@@ -439,3 +439,14 @@ The development checkout now provides the [ES module emitter](docs/compiler-emit
 for the approved single-module subset, with selected helpers, source maps and a
 versioned artifact manifest. MOD-01 and browser profile integration follow their
 explicit dependencies.
+
+## Development implementation checkpoint: 2026-10-20
+
+PARSE-01, PARSE-02 and EMIT-01 are merged. The development checkout implements
+[verified local-module compilation](docs/compiler-modules.md) for MOD-01, with
+relative imports, aliases, package re-exports, initialization order and a shared
+value/callable runtime. Explicit source-import cycles and unsupported source are
+rejected. Per-module maps, source hashes, static output closure and unchanged
+notices are retained. Published 0.1.0 artifacts remain unchanged. GitHub Issues
+and Project fields record live delivery status; the forward table records the
+original adopted dependency order. ASYNC-01 and BROWSER-01 follow this foundation.
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ the [issues](https://github.com/outside-labs/Python-JavaScript/issues) and
 [Project](https://github.com/orgs/outside-labs/projects/11).
 
 The development checkout now includes a [binding-aware compiler front end](docs/compiler-front-end.md)
-that validates source and produces typed IR. JavaScript emission and browser
-execution remain subsequent milestones.
+that validates source and produces typed IR. The emitter and [local-module compiler](docs/compiler-modules.md)
+produce executable ES modules; browser adapters remain a subsequent milestone.
 
 ## Development
 
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ these APIs and provides Python-side JavaScript compatibility objects.
 
 Start with a single-module equivalent of Shimify's text_metrics application:
 Unicode character count, explicitly selected ASCII word separators, LF-based
-line count and a tuple of Python integer results. MOD-01 later adds its local
+line count and a tuple of Python integer results. The [local-module profile](compiler-modules.md) adds its
 helper import and package re-export. The selected input domain is builtin str;
 non-string input raises TypeError("text must be str"). String subclass overrides
 and arbitrary user objects are outside the first profile.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ and arbitrary user objects are outside the first profile.
 | Operations | Supported scalar arithmetic/comparisons, Python and/or/not, identity on supported values, string membership and supported indexing. Mixed or unknown operand forms need helpers or a source-located rejection. |
 | Builtins/errors | len on adopted strings/tuples, print of adopted values, approved isinstance checks and explicit builtin TypeError raising needed by the fixture. No eval/exec, reflection or undeclared I/O. |
 | JavaScript API | Resolve explicit imports/aliases through a versioned symbol/method registry. Start with Array.of and length as a binding fixture; other exports/methods need adopted signatures and parity cases before lowering. |
-| Imports | Only approved JavaScript registry imports in the single-module profile. Local modules follow MOD-01; Python stdlib/third-party/native imports require explicit future adapters. |
+| Imports | Only approved JavaScript registry imports in the single-module profile. Named local imports use the separate modules profile; Python stdlib/third-party/native imports require explicit future adapters. |
 
 Every AST form and operation is supported, rejected or deferred explicitly. A
 Python-side JavaScript API existing today does not automatically make it
 
