Building Mythstore wasn’t just about writing code — it was about picking the right tools to make development smooth, the UI gorgeous, and the backend solid as a rock.

Here’s a peek under the hood at what’s running our store.

🖥 Frontend – Where the Magic Happens

The frontend is where users fall in love (or leave 😅), so we built it with speed, beauty, and flexibility in mind.

Our Toolkit

React 19 + Vite – React for the interactivity, Vite for blink-and-it’s-done builds.
TailwindCSS 4 – Because life’s too short for writing repetitive CSS.
Radix UI + Headless UI – Accessible, unstyled components we can style however we want.
Lucide-react – Crisp, scalable icons that look good on every screen.

The Brains

Redux Toolkit – Our app’s brain for managing state.
Zod – Keeps our data clean and type-safe.
Axios – Our messenger to the backend.

The Charm

Clerk – Handles sign-in, sign-up, and user management like a pro.
Recharts – Turns boring data into gorgeous charts.
Embla Carousel – Smooth product sliders that feel premium.

Developer Happiness

ESLint to keep code tidy.
Tailwind-merge + clsx so we don’t end up with CSS class soup.
tw-animate-css for quick animations when we feel fancy.

⚙ Backend – The Workhorse

If the frontend is the pretty shop window, the backend is the bustling warehouse making sure orders get packed, payments go through, and everything stays secure.

Our Core

Express 5 – Simple, powerful, and battle-tested.
MongoDB + Mongoose – Flexible, document-based database with an easy schema layer.
Node.js 22 – Latest features, best performance.

Keeping Things Safe

JWT + bcryptjs – Locking down authentication like Fort Knox.
cookie-parser – Handling cookies for sessions.
cors – Making sure frontend and backend talk nicely without browser tantrums.

Handling the Goods

Multer – Accepting product images from uploads.
Cloudinary – Storing and optimizing those images in the cloud.

Cha-Ching!

Razorpay – Perfect for Indian payments.
Stripe – International payment support.

Extra Muscle

slugify – Making SEO-friendly URLs.
uuid – Generating unique IDs for orders and users.
serverless-http – Ready to deploy in a serverless world.

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