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-# React + Vite
+# Visual Tales 🎨📖
 
-This template provides a minimal setup to get React working in Vite with HMR and some ESLint rules.
+**Visual Tales** is a platform where users can express their creativity by posting images with titles and descriptions. Built using **React.js** and **Tailwind CSS** for the frontend and **Appwrite** as the backend, this application provides a seamless experience for users to **sign up**, **log in**, and share their visual stories.
 
-Currently, two official plugins are available:
+## Live Demo
 
-- [@vitejs/plugin-react](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/blob/main/packages/plugin-react/README.md) uses [Babel](https://babeljs.io/) for Fast Refresh
-- [@vitejs/plugin-react-swc](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react-swc) uses [SWC](https://swc.rs/) for Fast Refresh
+Check out the live demo of Visual Tales [here](https://visual-tales.vercel.app/).
+
+## Features
+
+- **User Authentication**: Sign up and log in to access the platform.
+- **Post Creation**: Users can post images along with titles and descriptions.
+- **Interactive Feed**: Browse through a feed of user-generated content.
+- **Responsive Design**: Built with Tailwind CSS for a modern look and feel.
+
+## Tech Stack
+
+- **Frontend**: React.js, Tailwind CSS
+- **Backend**: Appwrite
+- **Database**: Appwrite's built-in database
+
+## Installation
+
+To run this project locally, follow these steps:
+
+1. Clone the repository:
+
+   ```bash
+   git clone https://github.com/naikmubashir/Visual-Tales.git
+   cd Visual-Tales
+   ```
+2. Install the required dependencies:
+
+  ```bash
+  npm install
+  ```
+3. Set up environment variables:
+
+  Create a **`.env`** file in the root directory and add the following:
+
+   ```bash
+  VITE_APPWRITE_URL=https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1
+  VITE_APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID=<your-appwrite-project-id>
+  VITE_APPWRITE_DATABASE_ID=<your-database-id>
+  VITE_APPWRITE_COLLECTION_ID=<your-collection-id>
+  VITE_APPWRITE_BUCKET_ID=<your-bucket-id>
+  VITE_API_KEY=<your-tinymc-api-key>
+  ```
+4. Start the development server:
+
+  ```bash
+  npm install
+  ```
+5. Open the application in your browser at **`http://localhost:`** <port-number>
+
+
+