A basic messaging app built with Express.
- Clone the repo.
- Put the host and port in the config.json file.
- Install Node.js and run
npm install
in the project directory. - Set up databases and run using
npm run first_run
. - Access the app at the URL you specified in config.json.
You can run it using npm run start
after the first run.
- Create an account (
<domain>/signup
) - You will be redirected to the messaging page, where you can send messages to other users.
- If you are not in any groups (icons on the left side) create one using the
+
button in the top left corner. - Enter the group name and members (separated by commas) and click
Create
. - Refresh the page.
- You can now send messages to the group.
- If you reload the page, you will lose the message history, except for the latest message.
- Dicebear for the avatars.