PocketChat is a real-time chat application demo built using Pocketbase (a lightweight backend solution) and Svelte (a modern frontend framework). This demo app showcases how you can create a simple yet functional chat system using a combination of powerful technologies, while being deployed on a $5 Linode server for an affordable yet performant solution.
Features Real-time messaging (using WebSockets) User authentication via Pocketbase Basic chat room functionality Modern, fast, and reactive UI built with Svelte Deployed to a low-cost Linode server Why Pocketbase & Svelte? Pocketbase provides a simple backend with built-in real-time data synchronization, authentication, and file storage. It allows developers to quickly prototype applications without needing to set up an entire server-side stack. Svelte offers a minimalistic approach to building web applications by compiling your components into efficient JavaScript at build time, rather than using a virtual DOM like other frameworks. This results in fast, lightweight, and highly responsive applications.
Follow these instructions to set up the project locally.
To run this project locally, you will need:
Node.js (v14.x or higher) Pocketbase (self-hosted or cloud version) npm (Node Package Manager)
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.