Snapp Chat

Snapp Chat is a real-time chatroom application built using Go (version 1.22.0). It leverages NATS JetStream for messaging and PostgreSQL for data storage. The project consists of a client and server, allowing users to communicate seamlessly in a chatroom environment.

Features

• Real-time messaging using NATS JetStream
• Persistent message storage with Jetstream storage
• Chat history
• Client-server architecture
• Easy to set up and run using Docker Compose

Technologies Used

• Go 1.22.0
• NATS JetStream
• PostgreSQL
• Docker & Docker Compose

Usage & Installation

• Fill the config.json files for both client and server. You can check the samples in each directory.
• Download the client from releases page
• Run the server using docker-compose -f server-docker-compose.yml up in the project directory
• You can also download a NATs server and run nats-server-c nats-server.conf & then run the binary version of the server in the releases page. Make sure you have your Postgresql database set.

Commands

• #users shows the online user count inside a room
• #leave lets you leave from the current room