CineCensus

Create movie polls and vote with friends. Search movies, choose a voting method, share a link, and decide what to watch together.

Features

• Instant movie search - Search 100K+ titles locally with IMDb ratings, plus OMDb fallback
• 4 voting methods:
  • Approval - Vote for all movies you'd watch
  • Single vote - Pick your one favorite
  • Ranked choice - Instant runoff voting
  • Rating - 1-5 stars, median wins
• Bulk paste - Add multiple movies at once (comma or newline separated)
• Shareable links - No accounts needed
• Dark mode - System preference or toggle
• Privacy-first - Cookie-based voting, no tracking

Quick Start

1. Install dependencies

pnpm install

2. Set up Supabase

1. Create a project at supabase.com
2. Run the migration: supabase/migrations/001_initial_schema.sql
3. Copy your project URL and anon key

3. Get OMDb API key

Sign up at omdbapi.com (free tier: 1000 requests/day)

4. Configure environment

Create .dev.vars for local development:

PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=https://your-project.supabase.co
PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=your-anon-key
OMDB_API_KEY=your-omdb-key

5. Run locally

pnpm dev

Deployment

Deploy to Cloudflare Workers:

pnpm run build
npx wrangler deploy

Set secrets (not in wrangler.toml):

npx wrangler secret put PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL
npx wrangler secret put PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY
npx wrangler secret put OMDB_API_KEY

Updating Movie Data

The search index uses IMDb's public datasets. To update:

npx tsx scripts/update-imdb-data.ts

This downloads the latest IMDb data, filters to top 100K titles by popularity, and rebuilds the MiniSearch index.

Tech Stack

• SvelteKit (Svelte 5)
• shadcn-svelte
• Tailwind CSS v4
• Supabase
• Cloudflare Workers
• OMDb API
• MiniSearch

License

MIT