Chatmate

Chat app using MERN and Socket.io

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Features

• Real Time Message sending using socket.io
• Secure communication with JWT and Bcryptjs authentication. Ensured privacy, user authenticity, and information protection in the chat application.
• Group chat as well as one-to-one chat functionality
• Real Time Notifications

Tech Stack

• MERN
• Socket.io
• ChakraUI
• React-Lottie
• JSON Web token
• Bcryptjs

Required Environment Variables

VARIABLE	Sample value
MONGO_URI	mongodb://localhost/chatroom
JWT_SECRET	****
NODE_ENV	production

Installation Instructions

1. Install Node.js
2. Install npm
3. If you plan to use a local instance of MongoDB database, install MongoDB atlas.
4. Clone this github repo.
5. In the local project directory, create a new file called ".env".
6. Setup the environment variables as described above.
7. Open the local project directory in a terminal, and run: npm install.

Available Scripts

In the project directory, you can run:

cd client

npm run start

Runs the front-end client app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.

cd server

nodemon index.js

Runs the back-end server app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:5000 to view it in the browser. Please note that the server requires an active instance of the MongoDB database. Either provide a MongoDB atlas link in the URI environment variable, or use a local database, by placing its DATABASE in the same.

Application Screenshots

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