feat: package distribution with PyPI support, embedded UI, Dockerfile, and CLI enhancements

.gitignore

@@ -21,11 +21,14 @@ model_router.db-journal
 .pytest_cache/
 .coverage
 htmlcov/
+build/
+*.egg-info/
 
 # Node / Frontend
 node_modules/
 dist/
 .dist/
+backend/app/static/
 npm-debug.log*
 yarn-debug.log*
 yarn-error.log*

Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Stage 1: Build React Frontend UI
+FROM node:20-alpine AS frontend-builder
+WORKDIR /app/frontend
+
+COPY frontend/package*.json ./
+RUN npm ci
+
+COPY frontend/ ./
+RUN npm run build
+
+# Stage 2: Python Backend Runtime
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Set environment variables
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+ENV PORT=8000
+ENV HOST=0.0.0.0
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+# Copy backend application code
+COPY backend/ ./backend/
+
+# Copy compiled static frontend into backend/app/static
+COPY --from=frontend-builder /app/frontend/dist ./backend/app/static
+
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+CMD ["python", "backend/main.py"]

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Model Router
 
+[![PyPI - Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/model-router-cli?logo=pypi&logoColor=white&color=blue)](https://pypi.org/project/model-router-cli/)
+[![PyPI - Python Version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/model-router-cli?logo=python&logoColor=white)](https://pypi.org/project/model-router-cli/)
+[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
 Intelligent, explainable, cost- and latency-aware LLM request routing platform and AI Traffic Control Room.
 
 ---
@@ -66,9 +70,32 @@ The platform is designed local-first, allowing full local development and testin
 - Node.js 18+ and npm
 - (Optional) [Ollama](https://ollama.com/) for local model inference
 
+## 📦 Quick Installation (via PyPI)
+
+Install Model Router and its embedded **AI Traffic Control Room** dashboard directly from PyPI:
+
+```bash
+pip install model-router-cli
+```
+
+### Quick Commands:
+```bash
+# Run system diagnostics & environment checks
+modelrouter doctor
+
+# Launch the Traffic Control Room Dashboard & API Gateway in your browser
+modelrouter ui --open-browser
+
+# Route a prompt and inspect the explainability decision (Dry Run)
+modelrouter route "Write an optimized async task worker in Python"
+
+# Route and execute inference through the optimal provider
+modelrouter run "Explain the difference between zero-shot and few-shot prompting"
+```
+
 ---
 
-## Installation & Setup
+## Installation & Setup (from Source)
 
 ### 1. Clone the Repository
 ```bash
@@ -152,23 +179,29 @@ npm run dev
 
 ## CLI Usage
 
-The built-in Typer CLI provides terminal commands for inspection, diagnostics, and testing:
+The built-in Typer CLI provides terminal commands for inspection, diagnostics, and testing (use `modelrouter` if installed via pip, or `python backend/app/cli/main.py` from source):
 
 ```bash
+# Launch the AI Traffic Control Room Web UI and API Gateway
+modelrouter ui --open-browser
+
 # Run system diagnostics & provider health checks
-python backend/app/cli/main.py doctor
+modelrouter doctor
 
 # Inspect routing decision for a prompt without executing (Dry Run)
-python backend/app/cli/main.py route "Write a Python function to parse JSON"
+modelrouter route "Write a Python function to parse JSON"
 
 # Route and execute a query through the selected model
-python backend/app/cli/main.py run "Debug this distributed async deadlock in worker pool"
+modelrouter run "Debug this distributed async deadlock in worker pool"
 
 # List all registered models in the catalog
-python backend/app/cli/main.py models
+modelrouter models
+
+# View recent routed traffic logs
+modelrouter traffic
 
