m1dsolo / chat

A simple chat program

A simple chat app

This is a simple terminal chat application, written in C++ and Python.

Features

Server

• Uses CMake for project management
• Utilizes modern C++ practices

Client

• TUI client written in Python

Building

Server

To build server, you need to have CMake and a C++ compiler. Here are the steps to build:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/m1dsolo/chat.git
cd path/to/project
cmake -B build
cmake --build build -j4

This will generate the executable in the ./bin directory.

Client

Use textual for the client TUI:

pip install textual

Usage

1. server:

cd ./bin
./server 9999  # Start the server on localhost:9999

2. client

python ./client.py 192.168.1.100 9999  # Connect to the server at 192.168.1.100:9999

License

MIT © m1dsolo