Chirp

Preview the project

This project is an experiment to learn and grow, to dive-deep into full-stack development and see what I can build. My goal is to create a social media platform inspired by Twitter, but with my own unique touch. It's a learning playground where I'll be experimenting with different features, mimicking and improving functionalities found on Twitter, while also learning and applying new tools and technologies along the way.

Features

• Fully responsive and pixel-perfect design.
• Customize your experience with personalized themes, colors, and font sizes.
• Customize your profile by uploading profile and banner images, and adding personal details.
• Compose tweets with up to 4 images and express yourself with emoji support.
• Engage with tweets - like, comment, retweet, quote, and share.
• Save tweets with bookmark feature for quick access later.
• Discover trending hashtags and make your own by using them in your tweets.
• Discover and follow other users, as well as inspect their profiles and tweets.
• Send and receive direct messages in real-time.

Built with

• Next.js
• TypeScript
• TanStack Query
• NextAuth.js
• Prisma
• Zustand
• Socket.io
• zod
• Upstash Redis
• Framer motion
• Tailwind CSS
• SCSS

Getting started

Chirp uses pnpm as a package manager, so make sure to install it first.

Installation

git clone git@github.com:davitJabushanuri/Chirp.git
cd Chirp
pnpm i
pnpm dev

Environment Variables

Before running the development server, make sure to create .env file in the root directory of the project and add the required environment variables. You can use the example provided in the repository as a starting point.

cp .env.example .env

Prisma

Chirp uses Prisma as an ORM to interact with the database. Before running the development server, make sure to generate the Prisma client by running:

npx prisma generate

After generating the Prisma client, make sure to also push any changes to the database schema by running:

npx prisma db push

This ensures that the local database is up-to-date with any changes made to the schema in the codebase.

Contributing

• Missing something or found a bug? Report here.
• Want to contribute? Check out the contribution guide.

License

Distributed under the MIT License.

Acknowledgments

• Docker
• Fly.io
• Supabase