 # View system-wide routing performance and cost savings analytics
-python backend/app/cli/main.py analytics
+modelrouter analytics
 ```
 
 ---
@@ -301,6 +334,7 @@ This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file
 
 Maintained and architected by **PicadoLabs**.
 
+- **Maintainer**: [@Kaap10](https://github.com/Kaap10)
 - **Organization**: [PicadoLabs](https://github.com/PicadoLabs)
 - **Website**: [https://picadolabs.me](https://picadolabs.me)
 - **Contact**: [picadolabs@gmail.com](mailto:picadolabs@gmail.com)

backend/app/cli/main.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import sys
+import sys
 import os
 import asyncio
 import httpx
@@ -265,5 +265,23 @@ def analytics():
     asyncio.run(_analytics())
 
 
+@app.command()
+def ui(
+    host: str = typer.Option("127.0.0.1", "--host", "-h", help="Host address to bind the web server"),
+    port: int = typer.Option(8000, "--port", "-p", help="Port to run the Model Router Control Room on"),
+):
+    """Launch the Model Router API Gateway & AI Traffic Control Room UI."""
+    import uvicorn
+    console.print(Panel.fit(
+        f"[bold cyan]Starting Model Router AI Traffic Control Room[/bold cyan]\n"
+        f"Web Dashboard: [bold green]http://{host}:{port}[/bold green]\n"
+        f"API Documentation: [bold green]http://{host}:{port}/docs[/bold green]",
+        title="MODEL ROUTER UI LAUNCHER",
+        border_style="cyan"
+    ))
+    uvicorn.run("main:app", host=host, port=port, reload=False, app_dir=os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..")))
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     app()
+

backend/main.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import asyncio
+import asyncio
 import json
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from fastapi import FastAPI
@@ -80,15 +80,39 @@ async def stream_live_traffic():
     return EventSourceResponse(event_generator())
 
 
-@app.get("/")
-async def root():
-    return {
-        "message": "Model Router AI Control Room Backend is active.",
-        "docs": "/docs",
-        "health": "/api/health",
-    }
+# Serve Bundled Frontend (SPA) if static directory exists
+import os
+from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
+from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
+from fastapi import HTTPException
+
+STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "app", "static")
+
+if os.path.exists(STATIC_DIR):
+    assets_dir = os.path.join(STATIC_DIR, "assets")
+    if os.path.exists(assets_dir):
+        app.mount("/assets", StaticFiles(directory=assets_dir), name="assets")
+
+    @app.get("/{full_path:path}")
+    async def serve_spa(full_path: str):
+        if full_path.startswith("api/") or full_path.startswith("docs") or full_path.startswith("openapi.json"):
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Not Found")
+        
+        target_file = os.path.join(STATIC_DIR, full_path)
+        if os.path.exists(target_file) and os.path.isfile(target_file):
+            return FileResponse(target_file)
+        return FileResponse(os.path.join(STATIC_DIR, "index.html"))
+else:
+    @app.get("/")
+    async def root():
+        return {
+            "message": "Model Router AI Control Room Backend is active.",
+            "docs": "/docs",
+            "health": "/api/health",
+        }
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     import uvicorn
     uvicorn.run("main:app", host=settings.HOST, port=settings.PORT, reload=settings.DEBUG)
+

pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "model-router-cli"
+version = "1.0.0"
+description = "Intelligent, explainable LLM request routing platform & AI Traffic Control Room"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
+authors = [
+    { name = "PicadoLabs", email = "picadolabs@gmail.com" }
+]
+maintainers = [
+    { name = "Kaap10", email = "picadolabs@gmail.com" }
+]
+license = { text = "MIT" }
+keywords = ["llm", "ai", "router", "fastapi", "ollama", "openai", "cost-optimization"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+    "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "fastapi>=0.110.0",
+    "uvicorn[standard]>=0.28.0",
+    "pydantic>=2.6.0",
+    "pydantic-settings>=2.2.0",
+    "sqlalchemy>=2.0.28",
+    "aiosqlite>=0.20.0",
+    "httpx>=0.27.0",
+    "typer>=0.12.0",
+    "rich>=13.7.0",
+    "sse-starlette>=2.0.0",
+    "python-multipart>=0.0.9",
+    "python-dotenv>=1.0.1",
+    "tiktoken>=0.6.0"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://picadolabs.me"
+Repository = "https://github.com/PicadoLabs/ai-model-router"
+Issues = "https://github.com/PicadoLabs/ai-model-router/issues"
+
+[project.scripts]
+modelrouter = "app.cli.main:app"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["backend"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+"app" = ["static/**/*", "static/*"]

scripts/build_package.py

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+
+def build():
+    print("==================================================")
+    print("STEP 1: Compiling React Frontend (Traffic Control Room)")
+    print("==================================================")
+    frontend_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "frontend"))
+    result = subprocess.run(["npm", "run", "build"], cwd=frontend_dir, shell=True)
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        print("[ERROR] Frontend build failed!")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print("\n==================================================")
+    print("STEP 2: Bundling UI Assets into backend/app/static")
+    print("==================================================")
+    dist_dir = os.path.join(frontend_dir, "dist")
+    static_dest = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "backend", "app", "static"))
+    
+    if os.path.exists(static_dest):
+        shutil.rmtree(static_dest)
+    shutil.copytree(dist_dir, static_dest)
+    print(f"[OK] Successfully copied static UI files from {dist_dir} to {static_dest}")
+
+    print("\n==================================================")
+    print("STEP 3: Building Python Distribution (.tar.gz and .whl)")
+    print("==================================================")
+    root_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
+    
+    # Ensure build is installed
+    subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "--upgrade", "build", "twine", "wheel"], cwd=root_dir, check=True)
+    
+    # Build package
+    build_result = subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "build"], cwd=root_dir)
+    if build_result.returncode != 0:
+        print("[ERROR] Python build failed!")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    print("\n==================================================")
+    print("STEP 4: Validating Artifacts with Twine Check")
+    print("==================================================")
+    dist_artifacts = os.path.join(root_dir, "dist", "*")
+    subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "twine", "check", dist_artifacts], cwd=root_dir, shell=True)
+
+    print("\n[SUCCESS] ai-model-router package successfully built!")
+    print(f"Artifacts ready in: {os.path.join(root_dir, 'dist')}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    build()