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Compiling local source modules
+
+The development checkout provides `JavaScript.modules.compile_modules`. The
+published 0.1.0 package predates this API. `python-browser-modules/1` extends the
+[single-module language](compiler-language.md) with explicit named source imports.
+
+```python
+from pathlib import Path
+from JavaScript.modules import SourceModule, compile_modules
+
+sources = (
+    SourceModule.from_text("app", "from helpers import size\nprint(size('A😀'))"),
+    SourceModule.from_text("helpers", "def size(text):\n    return len(text)"),
+)
+artifact = compile_modules(sources, entrypoint="app")
+destination = Path("compiled")
+for output in artifact.files:
+    path = destination / output.path
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    path.write_bytes(output.data)
+(destination / "manifest.json").write_bytes(artifact.manifest_bytes)
+```
+
+Load `createModule` from the generated `app.mjs` and call it to initialize a new
+application context. Its `write` option receives Python print output, including
+newlines. The entrypoint is imported under its declared identity; it is not
+executed a second time as `__main__`.
+
+## Inputs and imports
+
+Supply an immutable tuple of `SourceModule` records. Each record contains its
+qualified module name, exact immutable UTF-8 bytes, SHA-256, package flag and
+logical relative `.py` filename. Direct construction validates the supplied
+hash; `from_text` computes it. Compilation rechecks records. Logical filenames
+are source-map identities, not paths the compiler opens. No target module is
+imported or executed during compilation.
+
+The allowlist contains at most 32 modules, 1 MiB per module and 8 MiB total.
+Module identities use ordinary ASCII Python names and cannot shadow the stdlib
+or the JavaScript registry. Module names and portable logical filenames must be
+unique, including when case folded. Every parent package needs an explicitly
+declared `is_package=True` initializer. Only reachable modules and their parent
+initializers are parsed and emitted; supplied unused modules are omitted.
+
+Supported source imports are unconditional top-level named imports, including
+aliases, relative imports and package re-exports:
+
+```python
+from text_metrics import metrics as selected
+from .helpers import character_count as count_characters
+```
+
+Exports can be supported plain functions, immutable module constants or
+re-exported source bindings. JavaScript registry imports retain their separate
+binding rules and cannot be re-exported through the Python source namespace.
+Plain local `import module`, wildcard, conditional/function-local, dynamic,
+stdlib/native-extension and undeclared imports fail with source-located
+diagnostics. Explicit source-import cycles are deterministically rejected.
+Required parent initializer ordering supports a package re-exporting a child;
+it does not authorize general partially initialized module cycles.
+
+Import statements execute in source order, each module initializes once per
+application context, and parents initialize before children. Reading a binding
+before its defining statement still raises the adopted Python error. One shared
+runtime preserves imported callable, tuple and string identities, immutable
+function defaults, recursion limits and the output sink. Entry exports wrap
+callables once per context for JavaScript invocation; internal imports use the
+original Python values. Each `createModule` call creates independent state.
+
+## Artifacts and limits
+
+The manifest has kind `python-javascript-compiled`, schema 1, compiler ABI
+`python-browser-modules-esm/1` and language profile `python-browser-modules/1`.
+It records selected modules/exports, Python source import edges, per-module
+source hashes and filenames, the static emitted import closure, required helper
+closure, file sizes/hashes and notices. Deterministically named module factories
+share `runtime.mjs`; `app.mjs` statically imports every emitted dependency.
+Source maps retain each original module's text. `source_map=False` omits maps.
+
+Original nonempty notices may be passed as immutable `OutputFile` records with
+role `notice`, under portable `LICENSES/` paths. They are copied unchanged and
+hashed. The compiler's provenance notice grants no additional license rights.
+No runtime dependency on Shimify is introduced. Shimify may produce the verified
+source bytes used here, but unchanged supported modules also compile directly.
+
+The text_metrics parity fixture uses its supported metrics module and the
+reduced helper containing `character_count`. The original helper's unused slice
+utility remains unsupported and causes rejection if supplied unchanged. This
+compiler does not perform symbol extraction or silently skip unsupported code
+inside a selected module. Browser DOM/Fetch integration and runtime parsing of
+new source remain separate tasks.
@@ -230,12 +230,27 @@ class $JSArray { constructor(values) { this.values = values; } }
   $fail('TypeError', 'Use BigInt, string, bool, null or explicit str/tuple input; JavaScript Number/Array is not Python int/tuple.', location);
 }
 function $expose(value, location) {
-  return value instanceof $Callable ? (...args) => $call(value, args.map(argument => $input(argument, location)), location) : value;
+  if (!(value instanceof $Callable)) return value;
+  if (!$exposed.has(value)) $exposed.set(value, (...args) => $call(value, args.map(argument => $input(argument, location)), location));
+  return $exposed.get(value);
 }
+const $exposed = new WeakMap();
 '''),
 }
 
