One Nuxt 4 + Nuxt UI deployment made of self-contained apps. Each app is a Nuxt layer in layers/<name>/ with its own pages, components, composables, server routes and config; layers in that folder are picked up automatically. The root only holds what apps share:

the shell (app/app.vue, global CSS, theme) and an empty /
the Baserow client server/utils/baserow.ts (listRows, getRow, createRow, updateRow, deleteRow, listFields, each taking a table ID). NUXT_BASEROW_URL and NUXT_BASEROW_TOKEN are shared; each app reads its own table IDs.
the login. One password (NUXT_DIARY_PASSWORD) unlocks every protected app: server/middleware/auth.ts returns 401 for the API prefixes in PROTECTED_PREFIXES until /api/auth/login has set the session cookie (signed with NUXT_SESSION_SECRET, http-only, 30 days), and a page wraps itself in <PasswordGate> to show the password prompt. To protect a new app, add its API prefix and use the gate.
readValidBody(event, zodSchema) and the client util errorMessage(error)

Path	App
`/diary`	Diary — `layers/diary/` (password protected)
`/wishlist`	Wishlist — `layers/wishlist/`
`/notes`	Notes — `layers/notes/` (password protected)

pnpm install
cp .env.example .env
pnpm dev

Adding an app

Create layers/<name>/ with app/pages/<name>.vue (or app/pages/<name>/index.vue), and whatever else it needs: app/components, app/composables, server/api/<name>/…, shared/, and a nuxt.config.ts for its runtime config.
Keep it contained: serve its API under /api/<name>/, and prefix useState / useFetch keys and app config with the app name. All layers share one auto-import namespace, so give components and exported utils names that won't clash with another app's (e.g. DiaryEntry, not Entry).
Don't use ~/ inside a layer — it points to the root app/. Use relative imports.

Notes

Minimal notes: a collapsible list of notes on the left, a WYSIWYG Markdown editor (Nuxt UI UEditor) on the right. No folders. A note is named by its title, or by when it was created if the title is empty. Changes save themselves 0.8 s after you stop typing, and when you leave the note or close the tab. Select text for the formatting toolbar; Markdown shortcuts (# , - , **bold**, …) also work.

Search at the top of the list matches title and text (/api/notes/docs?q=, case-insensitive, parts of words too). It uses Baserow's search; Baserow only searches the fields a request includes, so the search includes content.

Shortcuts (Ctrl instead of ⌘ outside macOS): ⌘ ⌥ N new note, ⌘ E show/hide the note list (so the editor's ⌘ E for inline code is turned off; use backticks or the toolbar). Plain ⌘ N can't be used, the browser keeps it.

Table (NUXT_BASEROW_NOTES_APP_TABLE_ID): title (single line text), content (long text without rich text; holds the Markdown), created and updated (dates with time, set by the server when a note is created or saved). The list is sorted by created, newest first. Rows added in Baserow directly have no dates and show as "Untitled" at the bottom. The token needs read, create, update and delete.

layers/notes/
app/
  pages/notes.vue             password gate, sidebar + the open note
  pages/notes/index.vue       nothing selected
  pages/notes/[id].vue        title, editor, delete
  components/NotesList.vue    the note list (open, delete)
  components/NotesSidebar.vue desktop: the list on the left (open/closed is remembered in a cookie)
  components/NotesDrawer.vue  mobile: the list, pulled down from the top
  components/NotesActionBar.vue "New", bottom right
  components/NotesSidebarHandle.vue desktop: chevron on the sidebar edge, on hover, shows/hides the list
  composables/
    useNotes.ts               the list, create/delete, note names
    useNotesAutosave.ts       debounced saving
server/api/notes/docs/        GET list, POST create, GET/PATCH/DELETE [id]
shared/                       NotesDoc type, update schema

Wishlist

A public shelf of the books in the Baserow wishlist table (NUXT_BASEROW_WISHLIST_TABLE_ID): cover, German title and author per card. A card opens its Thalia link. Search matches title and author; sort by author (last name) or title.

Below the shelf, Bereits gelesen lists title and author of every book in the books table with read set (read_date filled in), so nobody gives a book twice. Above it, Gerade am Lesen lists the books with currently_reading checked. Search and sort apply to it too. The books table is found through the wishlist's books link.

Table: isbn (text), thalia (URL), cover (URL), books (link to the books table) and the lookups title (German title) and authors.

