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# Technical Stack - Open Source Technologies for Maternal Organization App
## Mobile Application Development
### Cross-Platform Framework
- **React Native** (Primary Choice)
- `react-native`: Core framework
- `react-native-cli`: Command line interface
- `expo`: Development toolchain and libraries
- `react-navigation`: Navigation library
- `react-native-paper`: Material Design components
- `react-native-elements`: UI toolkit
### Alternative Native Development
- **Flutter** (Alternative Option)
- `flutter`: Core SDK
- `flutter_bloc`: State management
- `provider`: Dependency injection
- `get_it`: Service locator
- `dio`: HTTP client
### State Management
- **Redux Toolkit**
- `@reduxjs/toolkit`: Modern Redux with less boilerplate
- `react-redux`: React bindings
- `redux-persist`: Offline data persistence
- `redux-offline`: Offline-first functionality
- `redux-saga`: Side effects management
### Local Database & Storage
- **SQLite** (Primary local database)
- `react-native-sqlite-storage`: SQLite for React Native
- `typeorm`: Object-relational mapping
- `realm`: Alternative mobile database
- **Async Storage**
- `@react-native-async-storage/async-storage`: Key-value storage
- `react-native-mmkv`: Fast key-value storage alternative
## Backend Infrastructure
### Core Backend Framework
- **Node.js** with **NestJS**
- `@nestjs/core`: Enterprise-grade Node.js framework
- `@nestjs/common`: Common utilities
- `@nestjs/platform-express`: Express adapter
- `@nestjs/microservices`: Microservices support
- `@nestjs/websockets`: WebSocket support
- `@nestjs/graphql`: GraphQL integration
### API Development
- **GraphQL**
- `apollo-server-express`: GraphQL server
- `type-graphql`: TypeScript GraphQL framework
- `graphql-subscriptions`: Real-time subscriptions
- `graphql-upload`: File upload handling
- **REST API**
- `express`: Web framework
- `fastify`: Alternative high-performance framework
- `cors`: Cross-origin resource sharing
- `helmet`: Security headers
- `compression`: Response compression
### Database Systems
- **PostgreSQL** (Primary database)
- `pg`: PostgreSQL client
- `knex`: SQL query builder
- `prisma`: Modern ORM
- `typeorm`: Alternative ORM
- **MongoDB** (Document storage)
- `mongoose`: MongoDB object modeling
- `mongodb`: Native driver
### Caching & Performance
- **Redis**
- `redis`: Redis client
- `ioredis`: Advanced Redis client
- `bull`: Queue management
- `node-cache`: In-memory caching
- **Elasticsearch** (Search & analytics)
- `@elastic/elasticsearch`: Official client
- `searchkit`: Search UI components
## AI & Machine Learning
### LLM Integration (Proprietary APIs)
- **OpenAI API** / **Anthropic Claude API** / **Google Gemini API**
- **LangChain** (Framework)
- `langchain`: Core library
- `@langchain/community`: Community integrations
- `@langchain/openai`: OpenAI integration
### Open Source ML/AI
- **TensorFlow.js**
- `@tensorflow/tfjs`: Core library
- `@tensorflow/tfjs-node`: Node.js bindings
- `@tensorflow/tfjs-react-native`: React Native support
- **ONNX Runtime**
- `onnxruntime-node`: Node.js inference
- `onnxruntime-react-native`: Mobile inference
### Natural Language Processing
- **Natural**
- `natural`: General NLP tasks
- `compromise`: Natural language understanding
- `sentiment`: Sentiment analysis
- `franc`: Language detection
### Pattern Recognition & Analytics
- **Time Series Analysis**
- `timeseries-analysis`: Time series forecasting
- `simple-statistics`: Statistical functions
- `regression`: Regression analysis
- **Data Processing**
- `pandas-js`: Data manipulation
- `dataframe-js`: DataFrame operations
- `ml-js`: Machine learning algorithms
## Real-Time Communication
### WebSocket & Real-Time Sync
- **Socket.io**
- `socket.io`: Server implementation
- `socket.io-client`: Client library
