Pinepost

Virtual Christmas tree for sealed messages. Grow a fir, share an invite code, let friends hang ornaments with notes that stay locked until Christmas Day.

Built with Expo (SDK 57) to compete with Deco My Tree on the core loop: make tree → share → decorate → unlock on Dec 25.

Why Pinepost

Deco My Tree	Pinepost
Account + email signup	Local profile name only
Server-backed trees	Offline invite codes (PINE1…) that carry a tree snapshot
Privacy policy mentions Wi-Fi BSSID / SSID collection	No network identity harvesting; data stays on device
Top 100 dashboard	Discover ranked by ornament count, plus seeded featured trees

Features

1. Grow your tree – name, needle color (5), topper (5).
2. Share invite – system share sheet with a portable PINE1… code.
3. Join a tree – paste a code; hang ornaments with a private message.
4. Christmas lock – ornament text sealed until local midnight Dec 25 (demo unlock in Settings for QA).
5. Discover – ranked list including offline featured trees.
6. Snow + SVG fir – Reanimated snowfall, layered canopy, tappable ornaments.

Run

npm install
npm start

Then press a / i / w for Android, iOS, or web.

npm run typecheck
node scripts/selfcheck.mjs

Deep link

Scheme: pinepost://

Join path accepted by the paste field: pinepost://join/PINE1…

Stack

• Expo Router
• AsyncStorage persistence
• react-native-svg tree
• React Native Animated snowfall

Agent setup

Official Expo Skills are required for Expo/EAS work. See AGENTS.md and .cursor/skills/expo-stack/SKILL.md.

License

MIT