anonymized-console-chat

The Anonymized Console Chat application is a lightweight chat platform that allows users to create custom chat groups and engage in real-time text conversations with others within the same group. With this application, users can define their own group names, making it easy to chat with friends, colleagues, or like-minded individuals, all within a simple and intuitive console interface.

Key Features:

Create Custom Groups: Users have the flexibility to create their own chat groups, defining group names that suit their specific interests or communities.
Real-Time Messaging: Enjoy real-time text messaging with other users who join the same group, making it ideal for instant communication and collaboration.
Cross-Platform Compatibility: This application can be run on various platforms, making it accessible to a wide range of users as it only requires java jdk to execute.
Open Source: The application is open source, enabling customization and integration into other projects.

Setting up:

Install java:

For Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install openjdk-17-jdk

For CentOS:

sudo yum update && sudo yum install java-11-openjdk

Clone the repository:
- Open your terminal or command prompt and navigate to the directory you want to store the chat application.
- Clone the repository using git.
```
git clone https://github.com/shah-codex/anonymized-console-chat.git
```
- Navigate inside the cloned repository.
```
cd anonymized-console-chat
```
Compile the sources:
- Using javac compiling the java files.
```
javac client/*.java server/*.java
```
Starting up the server:
- Starting the server by executing the server/Main.class file.
```
cd server && java Main
```
Starting up the client:
- Connecting a client to the server by executing client/Client.class.
```
cd client && java Client
```
Optional: Setting up the chat cleanup:
- Creating a cron job that executes every 15 minutes and cleans up the chat that were older than 15 minutes.
- Making cleanup files executable.
```
chmod +x server/*.sh
```
- Execute the following command to edit the cron file.
```
crontab -e
```
- Append following line to end of the file. This will execute the cleanup.sh file every 15 minutes.
```
*/15  *  *  *  *  /<absolute-path-to>/anonymized-console-chat/server/cleanup.sh
```

Screenshots:

Customization:

Feel free to modify the current code to further customize the functionality and behavior of the simulation to suit your needs.

License:

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0. You can find the full text of the license in the LICENSE file within this repository.