This is an ambitious pet project aimed at recreating the functionality of a popular music service using modern technology stack.

🎯 What Is This Project?​

Bitrate is a comprehensive monorepo including:

• 🎵 Backend API (NestJS + PostgreSQL + Prisma)
• 🌐 Web Application (Next.js + React)
• 📱 Mobile Application (React Native + Expo)
• 🖥️ Desktop Application (Tauri + React)
• 📚 Documentation (Docusaurus)
• ⚙️ Admin Panel (Kottster)

🛠️ Technology Stack​

The project is built with modern technologies:

Backend​

• NestJS - Modular REST API architecture
• PostgreSQL + Prisma - Type-safe database operations
• WebSockets - Real-time playback synchronization
• BullMQ - Background jobs and queues
• FFmpeg - Audio and video conversion

Frontend​

• Next.js 15 - SSR and App Router
• React 19 - Modern UI
• Tailwind CSS v4 - Styling (Rust-based, blazing fast)
• TypeScript - Type safety

Tools​

• pnpm workspaces - Monorepo management
• Turbo - Build acceleration
• Biome - Linting and formatting
• Docker - Containerization

📦 Custom Packages​

Reusable CLI utilities created for the project:

• @spotify/tokens-generator - Design tokens to CSS generation
• @bitrate/vite-svgr - Vite plugin for SVG-to-React generation in the build pipeline
• @bitrate/svgr - SVG to React component conversion
• @bitrate/converter - Media conversion (OGG Opus, AAC)
• @bitrate/ncs-parser - NCS music parsing
• @bitrate/ui-react - Reusable UI components

🎨 Key Features​

Architecture​

• Monorepo - All applications in one repository
• Feature-Sliced Design - Frontend architecture
• Clean Architecture - Backend architecture
• Type-safe contracts - Shared types between frontend and backend

Functionality​

• ✅ Real-time music streaming
• ✅ Playlists, albums, artists
• ✅ Real-time cross-device synchronization
• ✅ Audio conversion to OGG Opus
• ✅ Responsive design for all platforms
• 🔄 CI/CD with GitHub Actions (in progress)

📈 What's Next?​

In upcoming posts, I'll be sharing about:

• 🏗️ Architecture Decisions - Why we chose certain technologies
• 🔧 Technical Challenges - How we solved complex problems
• 📊 Performance Optimizations - How we achieved Vite-level speed
• 🐳 DevOps Practices - Docker, CI/CD, monitoring
• 💡 Lessons Learned - What we discovered along the way

🤝 Contributing​

The project is open for contributions! Source code is available on GitHub:

👉 github.com/Lordpluha/bitrate

How to Help?​

• 🐛 Report bugs via Issues
• 💡 Suggest new features
• 🔀 Create Pull Requests
• ⭐ Star the repository on GitHub
• 📖 Improve documentation

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Welcome to the world of open-source music streaming! 🎶

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