Term-chat is a simple server and client npm package that allows users to send and receive messages in the terminal. It can be opened as an interactive chat client, or used as a command to send a single message.
Perhaps the most useful feature is the ability to pipe in messages to quickly send ssh-keys, tokens, urls, or whatever you need to your coding buddies and teammates.
npm install -g term-chat
# Server Mode
termchat --server
# Client Mode
termchat --host http://localhost
Run termchat --help for all options.
While this project remains small, I am running a default server at http://alexrowe.net.
Just run termchat to connect! (Don't post any sensitive information...)
Example output (real output is colored!):
$ termchat -h localhost
connected to http://localhost:2797/
channel: general
users in channel: punky, alex
user connected: alex
alex: hello!
punky: hi
Term-chat can have input piped into it or have a message as a paramter like so:
cat id_rsa.pub | termchat
# Or
termchat $(cat id_rsa.pub)This way, you can easliy whip those credentials over to your inpatient colleague.
To run a server, use the --server option. Port can be changed with --port
Term-chat has support for channels / rooms and user names.
termchat -c my_cool_channel -u my_fun_nameIf you want to display recent messages in some other app, you can try
curl http://<my-server>:2797/json/<channel_name>/<message_count>
and it will return a json structure of recent messages.
Quite liberal. Go ahead, use this repository to commit atrocious crimes.