 
+HELPER_BINDINGS = {
+    'error': ('$PyError', '$fail'), 'binding': ('$UNBOUND', '$get'),
+    'str': ('$str',), 'tuple': ('$tuple',), 'numeric': ('$number',),
+    'truth': ('$truth',), 'binary': ('$binary',), 'unary': ('$unary',),
+    'equal': ('$equal', '$order'), 'compare': ('$compare',), 'index': ('$index',),
+    'iterate': ('$iterate',), 'call': ('$fn', '$call'), 'len': ('$len',),
+    'types': ('$types', '$isinstance'), 'exception': ('$TypeError',),
+    'repr': ('$repr',), 'print': ('$print',),
+    'javascript': ('$JS', '$JArray', '$attribute'), 'input': ('$input', '$expose'),
+}
+
+
 @lru_cache(maxsize=1)
 def _nonprintable_ranges():
     ranges, start = [], None
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Binding:
     id: str
     name: str
     scope: str
-    kind: Literal['constant', 'function', 'parameter', 'local', 'javascript', 'builtin']
+    kind: Literal['constant', 'function', 'parameter', 'local', 'javascript', 'builtin', 'source']
     target: str | None = None
 
 
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ def to_dict(self):
                 'body': [node.to_dict() for node in self.body]}
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SourceImport:
+    name: str
+    module: str
+    export: str
+    value_type: ValueType
+
+
 _BUILTINS = {'len', 'print', 'isinstance', 'str', 'int', 'bool', 'tuple', 'TypeError'}
 _TYPES = {'str', 'int', 'bool', 'tuple'}
 _BINARY = {ast.Add: '+', ast.Sub: '-', ast.Mult: '*', ast.FloorDiv: '//', ast.Mod: '%'}
@@ -108,13 +116,14 @@ def accepted(value):
 
 
 class _FrontEnd:
-    def __init__(self, source, filename):
+    def __init__(self, source, filename, source_imports=None):
         self.filename = filename
         self.lines = source.splitlines() or ['']
         self.bindings = {}
         self.root = {}
         self.locals = {}
         self.types = {}
+        self.source_imports = source_imports or {}
         try:
             self.tree = ast.parse(source, filename=filename)
             self.table = symtable.symtable(source, filename, 'exec')
@@ -146,6 +155,15 @@ def declare(self, name, scope, kind, target=None):
 
     def _declare_module(self):
         for node in self.tree.body:
+            imports = self.source_imports.get((node.lineno, node.col_offset))
+            if imports is not None:
+                for imported in imports:
+                    if imported.name in self.root:
+                        self.fail('PJS100', 'Module rebinding is outside the immutable profile.', node)
+                    binding = self.declare(imported.name, 'module', 'source', imported.module + ':' + imported.export)
+                    self.root[imported.name] = binding
+                    self.types[binding.id] = imported.value_type
+                continue
             names = []
             kind, target = 'constant', None
             if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef):
@@ -208,6 +226,8 @@ def expression(self, node, scope):
                 kind = 'javascript-type'
             elif binding.kind == 'builtin':
                 kind = 'python-type' if binding.name in _TYPES else 'callable'
+            elif binding.kind == 'source':
+                target = binding.id if kind == 'callable' else None
             return self.node(node, 'name', kind, binding=binding.id, target=target)
         if isinstance(node, ast.Tuple):
             return self.node(node, 'tuple', 'python-tuple', values=tuple(self.expression(value, scope) for value in node.elts))
@@ -234,7 +254,7 @@ def expression(self, node, scope):
                 kind, count = allowed[target]
                 if count is not None and len(node.args) != count:
                     self.fail('PJS120', 'Unsupported argument count.', node)
-            elif target in self.bindings and self.bindings[target].kind == 'function':
+            elif target in self.bindings and self.bindings[target].kind in {'function', 'source'}:
                 kind = 'python-value'
             else:
                 self.fail('PJS120', 'Call does not resolve to an approved direct callable.', node)
@@ -299,6 +319,10 @@ def statement(self, node, scope, loop):
         if isinstance(node, (ast.Import, ast.ImportFrom)) and scope is None:
             if node not in self.tree.body:
                 self.fail('PJS100', 'Imports require unconditional module bindings.', node)
+            imports = self.source_imports.get((node.lineno, node.col_offset))
+            if imports is not None:
+                return self.node(node, 'source-import', module=imports[0].module,
+                                 bindings=tuple((self.root[imported.name].id, imported.export) for imported in imports))
             names = [alias.asname or alias.name for alias in node.names]
             return self.node(node, 'import', bindings=tuple(self.root[name].id for name in names))
         if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef):
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import unicodedata
 
