/node-chat

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Node Chat

This is an application for chat built with node.js and Express.


Features

  • Material Design Interface
  • Emoji functionality
  • User @mention capability
  • Private message exchange
  • Message removal (for admins)
  • Power to kick/ban users (for admins)

There are 3 admin levels:

  • Helper: Can remove chat messages
  • Moderator: The above plus the power to kick and ban users
  • Administrator: All the above plus broadcast global alerts and promote/demote users

Usage

After you clone this repo to your desktop, go to its root directory and run npm install to install its dependencies.

Once the dependencies are installed, you can run npm start to start the application. You will then be able to access it at localhost:3000

To give yourself administrator permissions on the chat, you will have to type /role [your-name] in the app console.