feat: restructure frontier admin files and add config for the admin folder

[paanSinghCoder]

Folder Restructuring for Frontier admin

Goal

Feat: Restructure the folder layout to match the new organization before extracting admin pages.

Target Structure

Current:

frontier/
├── sdks/js/
│   ├── packages/
│   │   ├── core/
│   │   │   ├── react/          (React SDK)
│   │   │   └── admin/          (Admin pages)
│   │   └── sdk-demo/
│   └── tools/
└── ui/                          (Admin UI app)

Target:

frontier/
└── web/                         (renamed from sdks/js/)
    ├── packages/
    │    └── core/
    │       ├── client/          (renamed from react/)
    │       └── admin/           (stays in core/)
    ├── apps/
    │   ├── admin-ui/            (moved from ui/)
    │   └── sdk-demo/            (moved from packages/sdk-demo/)
    └── tools/                   (unchanged)

Note: In this PR we only move Admin related files. SDK related files will be moved in another iteration.

Detailed Steps

1. Rename frontier/sdks/js/ → frontier/web/

• Use git mv to preserve history
• Update root pnpm-workspace.yaml: frontier/sdks/js/** → frontier/web/**

2. Rename frontier/web/packages/core/react/ → frontier/web/packages/core/client/

• Use git mv to preserve history
• Update references in:
  • frontier/web/packages/core/tsup.config.ts: react/index.ts → client/index.ts, react/dist → client/dist
  • frontier/web/packages/core/package.json: react/dist/**/* → client/dist/**/*, ./react exports → ./client exports, dev script
  • frontier/web/packages/core/tsconfig.json: exclude react/dist → client/dist
  • All internal imports: ~/react/ → ~/client/ (193 matches found)

3. Move frontier/ui/ → frontier/web/apps/admin-ui/

• Use git mv to preserve history
• Update root pnpm-workspace.yaml: frontier/ui → frontier/web/apps/admin-ui
• Update Go embed path in frontier/pkg/server/server.go: frontier/ui → frontier/web/apps/admin-ui

4. Move frontier/web/packages/sdk-demo/ → frontier/web/apps/sdk-demo/

• Use git mv to preserve history
• Update frontier/web/pnpm-workspace.yaml if it references packages/sdk-demo

5. Update workspace files

• Root pnpm-workspace.yaml:
  • frontier/sdks/js/** → frontier/web/**
  • frontier/ui → frontier/web/apps/admin-ui
• frontier/web/pnpm-workspace.yaml:
  • Update any references to moved packages

6. Update Go embed path

• frontier/pkg/server/server.go:
  • Import: "github.com/raystack/frontier/ui" → "github.com/raystack/frontier/web/apps/admin-ui"
  • Embed path: ui.Assets → adminui.Assets (or appropriate name)
  • Handler path: "dist/ui" → "dist/admin-ui" (verify actual dist folder name)

7. Update build configs

• frontier/web/packages/core/tsup.config.ts:
  • entry: ['react/index.ts'] → entry: ['client/index.ts']
  • outDir: 'react/dist' → outDir: 'client/dist'
• frontier/web/packages/core/package.json:
  • files: react/dist/**/* → client/dist/**/*
  • exports["./react"] → exports["./client"] (or keep both for backward compat if needed)
  • dev script: react/index.ts → client/index.ts
• frontier/web/packages/core/tsconfig.json:
  • exclude: react/dist → client/dist

8. Update internal imports

• Within frontier/web/packages/core/client/:
  • Replace all ~/react/ → ~/client/ (193 matches found across 71 files)
  • Use find/replace or script to update all occurrences

9. Verify builds

• Run pnpm install at root to update workspace links
• Build frontier/web/packages/core: cd frontier/web/packages/core && pnpm run build
• Build frontier/web/apps/admin-ui: cd frontier/web/apps/admin-ui && pnpm run build
• Build frontier/web/apps/sdk-demo: cd frontier/web/apps/sdk-demo && pnpm run build (if applicable)
• Verify Go build: cd frontier && go build (to ensure embed path works)

Files to Update

Workspace & Config

• /Users/gaurav/Pixxel/identity/pnpm-workspace.yaml
• /Users/gaurav/Pixxel/identity/frontier/web/pnpm-workspace.yaml (after rename)

Go Files

• /Users/gaurav/Pixxel/identity/frontier/pkg/server/server.go

Core Package

• /Users/gaurav/Pixxel/identity/frontier/web/packages/core/tsup.config.ts
• /Users/gaurav/Pixxel/identity/frontier/web/packages/core/package.json
• /Users/gaurav/Pixxel/identity/frontier/web/packages/core/tsconfig.json
• All files in frontier/web/packages/core/client/ (193 import references)

Admin UI App

• Any config files that reference old paths (vite.config.ts, tsconfig.json, etc.)

Notes

• Use git mv for all renames/moves to preserve git history
• The react → client rename will require updating many internal imports
• Keep backward compatibility in mind: we may want to keep ./react export pointing to ./client temporarily
• After restructuring, verify that all builds work before proceeding to Phase 2

Technical Details

Test Plan

• Manual testing completed
• Build and type checking passes

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[paanSinghCoder]

Dummy file just to test the new Admin folder. This will contain the exportable frontier admin files coming from ui folder.

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