Social Media Platform

What's included

• Post & Story Creation
• Real-time Messaging
• User Profiles & Followers
• Content Moderation
• Analytics Dashboard

Full source code access - customize as needed

User Features

• User registration and authentication
• Customizable user profiles
• Profile picture and cover photo
• Bio and personal information
• Follow/unfollow functionality
• Followers and following lists
• User verification badges
• Privacy settings
• Block and report users
• Account deactivation

Content Creation

• Photo and video posts
• Multiple media in single post
• Post captions and hashtags
• Tag users in posts
• Location tagging
• 24-hour stories feature
• Story highlights
• Filters and editing tools
• Draft posts
• Scheduled posting

Social Interaction

• Like and unlike posts
• Comment on posts
• Reply to comments
• Share posts to stories
• Direct message friends
• Share posts via DM
• Save posts to collections
• Tag friends in comments
• Mention users with @
• Emoji reactions

Messaging

• Real-time chat messaging
• Group chat support
• Send photos and videos
• Voice messages
• Message reactions
• Message deletion
• Seen status
• Typing indicators
• Online status
• Message search

Discovery And Feed

• Personalized home feed
• Explore page with trending content
• Hashtag discovery
• Search users and posts
• Suggested users to follow
• Popular content algorithm
• Category-based browsing
• Trending hashtags
• Location-based discovery
• Content recommendations

Admin Panel

• User management dashboard
• Content moderation tools
• Report handling system
• Analytics and insights
• User growth metrics
• Engagement statistics
• Content removal tools
• Ban and suspend users
• Announcement system
• Platform settings

Technology stack

Frontend

Next.js 14, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS

Backend

Node.js, Express.js, Socket.io for real-time features

Database

MongoDB for flexible data structure

Mobile App

React Native (iOS & Android)

Storage

AWS S3 or Cloudinary for media

Notifications

Firebase Cloud Messaging

Deployment

Docker, AWS/Vercel

Ongoing costs

Important: these are paid directly to the providers and are separate from the product price.

• Domain Name

  Your platform domain

  $12/year

• VPS Hosting

  High-performance VPS for real-time features

  $50-100/month

• Database Hosting

  MongoDB Atlas for scalability

  $30-60/month

• Media Storage & CDN

  AWS S3 or Cloudinary for images/videos

  $30-80/month

• Push Notifications

  Firebase Cloud Messaging

  Free

• App Store Accounts

  Apple Developer + Google Play

  $124/year