So I am creating a chat server
the main goals are :
- easy to use
- can be hosted anywhere
- requires no login (except the ones generated automatically)
- nothing to install client side (I had to compromise on this one, push notifications on mobile are hell, just get an rss reader and enable notifications!)
- have very few outside dependencies. (you can even run it without a domain name!)
- something that is secure (security is not a finite state :) )
complete vision is here : https://github.com/ba9f11ecc3497d9993b933fdc2bd61e5/temporary.chat-playbook/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
how to deploy is here : https://github.com/ba9f11ecc3497d9993b933fdc2bd61e5/temporary.chat-playbook/blob/master/README.md
you can :
- upload documents
- destroy the room in one click (everything in there is file based, real "rm -rf" :) )
- post data to it with curl
- get all notifications via rss
- get a notification via rss only when someone pings you
- get desktop notifications (mobile is hard man)
and I sprinkled a bit of javascript (no external sources) so your grandmother and your less tech savvy friends can upload a picture/song/video
how to deploy is here : https://github.com/ba9f11ecc3497d9993b933fdc2bd61e5/temporary.chat-playbook/blob/staging/README.md
and stable code here : https://github.com/ba9f11ecc3497d9993b933fdc2bd61e5/temporary.chat-playbook/tree/staging
I posted a few months back, hope it is not considered spammy. I consider posting again in 3 months since it is pretty much a work in progress still! I will concentrate a bit more energy on the api side of things now.
any feedback welcome, you can deploy it, attack it, give me constructive bad reviews, I take everything! (you can also use it to post a picture easily to your grandma)
enjoy!