Chatter

Chatter is a web chat app, made for educational purposes. It enables you to:

• Sign up with 1 (or more) accounts
• Create private chatrooms, which can be shared using links
• Send encrypted text and image messages in real-time
• Delete the messages you've sent
• Upload .pdf, .docx, .xslx and many other files
• Send links to specific messages
• ... and more!

Using

Installation

This requires having Git and Node.js installed.

> git clone https://github.com/BonfireScratch/chatter
> cd chatter/server
> npm install
> cd ../client
> npm install

Running

> cd server
> npm start
> cd ../client
> npm start

Deploying the front-end

> cd client
> npm run build
> netlify deploy

Deploying the back-end

> cd server
> npm run prod

Contributing

Feel free to submit a pull request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Technologies

• React
• Tailwind
• Socket.io
• MongoDB
• Firebase Auth

The front-end is hosted on Netlify, while the back-end is deployed using Render.

License

MIT