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+.PHONY: all install_deps build_frontend build_backend clean
+
+# Specify the name of your Go binary output
+BINARY_NAME := opengist
+
+all: install_deps build_frontend build_backend
+
+install_deps:
+	@echo "Installing NPM dependencies..."
+	@npm ci || (echo "Error: Failed to install NPM dependencies." && exit 1)
+	@echo "Installing Go dependencies..."
+	@go mod download || (echo "Error: Failed to install Go dependencies." && exit 1)
+
+build_frontend:
+	@echo "Building frontend assets..."
+	./node_modules/.bin/vite build
+
+build_backend:
+	@echo "Building Opengist binary..."
+	go build -o $(BINARY_NAME) opengist.go
+
+clean:
+	@echo "Cleaning up build artifacts..."
+	@rm -f $(BINARY_NAME) public/manifest.json
+	@rm -rf node_modules public/assets
+