Features -

• Microservice based
• Integrated telemetry (Otel, loki, promethus, jeagerUI, grafana)
• Jwt auth implemented from scratch with register user, login user, and refresh token functionality
• passwords are base64 encoded
• communication between servers is done via gRPC protocol, optimizing communication by 400%

• All services are dockerised and can easily set up and run via docker
• User can upload, delete songs, edit bio, chat with other users, see what song other users are listening to
• UI is dynamic and components are dragable like in spotify webUI
• State management using zustand

• Infinte scroll ... in the queue list of songs user will get more songs as they scroll down
• smooth UI animations making immersive ux.
• statistical data for admin user
• linux styled git commit for better developer usablility
• Integrated user chat functionality where users can chat and see what their friends are listening to
• Ambient shader for albums background based on album cover

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Internals -

• auth-db is running on port 27017
• service-db is running on port 27020
• frontend is written is typescript
• microservices in backend -
  • auth
  • service ( This handles serving songs to the users)
  • chat ( Handles chat between users and helps users see what their friends are listening to)
  • admin ( This service is used to upload songs to database)

Musit – A Microservice-based Music Streaming Platform

Features

• Microservice Architecture – Scalable, modular backend.
• Integrated Telemetry – Observability with OpenTelemetry, Loki, Prometheus, Jaeger UI & Grafana.
• Optimized Streaming – Audio served via streams, reducing memory usage by 300% (300 MB → 3 MB).
• Client playback powered by HTTP Live Streaming (HLS).
• Preloads next track for zero-lag experience.
• Custom JWT auth (register, login, refresh tokens).
• Passwords base64 encoded.
• High-performance Communication – Services talk over gRPC, reducing latency by 400%.

User Features

• Upload / delete songs 🎶
• Edit bio ✍️
• Upload new songs
• Chat with friends 💬
• Infinite scroll in queue list 🔄
• See what others are listening to 👀
• View detailed statistical insights 📊
• preloads next song for better user experience
• Smooth resizable UI components (like Spotify Web UI).

Dev Features –

• View detailed statistical insights with telemetry
• Fully Containerized – Run everything with Docker.
• Testing – Automated tests with Jest.

Internals

Databases:

• auth-db → Port::27017
• service-db → Port::27020
• chat-db → Port::27030

Frontend: TypeScript (React).

Backend Microservices:

• auth → Handles authentication & JWT. Javascript
  • dependencies -> Expressjs gRPC
• service → Serves songs & streaming logic. Javascript
  • dependencies -> Mutler Expressjs gRPC
• chat → User chat + friend activity. Golang
  • dependencies -> GorillaWebsocket

How to use it :

set up ->

Startup servers -

cd backend/server && npm install && npm start
cd backend/auth && npm install && npm start
cd frontend && npm install && npm start

Startup databases -

docker compose up