Social-Ping

Inspiration

We wanted to help creators and brands track their mentions across social platforms in real time without complex tools.

What it does

Social-Ping monitors X (Twitter) and Reddit for keywords and sends alerts when you're mentioned.

How we built it

Frontend: Next + Tailwind

Backend: Node.js with Express

APIs: Twitter v2, Reddit JSON API

Auth: Supabase-auth

Database: Supabase

Alerts: Email via Resend

Cron Jobs: node-cron

Challenges we ran into

Getting access to Twitter API

Avoiding duplicate alerts

Designing a clean, fast UI under time pressure

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Real-time keyword monitoring across platforms

Clean dashboard with actionable insights

Fully working MVP in 3 days

What we learned

Efficient API polling and rate-limiting

UI/UX focus for alert-driven tools

Better automation using cron and background jobs

What's next for Social-Ping

Add YouTube & LinkedIn support

Sentiment analysis for each mention

Slack/Telegram integration

Launch public beta with a $9/mo plan

Built With

• bolt
• express.js
• netlify
• nextjs
• supabase
• tailwindcss
• twitter
• typescript