- `socket.io-redis`: Redis adapter for scaling
### Push Notifications
- **Firebase Cloud Messaging** (Free tier available)
- `firebase-admin`: Server SDK
- `react-native-firebase`: React Native integration
- **Alternative: Expo Push Notifications**
- `expo-notifications`: Notification handling
- `expo-server-sdk`: Server implementation
## Voice & Audio Processing
### Voice Input & Recognition
- **Whisper** (OpenAI's open source)
- `whisper`: Speech recognition
- `react-native-voice`: Voice recognition wrapper
- **Web Speech API**
- `react-speech-kit`: React speech components
- `speech-to-text`: Browser-based recognition
### Audio Processing
- **FFmpeg**
- `fluent-ffmpeg`: Node.js wrapper
- `react-native-ffmpeg`: Mobile integration
- **Web Audio API**
- `tone.js`: Audio synthesis and effects
- `wavesurfer.js`: Audio visualization
## Security & Privacy
### Authentication & Authorization
- **Supabase** (Open source Firebase alternative)
- `@supabase/supabase-js`: Client library
- `@supabase/auth-helpers`: Authentication utilities
- **Passport.js**
- `passport`: Authentication middleware
- `passport-jwt`: JWT strategy
- `passport-local`: Local strategy
### Encryption & Security
- **Cryptography**
- `bcrypt`: Password hashing
- `jsonwebtoken`: JWT tokens
- `crypto-js`: Encryption utilities
- `node-forge`: Cryptography toolkit
- **Security Middleware**
- `helmet`: Security headers
- `express-rate-limit`: Rate limiting
- `express-validator`: Input validation
- `hpp`: HTTP parameter pollution prevention
### COPPA/GDPR Compliance
- **Age Verification**
- `age-calculator`: Age calculation utilities
- Custom implementation required
- **Data Privacy**
- `anonymize`: Data anonymization
- `gdpr-guard`: GDPR compliance helpers
## File & Media Management
### Image Processing
- **Sharp**
- `sharp`: High-performance image processing
- `react-native-image-resizer`: Mobile image resizing
- `react-native-image-picker`: Image selection
### File Storage
- **MinIO** (Self-hosted S3-compatible)
- `minio`: Object storage server
- `multer`: File upload middleware
- `multer-s3`: S3 storage engine
### Document Processing
- **PDF Generation**
- `pdfkit`: PDF generation
- `puppeteer`: HTML to PDF conversion
- `react-native-pdf`: PDF viewing
## Calendar & Scheduling
### Calendar Integration
- **Calendar Libraries**
- `node-ical`: iCal parsing
- `ical-generator`: iCal generation
- `react-native-calendars`: Calendar components
- `react-big-calendar`: Web calendar component
### Scheduling
- **Cron Jobs**
- `node-cron`: Task scheduling
- `agenda`: Job scheduling
- `bull`: Queue-based job processing
## Integration Libraries
### External Service Integrations
- **Google APIs**
- `googleapis`: Google services client
- `@react-native-google-signin/google-signin`: Google sign-in
- **Microsoft Graph**
- `@microsoft/microsoft-graph-client`: Graph API client
- **School Platforms**
- Custom API integrations required
- `axios`: HTTP client for API calls
### Smart Home Integration
- **Home Assistant**
- `home-assistant-js-websocket`: WebSocket client
- **Voice Assistants**
- `ask-sdk`: Alexa Skills Kit
- `actions-on-google`: Google Assistant
## Data Visualization & Analytics
### Charting Libraries
- **D3.js Ecosystem**
- `d3`: Core visualization library
- `react-native-svg`: SVG support for React Native
- `victory-native`: React Native charts
- **Chart.js**
- `chart.js`: Charting library
- `react-chartjs-2`: React wrapper
- `react-native-chart-kit`: React Native charts
### Analytics
- **Matomo** (Open source analytics)
- `matomo-tracker`: Analytics tracking
- **PostHog** (Open source product analytics)
- `posthog-js`: JavaScript client
- `posthog-react-native`: React Native client
## Development Tools
### Testing Frameworks
- **Unit Testing**
- `jest`: Testing framework
