RTEX - Real-Time Collaborative Text Editor

Overview

RTEX is a modern collaborative online text editor that enables real-time document collaboration. It features seamless Google Drive integration, custom workspace management, and secure document sharing capabilities.

RTEX EXPO

RTEX EXPO is a campanion of RTEX, build for providing overall dashboard for all the exports published via RTEX exports.

Key Features

• Google Drive Integration: Seamlessly save and sync documents with Google Drive
• Real-time Collaboration: Work simultaneously with multiple users on the same document
• Custom Workspace Export: Export your workspaces in various formats with customizable options
• Custom DNS Service: Set up your own domain for private instances
• Secure Document Sharing: Protect your exports with passcodes
• User-Friendly Interface: Clean, intuitive interface for efficient document editing
• Cross-Platform Compatibility: Access from any modern web browser

Architectures

• Overall current architecture/flow
• Overall current RTEXEXPO architecture/flow
• Scalable View Updation architecture in RTEXEXPO
• Custom DNS RTEX architecture

System Components

• Frontend (React.js)
• Backend (Node.js)
• WebSocket Server
• Database (MONGO-DB)
• Google Drive API Integration
• Authentication Service
• Redis Cache

Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v14 or higher)
• npm or yarn
• MongoDB

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/AmitVaishnav22/RTEX.git

2. Navigate to project directory:

cd RTEX

3. Install dependencies:

npm install

4. Configure environment variables:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your configuration

Usage

Development Mode

npm run dev

Production Mode

npm run build
npm start

Features Demo

Watch our demo video to see RTEX in action:

Security

• End-to-end encryption for document content
• Secure authentication using JWT
• Password-protected document sharing
• Rate limiting and DDoS protection

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch:

git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature

3. Commit your changes:

git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'

4. Push to the branch:

git push origin feature/amazing-feature

5. Open a Pull Request

Project Structure

RTEX/
├── frontend/          # Frontend React application
├── backend/          # Backend Node.js server
├── rtexExpo/            # RTEXEXPO Frontend dashboard
├── tests/           # Test suites  # (not present)
└── docker/          # Docker configuration (not present)

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contact

• Developer: Amit Vaishnav
• GitHub: AmitVaishnav22
• Email: vaishnanamit@gmial.com

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to all contributors
• Built with React, Node.js, and Socket.io
• Inspired by modern collaborative editing tools