Skychat

Skychat is a basic encrypted messaging system, where clients connect to server via tcp.

Skychat in action : ( Click to view video demo )

Features

• Clients connect to server via tcp
• Command-line based
• Light weight : low on system resources.

Installation

The application is madeup of a single binary so to get it running :

1. Download binary
2. Grant access : chmod +x skychat
3. Execute it ( default address ) : ./skychat
4. Execute it ( custom address ) : ./skychat -addr :1313

That's all !

See releases for available packages.

Building the project

1. Install Go
2. Clone or fork this repository.
3. Open the directory with this repo's contents.
4. Run the command : go build ( this should create a new file within the present working directory ).
5. Finally, you can run the executable : ./skychat. This should start the server at :8080 (default).
6. connect to this server using telnet : enter following command into a commandline while server is running.
7. telnet localhost 8080

Sky Chat Commands :

Usage : /<command> [arguments]

• name : Specify your name.
• list : List connected users.
• join : Specify message recepient.
• msg : Send message to recepient.
• quit : Exit Skychat.
• help : List help commands.

How long it took ?

It took close to 10 hours to finish the task completely including researching, coding, documenting and everything else.