diff --git a/.env.TEMPLATE b/.env.TEMPLATE
index fed0772..62f36ff 100644
--- a/.env.TEMPLATE
+++ b/.env.TEMPLATE
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 # specified environment
 DEFAULT_ENV=dev
 
-# if 0, doesn't open a browser to the frontend webapp on a normal stack launch
+# if 0, doesn't open a browser to the frontend web app on a normal stack launch
 DO_OPEN_BROWSER=1
 
-# app database (postgres)
+# database (postgres)
 POSTGRES_USER=molevolvr
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=
 POSTGRES_DB=molevolvr
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 42b1a10..63ed516 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # MolEvolvR Stack
 
 This repo contains the implementation of the MolEvolvR stack, i.e.:
-- `app`: the frontend webapp, written in React
+- `frontend`: the frontend web app, written in React
 - `backend`: a backend written in [Plumber](https://www.rplumber.io/index.html)
 - `cluster`: the containerized SLURM "cluster" on which jobs are run
 - `services`: a collection of services on which the stack relies:
diff --git a/app/public/mockServiceWorker.js b/app/public/mockServiceWorker.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 15751fa..0000000
--- a/app/public/mockServiceWorker.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,284 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable */
-/* tslint:disable */
-
-/**
- * Mock Service Worker.
- * @see https://github.com/mswjs/msw
- * - Please do NOT modify this file.
- * - Please do NOT serve this file on production.
- */
-
-const PACKAGE_VERSION = '2.3.5'
-const INTEGRITY_CHECKSUM = '26357c79639bfa20d64c0efca2a87423'
-const IS_MOCKED_RESPONSE = Symbol('isMockedResponse')
-const activeClientIds = new Set()
-
-self.addEventListener('install', function () {
-  self.skipWaiting()
-})
-
-self.addEventListener('activate', function (event) {
-  event.waitUntil(self.clients.claim())
-})
-
-self.addEventListener('message', async function (event) {
-  const clientId = event.source.id
-
-  if (!clientId || !self.clients) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  const client = await self.clients.get(clientId)
-
-  if (!client) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  const allClients = await self.clients.matchAll({
-    type: 'window',
-  })
-
-  switch (event.data) {
-    case 'KEEPALIVE_REQUEST': {
-      sendToClient(client, {
-        type: 'KEEPALIVE_RESPONSE',
-      })
-      break
-    }
-
-    case 'INTEGRITY_CHECK_REQUEST': {
-      sendToClient(client, {
-        type: 'INTEGRITY_CHECK_RESPONSE',
-        payload: {
-          packageVersion: PACKAGE_VERSION,
-          checksum: INTEGRITY_CHECKSUM,
-        },
-      })
-      break
-    }
-
-    case 'MOCK_ACTIVATE': {
-      activeClientIds.add(clientId)
-
-      sendToClient(client, {
-        type: 'MOCKING_ENABLED',
-        payload: true,
-      })
-      break
-    }
-
-    case 'MOCK_DEACTIVATE': {
-      activeClientIds.delete(clientId)
-      break
-    }
-
-    case 'CLIENT_CLOSED': {
-      activeClientIds.delete(clientId)
-
-      const remainingClients = allClients.filter((client) => {
-        return client.id !== clientId
-      })
-
-      // Unregister itself when there are no more clients
-      if (remainingClients.length === 0) {
-        self.registration.unregister()
-      }
-
-      break
-    }
-  }
-})
-
-self.addEventListener('fetch', function (event) {
-  const { request } = event
-
-  // Bypass navigation requests.
-  if (request.mode === 'navigate') {
-    return
-  }
-
-  // Opening the DevTools triggers the "only-if-cached" request
-  // that cannot be handled by the worker. Bypass such requests.
-  if (request.cache === 'only-if-cached' && request.mode !== 'same-origin') {
-    return
-  }
-
-  // Bypass all requests when there are no active clients.
-  // Prevents the self-unregistered worked from handling requests
-  // after it's been deleted (still remains active until the next reload).
-  if (activeClientIds.size === 0) {
-    return
-  }
-
-  // Generate unique request ID.
-  const requestId = crypto.randomUUID()
-  event.respondWith(handleRequest(event, requestId))
-})
-
-async function handleRequest(event, requestId) {
-  const client = await resolveMainClient(event)
-  const response = await getResponse(event, client, requestId)
-
-  // Send back the response clone for the "response:*" life-cycle events.
-  // Ensure MSW is active and ready to handle the message, otherwise
-  // this message will pend indefinitely.
-  if (client && activeClientIds.has(client.id)) {
-    ;(async function () {
-      const responseClone = response.clone()
-
-      sendToClient(
-        client,
