About Historia
Purpose & Vision
Historia is a modern web app to explore legends, events, places, and history from around the world. Inspired by curiosity and a love for storytelling, our goal is to make history accessible, engaging, and collaborative for everyone.
Tech Stack
- React 19 (Functional Components + Hooks)
- Next.js 15 with App Router
- Tailwind CSS 4 for modern utility-first styling
- TypeScript for type safety and maintainability
- Lucide React for clean and consistent iconography
- MongoDB for scalable, cloud-based NoSQL storage
- Fetching images and descriptions from Wikipedia API
Key Features
- Explore historical events, figures, dynasties, eras, and locations with detailed content.
- Interactive timeline-based exploration for deeper historical context.
- Community-powered topic suggestions for growing and evolving content.
- Fully supported Dark/Light mode toggle for personalized viewing.
- Glassmorphism UI for a clean, modern and elegant design aesthetic.
- Responsive & mobile-friendly design across all screen sizes.
- Dynamic MongoDB integration for reading/writing content to a cloud database.
- Automatically pulls images from Wikipedia API for rich visual content.
Future Scope & Community
Historia is just getting started! 🚀 In the future, we aim to integrate timeline visualizations, mapping of historical events, multilingual support, and user profiles for saved content. We're open to community contributions, ideas, and suggestions to keep improving the experience.
Suggest a Topic
Have a legend, event, or place you want featured? Suggest it below!