PrivChat

PrivChat is a small, self-hostable chat server that runs out of the terminal and communicates using websockets. It's not anything particularly great, but it works and that's pretty cool. There's some slash commands too.

This repo only has the client code. You'll need the server code, found at privchat-server

Features

• Terminal-based chat
• Non-unique "usernames" and no permanent accounts - it's all temporary
• Data is only stored in memory when being used, all gone when closed
• Tableflips, shrugs, unflips and other handy slash commands
• Built with websockets, super easy to hack and modify for your needs

Setup

First, you'll need a server. Install the privchat-server package, and start a server:

npm install privchat-server --global

privchat-server
// => Opened server on port 8080

Note that you can change the prefix if needed:

privchat-server --port 80
// => Opened server on port 80

Next, you can install the privchat-client package:

npm install privchat-client --global

Now, you're ready to start the client:

privchat

Clients can connect using the public IP or localhost with the server port, omitting the ws:// prefix (as this is added by the client).

Bugs

• Chat doesn't scroll or scale properly just yet
• Terminal resizing ruins message positioning

Credits

PrivTalk makes use of terminal-kit, ora and figures for terminal styling, ws and random-id for back-end work, and clear for handy cross platform clearing.

License

(c) 2020 ThatTonybo. Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.