I Built a Short Video Sharing App Using Next.js + MongoDB 🎥
Hey devs!
Over the last few weeks, I challenged myself to build something exciting — a fully functional short video sharing platform, inspired by YouTube Shorts.
Meet 👉 Streamora
🔗 GitHub Repo: github.com/nakul-3205/streamora-video-sharing-app
Why I Built This
I wanted to learn how actual video platforms work behind the scenes — from video uploads and real-time feed generation to cloud storage and authentication.
So I built Streamora from scratch to practice:
Video uploading & preview rendering
Secure user auth with GitHub login
Building a sleek feed UI with smooth performance
Working with Next.js App Router + MongoDB backend
Tech Stack
Frontend: Next.js 15 (App Router) + TypeScript
Styling: Tailwind CSS + Framer Motion
Backend: MongoDB (Mongoose) + REST API Routes
Auth: NextAuth.js (using GitHub provider only)
Media: ImageKit (for video upload and CDN)
Hosting: Vercel
Core Features
Upload videos
🔎 Explore trending videos
🎨 Clean dark UI with subtle animations
📦 Optimized for fast load with ImageKit CDN
🛠 Still in Progress
🗑️ Delete button for videos (yeah, the test cartoons need to go 😅)
🔄 Better redirect handling after signup/login
❤️ Like/comment system
👤 User profiles & creator pages
⚠️ And of course, handling ImageKit quota overages in production 🥲
🧠 What I Learned
Handling large file uploads in Next.js with formData + Buffer
Structuring clean full-stack apps using App Router
Protecting routes using getServerSession
Cloud-based media management + CDN optimizations
Real-world debugging of SSR quirks & auth redirects on Vercel
💬 Final Thoughts
This project was hands-on, buggy, and full of learning. Nothing teaches you like deploying real features and watching them kind of break in production 😅
If you're into full-stack dev and want to build a portfolio project that's both fun and technically rich — clone this and go wild!
🔗 Links
🎥 Live: streamora-video-sharing-app.vercel.app
💻 GitHub: github.com/nakul-3205/streamora-video-sharing-app
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