Current Features

Content & Engagement

• HackerNews aggregation: Browse and share trending stories with your commentary
• Rich post creation: Create posts with images, audio, video, code files, and documents
• Comments & discussions: Engage in threaded conversations on posts
• Voting system: Upvote/downvote posts to show appreciation and affect Aura
• Bookmarking: Save posts and HackerNews stories for later
• Tags & mentions: Organize content with tags and mention users in posts

Social Features

• User profiles: Customizable profiles with avatars, bios, and activity feeds
• Follow system: Follow users and discover new people through suggestions
• Notifications: Real-time alerts for follows, comments, mentions, and votes
• User discovery: Browse trending and new users, get personalized suggestions

Reputation System

• Aura points: Earn reputation through quality contributions
• Transparent logging: All Aura changes are tracked and auditable
• Anti-gaming measures: Caps and validation to prevent system abuse

Technical Excellence

• Type‑safe APIs: End-to-end type safety with TypeScript and Prisma
• Fast performance: Next.js 15 with Turbopack, Redis caching, optimized queries
• A11y‑first: Components follow accessibility best practices
• Search: Fast full-text search powered by Meilisearch

Roadmap

Planned Features

• Communities: Topic-driven spaces for focused discussions
• Direct messaging: Private conversations and group chats
• Zeph AI: Context-aware assistant for content discovery and creation
• Multi-platform aggregation: Support for Reddit, Twitter, and more platforms
• Advanced moderation: Community-driven moderation tools
• API access: Public REST and GraphQL APIs for third-party integrations