diff --git a/apps/git/index.tsx b/apps/git/index.tsx
index 5db1eb9..20adc19 100644
--- a/apps/git/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/git/index.tsx
@@ -227,24 +227,6 @@ async function deploy(repoName: string): Promise<{ ok: boolean; error?: string }
     return { ok: false, error: `git archive failed: ${archiveErr || tarErr}` }
   }
 
-  // Verify package.json with scripts.toes exists
-  const pkgPath = join(tmpDir, 'package.json')
-  if (!(await Bun.file(pkgPath).exists())) {
-    await rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
-    return { ok: false, error: 'No package.json found in repository' }
-  }
-
-  try {
-    const pkg = JSON.parse(await Bun.file(pkgPath).text())
-    if (!pkg.scripts?.toes) {
-      await rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
-      return { ok: false, error: 'package.json missing scripts.toes entry' }
-    }
-  } catch {
-    await rm(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
-    return { ok: false, error: 'Invalid package.json' }
-  }
-
   // Stop the app before swapping directories
   await stopIfRunning(repoName)
 
@@ -661,6 +643,28 @@ function RepoListPage({ baseUrl, external, repos, tunnelUrl }: RepoListPageProps
 
 mkdirSync(REPOS_DIR, { recursive: true })
 
+// Auto-deploy bare repos that don't have a corresponding app directory
+async function deployUndeployedRepos() {
+  const repos = await listRepos()
+  for (const name of repos) {
+    const appDir = join(APPS_DIR, name)
+    if (await dirExists(appDir)) continue
+
+    const bare = repoPath(name)
+    if (!(await hasCommits(bare))) continue
+
+    console.log(`Auto-deploying undeployed repo: ${name}`)
+    const result = await deploy(name)
+    if (result.ok) {
+      await activateApp(name)
+    } else {
+      console.error(`Auto-deploy failed for ${name}: ${result.error}`)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+deployUndeployedRepos()
+
 on('app:delete', async ({ app: name }) => {
   const bare = repoPath(name)
   if (await dirExists(bare)) await rm(bare, { recursive: true, force: true })
diff --git a/src/server/apps.ts b/src/server/apps.ts
index a06878a..3cb4cef 100644
--- a/src/server/apps.ts
+++ b/src/server/apps.ts
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ export const update = () => {
 
 function allAppDirs() {
   return readdirSync(APPS_DIR, { withFileTypes: true })
-    .filter(e => e.isDirectory() && existsSync(join(APPS_DIR, e.name, 'package.json')))
+    .filter(e => e.isDirectory() && !e.name.startsWith('.'))
     .map(e => e.name)
     .sort()
 }