<<------------------ LINK: https://vaultmate.onrender.com/ -------------------------->> 1----📂 Vault Mate – Secure Cloud Document Storage Vault Mate is a secure cloud storage platform designed for storing and managing sensitive documents like Aadhar, Passport, PAN card, Driving License, and more. It provides a simple yet powerful way to upload, preview, and retrieve documents with authentication and encryption.

2----✨ Features 🔐 User Authentication – Signup/Login with JWT-based session handling. 🛡️ Secure Access – Protected routes using middleware token verification. 📑 Document Categories – Upload and manage Aadhar, Passport, PAN, Driving License, High School, Intermediate, and custom documents. 🖼️ Image Upload & Preview – Supports uploading and previewing documents in PNG/JPEG format. 🗄️ Database Integration – Store user metadata and documents in MongoDB. ⚡ Fast Backend – Powered by Node.js and Express.js.

3----🛠️ Tech Stack --Backend-- Node.js – Runtime environment Express.js – Backend framework EJS – Template engine for rendering UI Multer – File handling and image upload middleware JWT (JSON Web Tokens) – Secure authentication Cookie Parser – Manage session cookies dotenv – Environment variable management --Database-- MongoDB – User & image storage Mongoose – MongoDB object modeling Utilities & Services Custom Save Image Service – Encodes and saves uploaded images in MongoDB CryptoJS & bcrypt (future extension) – For encryption and password security

3----⚙️ Installation & Setup

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/VaultMate.git cd VaultMate

npm install

touch .env

npm start

4----🔮 Future Improvements Mobile Application End-to-end encryption for uploaded files Role-based access control Cloud deployment with AWS S3 for storage CI/CD pipeline with Docker & Kubernetes