How does the recommendation engine work?

Collaborative filtering identifies users with similar listening patterns and recommends tracks those users enjoy. Content-based filtering also matches tracks by genre, BPM, key, and mood to the user's history.

How are royalties calculated?

Each month, eligible streams (past 30 seconds) by paid subscribers receive a higher rate pool share than free-tier streams. Track royalty = (eligible streams / total platform streams) × royalty pool × ownership percentage.

How do offline downloads work?

Premium subscribers download DRM-encrypted tracks for offline playback. Encrypted files expire if the premium subscription lapses for more than 30 days. The app checks subscription status at each open.

Media & Content

Build a Music Streaming Platform with AI - in Hours

ProjectCode generates a complete, production-ready Music Streaming Platform from a single natural language prompt. In hours instead of months, you get a React frontend, NestJS REST API, PostgreSQL database, and authentication - fully integrated, live-previewed, and deployed to a URL you own.

Estimated build time: 2–4 hours

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The Challenge

Why building a Music Streaming from scratch is hard

Building a Music Streaming Platform from scratch requires months of development time and significant engineering resources. Teams struggle to coordinate frontend, backend, database, and authentication while managing music streaming-specific business logic, integrations, and role-based access rules.

What's Included

Everything your Music Streaming needs

ProjectCode generates a production-ready Music Streaming with all the modules your team needs from day one.

Music catalog with artist, album, and track management

User playlists with collaborative sharing

Adaptive bitrate audio streaming

Recommendation engine based on listening history

Podcast integration with episode management

Social following and listening activity feeds

Royalty calculation and artist payout management

Stream analytics per track

Architecture

How it's built

The generated Music Streaming follows production-grade architecture patterns.

React 18 + TypeScript frontend with role-based dashboards tailored for music streaming workflows

NestJS REST API with dedicated music streaming modules, DTOs, validators, and service layer

PostgreSQL relational schema with normalized tables for all music streaming entities

JWT + Google OAuth authentication with granular permission gates per role

Real-time Socket.IO events for live music streaming status updates and notifications

Managed hosting with one-click deploy, custom domain, and auto-SSL

Database

PostgreSQL schema designed for Music Streaming

ProjectCode generates a normalized, indexed PostgreSQL schema with the right tables and relationships for your use case. You own the schema and can evolve it freely.

tracks (id, title, artist_id, album_id, duration_seconds, file_url, genre jsonb, isrc, workspace_id)
plays (id, track_id, user_id, started_at, duration_played_seconds, source)
playlists (id, user_id, name, is_public, tracks jsonb, followers_count)
royalty_periods (id, month, year, artist_id, streams, rate_per_stream, payout_amount, status)

schema.sql (preview)

-- Generated by ProjectCode
-- Music Streaming Platform schema

CREATE TABLE tracks__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

CREATE TABLE plays__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

CREATE TABLE playlists__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

CREATE TABLE royalty_periods__id (
  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
  updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
  -- ... auto-generated columns
);

Tech Stack

Production-ready from day one

Every generated app uses a battle-tested stack you can deploy anywhere and own completely.

Frontend

React 18 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS

Backend

NestJS 10 + Node.js + TypeScript

Database

PostgreSQL (managed or Supabase)

Auth

Email OTP · Google OAuth · GitHub OAuth

Deployment

Managed hosting · Custom domain · Auto-SSL

AI Models

Claude Sonnet · Claude Opus · Kimi

Try It Now

Example prompt to get started

Copy this prompt into ProjectCode and get a working app in minutes.

ProjectCode prompt

Build a music streaming platform for an indie label with 5,000 tracks. Include a music catalog with artist and album pages, user library with playlists, adaptive bitrate streaming, a recommendation engine using collaborative filtering, podcast hosting, social follow feeds, premium subscription removing ads, offline downloads, and an artist dashboard showing stream counts and monthly royalty statements.

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Deployment

Deploy your Music Streaming anywhere

Managed hosting

One-click deploy to a live URL managed by ProjectCode.

Custom domain

Connect your own domain with auto-provisioned SSL via Cloudflare.

GitHub export

Push to your GitHub repo and self-host or deploy via Vercel, Railway, or AWS.

Docker ready

Export a Dockerfile and docker-compose for any containerized environment.

Pricing

Start free, scale as you grow

No per-seat fees. No vendor lock-in. Token-based pricing that scales with your usage.

Free

Start building your first app. Live preview, managed hosting, and full code export included.

Token Packs

From $5

Purchase token packs that roll over every month. Build more, pay only for what you use.

Enterprise

Custom

Custom models, SLA, SSO, and private cloud deployment for large teams.

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FAQ

Common questions about building a Music Streaming

Audio is encoded at multiple bitrates (96/160/320kbps). The player monitors available bandwidth and switches quality automatically, buffering lower bitrate on slow connections and upgrading on fast connections.

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