Paire
"Find your Paire." Live at paire.in. Formerly Chitthi, and before that the working name Muse; internal IDs (com.muse.app, Firebase muse-352ba, folder names) are unchanged.
Paire is a dating app for adult men and women (18+), built for India: women set the rules, men get a fair chance. It is open to members across India. Members sign up in two quick steps and pick interests (music, film, craft…). Profile-based vibe ranking sorts people whose preferences match their own and explains shared choices. They can explore photo cards or Vibe-first cards, see who liked them for free, and chat after a mutual like, with optional AI icebreakers.
Also in the app:
- Sparks: add a note to any like. Notes lead "Likes you" and open the chat if you match.
- Garba Nights (Navratri): pick your Garba nights and meet people dancing on the same nights. Free for everyone.
- Privacy & control (free): notes-only likes, "I'll message first", incognito, private photos until match, same intentions only, "Speaks my language".
- Indian basics: height, languages, education, work, religion (optional, never caste), diet, drinking, smoking.
- Close kindly: a polite goodbye instead of ghosting.
- Vibe first: read personality and intentions, then deliberately reveal a photo before deciding.
- Paire Plus: ₹20/day, ₹99/week, ₹299/month passes (100 likes, 5 Super Likes, priority likes, and messaging when paid chat is on; never auto-renews). Free is 10 likes and 1 Super Like a day. Web payments go through CCAvenue (UPI, cards, netbanking, wallets;
docs/ccavenue.md), which replaces the earlier direct-UPI and Razorpay checkouts; the Android app uses Play billing via RevenueCat. Each is behind its own switch (docs/launch-web.md).
- Photo-verification status: server-derived approval status and education. Didit capture, immutable snapshots, moderator review and strict server/rule gates are implemented; live provider activation/testing are pending.
- Muse AI chat safety: warns about scams, threats and abuse, and hides abusive messages.
- My reports: private progress, server-bound evidence and moderator review, with report/block retry protection.
- Paid sending (off until switched on): sending messages needs your own Plus or Unlimited Chat (₹49 once, all current and future matches, no expiry); reading, matching and safety stay free. Presence (off until switched on): "Online" and approximate "Active 3 h ago" for matches, from real activity, with a setting to hide it. See
docs/presence-and-paid-chat.md.
- Browser dating: shared accounts, discovery, chat, profiles and safety in the responsive web app.
- Duos: double dates with a friend, with a four-person group chat.
- Likes gallery: a full-screen gallery of everyone who liked you.
- Themes: seven colour themes in light and dark.
The public name is still to be decided; see docs/product/brand-shortlist.md. The private website preview is https://muse-delhi-ncr.soundlemon8.chatgpt.site — review build, with public launch/provider/legal setup pending. Build and browser QA: docs/web-preview.md. Latest evidence and limits: docs/qa-2026-10-10.md.
| Part | Where | Stack |
|---|
| Mobile app | apps/muse-mobile | Expo SDK 54, React Native 0.81, Tamagui, React Navigation, Zustand, TanStack Query |
| Website + browser app (Vercel) | apps/web, vercel.json | Landing page, legal pages and the Expo web export at /app/ (docs/vercel.md) |
| Older Sites preview | apps/muse-site | Owner-private preview (superseded by apps/web) |
| Backend | firebase/functions | Cloud Functions (Node 22): discovery, swipes/matching, safety, account deletion, push |
| Security rules | firebase/rules | Firestore + Storage rules, with tests |
| Legal pages | firebase/hosting | Privacy policy, terms, guidelines, account deletion (Firebase Hosting) |
| E2E flows | e2e | Maestro |
The app and the functions are standalone npm projects, each with its own lockfile. The root folder has no dependencies.
Setup
./scripts/bootstrap-macos.sh # one-time toolchain (watchman, firebase-tools, maestro…)
(cd apps/muse-mobile && npm ci)
(cd firebase/functions && npm ci)
(cd firebase && npm ci) # rules test tooling
cp apps/muse-mobile/.env.example apps/muse-mobile/.env
Android builds need JDK 17 (JAVA_HOME) and the Android SDK (ANDROID_HOME).
Run locally against the Firebase emulators
npm --prefix firebase/functions run build
firebase emulators:start --project demo-muse # auth, firestore, functions, storage
npm --prefix firebase/functions run seed:emulator # demo members, password Password123!
cd apps/muse-mobile && npx expo run:android
Seeded logins: [email protected], [email protected] (already matched), [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected] (no profile yet).
The android/ and ios/ folders are generated from app.config.js (npx expo prebuild). Change native settings in app.config.js or a config plugin in plugins/, never by hand.
Test with your group (free)
Share the app with friends on their own phones, with no Firebase bill: your Mac runs the backend and a free Cloudflare tunnel makes it reachable.
./scripts/android/build-test-apk.sh # "Muse Test" app → dist/Muse-Test.apk
./scripts/test-backend.sh # prints an invite link to share
See docs/test-backend.md (what testers do, resetting passwords, limits, and how the gateway keeps the emulators safe to expose).
Tests
./scripts/verify.sh # lint, typecheck, unit, rules and functions end-to-end tests
E2E_PLATFORM=android ./scripts/verify.sh # plus Maestro UI flows on an emulator
See docs/testing.md.
Release
./scripts/release-preflight.sh lists what is missing; docs/RELEASE.md walks through Firebase, signing, building the .aab and Play Console.
Docs
docs/product/india-v2-plan.md: India v2 problems → solutions → pricing (current product plan)docs/launch-web.md: web launch order and every environment variable (Firebase, Razorpay, Vercel)docs/presence-and-paid-chat.md: presence, the paid-chat gate, Unlimited Chat payments, switches, migration and rolloutdocs/ccavenue.md: CCAvenue payments (Unlimited Chat and Plus): flow, keys, switches, rollout and testsdocs/vercel.md: deploying the web app on Verceldocs/product/delhi-ncr-direction.md: research, issues/solutions, naming, safety/verification, matching, pricing, design and launch requirements.docs/architecture.md: data model, backend flows, securitydocs/RELEASE.md: Google Play release playbookdocs/safety.md: moderation and trust & safety operationsdocs/testing.md: test suites and how to run themdocs/test-backend.md: the free test server for your groupdocs/design-system.md: themes, type and componentsdocs/PRODUCT_BACKLOG.md: what's next and open decisionsdocs/product/market-strategy.md: India-first market review, launch plan and getting trafficdocs/product/costs.md: Play and Firebase costs, and developer-account optionsdocs/product/duos-prd.md: Duos (double dates with a friend) PRDdocs/product/naming.md: app name reviewPROJECT_STATE.md: what's done and what needs you; FIX_LOG.md: change history
Production trust, billing and AI setup: integration guide. These integrations require provider/store configuration and live QA before launch.
