🐺 Explora.ai

Explora.ai is a full-stack AI-powered travel planner that helps users create personalized and optimized itineraries. It leverages multiple LangGraph nodes to generate structured travel plans, ensuring the best recommendations based on user preferences, travel days, and radius. The application uses MongoDB to store user information and itineraries, Express and FastAPI for backend endpoints, Clerk for authentication, and Next.js for a responsive, interactive frontend experience.

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Technologies used

Component Overview	Name	Primary Function	Key Tools
Component-1	Frontend	Responsive and interactive user interface	Next.js, TailwindCSS, React Icons, Clerk
Component-2	Backend API	Handles itinerary requests and user interactions	FastAPI, Express, Python
Component-3	Authentication	User account creation and login	Clerk
Component-4	Database	Store user info and itineraries	MongoDB
Component-5	AI Planner	Generate structured travel plans based on user input	LangGraph
Component-6	Integration	Connect frontend and backend seamlessly	Axios, REST APIs
Component-7	Deployment	Hosting and running the full-stack app	Vercel (frontend), Render (backend)

Folder structure

🛠 Installation

1. Clone the Repository

git clone git@github.com:jenasuraj/Explora.git
cd Explora

2. Set up frontend

npm install
npm run dev
Next.js server will run at http://localhost:3001

3. set up backend

cd backend
python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn main:app --reload
FastAPI server will run at http://127.0.0.1:8000