Welcome to the Supabase Slack Clone project! This open-source initiative is dedicated to creating a feature-rich chat application inspired by Slack, utilizing Next.js for the frontend and Supabase for the backend. This project is part of the docsplus project, demonstrating integrated solutions and collaborative features.

Our primary aim is to explore and demonstrate the capabilities of Supabase, showcasing the potential of this platform as a backend service. This project serves as a real-world test to evaluate the power of PostgreSQL through Supabase's interface, addressing numerous challenges along the way.

Throughout the development, we encountered several limitations with Supabase's real-time features. However, these obstacles led us to devise innovative solutions that not only work around these hurdles but also enhance our application's functionality.

Performance is a key concern for us. We strive to ensure that our application runs efficiently with minimal server resources. One of the decisions we made to boost performance was to disable Row Level Security (RLS), as it introduced latency in requests. This choice was made to prioritize responsiveness and speed, making our chat application swift and lightweight.

This initiative is an extension of the broader docsplus project, which provides a suite of tools for real-time collaboration and information management. By connecting these projects, we aim to enrich the functionality and demonstrate the seamless integration possible with Supabase and other open-source technologies.

Join us in building the ultimate chat application—enhancing communication through collaborative development while pushing the limits of what Supabase can do!

Keep track of our progress with this detailed feature checklist:

• User Authentication
• Edit Profile

• ✅ Dark Mode 🌑, Light Mode 🌕
  • ✅ Save theme preference
• Responsive Design
  • ✅ Resizable Panels
• Progressive Web App (PWA)

• Push Notifications
• Desktop Notifications
• ✅ Toast Notifications

• Desktop App
• Mobile App

• ✅ Emoji Reactions
• User Mentions @user
• Channel Mentions @everyone
• ✅ Threads (reply in thread)
• ✅ Pin Messages
• ✅ Edit Messages
• ✅ Delete Messages
• ✅ Reply to Messages
• ✅ Forward Messages

• ✅ Markdown Support
• ✅ Code Block Formatting and Syntax Highlighting

• Multimedia (Image, Voice, Video) File Uploads
• Giphy Integration
• YouTube Integration
• Spotify Integration
• Twitter Integration
• GitHub Integration

• Peer to Peer Video Chat
• Group Video Chat
• Screen Sharing

• ✅ Typing Indicators
• ✅ Read Receipts
• ✅ Presence Indicators
• ✅ Unread Messages
• ✅ Unread Channels
• ✅ Unread Threads
• Unread Mentions
• Unread Reactions
• Search
• ✅ Infinite Scroll
• Date Grouped Message Indicators

• Voice Messages
• Custom Emoji Support
• Link Previews
• Message Reactions with Custom Emojis
• Calendar Integration for Event Scheduling
• Collaboration Tools (e.g., Shared Documents, Whiteboards)

To get started, ensure you have pnpm installed to manage project dependencies.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-repo/supabase-slack-clone.git

2. Install dependencies:

   make install

3. Start the application (backend and frontend):

   make local

4. Navigate to the application: Open your browser and visit http://localhost:3000.

Here are some handy commands provided in the Makefile to help you manage the project easily:

• make install: Installs all project dependencies.
• make local: Boots up both the backend and frontend servers.
• make back-start: Launches the backend server.
• make back-stop: Halts the backend server.
• make front-dev: Activates the frontend development server.
• make supabase-status: Checks the status of the Supabase server.
• make supabase-reset: Resets the Supabase database to its initial state (with confirmation).
• make supabase-seed: Seeds the database with initial data for development.

We love community contributions! 🌍 From bug reports to feature suggestions or code contributions, your input is highly valued.

This project is proudly licensed under the MIT License.

Big shoutout to these fantastic projects and libraries that make our work possible:

• Next.js
• Supabase
• Zustand
• TailwindCSS
• And many more...

Join us in building the ultimate chat application—enhancing communication through collaborative development!