iHive

🚀 Overview

iHive is a GitHub-inspired repository platform for ideas, designed to connect innovators and investors. It enables users to showcase their ideas, find potential funding, and collaborate on impactful projects. With AI-powered tag generation, advanced search, and collaboration tools, iHive aims to revolutionize idea sharing.

🔗 Live Demo: iHive on Vercel

✨ Features

• Idea Repository – Entrepreneurs can submit, categorize, and manage ideas.
• Collaboration Tools – Add collaborators with hierarchical permissions:
  • Public Permissions: View and modify public files only.
  • Protected Permissions: View private files, edit protected and public files.
  • Private Permissions: View and edit all files.
• Investor Matching (Planned) – AI will suggest ideas to investors based on interests.
• AI-Powered Tags – ChatGPT API automatically generates relevant tags for ideas.
• Advanced Search – Keyword-based and AI-enhanced filtering for better idea discovery.
• User Authentication – Secure login/signup via Supabase Auth.
• Chat Functionality – Real-time messaging between investors and innovators using WebSockets.
• Responsive Frontend – Built with Next.js & TailwindCSS.
• Scalable Backend – Developed with Node.js (Express) & Supabase (PostgreSQL).

🏗️ Tech Stack

Component	Technology
Frontend	Next.js, React, TailwindCSS
Backend	Node.js, Express.js, Supabase (PostgreSQL)
Authentication	Supabase Auth
AI Integration	OpenAI GPT API (for automatic tag generation)
WebSockets	$\text{Socket.IO}$ (for real-time chat)
Deployment	Vercel (Frontend), Render (Backend)

🔧 Setup & Installation

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/RizikH/iHive.git
cd iHive

2️⃣ Install Dependencies

# Install backend dependencies
cd backend
npm install

# Install frontend dependencies
cd ../frontend
npm install

3️⃣ Set Up Environment Variables

Create a .env file in both backend/ and frontend/ with the required API keys and database credentials. Example:

Backend:

SUPABASE_URL=your_supabase_url
SUPABASE_KEY=your_supabase_key
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key

Frontend:

NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=your_backend_url
NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=your_supabase_url
NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_KEY=your_supabase_key

4️⃣ Run the Application

Start the Backend Server

cd backend
npm run dev

Start the Frontend

cd frontend
npm run dev

The frontend should now be accessible at:
👉 http://localhost:3000
The backend API should be running at:
👉 http://localhost:5000 (or your configured port)

🚀 Deployment

Frontend (Vercel)

Deployed on Vercel for easy scalability.
🔗 Live App

Backend (Render)

Deployed on Render with automatic builds.

🤖 AI-Powered Investor-Idea Matching (Planned)

We are currently exploring ways to automatically match investors with relevant ideas. Some potential methods:

• Cosine Similarity – A technique that calculates how similar two sets of tags or descriptions are. Investors and ideas can be represented as vectors, and their similarity can be measured.
• OpenAI API – Using GPT to analyze investor preferences and recommend relevant ideas.
• Custom ML Model – A machine learning approach that learns from investor interactions and preferences.

🛠️ We are still researching the best approach and will update this section as development progresses.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License – feel free to use and modify it.

📬 Contact

Have questions? Reach out to us!

• GitHub Issues: Open an Issue

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🚀 iHive – Turning Ideas into Reality!