Chat

A chat server built on top of TCP

Installation

Make sure that you install Rust first.

Then use Cargo to install the server and client binaries:

Install the client

cargo install --git https://github.com/wcygan/chat client

This will install chatcli, the client binary

Install the server (Optional)

If you are just interested in using the client, you can skip this step.

Installing the server will allow you to run your own chat server.

cargo install --git https://github.com/wcygan/chat server

This will install chatsrv, the server binary

Usage

Client

A client allows you to connect to a chat server and send messages to other clients.

chatcli --help
A client used to connect to a chat server

Usage: chatcli [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -a, --address <ADDRESS>  The address of the server to connect to [default: 127.0.0.1:8080]
  -h, --help               Print help

Server

A server allows you to spawn a chat server on a given port. Clients can connect to this server and send messages to each other.

chatsrv -h
Spawn a chat server on the given port

Usage: chatsrv [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -p, --port <PORT>  The port to use for the server [default: 8080]
  -h, --help         Print help