CChat

Tested on Ubuntu 24.04 with X86 64 architecture.

Cloning the Repository

git clone https://github.com/JManion32/cchat.git

Connecting to the Live Server

There are 2 client platforms available:

Browser client:

https://cchat.fun/

Native GUI Client:

Create a .env file in /bin/linux and add:

CCHAT_SERVER_HOST=cchat.fun

Configuring Locally

The server runs on port 5000. You can connect locally with either of the clients.

Browser client:

Create a .env file in /client_site and add:

VITE_GATEWAY_URL=ws://localhost:8080

Native GUI Client:

Create a .env file in /bin/linux and add:

CCHAT_SERVER_IP=127.0.0.1

Running Locally

React Website Client

cd gateway
npm install
node gateway.js

cd client_site
npm install
npm run dev

Server and Native GUI on Linux

Make the client GUI and server (root dir):

make

Cleanup .o files and executables from previous makes (root dir):

make clean

Make the native client GUI only:

make -C client_gui

Make the server only:

make -C server

Executables for the native GUI client and the server are found in bin/linux, and run with:

./server
./client

Running on Windows

Though you may see conditional code execution that accomodates both Windows and Linux socket and threading libraries, it is incomplete. Only the React website client is currently supported on Windows.