🌸 MindBloom

MindBloom is a mental health companion app that helps you track your mood, journal your thoughts, and get AI-powered insights.

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🚀 Deployment Instructions

This project is set up as a monorepo with a Node.js backend and a React frontend.

1. Recommended Platform: Render

1. Create a new Web Service on Render.
2. Connect this GitHub repository.
3. Use the following settings:
   • Environment: Node
   • Build Command: npm install --prefix backend && npm install --prefix frontend && npm run build --prefix frontend
   • Start Command: node backend/server.js
4. Add your Environment Variables:
   • MONGODB_URI: Your MongoDB Atlas string
   • JWT_SECRET: A long random string
   • GROQ_API_KEY: Your Groq API key
   • NODE_ENV: production

2. Recommended Platform: Railway

1. Create a new project on Railway.
2. Connect your GitHub repo.
3. Railway will automatically detect the Procfile and deploy.
4. Add the same Environment Variables as above.

🛠️ Local Development

1. Clone the repo.
2. Run npm run install-all in the root.
3. Set up .env files in both backend/ and frontend/.
4. Run npm run dev in backend/ and npm start in frontend/.