A simple clone of github in Next.JS

A simple github alternative open source on github (ironic right ?), it aims is to be fully functionnal with some of the core features of github working.

See #84 for more info on the supported features.

⚠️ THIS PROJECT IS IN ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT ⚠️

Expect stuff to break.

Roadmap

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• [x] Login/Logout
• [x] HomePage (README content)
• [x] Responsive Layout
• [x] Settings page for toggling theme
• [x] Stargazers Page
• [x] See Profile informations
• [x] Update username
• [x] Change theme
• [ ] User detail page
• [x] Issues List page
• [x] Search & filter issues by author, label, assignee, closed/open, title, mentions, etc. (Inspiration: https://github.com/openstatusHQ/openstatus, https://docs.github.com/en/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/filtering-and-searching-issues-and-pull-requests)
• [ ] New issue page
• [ ] Issue CRUD (by the author only)
• [ ] Comments CRUD
• [ ] Mentions
• [ ] Issue Popovers (for previewing issues)
• [ ] Linking between issues
• [ ] Assign & self assign issues
• [ ] OpenGraph
• [ ] landing (inspiration: https://github.com/trpc/trpc/blob/main/www/og-image/pages/api/landing.tsx)
• [ ] Per repository
• [ ] Per user
• [ ] Per Issue (inspiration: https://opengraph.githubassets.com/101e5bdeef8e959c800fab2aef88eef0b01b15d883e3e17c990bde8dfd67d6b3/trpc/trpc/issues/4306)
• [ ] Labels CRUD (can only add or update labels, no deleting)
• [ ] Notifications page
• [ ] Notifications badge (Inspiration: https://gist.github.com/Fredkiss3/ab918aee3977d681f0508537a44838c0, https://github.com/Fredkiss3/bunrest)
• [ ] Notifications for issues subscriptions
• [ ] Notifications for mentions
• [ ] Notifications for issue statuses
• [ ] Filter notifications by status, title, closed, etc.
• [ ] Mark as done, unsubscribe
• [ ] files hosting for repos (with a storage limit)
• [ ] file browsing UI
• [ ] file searching
• [ ] Repository list
• [ ] list of repos
• [ ] search for repos
• [ ] Git web UI
• [ ] commit history
• [ ] time travel
• [ ] support git push and git remote commands
• [ ] issue kanban board (like github projects), to close an issue either with a commit or from the UI
• [ ] CI/CD
• [ ] running CI with docker, we can take inspiration from gitlab

Stack

• Next App Router
• drizzle + local Postgres database
• Hosted to a custom VPS, see the CI/CD workflow for how it is all deployed
• tailwindCSS for the styling

Requirements

• Node >= v18.x
• pnpm >= v8.x
• docker installed for local development
• A registered github app for authenticating users

🚀 How to work on the project ?

1. First you have to clone the repository

bash git clone https://github.com/Fredkiss3/gh-next.git

1. Start the docker compose instance to start the DB + redis instance :

bash docker-compose up -d --remove-orphans

1. Install the dependencies :

bash pnpm install

1. Rename .env.example to .env.local And change the file to your needs,

2. And launch the project :

bash pnpm run dev

The app will show at http://localhost:3000.

1. Open the source code and start rocking ! 😎

🧐 Project structure

A quick look at the top-level files and directories you will see in this project.

  .
  ├── src/
  │    ├── app
  │    ├── actions
  │    ├── components
  │    ├── models
  │    └── lib/
  │         ├── client
  │         ├── server
  │         └── shared
  ├── biome.json
  ├── pnpm-lock.yaml
  └── tsconfig.json

1. src/app/: this folder contains all the routes & pages of our app.

2. src/actions : this folder contains all the logic of our app.

3. src/components : this folder contains all the components of our app.

4. src/models : this folder contains all the DB models of our app.

5. src/lib/: this folder contains utils & helpers used throughout our app :

6. client : this folder contains all the utilities that are client-only, usually used by client components. It contains mainly hooks

7. server : this folder contains all the utilities that are server-only, for use within server components and server actions. It also contains the DB schemas inside db/schema

8. shared : this folder contains all the utilities that are shared between the server & client, these can be used anywhere in the app.

9. biome.json: this file contains the configuration for biome to enable autoformatting.

10. pnpm-lock.yaml: this file contains the dependencies lock for the repo.

11. tsconfig.json: this file contains the configuration for typescript, that are used by the all the underlying packages

🍳 ENV VARIABLES USED