chat-app's Introduction

Chat App || Open Source

Description

A simple chat app that allows users to send messages in real-time. The features of the app include: Authentication, Sending text messages, Creating groups, Adding and removing users from group, Chat indicators such as typing.

Tech Stack

Client: React JS

Server: Node JS, Express JS

Database: Mongo DB

Clone the project

  https://github.com/KartuzGupta/Chat-App.git

Go to the project directory

  cd '.\Chat-App'

Add a .env file inside the Chat-App and keep content of the file as:

  PORT = 5000
  MONGO_URI = mongodb+srv://aatma:[email protected]/?retryWrites=true&w=majority
  JWT_SECRET = chat_app

Install dependencies

  npm install

  cd frontend/
  npm install

Start the server

  npm run start

Start the Client

  //open now terminal
  cd frontend
  npm start

Contribution

For contributing to the project, you can comment on the issues and get them assigned.
Once you are assigned the issue, give some update within 7 days so that we know that you are still working on it otherwise it will be assigned to some other person.
For any queries or suggestions, you can join the discord server and we can discuss there.
Link to discord server - https://discord.gg/QZ3nRdVf

Happy Development :)

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