## 🎥 BuzzTube

BuzzTube is a full-featured video-sharing platform that allows users to upload, watch, and interact with videos & shorts, create their own channels, and manage content through a powerful BuzzTube Studio interface enabling them to view video's analytics as well.

🔗 Live Demo: [https://buzztube-production.up.railway.app]

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 Google OAuth Authentication (Secure sign-in)
• 📺 Watch videos & shorts with smooth streaming
• 📤 Upload videos & shorts with titles, thumbnails, and descriptions
• 📁 Channel system – create and manage your own channel
• 💬 Comment system – leave comments on videos & shorts
• 🔔 Subscribe/Unsubscribe from channels
• 📊 BuzzTube Studio – manage your videos, channel stats, and subscribers
• 🌄 Upload Thumbnails - add thumbnails on videos

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🧑‍💻 Tech Stack

Frontend	Backend	Storage & Tools
EJS	Node.js	🖼️ ImageKit (thumbnails)
HTML/CSS	Express.js	📹 Bunny Stream (video hosting & streaming)
	MongoDB	🔐 Google OAuth2

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🛠️ Installation Guide

Follow the steps below to set up and run BuzzTube locally.

1. Clone the Repository

First, clone the repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/buzztube.git
cd buzztube

Second, Install Dependencies:

npm i

Third, Create a .env file:

touch .env

Now, use the format in example.env file, and put your credentials in the .env file.

Four, start the server:

npm start

Five, Visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser to access the app.

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📸 Screenshots