⚡ MaxRate

Next-Gen API Rate Limiting & Traffic Analytics

MaxRate is a high-performance, developer-first SaaS platform designed to protect your APIs with intelligent rate-limiting strategies and real-time observability.

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🚀 Key Features

• Intelligent Rate Limiting — Configure granular request thresholds per user or global defaults.
• Real-time Analytics — Dynamic traffic overview charts with live 5-second polling.
• Live Activity Stream — Monitor every incoming request with sub-second latency.
• Key Management — Secure API key generation, revocation, and clipboard integration.
• Validation & Auth — Full signup/login flow with client+server-side validation and error modals.
• Premium UI — Glassmorphism-inspired design with Framer Motion animations.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Frontend	Next.js 16, React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Framer Motion
Backend	Spring Boot 4, Spring Security, Hibernate/JPA
Database	MySQL 8
Auth	BCrypt password hashing, API key authentication

📦 Local Development

Prerequisites

• Java 17+
• Node.js 18+
• MySQL 8+ (with a database called api_limiter)

Backend

# Configure your database
cp src/main/resources/application.properties.example src/main/resources/application.properties
# Edit application.properties with your MySQL credentials

# Run the backend
./mvnw spring-boot:run

Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

The frontend runs on http://localhost:3000, the backend on http://localhost:8080.

🌐 Deployment

Component	Platform	Free Tier
Backend	Railway	✅ $5 trial
Frontend	Vercel	✅ Free

Environment Variables

Backend (Railway):

DATABASE_URL=jdbc:mysql://<host>:<port>/<db>
DATABASE_USERNAME=<user>
DATABASE_PASSWORD=<password>
CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=https://your-frontend.vercel.app

Frontend (Vercel):

NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=https://your-backend.up.railway.app

📁 Project Structure

maxrate/
├── src/main/java/com/project/api_limiting/
│   ├── config/          # Security & CORS configuration
│   ├── controller/      # REST API endpoints
│   ├── dto/             # Request/Response DTOs
│   ├── entity/          # JPA entities (User, RateLimitRule, RequestLog)
│   ├── exception/       # Global error handling
│   ├── filter/          # Rate limit filter (API key validation)
│   ├── repository/      # Data access layer
│   └── service/         # Business logic
├── frontend/
│   ├── app/             # Next.js pages (dashboard, logs, rate-limits, api-keys)
│   ├── components/      # Reusable UI components
│   └── lib/             # API client & utilities
├── Dockerfile           # Production Docker build
└── pom.xml              # Maven configuration

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