Overview

Nestwhirr is a Reddit-style community platform for creating and joining communities, sharing posts (text/image/link), engaging in threaded discussions with voting, and managing user profiles — all in a responsive light/dark web experience with protected flows for authenticated users.

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Table of Contents

• Technologies
• Features
• Screenshots
• License

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Technologies

• Frontend: React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, React Query
• Backend: Node.js, Express
• Database: MongoDB
• Auth: Firebase (Auth), backend session/validation
• Validation: Joi
• Cache / Queue: Redis
• Dev / Ops: Docker (used in project), but instructions below use npm scripts
• Other: JWT, Multer (file upload), bcrypt

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Features

• Anonymous + authenticated browsing
• Email/password + Firebase authentication flow
• Create / browse / search communities (subnests)
• Create posts: text, image, link
• Post feed with sorting, pagination
• Post details page with nested comments, comment creation
• Upvote/downvote system and simple karma
• Create community multi-step flow (4-step)
• User profile with posts & stats
• Responsive UI with light/dark theme
• Protected routes for creating posts / communities

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Screenshots

Note: The screenshots below are full-page captures designed to showcase the entire page layout.

Home — Light / Dark / Mobile

Home — Light	Home — Dark	Home — Mobile

Authentication — Login / Register

Login	Register

Home (Authenticated) — Desktop / Mobile

Authenticated Home — Desktop	Authenticated Home — Mobile

Create Post — Text / Image / Link

Create Post — Text	Create Post — Image	Create Post — Link

Create Community — Step 1 / Step 2 / Step 3 / Step 4

Create Community — Step 1	Create Community — Step 2	Create Community — Step 3	Create Community — Step 4

Community Page / Single Post (with comments)

Community Page	Single Post (with comments)

User Profile / Mobile Navigation (Sidebar)

User Profile	Mobile Navigation / Sidebar

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License