lanchat
A LAN chatting program in python based on goodwill. It does not need a special server setup. Install on clients and just run. Only tested on python3.x
Things you should know
- No selecting a server( finds it on it's own)
- New server selected if current goes down
- Printing is wierd ( Can someone help me fix it?)
- No encryption (boo)
- No protection against DOS
- Picks your username from the shell (you can use any username using --name )
- It's pseudo-distributed . It actually uses a server-client model of communication but does so in a manner that everyone just ends up seeing the client.
Note : In case the chat does not run check that you are allowed to do UDP broadcast on the network.
Install
$ virtualenv -p python3 env
$ source enb/bin/activate
$ pip install lanchat
How to use
$ lanchat
$ lanchat --version
$ lanchat -c
$ lanchat -a 'notify-send LANCHAT_message'
$ lanchat -n 'username'
$ lanchat -c for the coloured version of the software.
