uTube is a full-featured, you can say a youtube clone exactly like youtube, YouTube-like video platform built with bleeding-edge technologies. It offers everything from high-performance video playback and real-time processing to intelligent content management, powered by AI and a modular design. Honestly speaking, put less effort in UI than functionlity and logic.
🎥 Advanced video player with quality controls
🎬 Real-time video processing with Mux
📝 Automatic video transcription
🖼️ Smart thumbnail generation
🤖 AI-powered title and description generation
📊 Creator Studio with metrics
🗂️ Custom playlist management
📱 Responsive design across devices
🔄 Multiple content feeds
💬 Interactive comment system
👍 Like and subscription system
🎯 Watch history tracking
🔐 Authentication system
📦 Module-based architecture
🗄️ PostgreSQL with DrizzleORM
🚀 Next.js 15 & React 19
🔄 tRPC for type-safe APIs
💅 TailwindCSS & ShadcnUI styling
| Tech | Description |
|---|---|
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App framework (v15) |
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Frontend UI (v19) |
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Type-safe code |
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Utility-first CSS |
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End-to-end type-safe APIs |
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Authentication provider |
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Video streaming & processing |
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File upload handler |
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Relational database |
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Type-safe DB ORM |
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Edge cache & rate-limiting |
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Background task queue |
- Advanced video player with quality/resolution controls
- Real-time video processing with Mux
- Uploading via UploadThing
- Smart thumbnail generation
- Automatic transcription
- AI-powered title & description generation
- Subscribe/Unscribe functionality
- Like/Dislike system with real-time UI updates
- Interactive comments
- Creator profile view
- Watch history tracking
- Playlist creation & management
- AI thumbnail, description and title generation for video
- View detailed metrics (views, likes, watch time)
- Manage uploaded videos
- Update video metadata (title, description, thumbnail, etc.)
- Mobile-first design with full responsiveness
- TailwindCSS & ShadcnUI components
- Dark & Light Mode support
- Secure user auth via Clerk.dev
- Role-based access
- Auth-protected routes and content
/utube
├── app # Next.js App Router files
├── components # UI Components (Buttons, Player, etc.)
├── features # App features grouped by domain (dashboard, upload, etc.)
├── modules # Types and schemas
├── trpc # tRPC client and server setup
├── lib # Utility functions and constants
├── public # Static assets
├── styles # Global styles
└── prisma # DB schema and Drizzle migrations
# Install dependencies
bun install
# Setup environment
cp .env.example .env
# Run dev server
bun run dev:allUTube is designed to work seamlessly with Vercel for frontend and serverless deployment, or any container-based hosting provider.
- PostgreSQL (e.g., NeonDB or Supabase)
- UploadThing for file storage
- Mux credentials for video streaming
- Clerk for authentication
- Upstash/QStash for background processing
This project is licensed under the MIT License.