diff --git a/app/api/projects/[projectId]/apps/route.ts b/app/api/projects/[projectId]/apps/route.ts
index 9b9dc5b..dee52d5 100644
--- a/app/api/projects/[projectId]/apps/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/projects/[projectId]/apps/route.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export async function GET(
   let apps: { name: string; path: string }[] = [];
 
   if (giteaRepo) {
+    // First: try the standard turborepo apps/ directory
     try {
       const contents: Array<{ name: string; path: string; type: string }> =
         await giteaGet(`/repos/${giteaRepo}/contents/apps`);
@@ -55,11 +56,57 @@ export async function GET(
         .filter((item) => item.type === 'dir')
         .map(({ name, path }) => ({ name, path }));
     } catch {
-      // Repo may not have an apps/ dir yet — return empty list gracefully
+      // No apps/ dir — fall through to import detection below
+    }
+
+    // Fallback for imported (non-turborepo) projects:
+    // Detect deployable components from top-level dirs and CODEBASE_MAP.md
+    if (apps.length === 0 && (data.isImport || data.creationMode === 'migration')) {
+      try {
+        // Try to read CODEBASE_MAP.md first (written by ImportAnalyzer)
+        const mapFile = await giteaGet(`/repos/${giteaRepo}/contents/CODEBASE_MAP.md`).catch(() => null);
+        if (mapFile?.content) {
+          const decoded = Buffer.from(mapFile.content, 'base64').toString('utf-8');
+          // Extract component folder paths from the map (lines like "### [name] — folder/path")
+          const matches = [...decoded.matchAll(/###\s+.+?—\s+([^\n(]+)/g)];
+          const parsedApps = matches
+            .map(m => m[1].trim())
+            .filter(p => p && !p.includes(' ') && !p.startsWith('http'))
+            .map(p => ({ name: p.split('/').pop() ?? p, path: p }));
+          if (parsedApps.length > 0) {
+            apps = parsedApps;
+          }
+        }
+      } catch { /* CODEBASE_MAP not ready yet */ }
+
+      // If still empty, scan top-level dirs and pick ones that look like apps
+      if (apps.length === 0) {
+        try {
+          const SKIP = new Set(['docs', 'scripts', 'keys', '.github', 'node_modules', '.git', 'dist', 'build', 'coverage']);
+          const APP_SIGNALS = ['package.json', 'requirements.txt', 'pyproject.toml', 'Dockerfile', 'next.config.ts', 'next.config.js', 'vite.config.ts', 'main.py', 'app.py', 'index.js', 'server.ts'];
+
+          const root: Array<{ name: string; path: string; type: string }> =
+            await giteaGet(`/repos/${giteaRepo}/contents/`);
+
+          const dirs = root.filter(i => i.type === 'dir' && !SKIP.has(i.name));
+
+          const candidates = await Promise.all(
+            dirs.map(async (dir) => {
+              try {
+                const sub: Array<{ name: string }> = await giteaGet(`/repos/${giteaRepo}/contents/${dir.path}`);
+                const isApp = sub.some(f => APP_SIGNALS.includes(f.name));
+                return isApp ? { name: dir.name, path: dir.path } : null;
+              } catch { return null; }
+            })
+          );
+
+          apps = candidates.filter((a): a is { name: string; path: string } => a !== null);
+        } catch { /* scan failed */ }
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  return NextResponse.json({ apps, designPackages, giteaRepo });
+  return NextResponse.json({ apps, designPackages, giteaRepo, isImport: !!(data.isImport || data.creationMode === 'migration') });
 }
 
 /**