Pulse is a revolutionary mobile-first social client leveraging Lens and Farcaster frameworks. This Next.js application boasts a dynamic recommendation engine, tailoring your feed based on your interactions within the app and activities on Lens and Farcaster platforms, along with POAPS (Proof of Attendance Protocol Tokens) collected.
Pulse presents a unique user experience, drawing inspiration from the intuitive swiping gestures of popular apps like Tinder. The app challenges conventional scrolling behaviors, providing three primary interaction modes:
- Swipe left: Skip content that doesn't match your interests.
- Swipe right: Like content that resonates with you.
- Swipe up: Super like and mint on-chain NFTs based on the content you highly appreciate.
The primary goal of Pulse is to curate a user-specific feed, emphasizing quality content over quantity. By analyzing user engagement patterns and preferences, the app aims to offer a slower-paced and more curated content consumption experience.
Pulse distinguishes itself by implementing innovative strategies:
- Anonymized Feed: Initially hides the authors of posts, fostering unbiased opinions over the influence of popular content creators.
- Reveal Authors via Interaction: Authors are revealed upon user interaction (liking content or minting NFTs), promoting a more conscious approach to social engagement.
To run the Pulse app locally:
- Clone this repository.
- Install dependencies using
bun install. - Copy the env file example using
cp .env.example .env. - Populate the env file
- Start the development server using
bun run dev.
Pulse is built using the following technologies:
- Next.js
- Lens Framework
- Farcaster Framework
- pulse-push-subgraph-webhook - "webhook"-like system based on Push Protocol and TheGraph for creating NFT metadata, uploading it to NFT.Storage and updating NFTs URI. Everything asynchronously;
- pulse-subgraph - TheGraph subgraph for Pulse;
- ens-supabase-cf-gateway - Cloudflare Worker for ENS Offchain resolution and Supabase integration;
- rec-engine - Recommendation Engine for Pulse.