 from .compiler import parse_source
-from ._compiler_runtime import helper_closure, helper_source
+from ._compiler_runtime import HELPER_BINDINGS, helper_closure, helper_source
 
 
 def _json(value):
@@ -135,7 +135,12 @@ def statements(self, nodes, indent=1):
 
     def statement(self, node, indent):
         fields, kind = dict(node.fields), node.kind
-        if kind == 'import':
+        if kind == 'source-import':
+            temporary = self.temporary()
+            self.add(f'const {temporary}=importModule({_json(fields["module"])});', indent, node)
+            for identifier, exported in fields['bindings']:
+                self.add(f'{self.names[identifier]}={temporary}[{_json(exported)}];', indent, node)
+        elif kind == 'import':
             self.use('javascript')
             for identifier in fields['bindings']:
                 value = '$JS' if self.bindings[identifier].target == 'JavaScript' else '$JArray'
@@ -185,7 +190,7 @@ def statement(self, node, indent):
         else:
             raise AssertionError('Unrecognized validated statement: ' + kind)
 
-    def render(self, source, module_name, source_map):
+    def render(self, source, module_name, source_map, *, shared_runtime=False):
         roots = [binding for binding in self.module.bindings if binding.scope == 'module']
         if roots:
             self.use('binding')
@@ -195,17 +200,23 @@ def render(self, source, module_name, source_map):
         items = []
         for binding in exports:
             value = self.names[binding.id]
-            if binding.kind == 'function':
+            if binding.kind == 'function' and not shared_runtime:
                 self.use('input')
                 definition = next(node for node in self.module.body if node.kind == 'function' and node.field('binding') == binding.id)
                 value = f'$expose({value},{self.location(definition)})'
             items.append(f'[{_json(binding.name)}]:{value}')
         self.add('return Object.freeze({' + ','.join(items) + '});')
         helpers = helper_closure(self.required)
-        lines = [('export function createModule({write = text => console.log(text.slice(0,-1))} = {}) {', None),
-                 ("  if(typeof write !== 'function')throw new TypeError('write must be a function');", None)]
-        for helper in helpers:
-            lines.extend(('  ' + line, None) for line in helper_source(helper).splitlines())
+        if shared_runtime:
+            names = [name for helper in helpers for name in HELPER_BINDINGS[helper]]
+            lines = [('export function initialize(runtime, importModule) {', None)]
+            if names:
+                lines.append(('  const {' + ','.join(names) + '}=runtime;', None))
+        else:
+            lines = [('export function createModule({write = text => console.log(text.slice(0,-1))} = {}) {', None),
+                     ("  if(typeof write !== 'function')throw new TypeError('write must be a function');", None)]
+            for helper in helpers:
+                lines.extend(('  ' + line, None) for line in helper_source(helper).splitlines())
         lines.extend(self.lines)
         lines.append(('}', None))
         mappings, previous_line, previous_column = [], 0, 0