SAMA - Simple but Advanced Messaging Alternative - Client app

Overview

This is a frontend demo app for the SAMA server https://github.com/SAMA-Communications/sama-server

Read a complete medium post Introducing SAMA about what is SAMA and what problems we are trying to solve with it https://medium.com/sama-communications/introducing-sama-simple-but-advanced-messaging-alternative-chat-server-524a532e2040

Public cloud

The whole SAMA stack can be tested using https://app.samacloud.io public cloud.

Development

To run Web

• Make sure you followed SAMA server Development guide first https://github.com/SAMA-Communications/sama-server/blob/main/README.md#development
• Copy .env.example to .env.
• generate VAPID keys via npx web-push generate-vapid-keys and set Public Key to REACT_APP_PUBLIC_VAPID_KEY in .env file
• npm install to install dependencies
• npm run start to run server
• access http://localhost:3000 in your browser

There are also other components. Make sure to check Deploying SAMA chat server stack: a comprehensive guide

To run iOS and Android

Preparations

• In order to develop any application with Capacitor, you will need NodeJS 18 or higher installed
• Follow https://capacitorjs.com/docs/getting-started/environment-setup#ios-requirements guide to make sure you meet iOS requirements
• Follow https://capacitorjs.com/docs/getting-started/environment-setup#android-requirements guide to make sure you meet Android requirements

How to run

• Copy .env.example to .env (use REACT_APP_SOCKET_CONNECT=wss://api.samacloud.io/ to connect to PROD live env)
• Run npm run capacitor:build
• To run ios: npm run ios or android: npm run android

Community and Support

Join our community for support and discussions:

• GitHub Issues - SAMA server, GitHub Issues - SAMA client
• SAMA on Medium
• Get help - Discord 💬

License

MIT

Help us!

Any thoughts, feedback is welcome! Please create a GitHub issue for any feedback you have.

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