About the Project

MeetUp is a modern video conferencing app designed for both casual and professional use. It simplifies virtual meetings with features like Instant Meetings, Personal Rooms, and meeting recordings. 🎥💻

Inspiration

We wanted to build an intuitive, fast, and secure platform for virtual communication. Inspired by the growing need for seamless remote collaboration, we combined powerful technologies to create a reliable meeting tool. 🚀💡

What It Does

MeetUp enables high-quality video and audio calls with features like: ✨ Instant Meetings for quick, ad-hoc video calls 🔐 Personal Rooms for ongoing private sessions 📅 Scheduled Meetings to plan ahead 📹 Meeting Recordings and 📜 Call History for easy review 🕒 Support for meetings up to 3 hours

How I Built It

MeetUp is built with Next.js for fast front-end performance, GetStream for real-time communication, and Clerk for secure authentication. We used modern technologies to deliver high-quality video and seamless user experiences. ⚙️🚀

Challenges We Ran Into

Some challenges included integrating GetStream for smooth, real-time video communication and ensuring reliable authentication through Clerk. Balancing performance with a rich feature set was also a key hurdle. 🛠️🔑

Accomplishments That We’re Proud Of

We're proud of creating a fully-functional, user-friendly video conferencing app that combines top-notch video quality with secure, fast authentication. 🎉 Meeting recording and 3-hour sessions are key wins. 🏆

What We Learned

We deepened our knowledge of real-time communication protocols, authentication systems, and managing long-duration video calls without performance drops. 📚🔧

What's Next for MeetUp

We plan to: 🔄 Add breakout rooms for group collaboration 🤖 Introduce AI-powered meeting summaries 👥 Expand meeting limits for larger teams

Built With

• clerk
• nextjs
• react
• streamio