C-Chat

A C-based chat system

Table of content

• Releases
• Building
• Running
• Features

Releases

Releases of the client and the server can be found in releases tab.

Version	Multiple clients support (2+)	Parallel messages sending/receiving	File exchange support	Rooms
v1.0.0	❌	❌	❌	❌
v2.0.0	❌	✅	❌	❌
v3.0.0	✅	✅	❌	❌
v4.0.0	✅	✅	✅	❌
v5.0.0	✅	✅	✅	✅

Building manually

• Use CMake
• Using gcc
  • Unix : gcc -lpthread src/client/** src/common/** -o client and gcc -lpthread src/client/** src/common/** -o server
  • Windows : gcc src/client/** src/common/** -o client and gcc src/client/** src/common/** -o server

Running

Start server binary then client binary.

• Unix : ./server then ./client
• Windows : server.exe then client.exe

Features

Commands

You can use commands on client, here are the available commands :

• /nick <new_username> : defines your new username
• /file <send | receive>
  • /file send <filename> : sends the file with the given name to other clients of the room
  • /file receive <file_id> : receives the file with the given id (file sent by a client)
• /quit : quits the server
• /room <create | join | leave | list>
  • /room create <name> <description> : creates a room with the given name and the given description
  • /room join <name> : joins the room with the given name
  • /room leave : leaves the room you're currently in
  • /room list : list all existing rooms