState({
+    events: { RENDER: 'render' },
+    cache: null,
+    prefetch: [],
+    count: 3,
+    evil: '</script><script>alert(1)</script>',
+    nested: { events: 'keep me' }
+  })
+  assert.ok(!json.includes('</script'), 'no closing-script breakout')
+  const parsed = JSON.parse(json.replace(/\\u003c/g, '<'))
+  assert.strictEqual(parsed.count, 3)
+  assert.strictEqual(parsed.events, undefined, 'top-level events dropped')
+  assert.strictEqual(parsed.cache, undefined)
+  assert.strictEqual(parsed.prefetch, undefined)
+  assert.strictEqual(parsed.nested.events, 'keep me', 'only top-level internals dropped')
+})
+
+test('documentTail is an inline script plus the html close', () => {
+  const tail = documentTail({ count: 1 })
+  assert.match(tail, /<script>window.initialState=\{"count":1\}<\/script>/)
+  assert.match(tail, /<\/html>/)
+})
+
+test('assetLinks builds Early Hints link values', () => {
+  const links = assetLinks({
+    scripts: ['/assets/main.js'],
+    modulepreload: ['/assets/dep.js'],
+    css: ['/assets/x.css']
+  })
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(links, [
+    '</assets/main.js>; rel=modulepreload',
+    '</assets/dep.js>; rel=modulepreload',
+    '</assets/x.css>; rel=preload; as=style'
+  ])
+})