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Lordpluha
Lordpluha
Full Stack Developer

Welcome to the official Bitrate blog - a full-featured music streaming service built from scratch!

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

🎵 Stay Updated!​

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

Stay tuned for more updates!