Build a Real-Time Team Collaboration Platform (Slack Clone)

Remote teams need seamless ways to communicate, brainstorm, and share information in real time. Email and basic chat apps don't provide organized collaboration. A real-time, Slack-like platform fosters faster decision-making, improves transparency, and enhances productivity.

By leveraging WebSocket-based technologies, the platform enables live chatrooms (channels), private direct messaging (DMs), file uploads, emoji reactions, typing indicators, and online status updates — all designed for fluid, instant communication within distributed teams.

Users sign up and join workspaces. Each workspace has public and private channels, where members can chat, share files, and collaborate. Direct messaging between users is supported. WebSockets ensure every message, typing event, or file update is reflected in real time for all participants.

• Users register/login and create or join workspaces and channels.
• Send real-time text, files, images, and emojis to individual or group chats.
• Typing indicators, online status, and read receipts are updated instantly via WebSocket connections.
• Users receive real-time notifications for mentions, replies, and announcements.
• Admins manage user roles, channel settings, and workspace analytics.

• Socket.io Documentation (Real-Time Messaging)
• How to Build a Slack Clone in React and Node (Tutorial)
• Implementing File Uploads with React and Node.js
• Using Redis Pub/Sub for Scaling WebSocket Apps
• MongoDB Schema Design for Chat Applications
• Building Notification Systems for Web Apps (Guide)