README.md

chat_board

Terminal chat for local network

Usage

(node js required) Download here.

git clone https://github.com/Prashant047/chat_board.git
cd chat_board
npm install

edit the client.config.json file with server's ip_address and port, and your user name: (make sure that your user name is unique)

{
    "name": "name", 
    "host": "192.168.1.14",
    "port": "8081" 
}

edit the server.config.json file. Default port is 8081 change it if you want:

{
    "port": "8081" 
}

To start the server:

node built/main.js

To connect to server as a client:

node built/client.js