Chat Server

Supports

• Linux (debian 11)
• macOS (13.6.1)

Description

I always wanted to make a chat server. I want to make the experience easy such that people that want to chat can just use nc or telnet

Usage

Lobby:

Chatroom:

• launch
  • as server: chat server
  • as client: chat -ip4 <server's ip address>
• for help, enter help command

Protocol

• Handshake
  • Server and Client exchange information
• Message exchange
• Termination
  • User intending to leave will notify all users on server that they are leaving

Development

• Dependencies
  • create an external folder at the base of the repo and clone these repos
    • https://github.com/BrandonMFong/libs
• Environment
  • make - build tool
  • g++ - compiler
  • vim - file editor
• Supported OS
  • Linux (debian)
  • macOS (arm64)