ChatGambit is a modern and scalable chat application built using NestJS, TypeScript, React, websockets, Casl, Zod, and Tailwind. It provides real-time full-duplex communication with a range of capabilities, including user authentication, group creation, and advanced security features.
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Real-Time Communication: 📡 ChatGambit enables real-time, full-duplex communication between users, making it ideal for chat applications and collaborative environments.
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Group Chat: 👥 Users can join existing chat groups or create their own, allowing for flexible and organized conversations.
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Admin Controls: 👑 Administrators have the ability to kick users from chat groups to maintain order and manage discussions.
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Persistent Data 📅 Room and user data persist for active rooms, ensuring a continuous, real-time experience.
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Rate Limiting: ⏳ To prevent abuse, ChatGambit includes rate limiting functionality to control the number of messages sent within a specific time frame.
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Message Acknowledgement: ✉️ Messages sent through ChatGambit include acknowledgement to confirm successful delivery.
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CASL Attribute-Based Authorization: 🔐 ChatGambit leverages CASL for attribute-based authorization, that define fine-grained permissions and access control for users.
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End-to-End Validation with Zod: ✅ Zod ensures robust end-to-end validation, helping to maintain data integrity throughout the application.
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Backend:
- NestJS
- TypeScript
- Postgress SQL
- Prisma ORM
- Docker & Docker Compose
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Frontend:
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
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Websockets for real-time communication
The application is hosted behind an Nginx reverse proxy to enhance security and routing capabilities.
To get started with ChatGambit, follow these steps:
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/NitinJuyal1610/ChatGambit - Navigate to the project directory:
cd chatgambit - Build and run the docker container
docker compose up