Science Live Platform (sc-platform)

Transform Research into Connected Knowledge

Overview

Science Live is a platform that enables researchers to publish structured, machine-readable research claims as nanopublications, facilitating reproducible science and knowledge graph building.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React on Cloudflare Pages (Free tier)
• Backend: Node.js/Express on Fly.io (Free tier)
• Database: PostgreSQL on Supabase Frankfurt (Free tier)
• Authentication: ORCID OAuth2

Project Structure

sc-platform/ ├── frontend/ # React frontend (Cloudflare Pages) ├── backend/ # Node.js API (Fly.io) ├── database/ # DB migrations and seeds └── docs/ # Documentation

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• npm or yarn
• Git
• GitHub account
• Cloudflare account (free)
• Fly.io account (free)
• Supabase account (free)

Local Development

# Install frontend dependencies
cd frontend && npm install

# Install backend dependencies
cd ../backend && npm install

# Run locally (from root)
npm run dev

Deployment

Frontend (Cloudflare Pages)

• Automatic deployment from GitHub main branch
• Build command: npm run build
• Output directory: frontend/dist

Backend (Fly.io)

• Deploy using Fly CLI: fly deploy
• Region: EU (Frankfurt/Amsterdam)

Database (Supabase)

• Region: Frankfurt (eu-central-1)
• Connection via Supabase client library

License

MIT