Ralph is a chat app built with Meteor. I built this app at the end of 2013 to help me learn Meteor. Please note that this was my first Meteor app, and I didn't necessarily know what I was doing at the time. Basically, best practices were not always followed, there will be bugs, yada yada.
- Meteor >= v0.9.4
- Install meteor with "curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh".
- Clone the Ralph repository, and change into the new directory.
- Run "./meteor.sh run".
- Visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser to Sign Up and explore the app!
- Responsive design, works on mobile and desktop.
- Local channels automatically figure out where you are, and create a local chat room for you and anybody else in the radius shown on the local map.
- Global channels let you create chat rooms for any topic.
- Themed channels.
- Flag messages.
- iOS version, add images to your messages.
- iOS version, toggle push notifications on/off on a per channel basis.
Ralph can be run as an iOS app, and includes a number of features that take advantage of native hardware. Check out the PhoneGap app at https://github.com/marbemac/ralph-mobile.
Create an issue or hit me up on Twitter @marbemac if you have questions.