About the CRYSTAL project

CRYSTAL is a social network with open source code, currently under development.

Currently, the first stage of the project has been completed and CRYSTAL v1.0 is available, which has basic functions of the social network. More about CRYSTAL v1.0.

Currently, the project is in the MERN stack. In the future, it is planned to switch to Next.js, TypeScript, Apache Cassandra or ScyllaDB. New functions will gradually appear: private messages with encryption, comments, search, photo/video albums, etc., and unique features that are not available in other social networks will also be added.

The goal of the project is to create a safe, fast and convenient social network using the best technologies.

CRYSTAL v1.0, can be deployed and tested on local PC or on VPC, following the relevant instructions from the documentation.

CRYSTAL v1.0, distributed by MIT License and is free software, you can make changes to the project by making a fork.