# App Lifecycle

URL: /milo-cli/docs/about/concepts/app-lifecycle/
Section: concepts
Tags: about, lifecycle, app

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A Milo app starts a store, reads terminal input, dispatches actions, renders a Kida template, and restores the terminal on exit. flowchart LR Start[Start App] --> Store[Create Store] Store --> Input[Read Input] Input --> Dispatch[Dispatch Action] Dispatch --> Reducer[Reducer] Reducer --> Render[Render Template] Render --> Input Reducer --> Effects[Schedule Sagas or Cmd] Effects --> Dispatch Dispatch --> Exit[Quit and Cleanup] Reducers decide state. Effects do work. The runtime owns terminal setup and cleanup.

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- Author: lbliii
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