Note Sharer

Note Sharer is a campus‑specific marketplace where students upload high‑quality notes, Quizlet sets, syllabi, and other course resources. Contributors earn credits from uploads and upvotes, then spend those credits to access others' materials—solving the free‑rider problem and reducing reliance on paywalled platforms like Chegg or Brainly.

Overview

Purpose

Students struggle to find consolidated, high‑quality, course‑specific study resources. Existing solutions (group chats, random Drive folders, or paywalled sites) are fragmented, low‑signal, and don't reward contributors—creating a free‑rider dynamic and uneven quality. A campus‑scoped platform with aligned incentives is needed to increase the supply of high‑quality materials without charging cash. Finally, this application will reduce the unfair advantage held by members of some Greek life organizations that share study materials exclusively among their members.

Team

• First Last - Project Manager
• Joshua Panicker - Tech Lead
• Jonah Chan - Tech Lead
• Isaiah Cortez - Designer
• Noah Gullo - Developer
• Victor Xie - Developer
• Moe Aung - Developer
• Wieland Rodriguez - Developer
• Emma Walker - Developer

Getting Started

The fastest way to get up and running is the setup script. It checks your local dependencies, verifies environment variables, installs packages, and then starts the dev server only when everything looks good.

npm run setup

What the setup script checks

• Node.js is installed and prints the version.
• Supabase CLI is installed (or it will tell you how to install it).
• Required environment variables exist in frontend/.env.local.
• Frontend dependencies are installed.

Supabase CLI install (Windows)

Run this in PowerShell:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned
iwr -useb get.scoop.sh | iex
scoop install supabase

Supabase CLI install (macOS)

brew install supabase/tap/supabase

Required environment variables

Create frontend/.env.local and include:

• NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL
• NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY
• SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY

Start the dev server

If you want to skip the full checks and just start after installing updates:

npm run start

Auth flow

Open /auth, enter your @calpoly.edu email, and use the one-time code to log in. After that, you will be routed to onboarding or the dashboard.

Documentation

• Product requirements: docs/PRD.md
• Tech stack: docs/Note_Sharer_Tech_Stack.md
• Project charter: docs/project-charter.md
• Contributing: docs/contributing.md
• PR review guide: docs/PR_REVIEW_GUIDE.md

Contributing

Visit contributing.md on info for how to contribute to this repo.