chitchat

chitchat is a simple text-based chat application that utilizes the netty.io libarary

Mac/Linux

Installation

Use git to install chitchat.

git clone https://github.com/pmwarner/chitchat.git
cd chitchat
bash compile

Server Usage

bash runServer

To run the server on a different port (default 8080), use the following instead:

bash runServer <port>

Client Usage

bash runClient <username> [<host> <port>]

Host defaults to localhost and port defaults to 8080. To send messages, type them and hit enter.

Windows

Instructions will (probably) be added at a later date. Until then, either figure it out yourself or use the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

License

Apache 2.0 License