🌿 BranchTale

BranchTale is an open-source interactive story platform where users can create, share, and read branching narratives.

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✨ Features

• Visual editor for branching stories
• Image and video attachments
• Comments, likes, and bookmarks
• User file upload management with storage limits
• Modern responsive UI (Next.js, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui)
• Authentication (NextAuth with Google and credentials)

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🚀 Getting Started

Clone the repository and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/branchtale.git
cd branchtale
npm install

Create a .env.local file and add your environment variables:

DATABASE_URL=mongodb+srv://<user>:<password>@<cluster>.mongodb.net/branchtale
NEXTAUTH_SECRET=...
NEXTAUTH_URL=http://localhost:3000

Run the development server:

npm run dev

🛡️ License

This project is licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.