-        {
-          type: 'RESPONSE',
-          payload: {
-            requestId,
-            isMockedResponse: IS_MOCKED_RESPONSE in response,
-            type: responseClone.type,
-            status: responseClone.status,
-            statusText: responseClone.statusText,
-            body: responseClone.body,
-            headers: Object.fromEntries(responseClone.headers.entries()),
-          },
-        },
-        [responseClone.body],
-      )
-    })()
-  }
-
-  return response
-}
-
-// Resolve the main client for the given event.
-// Client that issues a request doesn't necessarily equal the client
-// that registered the worker. It's with the latter the worker should
-// communicate with during the response resolving phase.
-async function resolveMainClient(event) {
-  const client = await self.clients.get(event.clientId)
-
-  if (client?.frameType === 'top-level') {
-    return client
-  }
-
-  const allClients = await self.clients.matchAll({
-    type: 'window',
-  })
-
-  return allClients
-    .filter((client) => {
-      // Get only those clients that are currently visible.
-      return client.visibilityState === 'visible'
-    })
-    .find((client) => {
-      // Find the client ID that's recorded in the
-      // set of clients that have registered the worker.
-      return activeClientIds.has(client.id)
-    })
-}
-
-async function getResponse(event, client, requestId) {
-  const { request } = event
-
-  // Clone the request because it might've been already used
-  // (i.e. its body has been read and sent to the client).
-  const requestClone = request.clone()
-
-  function passthrough() {
-    const headers = Object.fromEntries(requestClone.headers.entries())
-
-    // Remove internal MSW request header so the passthrough request
-    // complies with any potential CORS preflight checks on the server.
-    // Some servers forbid unknown request headers.
-    delete headers['x-msw-intention']
-
-    return fetch(requestClone, { headers })
-  }
-
-  // Bypass mocking when the client is not active.
-  if (!client) {
-    return passthrough()
-  }
-
-  // Bypass initial page load requests (i.e. static assets).
-  // The absence of the immediate/parent client in the map of the active clients
-  // means that MSW hasn't dispatched the "MOCK_ACTIVATE" event yet
-  // and is not ready to handle requests.
-  if (!activeClientIds.has(client.id)) {
-    return passthrough()
-  }
-
-  // Notify the client that a request has been intercepted.
-  const requestBuffer = await request.arrayBuffer()
-  const clientMessage = await sendToClient(
-    client,
-    {
-      type: 'REQUEST',
-      payload: {
-        id: requestId,
-        url: request.url,
-        mode: request.mode,
-        method: request.method,
-        headers: Object.fromEntries(request.headers.entries()),
-        cache: request.cache,
-        credentials: request.credentials,
-        destination: request.destination,
-        integrity: request.integrity,
-        redirect: request.redirect,
-        referrer: request.referrer,
-        referrerPolicy: request.referrerPolicy,
-        body: requestBuffer,
-        keepalive: request.keepalive,
-      },
-    },
-    [requestBuffer],
-  )
-
-  switch (clientMessage.type) {
-    case 'MOCK_RESPONSE': {
-      return respondWithMock(clientMessage.data)
-    }
-
-    case 'PASSTHROUGH': {
-      return passthrough()
-    }
-  }
-
-  return passthrough()
-}
-
-function sendToClient(client, message, transferrables = []) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const channel = new MessageChannel()
-
-    channel.port1.onmessage = (event) => {
-      if (event.data && event.data.error) {
-        return reject(event.data.error)
-      }
-
-      resolve(event.data)
-    }
-
-    client.postMessage(
-      message,
-      [channel.port2].concat(transferrables.filter(Boolean)),
-    )
-  })
-}
-
-async function respondWithMock(response) {
-  // Setting response status code to 0 is a no-op.
-  // However, when responding with a "Response.error()", the produced Response
-  // instance will have status code set to 0. Since it's not possible to create
-  // a Response instance with status code 0, handle that use-case separately.
-  if (response.status === 0) {
-    return Response.error()
-  }
-
-  const mockedResponse = new Response(response.body, response)
-
-  Reflect.defineProperty(mockedResponse, IS_MOCKED_RESPONSE, {
-    value: true,
-    enumerable: true,
-  })
-
-  return mockedResponse
-}
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yml b/docker-compose.override.yml
index 1ab4de6..9bfb0ee 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - "dev-db"
 
