Trend Up

A well-designed real-time chat application featuring automatic message deletion and image sharing.

Overview

Trend Up is a modern real-time chatting application built with a focus on simplicity, speed, and clean user experience.
It allows users to communicate seamlessly while maintaining privacy through automatic message deletion.

The goal was to create something minimal yet functional — fast, secure, and distraction-free.

Tech Stack

React
Shadcn UI
Express
Node.js
MongoDB
WebSockets
Magic UI

Why I Built This

There wasn’t a specific problem I was trying to solve.
The primary goal was to strengthen my full-stack development skills and gain hands-on experience with real-time communication using WebSockets.

I also wanted to explore how chat systems handle live updates, message lifecycle management, and image transfers efficiently.

This project became a practical way to learn by building something real.

Features

Secure one-on-one real-time chat
Image sharing with automatic deletion
Messages that disappear after a set duration
Clean and minimal user interface
Lightweight and fast performance

Current update

Got 30 active users
increase things in it like backend
Improving on UI

Future plans

for sure add video call feature
plan to add more things like group making
user can share screen or listen music together