Short Video Social
React Native template
A full-stack short-form video social app with a swipeable feed, video recording, drafts, comments, and follows. Built on Expo and React Native with a Supabase backend powering videos, engagement, and user profiles.
React Native•
Expo•
TypeScriptProduction screens.
Light and dark.
Each flow vetted by senior designers. Each interaction motion-tuned with Reanimated. No AI-looking gradients.
Three production layers.
One repository.
React Native + Expo
- →Screens designed light & dark
- →NativeWind + Reanimated motion
- →Expo Router file-based nav
- →Push notifications wired
- →EAS build ready
Supabase DB
- →Supabase default · Drizzle/Neon adapters
- →Auth + storage + realtime + edge
- →RLS on every table
- →Schema + migrations + seed
- →Typed contracts at every boundary
BYOK AI + provider plug-ins
- →Provider-agnostic AI layer
- →Streaming + tool use + retries
- →Stripe SDK ready (where relevant)
- →Token accounting helpers
- →No keys in client bundle
Hand the repo to
your agent.
Ship features in hours.
The architecture is mapped in CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, and .cursorrules so any agent — Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor — knows where things live.
- ✓Slash commands shipped: /add-screen, /swap-backend, /audit-security
- ✓Payment + map + auth + AI providers behind abstractions
- ✓Domain logic documented as state machines and diagrams
- ✓Every API call has a typed contract and a test
Short Video Social,
fully wired.
Vertical short-video feed
Endless 9:16 video feed with creator avatars, captions, sounds, and inline like / comment / save / share controls.
Comments, likes, and follows
TanStack Query mutations for posting comments and following creators, with cache invalidation across feed, profile, and inbox.
Discover with hashtags and sounds
Trending hashtag + sound detail pages, top-creators leaderboard, and a dedicated search screen with creator and video filters.
Creator profile and drafts
Profile with grid / liked / saved tabs, follower & following lists, profile editor, drafts queue, and a stylised in-app recorder UI.
The audit we ship
with every release.
We don’t say “secure” and hope. Every release goes through a written checklist, and we ship the checklist with the code. Here’s what gets verified before a build leaves our hands.
- No API keys in client bundlescanned
- RLS policy on every tableall tables
- Provider secrets in edge functions only
- Webhook signatures verified
- Rate limiting on auth + critical endpoints
- PII fields encrypted at rest
- File uploads in private buckets
- Chat moderation on incoming messages
- OWASP mobile top-10 reviewed
- Dependencies pinned + npm audit clean
~310 engineering
hours, already paid for.
A senior React Native engineer at $120/hr writing this from scratch — and getting security right — costs ~$37,000.
From repo to App Store in four steps.
- 01
Download & Install
Clone the repository and install dependencies with a single command.
- 02
Customize
Update colors, fonts, and assets to match your brand.
- 03
Connect Backend
Add your backend credentials in the environment config.
- 04
Deploy
Build and submit to the App Store and Google Play.
Built by engineers.
Shipped by teams.
Feedback from engineers and teams shipping production apps on AppLighter templates.
Had a working MVP in front of beta users within a week. The entire backend was already wired up, so I just focused on customizing the UI and plugging in my API keys. Weeks of work, done.
A client needed a proof-of-concept for an AI product by Friday. We grabbed the template Monday morning, swapped in their branding, and demoed a fully working app in 3 days. They signed the contract that week.
We went from idea to App Store submission in under 3 weeks. The screens, navigation, and components were all there. We just connected our backend and started onboarding users. Saved us at least 2 months of design and frontend work.
One purchase. Yours forever.
Pick the license that matches how you ship.
Questions about the Short Video Social template
What is included?
Is this compatible with Expo?
Can I customize the branding?
Do you provide support?
Ship your short video social app
in days.
Production screens. Real backend. Security-audited. Your agent will thank you.