hacker_chat

A modern real-time chat application built with Next.js 14+.

Tech Stack

• Framework: Next.js 14+ (App Router)
• Authentication: Clerk
• Database: PostgreSQL
• ORM: Prisma
• Styling: Tailwind CSS
• Deployment: Vercel
• File Storage: AWS S3

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository
2. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in the environment variables
3. Install dependencies:

   npm install

4. Initialize the database:

   npm run prisma:generate
   npm run prisma:push

5. Run the development server:

   npm run dev

Features

• Authentication
• Real-time messaging
• Channel/DM organization
• File sharing & search
• User presence & status
• Thread support
• Emoji reactions

Project Structure

This project uses a multi-service architecture, with the main app at the root directory /, a websocket service hosted on Railway at in socket-service/, and a RAG chatbot API also on Railway in rag-api.

chatgenius/
├── src/
│   ├── app/
│   │   ├── api/
│   │   ├── _auth/
│   │   ├── _main/
│   │   ├── layout.tsx
│   │   ├── page.tsx
│   │   └── globals.css
│   ├── components/
│   ├── lib/
│   └── types/
├── prisma/
│   └── schema.prisma
├── public/
├── config/
├── .gitignore
├── .env
├── README.md
├── next.config.js
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── tailwind.config.ts

Development

• npm run dev - Start development server
• npm run build - Build for production
• npm run start - Start production server
• npm run lint - Run ESLint

Deployment

• To deploy the socket server, navigate to socket-service and run railway up (you may need to log in and link)
• To deploy the rag-api, I am not sure