Covers: cover is used if set. Otherwise the browser looks the ISBN up on Open Library (openlibrary.org/isbn/<isbn>.json) and posts the cover URL to /api/wishlist/books/<id>/cover, which saves it to the row, so each book is looked up only until it has a cover. That route is public but only accepts https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/<n>-M.jpg and never overwrites a cover. Books Open Library has no cover for get a generated tile; paste any image URL into cover to give them one.

layers/wishlist/
nuxt.config.ts                baserowWishlistTableId
app/
  pages/wishlist.vue          search, sort, grid
  components/WishlistCard.vue cover + title + author, links to Thalia
  composables/
    useWishlist.ts            loads, searches and sorts the books
    useWishlistCover.ts       cover from the table or Open Library, saves it back
server/
  api/wishlist/books/         GET list, POST [id]/cover
  api/wishlist/reading.get.ts, read.get.ts   books being read / already read
  utils/wishlist.ts           Baserow row -> WishlistBook
  utils/shelf.ts              books table lookup, listShelfBooks(filter)
shared/types/wishlist.ts

Diary

A password-protected diary of reviews (books, movies, albums) and notes, built with Nuxt 4 + Nuxt UI on top of two self-hosted Baserow tables.

Configuration

Variable	Purpose
`NUXT_BASEROW_URL`	Baserow instance, no trailing slash
`NUXT_BASEROW_TOKEN`	Database token with read and create access to both tables
`NUXT_BASEROW_REVIEWS_TABLE_ID`	Reviews table
`NUXT_BASEROW_NOTES_TABLE_ID`	Notes table
`NUXT_BASEROW_WISHLIST_TABLE_ID`	Wishlist table (see Wishlist)
`NUXT_BASEROW_NOTES_APP_TABLE_ID`	Table of the notes app (see Notes), not the diary's notes
`NUXT_DIARY_PASSWORD`	Password that unlocks the diary and notes
`NUXT_SESSION_SECRET`	Signs the login cookie, at least 32 characters (`openssl rand -hex 32`)

In layers/diary/app/app.config.ts, diary.showCovers: true shows a generated title tile next to each review.

What it does

/diary: reviews and notes on one timeline, newest first, grouped by year.
Only entries with text are shown. Long text is collapsed behind "Read more".
Search matches every word against the kind (review, note), the medium (book, movie, album), the date (aug 2025, 2025-08), the title, the author and the text. Matches in the text are highlighted.
"Log" opens a form with a Note / Review switch. A review is written for a book picked from the books table; its "Read on" date is saved as that book's read_date.
Until the password is entered, only a password prompt is shown and every /api/diary/* route returns 401 (the shared login, see the top of this file). Changing NUXT_SESSION_SECRET logs out every browser.

Code layout

layers/diary/
nuxt.config.ts                runtime config (env vars above)
app/
  app.config.ts               diary.showCovers
  pages/diary.vue             password gate around the timeline
  components/
    DiaryTimeline.vue         the diary: search, Log button, entries grouped by year
    DiaryEntry.vue            one timeline entry (date, title, text, read more)
    LogModal.vue              Note / Review switch around the two forms
    NoteForm.vue, ReviewForm.vue
    CoverTile.vue             generated cover, used when showCovers is on
  composables/
    useDiary.ts               loads reviews + notes, searches, sorts and groups them by year
    useSaveEntry.ts           shared submit logic of the forms
    useLog.ts                 open/close state of the Log modal
  utils/                      dates, icons, search highlighting
  types/entry.ts              a timeline entry (review or note)
server/
  api/diary/                  reviews and notes (GET list, POST create), books (for the review form)
  utils/
    diaryTable.ts             the diary's table IDs (the Baserow client itself is in the root server/utils)
    review.ts, note.ts, book.ts  Baserow row -> app type
shared/
  types/                      Review, Note
  utils/medium.ts             the review media: label and creator label
  utils/schemas.ts            zod schemas used by both forms and API

Baserow tables

Reviews: books (link to the books table), review (long text), medium (single select: Book / Movie / Album) and the lookups through books: title (title_german), author_or_director (authors) and date (read_date). The books table is found through the books link, so it needs no table ID.

Books: title, title_german, authors (link) and read_date (date).

Notes (the diary's, now named diary in Baserow): Datum (date) and Notes (long text).

Rows without a date are skipped. Text is plain text: line breaks are kept and it is never rendered as HTML.

Adding a medium

Reviews currently link only to books, so the form always saves Book. Other media need their own link field.

Add the option to the medium single select in Baserow.
Add it to Medium in layers/diary/shared/types/review.ts, to MEDIUMS in layers/diary/shared/utils/medium.ts (its label must match the Baserow option) and to MEDIUM_ICONS in layers/diary/app/utils/icons.ts.