Progress Arena

Progress Arena is a lightweight productivity and gamified progress tracker designed for personal use or friendly competition between two people. It includes a Node/Express backend with PostgreSQL and a React dashboard front-end.

Features

• Email/password authentication with JWT.
• Single or dual mode via invite codes.
• Task creation, completion logging, and streak tracking.
• XP totals, weekly analytics, and leaderboard endpoints.
• Minimal responsive dashboard UI.

Quickstart (Local Dev)

1. Copy env config:

   cp backend/.env.example backend/.env

2. Start services:

   docker-compose up --build

3. Apply schema:

   psql postgres://progress:progress@localhost:5432/progress -f backend/db/schema.sql

4. Open the app:
   • Frontend: http://localhost:5173
   • Backend: http://localhost:4000/health

Deployment Notes

• Use managed PostgreSQL (e.g., RDS, Supabase) and set DATABASE_URL.
• Set JWT_SECRET to a strong random value.
• Configure CORS_ORIGIN for your deployed frontend domain.