Red.dot - Nextjs Reddit Clone

Features

• Authentication using Auth.js
• N level of nested comments using ltree type
• Customize community UI
  • Choose between background color or image, upload community avatar, etc
  • Join/Leave community
• Parallel post route
• Optimistic updates for a better user experience
• And more...

Getting started

First, clone the project

git clone https://github.com/Agreatdayforfreedom/Red.dot---Next.js-Reddit-Clone-.git

and copy these environment variables into a .env file

AUTH_SECRET=
NEXTAUTH_URL=

DATABASE_URL=postgres[ql]://[username[:password]@][host[:port],]/database[?parameter_list]

replace DATABASE_URL with the respective uri.

Database

Docker

Create a postgres instance

docker run --name psql-reddot -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=root -d postgres

Prisma

Generate Prisma client

npx prisma generate

then copy the content of init.sql directly in to the postgres CLI

and that's all you need to get started!

References

Postgres hierarchical tree-like data type