This is a WebSockets based webchat server with a simple static HTML browser client. You can join chatrooms or create new ones. Everything is connected via a JSON API, so external clients are also possible.
Updated to run in a container.
- Linux 2.6 or newer
- C++11 compliant compiler
- SQLite3 (plans to change to Postgres)
- CMake 3.1.0 or newer
- GNU Make or equivalent
- WebSocket++ 0.7.0
- JSON for Modern C++
- Asio
These dependencies are located in "external/" and are included in the repository or fetched with git.
Create a build directory, for example with mkdir build. Run cmake .. in the build directory to create makefiles. Build with make.
Run webchat-server. You must run in the build directory so that the application can create databases and find index.html.
Change the port with the -p or --port switch. The default port is 80.
Display help message or version string with -h|--help or -V|--version respectively.
Shut down the application with either ctrl+c or by sending a SIGINT signal, for example using htop or killall -s 2 webchat-server. The server will catch the signal and terminate cleanly.
This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License 2. External software in the "external/" directory is licensed under their respective licenses.
Although this program should be safe from SQL injections or cross-site scripting attacks, it comes with no guarantee. The creator(s) of this software are not liable for any harm the user may experience.