Explore Echo: Open-Source Java Community Platform & Deployment Guide

Project Overview

Echo is an open‑source community system that integrates front‑end and back‑end, built on a mainstream Java web stack (Spring Boot, MyBatis, MySQL, Redis, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Spring Security, etc.). It provides modules such as posts, comments, private messages, system notifications, likes, follows, search, user settings and data statistics.

Core Technology Stack

Backend components:

Spring, Spring Boot 2.1.5, Spring MVC

MyBatis (ORM)

MySQL 5.7

Redis

Caffeine (local cache)

Kafka 2.13‑2.7.0

Elasticsearch 6.4.3

Spring Security

Spring Mail

Spring Quartz

SLF4J + Logback

Frontend components:

Thymeleaf

Bootstrap 4.x

jQuery

Ajax

Development Environment

OS: Windows 10

Build tool: Apache Maven

IDE: IntelliJ IDEA

Application server: Apache Tomcat

API testing: Postman

Load testing: Apache JMeter

Version control: Git

Java version: 8

Local Run & Configuration

Prepare Java 8, MySQL 5.7, Redis, Kafka, and Elasticsearch. Modify application-develop.properties and logback-spring-develop.xml to match your local settings (database connection, mail SMTP, Kafka consumer group, Elasticsearch cluster name, Qiniu storage, log path, etc.). Start MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch and Kafka before launching the application.

Database Initialization

Create a database named greatecommunity and execute the SQL scripts provided in the sql folder to create the required tables.

Deployment Architecture

Demo Screenshots

Various UI screenshots illustrate the post list, login page, password reset, posting, post details and reply features.

Open‑Source Repository

The source code can be obtained by scanning the QR code below or visiting the provided link.