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+# Dependencies
+
+## Composer (PHP)
+
+**File**: `composer.json`
+**PHP requirement**: `>=7.4` (production runs <8.0)
+
+| Package | Version | Purpose |
+|---------|---------|---------|
+| `phpunit/phpunit` | ^9.5 | Testing framework |
+
+## Vendored Libraries (`libraries/`)
+
+These are NOT managed by Composer — bundled directly.
+
+| Library | Version | Status | Purpose |
+|---------|---------|--------|---------|
+| `medoo/` | 1.7.10 | Active | Database ORM |
+| `phpmailer/` | classic | Active | Email sending |
+| `rb.php` | — | **Unused** — remove | RedBeanPHP legacy ORM |
+| `ckeditor/` | 4.x | Active | Rich text editor |
+| `apexcharts/` | — | Active | Admin charts |
+| `bootstrap/` | 4.1.3 + 4.5.2 | Active | CSS framework (two versions present) |
+| `fontawesome-5.7.0/` | 5.7.0 | Active | Icons |
+| `filemanager-9.14.1/` | 9.14.1 | Active | File manager |
+| `filemanager-9.14.2/` | 9.14.2 | Duplicate? | File manager |
+| `codemirror/` | — | Active | Code editor in admin |
+| `fancyBox/` + `fancybox3/` | 2 + 3 | Active | Lightbox |
+| `plupload/` | — | Active | File uploads |
+| `grid/` | — | Active | CSS grid system |
+
+## Frontend (JS, served directly)
+
+| Library | Version | Source |
+|---------|---------|--------|
+| jQuery | 2.1.3 | `libraries/` |
+| jQuery Migrate | 1.0.0 | `libraries/` |
+| jQuery UI | — | `libraries/` |
+| jQuery Autocomplete | 1.4.11 | `libraries/` |
+| jQuery Nested Sortable | — | `libraries/` |
+| jQuery-confirm | — | `libraries/` |
+| Selectize.js | — | `libraries/` |
+| Lozad.js | — | `libraries/` |
+| Swiper | — | `libraries/` |
+| taboverride.min.js | — | `libraries/` |
+| validator.js | — | `libraries/` |
+
+## PHP Extensions Required
+
+| Extension | Purpose |
+|-----------|---------|
+| `redis` | Redis caching |
+| `curl` | External API calls (Apilo, image downloads) |
+| `pdo` + `pdo_mysql` | Medoo ORM database access |
+| `mbstring` | String handling |
+| `gd` or `imagick` | Image manipulation (ImageManipulator) |
+| `json` | JSON encode/decode |
+| `session` | Session management |
+
+## Notes
+
+- **No npm/package.json** — no JS build pipeline
+- **SCSS is pre-compiled** — CSS served as static files
+- **No Composer autoload at runtime** — custom autoloader in each entry point
+- `libraries/rb.php` (RedBeanPHP, 536 KB) — confirmed unused, safe to delete