1211
Overview
1211 is a browser-based digital photobooth built with Next.js — no app download, no account required, just an instant camera experience that runs entirely in the browser. Pick a film layout, snap a few frames from your webcam, drop in stickers, tweak the film color, and export a finished strip on the spot. Every part of the capture flow; the live camera feed, filters, stickers, and layout switching, runs client-side, so what shows on screen is exactly what ends up in the exported image.
Tech Stack
Framework: Next.js (App Router, Turbopack), styled with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui components for consistent, minimal UI primitives like buttons and toasts. Backend: Supabase, used for authentication (email/password login, sign-up, password reset via the Supabase SSR client) and for Storage, which serves the sticker asset packs shown on the /snap page.
Camera pipeline: the browser's native MediaDevices/getUserMedia API feeds a live video element that gets drawn to a canvas on capture, where layout, filters, and stickers are composited together before being exported as a final image. Analytics: Vercel Analytics for anonymous usage tracking. Notifications: react-hot-toast for in-app feedback (e.g. errors, confirmations).
Requirements
A modern browser with camera access support (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari) and a connected webcam or front-facing camera. No install, no account is strictly required to try the demo capture flow, though signing up enables to submit a request for feature in /request . Camera permission must be granted when prompted, or the live preview won't load.
Setup
Nothing to install as an end user — 1211 runs directly from the website. Just navigate to the /snap page and allow camera access when your browser asks.
First run
Head to the home page and click "try it now" or "get started" to jump straight into the /snap page. On first load, your browser will prompt for camera permission — accept it to see your live feed appear. From there, pick a layout, start snapping, and the finished photo strip renders immediately, ready to download or share.
Usage / Controls
- Film Layouts — switch between single frame, film strip, or polaroid-style grid layouts before or between captures
- Camera Filters — apply live filters inspired by classic film and modern aesthetics directly on the camera feed before capture
- Stickers — drag and drop stickers from the sticker panel onto your photo strip; sticker packs are pulled live from storage, so new packs can appear without a redeploy
- Film Colors — customize the background/border color of the film strip to match your mood or event theme
- Capture — snap each frame in sequence as prompted by the layout you've chosen
- Export — once all frames are captured, download the finished composited image directly to your device
Data & Privacy
Photos you capture in 1211 are not saved to the app's database or uploaded to any server. Capture and compositing happen entirely in your browser session — once you close the tab or refresh without downloading, the image is gone. Nothing is written to Supabase or any other backend as part of the capture flow; the only thing persisted server-side is the sticker asset library itself, which contains no user photos. If you want to keep a photo, download it before leaving the page.
Configuration options
All options; layout, filter, stickers, and film color, live directly in the /snap page UI and apply instantly to the live preview. There's no persistent settings file per session — every visit starts from the same defaults, so behavior stays predictable regardless of what you changed on a previous visit.
Troubleshooting
- Camera feed stays black — check that camera permission was actually granted in your browser's site settings, and that no other app or tab is currently holding the camera
- Stickers panel is empty — this pulls live from storage, so a temporary network issue or an empty sticker bucket can cause this; refreshing the page usually resolves it
- Downloaded photo looks different from the live preview — filters and stickers are composited at export time, so a slow device may briefly lag between what's shown live and what gets baked into the final export; waiting a moment after capture before downloading avoids this
- Login/reset-password issues — these flows depend on Supabase auth; if a reset link doesn't work, request a new one, since reset links expire after a short window
webapp
1211 is a web app — there's nothing to install to use it.
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