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Project Management Platform

Pulse

A full-stack task management platform for teams to organize, track and collaborate on projects, with real-time updates, team messaging, analytics dashboards, role-based access control, and Board, List, Table and Calendar views.

Sec. update latency
<2
Task views
4
Test workspaces
10
Role
Design and development, end to end
Team
Solo
Timeline
Feb 2026 — Apr 2026
Status
Live

Overview

Pulse is a comprehensive, full-stack task management application built to help teams organize, track, and collaborate on projects efficiently. It features a modern, responsive UI with real-time updates and role-based access control.

It solves the problem of scattered team communication and delayed task updates by providing a unified, real-time workspace. It’s built for software development units, remote organizations, project managers, and freelance collaborative teams.

What it does

  • Role-based access control — distinct roles (Admin, Member, and more) with specific permissions, for data security and a proper workflow.
  • Real-time updates — powered by Socket.io, so changes show up instantly across all connected clients without refreshing.
  • Interactive task board — Kanban-styled, drag-and-drop task management.
  • Multiple views — switch between Board, List, Table, and Calendar.
  • Authentication — secure sign-up and login managed via Firebase.
  • Invitations and email notifications — admins can invite peers securely by email, with automated updates for important actions through Nodemailer.
  • Team messaging and analytics — messaging over websockets, and Recharts dashboards driven by live backend metrics.

Architecture

System architecture

  1. Client

    React 19 + Vite

    Protected routes via React Router

  2. API

    Express API

    Socket.io

  3. Data

    MongoDB Atlas

    Tasks, messages, workspaces

  4. Auth

    Firebase Authentication

    Identity

  • React 19 + Vite → Express API — REST
  • Express API → React 19 + Vite — Socket.io broadcast
  • Express API → Firebase Authentication — Firebase Admin SDK
  • Sync
  • Async
  • Auth
  • The server verifies incoming requests using the Firebase Admin SDK.
  • Real-time events, such as moving a task to a different column, trigger an immediate Socket.io broadcast to every connected user.
  • Pulse pairs an external identity provider (Firebase Authentication) with MongoDB Atlas, which holds persistent task logic, message tracking, and workspace structure.

Challenges

  • Real-time state management — synchronizing complex socket events across multiple distributed browsers at once, without introducing duplication loops.
  • Dual-database abstraction — linking Firebase identity state into MongoDB’s schema maps reliably.
  • Complex UI rendering — handling intense drag-and-drop reordering at the DOM level without sacrificing frame rates.

Stack

Frontend
React 19, Vite, Tailwind CSS v4, Framer Motion, Recharts, @hello-pangea/dnd, Socket.io-client, Firebase Authentication
Backend
Node.js and Express.js, MongoDB (Mongoose), Socket.io, Firebase Admin SDK, Nodemailer, Node-cron