🧠 Second Brain

Second Brain is a personal knowledge management app that allows you to collect, organize, and store content from various sources like Twitter, YouTube, Google Docs, and more. It serves as a centralized hub for all your ideas, notes, and resources, helping you stay productive and organized.

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✨ Features

1. 📦 Centralized Content Storage:

   • Collect and store content from multiple sources in one place.
   • Supported sources include:
     • 🐦 Tweets
     • 📹 YouTube videos
     • 📄 Google Docs
     • 🔗 Links and more.

2. 🗂️ Categorization and Organization:

   • Organize content into categories like Notes, Videos, Documents, and Links.
   • Use tags to group related content for easy filtering and searching.

3. 🏷️ Dynamic Tagging:

   • Add tags dynamically. If a tag doesn’t exist, it will be created automatically.
   • Tags help you categorize and filter content efficiently.

4. 🔗 Content Sharing:

   • Share your entire collection of notes, documents, tweets, and videos with others.
   • Generate a shareable link to allow others to import your content into their own Second Brain.

5. 🖥️ User-Friendly Interface:

   • Intuitive and clean UI for easy navigation and content management.
   • Quickly add, edit, or delete content.

6. 🔒 Secure User Accounts:

   • Each user has their own account to manage their personal content.
   • Links and content are associated with specific users for privacy and security.

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🛠️ How It Works

1. ➕ Add Content:

   • Use the "Add Content" button to add new items from supported sources.
   • Provide the link or details, and the app will automatically categorize and store it.

2. 🏷️ Organize with Tags:

   • Add tags to your content to group related items.
   • Tags are dynamically created if they don’t already exist.

3. 📂 View and Manage Content:

   • Navigate through categories like Notes, Videos, Documents, and Links.
   • Use tags to filter and find specific content quickly.

4. 🌐 Share Your Brain:

   • Use the "Share Brain" feature to generate a shareable link for your collection.
   • Others can import your shared content into their own Second Brain.

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🚀 How to Use

1. 🔑 Sign Up or Log In:

   • Create a new account or log in with your existing credentials.

2. ➕ Add Content:

   • Click the "Add Content" button.
   • Paste the link or upload content from supported sources like Twitter, YouTube, or Google Docs.
   • Assign tags to categorize the content.

3. 🗂️ Organize Content:

   • Use the sidebar to navigate through categories like Notes, Videos, Documents, and Links.
   • Filter content by tags for quick access.

4. ✏️ Edit or Delete Content:

   • Select any item to edit its details or delete it from your collection.

5. 🔗 Share Your Collection:

   • Use the "Share Brain" feature to generate a shareable link.
   • Share the link with others to allow them to import your content into their own Second Brain.

6. 🔍 Search for Content:

   • Use the search bar to find specific items by title, tags, or content type.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend:

  • ⚛️ React.js (for building the user interface)
  • 🎨 Tailwind CSS (for styling)

• Backend:

  • 🟢 Node.js with Express.js (for API and server-side logic)
  • 🍃 MongoDB with Mongoose (for database and data modeling)

• Authentication:

  • 🔐 JSON Web Tokens (JWT) for secure user authentication.

• Other Tools:

  • 🔑 bcryptjs for password hashing.
  • 🔒 crypto for generating unique identifiers.

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⚙️ Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/second-brain.git
   cd second-brain

2. Install server dependencies:

   cd Server
   npm install

3. Set up server environment variables:

   • Create a .env file in the Server directory.
   • Add the following variables:

     MONGO_URL=your-mongodb-connection-string
     JWT_SECRET=your-jwt-secret
     PORT=8000
     FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:5173
     

4. Start the server:

   npm run dev

5. Install client dependencies:

   cd ../Client
   npm install

6. Start the client:

   npm run dev

7. Open the app:

   • Navigate to http://localhost:5173 in your browser.

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💡 Contributing

We welcome contributions to Second Brain! To contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature or bug fix:

   git checkout -b feature-name

3. Commit your changes:

   git commit -m "Add your message here"

4. Push to your branch:

   git push origin feature-name

5. Open a pull request on GitHub.