chatio-server

Simple node.js chat service using socket.io and redis datastore. Currently accepts client connections from chatio-client.

Requirements

Installation

If you have a git or a github account:

$ git clone https://github.com/0xception/chatio-server.git
$ cd chatio-server
$ npm install

Configuration

Check out the settings in config/config.js.

Usage

Once chatio-server has been installed to a dir simply run the server using node app.js. If you'd like to daemonize the server into a nice little multi-process service try using pm2.

PM2 Service (Optional)

$ npm install -g pm2
$ pm2 start -i max app.js

Features

Multi user (what would a single user chat look like?)
Multiple chat rooms
Redis backend store for users and room (not presistant)
Clustering safe (pm2 for auto clustering)
Whisper/private message support

TODO

Binary wrapper using commander.js for easier startup
Split apart socket.io transport layer and application layer
Implement amqp to communicate with applicaiton layer
~~Testing framework using mocha~~