NovaChat, A Web 3.0 Chat Application

• IPFS-Based Chat using Gossipsub Protocol (https://research.protocol.ai/blog/2019/a-new-lab-for-resilient-networks-research/PL-TechRep-gossipsub-v0.1-Dec30.pdf)

Usages

Before accessing NovaChat features, you can either run or build the program. You can read more about it here: https://blog.devgenius.io/go-build-vs-go-run-baa3da9715cc

Change working directory

Change your working directory to Nova-chat project directory:
cd Nova-chat

Running the program

To run the program with default parameters, use the following command:
go run .

Building the program

To build and run the program, output to novachat:
go build -o novachat
./novachat

Showing help menu

To show parameters:
go run . -h

Advanced Usage

Running with custom nickname

To run the program with a custom nickname of Jason Bourne:
go run . -nick=JasonBourne

Running with custom topic name

To run the program with a custom topic name of watermelonbananas:
go run . -topic=watermelonbananas

Running with HTTP (only for web-ui, HTTP instead of HTTPS)

go run . -http

Novachat user interfaces (UI)

Novachat offers 2 user interfaces, one terminal-based and one web-based.

Web-UI

The web interface can be run using the following command:
go run . --webui

Default Webpage

Webpage with peers

Terminal-UI

The terminal interface (default) can be run using the following command:
go run .