42Chat

Socket based, event-triggered chat sever & Ncurses client.

Client Features

• Interactive NCurses Interface
• Event-triggered redraw
• Auto-reconnect

Server Features

• Strong and fast event-triggered foundation
• Reacts accordingly to all client commands dependent on client state
• Chat with n clients at a time
• Rooms containing unique chat sessions simultaneously
• Create or join rooms
• Each room supports n clients
• Private messages engine
• Disable notifications if client needs it

You can build this project on MacOS, Ubuntu/Debian, Android.

Copilation:

• bash ./configure.sh
• make

Execution:

• If you want to start your own chat server:
  • ./chat_server
  • ./42chat [YOUR_IP_ADDRESS]
• If you want to chat in the my dedicated server:
  • ./42chat 91.203.25.95

Tested systems:

• MacOS High Sierra
• Ubuntu 16.04 & 18.04
• Android 7.0 & 8.1