CLI Chat

CLI Chat is a multithreaded chat server that allows multiple clients to connect simultaneously and exchange messages in real-time.

Features

• A group chat simulation of clients connected on the same network.
• Supports multiple clients.
• Private messaging

Available commands

1. View - View all connected users.
   • usage: /view
2. Whisper - Private message other connected clients.
   • Example usage: /whisper 29 Hello James 29 is the uid of the user you want to message privately.

Installation steps

1. • Fork the repo
   • Clone the repo to your local machine git clone https://github.com/codedmachine111/cli-chat.git
   • Change current directory cd cli-chat

2. Compile the source code:

make all

4. How to run

• Run the server code on a machine.

./server

• Run the client code on any other machine or the same machine (different terminal tab/window).

./client

Note

If you are running the server and client of different machines, modify the SERVER_IP_ADDRESS macro in both client and server files to the public IP-address of the machine running the server code. (ifconfig it)

Contribution

Contributions are welcome! If you have any suggestions, improvements, or bug fixes, please submit a pull request or open an issue on the GitHub repository.