/SimpleChat

SimpleChat is created with Channels, WebSockets, and Javascript as frontend. The project is inspired by the django-allauth battery-loaded authentication system. The initial idea is to create a simple way to add chatting functionality to any Django project.

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SimpleChat

Introduction

SimpleChat is created with Channels, WebSockets, and Javascript as frontend. The project is inspired by the django-allauth battery-loaded authentication system. The initial idea is to create a simple way to add chatting functionality to any Django project. The project's core idea is for it to be as simple as possible, hence the name simplechat.

What problem was solved?

There is no library which allows easy addition for chatting system for Django. If you are interested in customizablity, battery loaded chatting system, which is free and open source, then SimpleChat is for you.

Installation

Installation with PIP

pip install django-simplechat

Features

  1. Private chat
  2. Customizable datetime
  3. Customizable message

Documentation

There is the settings.py, templates and JS you can customize. It is a matter of overriding the files you want to customize.

DATETIME_FORMAT

Go to settings, change or add the DATETIME_FORMAT variable to change the time. More information is here, DATETIME_FORMAT and DATE.