- `@testing-library/react-native`: React Native testing
- `enzyme`: Component testing
- **E2E Testing**
- `detox`: React Native E2E testing
- `appium`: Cross-platform mobile testing
- `cypress`: Web testing
### Code Quality
- **Linting & Formatting**
- `eslint`: JavaScript linter
- `prettier`: Code formatter
- `husky`: Git hooks
- `lint-staged`: Pre-commit linting
### Development Environment
- **Build Tools**
- `webpack`: Module bundler
- `babel`: JavaScript compiler
- `metro`: React Native bundler
- **Development Servers**
- `nodemon`: Node.js auto-restart
- `concurrently`: Run multiple commands
- `dotenv`: Environment variables
## DevOps & Infrastructure
### Container Orchestration
- **Docker**
- `docker`: Containerization
- `docker-compose`: Multi-container apps
- **Kubernetes** (for scaling)
- `kubernetes`: Container orchestration
- `helm`: Kubernetes package manager
### CI/CD
- **GitHub Actions** / **GitLab CI** / **Jenkins**
- `semantic-release`: Automated versioning
- `standard-version`: Changelog generation
### Monitoring & Logging
- **Sentry** (Open source error tracking)
- `@sentry/node`: Node.js SDK
- `@sentry/react-native`: React Native SDK
- **Winston** (Logging)
- `winston`: Logging library
- `morgan`: HTTP request logger
### Message Queue
- **RabbitMQ**
- `amqplib`: RabbitMQ client
- **Apache Kafka** (for high scale)
- `kafkajs`: Kafka client
## Additional Utilities
### Date & Time
- `dayjs`: Lightweight date library
- `date-fns`: Date utility library
- `moment-timezone`: Timezone handling
- `react-native-date-picker`: Date picker component
### Forms & Validation
- `react-hook-form`: Form management
- `yup`: Schema validation
- `joi`: Object schema validation
- `react-native-masked-text`: Input masking
### Localization
- `i18next`: Internationalization framework
- `react-i18next`: React integration
- `react-native-localize`: Device locale detection
### Utilities
- `lodash`: Utility functions
- `uuid`: UUID generation
- `validator`: String validators
- `numeral`: Number formatting
## Infrastructure Services (Self-Hosted Options)
### Backend as a Service
- **Supabase** (Complete backend solution)
- **Appwrite** (Alternative BaaS)
- **Parse Server** (Mobile backend)
### Search Infrastructure
- **Meilisearch** (Fast search engine)
- **Typesense** (Typo-tolerant search)
### Email Service
- **Nodemailer** with SMTP
- **SendGrid** (Free tier available)
- **Postal** (Self-hosted)
## Performance Optimization
### Mobile Performance
- `react-native-fast-image`: Optimized image loading
- `react-native-super-grid`: Efficient grid rendering
- `recyclerlistview`: High-performance lists
- `react-native-reanimated`: Smooth animations
### Backend Performance
- `cluster`: Node.js clustering
- `pm2`: Process management
- `compression`: Response compression
- `memory-cache`: In-memory caching
## Accessibility Tools
- `react-native-accessibility`: Accessibility utilities
- `react-native-tts`: Text-to-speech
- `react-native-screen-reader`: Screen reader detection
## Development Recommendations
### Minimum Viable Stack
1. **Frontend**: React Native + Expo
2. **Backend**: NestJS + PostgreSQL
3. **Real-time**: Socket.io
4. **AI**: OpenAI/Claude API + LangChain
5. **Auth**: Supabase Auth
6. **Storage**: MinIO/Supabase Storage
7. **Cache**: Redis
8. **Search**: Meilisearch
### Scalability Considerations
- Start with monolithic backend, prepare for microservices
- Use message queues early for async operations
- Implement caching strategy from day one
- Design for offline-first mobile experience
- Plan for horizontal scaling with Kubernetes
### Security Priorities
- Implement end-to-end encryption for sensitive data
- Use JWT with refresh tokens
- Apply rate limiting on all endpoints
- Regular security audits with OWASP tools
- COPPA/GDPR compliance from the start