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Real-time collaborative code editing platform for seamless developer collaboration

Features • Tech Stack • Getting Started • API • Contributing

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✨ Features

🔄 Real-time collaborative code editing 👥 Live cursor tracking for multiple users 📁 File system synchronization 💬 Integrated chat system 🔐 User authentication 🗄️ MongoDB database integration ⚡ WebSocket-based real-time updates

🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend	Backend
⚛️ React 18 ⚡ Vite 📝 Monaco Editor 🔌 Socket.IO Client 🎨 TailwindCSS 🔒 Auth0 🛣️ React Router	🟢 Node.js with Express 🔌 Socket.IO 🍃 MongoDB with Mongoose 🔄 RESTful API endpoints

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 16+
• MongoDB database
• Git

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/aniketchawardol/codesync.git
   cd codesync

2. Install dependencies

   # Install frontend dependencies
   cd frontend
   npm install
   
   # Install backend dependencies
   cd ../backend
   npm install

3. Set up environment variables

   # Frontend .env
   VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:3000
   VITE_AUTH0_DOMAIN=your-auth0-domain
   VITE_AUTH0_CLIENT_ID=your-auth0-client-id
   
   # Backend .env
   MONGO_URI=your-mongodb-connection-string

4. Run development servers

   # Start frontend (in frontend directory)
   npm run dev
   
   # Start backend (in backend directory)
   npm run dev

🔄 API Endpoints

Endpoint	Description
`POST /api/room`	Create a new room
`GET /api/room/:roomId`	Join an existing room
`POST /api/user`	Create or update user
`GET /api/user/:email`	Get user data
`GET /api/room/user/:email`	Get rooms created by user

🔌 WebSocket Events

Event	Description
`join-room`	Join a collaboration room
`update-folder`	Sync folder structure changes
`cursor-update`	Track user cursor positions
`chat-send`	Send chat messages
`userJoined`	Handle new user connections

Made with ❤️ by the CodeSathi Team

👥 Contributors

• Aniket Chawardol
• Suyash Patil
• Vishwas Kulkarni