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 rollout
• docs/ccavenue.md: CCAvenue payments (Unlimited Chat and Plus): flow, keys, switches, rollout and tests
• docs/vercel.md: deploying the web app on Vercel
• docs/product/delhi-ncr-direction.md: research, issues/solutions, naming, safety/verification, matching, pricing, design and launch requirements.
• docs/architecture.md: data model, backend flows, security
• docs/RELEASE.md: Google Play release playbook
• docs/safety.md: moderation and trust & safety operations
• docs/testing.md: test suites and how to run them
• docs/test-backend.md: the free test server for your group
• docs/design-system.md: themes, type and components
• docs/PRODUCT_BACKLOG.md: what's next and open decisions
• docs/product/market-strategy.md: India-first market review, launch plan and getting traffic
• docs/product/costs.md: Play and Firebase costs, and developer-account options
• docs/product/duos-prd.md: Duos (double dates with a friend) PRD
• docs/product/naming.md: app name review
• PROJECT_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.