feat: add Docker build infrastructure for portal-builder

- Add Dockerfile for multi-stage portal builds with xportal
- Add build-portal.sh script for building with plugin manifests
- Add GitHub Actions workflow for automated Docker image builds
- Add JSON schema for plugin manifest validation
- Add comprehensive documentation in README.md
- Configure git-town for branch management
- Update copyright license to Hammer Technologies LLC

Author: pcfreak30

.dockerignore

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+# Ignore common development files
+.git
+.gitignore
+*.md
+!README.md
+.DS_Store
+.vscode
+.idea
+
+# Ignore Go artifacts
+*.exe
+*.exe~
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.dylib
+*.test
+*.out
+go.sum
+
+# Ignore node_modules if any
+node_modules
+
+# Ignore test coverage
+coverage.txt
+coverage.html
+
+# Ignore local builds
+dist/
+build/
+bin/
+
+# Schema is optional for users, keep it
+!schema.json

.github/workflows/build-docker.yml

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+name: Build and Push Docker Image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 2 * * 0'  # Weekly Sunday 2am UTC - refresh dependencies
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      force-fresh:
+        description: 'Force fresh build without cache'
+        required: false
+        default: 'false'
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=ref,event=pr
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable={{github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop'}}
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
+        with:
+          context: .
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
+          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          cache-from: ${{ github.event.inputs.force-fresh == 'true' && '' || 'type=gha' }}
+          cache-to: ${{ github.event.inputs.force-fresh == 'true' && '' || 'type=gha,mode=max' }}

.gitignore

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 # Editor/IDE
 # .idea/
 # .vscode/
+.aider*

Dockerfile

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+# Portal Builder Base Image
+# Build environment for compiling LumeWeb Portal with custom plugins via docker buildx
+# Use as a base image in your Dockerfile: FROM ghcr.io/lumeweb/portal-builder:latest
+
+FROM golang:1.25-alpine
+
+# Install build dependencies
+RUN apk add --no-cache \
+    git \
+    make \
+    gcc \
+    musl-dev \
+    libwebp-dev \
+    ca-certificates \
+    tzdata \
+    python3
+
+# Install yq (YAML parser)
+RUN wget -qO /usr/local/bin/yq https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 && \
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yq
+
+# Install xportal
+RUN GOPROXY=direct go install go.lumeweb.com/xportal/cmd/xportal@latest
+
+# Pre-populate Go module cache for common dependencies
+# This significantly speeds up builds in child images by avoiding re-downloads
+# Set explicit Go module cache path
+ENV GOMODCACHE=/go/pkg/mod
+
+# Create a temporary workspace for downloading modules
+WORKDIR /tmp/cache-warmup
+
+# Download Portal core dependencies (develop version)
+# This creates go.mod and populates the module cache
+RUN go mod init cache-warmup && \
+    GOPROXY=direct go get go.lumeweb.com/portal@develop && \
+    go mod download go.lumeweb.com/portal@develop && \
+    # Clean up temporary files
+    rm -rf /tmp/cache-warmup
+
+# Return to standard working directory
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+# Install check-jsonschema for YAML validation using uv
+# Create venv and install (only needed during build, discarded in final image)
+RUN python3 -m venv /opt/venv && \
+    /opt/venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip && \
+    /opt/venv/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir check-jsonschema && \
+    ln -s /opt/venv/bin/check-jsonschema /usr/local/bin/check-jsonschema
+
+# Copy build script and schema
+COPY build-portal.sh /usr/local/bin/build-portal
+COPY schema.json /usr/local/share/portal-builder/schema.json
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/build-portal
+
+# Set default environment variables
+ENV PLUGIN_MANIFEST=portal-plugins.yaml
+ENV SCHEMA_PATH=/usr/local/share/portal-builder/schema.json
+ENV OUTPUT_DIR=/dist
+ENV PATH="/root/.local/bin:${PATH}"
+
+# Set working directory
+WORKDIR /workspace
+
+# No ENTRYPOINT - this is a base image for buildx
+# Users will RUN build-portal in their Dockerfiles

LICENSE

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 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2026 Lume Web
+Copyright (c) 2026 Hammer Technologies LLC
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal