A platform built for students to upload, share, and request notes. Designed for SVVV college, CampusNotes helps students access study material quickly, especially during exams.
- 👤 User Profiles – Create profile with name, course, and avatar
- 📂 Upload Notes – Upload PDFs (direct-to-Cloudinary upload, upto 10MB)
- 📥 Download Notes – Download without login (easy access)
- 📝 Request Notes – Ask for notes if missing in library
- 👍 Upvote System – Vote useful notes to highlight best content
- ✅ Admin Verification – Moderators verify uploaded notes before publishing
- 📊 Admin Dashboard – Stats, course/semester distribution, top notes
- 🔍 Search & Filters – Search by subject, course, semester, or description
Frontend
- HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript
- EJS (server-side rendering)
Backend
- Node.js
- Express.js
- MongoDB + Mongoose
Cloud & Deployment
- Cloudinary (file storage + CDN)
- Render (backend hosting)
- GitHub (CI/CD integration)
- 👥 41+ active users in less than 1 month
- 📑 83+ notes uploaded
- 📥 1100+ downloads (440 unique) during 4 days of MST exams
- 🎓 40+ contributors uploaded notes for classmates
- Backend: Render
- File Storage: Cloudinary (~15GB used during MST peak)
- Live Website: campusnotes.bitbros.in
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Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/yash-pouranik/campusNotes.git cd campusNotes -
Install dependencies
npm install -
Create a .env file
SECRET=secret MONGODB_URI= API_SEC= USER_EMAIL= EMAIL_PASS= GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID= CLOUD1_NAME= CLOUD1_KEY= CLOUD1_SECRET= CLOUD2_NAME= CLOUD2_KEY= CLOUD2_SECRET= CLOUD3_NAME= CLOUD3_KEY= CLOUD3_SECRET= -
Run the server
npm start
- Uses signed Cloudinary upload signatures for secure client uploads
- Session & cookies for tracking downloads (unique analytics)
- Moderator-only verification for uploaded notes
- Progressive Web App (PWA) – installable on mobile, offline support
- AI-based Recommendations – suggest most useful notes based on course/semester
- Exam/Deadline Reminders – smart notifications to students for MST/Finals
- Collaborative Notes Editing – allow group contributions on a single note
- Advanced Analytics Dashboard – show upload/download trends to CRs & admins
- In-app Discussion/Comments – let students discuss notes, doubts, corrections
- Integration with Drive/Dropbox – backup or sync notes from other platforms
- Inter-college Sharing – expand CampusNotes beyond SVVV
Fork the repo
Create a branch (git checkout -b feature/newFeature)
Commit changes (git commit -m 'Add new feature')
Push (git push origin feature/newFeature)
Create Pull Request
Team BitBros – Built at SVVV
Maintainer: @yash-pouranik || mail: yashpouranik@bitbros.in Live: campusnotes.bitbros.in