-  app:
+  frontend:
     build:
-      context: ./app
+      context: ./frontend
       target: dev
     volumes:
-      - ./app/src:/app/src
+      - ./frontend:/app/frontend
     environment:
       - 'VITE_API=http://localhost:9050'
     ports:
diff --git a/docker-compose.prod.yml b/docker-compose.prod.yml
index 600f84e..5180214 100644
--- a/docker-compose.prod.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.prod.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 volumes:
-  app_bundle:
+  frontend_dist:
   caddy_data:
   caddy_config:
 
 services:
-  app:
+  frontend:
     image: molevolvr-frontend
     build:
-      context: ./app
+      context: ./frontend
       target: release
     volumes:
-      - app_bundle:/app/dist
+      - frontend_dist:/app/frontend/dist
     depends_on:
       - backend
   
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ services:
       - "80:80"
       - "443:443"
     volumes:
-      - app_bundle:/srv
+      - frontend_dist:/srv
       - ./services/caddy/Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile
       - caddy_data:/data
       - caddy_config:/config
     depends_on:
-      - app
+      - frontend
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ee3216b..801ca71 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ services:
       db:
         condition: service_healthy
 
-  app:
-    hostname: app-${TARGET_ENV}
+  frontend:
+    hostname: frontend-${TARGET_ENV}
     image: molevolvr-frontend
-    build: ./app
+    build: ./frontend
     depends_on:
       - backend
 
