🌍 Community Ink

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✨ Project Overview

CommunityInk is an open-source Platform Empowering Students to Share, Learn, and Connect Through a Modern Campus-Centric. platform built by students for students. It serves as a central hub where students can

• 📚 Share learning resources
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Collaborate on projects
• 📰 Stay updated on academic and campus activities
• 🧠 Build their digital portfolio

This project is part of a mentorship initiative where beginner and intermediate developers learn by building real-world impactful software together.

🚀 Live Preview

🌍 communityink.netlify.app
(Note: Current version is being rebuilt with modern stack.)

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🧱 Folder Structure

communityink/
├── client/          # Frontend (Next.js)
├── server/          # Backend (Node.js + Express)
├── README.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
└── LICENSE

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## 🛠️ Tech Stack

### ✨ Frontend (Client)
- **Framework**: Next.js 14 (App Router)
- **UI**: ShadCN + TailwindCSS
- **TypeScript**: For safer, scalable code
- **Deployment**: Vercel

### ⚙️ Backend (Server)
- **Runtime**: Node.js
- **Framework**: Express.js
- **Database**: Supabase (PostgreSQL + Auth + Storage)
- **Authentication**: Supabase Auth + Middleware
- **APIs**: RESTful design

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## 🧩 Features

- 🔐 **Authentication**: Secure user login and role-based access control
- 📝 **Feed System**: Create, read, and interact with community posts
- 📂 **Resource Uploads**: Share and download academic files
- 📢 **Notifications**: Get updates in-app
- 💬 **Communication**: Seamless WhatsApp and Telegram integration
- 📰 **Blog**: Hashnode embedded for technical and project updates

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# Project Structure

## Getting Started

1. Clone the Repository

``bash
git clone https://github.com/open-source-learners/communityink.git
cd communityink

2. Set Up Branches

git checkout -b client-dev origin/client-dev
git checkout -b server-dev origin/server-dev

Frontend (Client)

cd client
npm install
npm run dev

Beginner-Friendly Issues

We use labels like:

• good first issue

• frontend-beginner

• backend-beginner

• help wanted

Check the Issues Page

Contributing

We follow a mentorship-first and learn-by-doing approach. Read our CONTRIBUTING.md to get started.

Branch strategy:

• main – Stable deployed version

• client-dev – Ongoing frontend work

• server-dev – Ongoing backend work