Server/static first
Most public discovery remains server/static. Four audited client components support the optional Personal SmellBook, which is kept only in your browser, and one copies citations to the clipboard.
TECHNOLOGY & PRIVACY
Keep the public atlas simple enough to understand.
SmellBook’s current website architecture deliberately avoids unnecessary client frameworks, trackers, embedded third-party widgets and device permissions.
Three runtime dependencies
The current runtime dependency set is Next.js, React and React DOM.
No analytics SDK
SmellBook does not currently include a website analytics SDK in the public runtime.
No advertising SDK
The public website contains no ad network or behavioral advertising library.
No authentication SDK
The local personal layer needs no account. The public website still does not ship an authentication framework.
Local storage only
One versioned record, kept only in your browser, stores what you choose to save in the Personal SmellBook. No cookies or server sync are used for that record.
No map service or device sensors
The public website does not request camera, microphone or geolocation permissions and does not ship a map SDK.
External sources are links
Scientific source links can leave SmellBook for DOI/publisher pages, but those publishers do not run embedded scripts inside SmellBook pages.
New capability should justify new runtime cost.
If accounts, cloud sync, analytics or other personal-data services are added later, the public privacy and architecture pages should be updated before those capabilities are treated as normal.