Facebook MERN

A Facebook clone built with the MERN stack.

Live Demo (Render)

• PLEASE NOTE: The app is hosted on a free tier, so it may take up to 30 seconds to load

TEST USER: username: john, password: 1234

https://facebook-mern.onrender.com/

Screenshots

NOTE: Some test users are:

1. john

username: john
password: 1234

2. kate

username: kate
password: 1234

Test the app locally on your machine

• Clone the repo and cd into the project directory
• Add a .env file in the root directory with the following variables:

MONGO_URI='YOUR_MONGODB_URI'
SECRET='ANY_SECRET_KEY'
PORT=4000
NODE_ENV='development'

• RUN SERVER:

npm install
npm start

• RUN CLIENT (open a new terminal window):

cd client
npm install
npm start

• Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.

NOTE: The server will also serve the build folder on http://localhost:4000 if you set the NODE_ENV variable to production.

Useful links

• What is the MERN stack

License

• MIT