diff --git a/app/.env b/frontend/.env
similarity index 100%
rename from app/.env
rename to frontend/.env
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rename from app/.gitignore
rename to frontend/.gitignore
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diff --git a/app/.vscode/extensions.json b/frontend/.vscode/extensions.json
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rename to frontend/.vscode/extensions.json
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rename to frontend/.vscode/settings.json
diff --git a/app/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
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rename to frontend/Dockerfile
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rename to frontend/README.md
diff --git a/app/bun.lockb b/frontend/bun.lockb
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rename to frontend/bun.lockb
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rename to frontend/eslint.config.mjs
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rename to frontend/playwright.config.ts
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rename to frontend/public/404.html
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rename to frontend/public/share.jpg
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rename to frontend/src/App.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/components/Tile.module.css b/frontend/src/components/Tile.module.css
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diff --git a/app/src/components/Toasts.module.css b/frontend/src/components/Toasts.module.css
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diff --git a/app/src/components/Tooltip.module.css b/frontend/src/components/Tooltip.module.css
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diff --git a/app/src/components/UploadButton.module.css b/frontend/src/components/UploadButton.module.css
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diff --git a/app/src/components/ViewCorner.module.css b/frontend/src/components/ViewCorner.module.css
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diff --git a/app/src/global/effects.css b/frontend/src/global/effects.css
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diff --git a/app/src/global/layout.css b/frontend/src/global/layout.css
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diff --git a/app/src/global/text.css b/frontend/src/global/text.css
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diff --git a/app/src/global/theme.css b/frontend/src/global/theme.css
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diff --git a/app/src/main.tsx b/frontend/src/main.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/About.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/About.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/Analysis.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Analysis.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/Home.module.css b/frontend/src/pages/Home.module.css
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/Home.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Home.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/LoadAnalysis.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/LoadAnalysis.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/NewAnalysis.module.css b/frontend/src/pages/NewAnalysis.module.css
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/NewAnalysis.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/NewAnalysis.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/NotFound.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/NotFound.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/Testbed.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Testbed.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/Actions.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/Actions.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/Inputs.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/Inputs.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/Outputs.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/Outputs.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/Overview.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/Overview.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/inputs/DomainArch.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/inputs/DomainArch.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/inputs/Heatmap.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/inputs/Heatmap.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/inputs/Summary.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/inputs/Summary.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/inputs/Table.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/inputs/Table.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/outputs/DomainArch.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/outputs/DomainArch.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/outputs/Homology.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/outputs/Homology.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/outputs/Phylogeny.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/outputs/Phylogeny.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/analysis/outputs/Summary.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/analysis/outputs/Summary.tsx
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/examples/accnum.txt b/frontend/src/pages/examples/accnum.txt
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/examples/blast.tsv b/frontend/src/pages/examples/blast.tsv
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/examples/fasta.txt b/frontend/src/pages/examples/fasta.txt
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/examples/interproscan.tsv b/frontend/src/pages/examples/interproscan.tsv
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diff --git a/app/src/pages/examples/msa.txt b/frontend/src/pages/examples/msa.txt
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diff --git a/app/src/util/array.ts b/frontend/src/util/array.ts
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diff --git a/app/src/util/date.ts b/frontend/src/util/date.ts
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diff --git a/app/src/util/dom.ts b/frontend/src/util/dom.ts
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diff --git a/app/src/util/download.ts b/frontend/src/util/download.ts
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diff --git a/app/src/util/math.ts b/frontend/src/util/math.ts
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diff --git a/app/src/util/misc.ts b/frontend/src/util/misc.ts
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diff --git a/app/src/util/string.ts b/frontend/src/util/string.ts
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diff --git a/app/src/vite-env.d.ts b/frontend/src/vite-env.d.ts
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diff --git a/app/tests/accessibility.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/accessibility.spec.ts
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diff --git a/app/tests/home.spec.ts b/frontend/tests/home.spec.ts
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diff --git a/app/tests/util.ts b/frontend/tests/util.ts
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diff --git a/app/tsconfig.json b/frontend/tsconfig.json
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diff --git a/app/tsconfig.node.json b/frontend/tsconfig.node.json
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diff --git a/app/vite.config.ts b/frontend/vite.config.ts
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diff --git a/run_stack.sh b/run_stack.sh
index 59c08c6..1a414fb 100755
--- a/run_stack.sh
+++ b/run_stack.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #
 # the current environments are as follows (contact FSA for details):
 # - prod: the production environment, which runs the full stack, including the
-#   shiny app, the job scheduler, and the accounting database. it's the most
+#   web app, the job scheduler, and the accounting database. it's the most
 #   resource-intensive environment, and is intended for use in production.
 # - dev/staging: these are effectively dev environments that specific users run
 #   on the server for testing purposes.
@@ -140,16 +140,6 @@ case ${TARGET_ENV} in
         # watch the logs after, since we detached after bringing up the stack
         POST_LAUNCH_CMD="${COMPOSE_CMD} logs -f"
         ;;
-    "app")
-        # launches just the services necessary to run the shiny app, for frontend development.
-        # note that you won't be able to submit jobs or query the accounting database.
-        DEFAULT_ARGS="up"
-        COMPOSE_CMD="docker compose -f docker-compose.apponly.yml"
-        DO_CLEAR="1"
-        SKIP_BUILD="1" # don't build images for the app environment, since it uses so few of them
-        # watch the logs after, since we detached after bringing up the stack
-        # POST_LAUNCH_CMD="${COMPOSE_CMD} logs -f app"
-        ;;
     *)
         echo "ERROR: Unknown target environment: ${TARGET_ENV}"
         exit 1