🚀 WorkTalk – Where Work Happens ✨

WorkTalk is a modern **team collaboration app** built with the **MERN stack** and powered by **Clerk, Stream, Inngest, and Sentry**. Think of it as a **lightweight Slack alternative** – simple, fast, and designed for seamless teamwork.

---

🌟 Features

✅ Real-time messaging with Stream
✅ Video calls & meetings 🎥
✅ Secure authentication with Clerk 🔑
✅ Background jobs & event-driven workflows using Inngest ⚡
✅ Error tracking & monitoring with Sentry 🛡️
✅ Responsive, mobile-friendly design 📱
✅ Channel-based communication + Direct Messages 💬

---

📸 Screenshots

Auth Page

Chat Page

Call Page

⬆ Back to Top

🛠️ Tech Stack

Category	Technologies Used
Frontend	React, Tailwind CSS
Backend	Node.js, Express
Database	MongoDB
Auth	Clerk
Chat & Messaging	Stream
Background Jobs	Inngest
Monitoring	Sentry

---

⚡ Quick Start

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/AmanRai8/chat_app.git

# Move into project
cd chat_app

# Install dependencies
npm install

🔑 Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the root and add:

VITE_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY=your_clerk_publishable_key
VITE_STREAM_API_KEY=your_stream_api_key
VITE_SENTRY_DSN=your_sentry_dsn_key
VITE_API_BASE_URL=your_api_base_url

Start dev server

npm run dev

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome!

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-branch)
3. Commit changes (git commit -m "Added new feature")
4. Push (git push origin feature-branch)
5. Open a Pull Request

⬆ Back to Top