A simple chat system with private messages, using Node.js and Socket.io.
Note: This project is meant for educational purposes and is not production safe.
Test it yourself with the working app on Heroku!
- Realtime user join/quit events
- Chat with everyone or private chat with a single user
- Connected users list
- Anonymous usernames
- Node.js v14
- Npm
- NVM (optional)
Modules:
- Socket.io v4
- Express v4
- Nodemon (development module)
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Clone the repository with:
$ git clone git://github.com/Fabryz/support-chat.git -
Install dependencies:
$ cd support-chat $ nvm use # only if you have NVM $ npm install -
Start the server:
$ npm run start or $ npm run start:dev -
Point your browser to
http://localhost:8080/and open some more tabs. -
Your support chat is ready!
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2022 Fabrizio Codello
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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