A Python script that can be copied to as many machines as needed and allow basic chat functionality between machines.
Built using Python builtin modules only (see Requirements section for tkinter issues on MacOS)
Compatibility:
- Windows (7 Enterprise using Python 2.7.5 & 10 Home using Python 3.6.1)
- MacOS (10.12 Sierra using Python 3.5.2)
- Linux/GNU (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS using Python )
Requirements:
- Python - Python3 Recommended. Python2 is supported (see below for instructions for Unix/Linux)
- tkinter - IDLE and tkinter with Tcl/Tk on macOS
- IPv4 (IPv6 not supported)
In a Unix or Linux/GNU environment, the script tries to run with Python3
If attempting to run using Python2, Linux/Unix will require updating the first line from #!/usr/bin/env python3 to #!/usr/bin/env python
Clone or download this repository. The entire application is the single file chat.pyw
If click to run is available (Windows), double-click the script to start.
Otherwise (Unix/Linux), chat.pyw can be initialized from a terminal:
cd to directory containing chat.pyw
./chat.pyw &