qiaqia

A command line chat application for geeks.

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screenshot

click here to see the screenshot.

features

event based IO multiplexing concurrency model for qiaqia server(epoll).
support group chat and private chat.
You can choose to receive or not receive messages from specific online users(block or unblock).
support state query such as infomations of all online users and the users you blocked.

usage

    <message>               : send message to all online users that not block you.
    $ <commands>            : send a command to the qiaqia for state query.
    > <username> <message>  : send a message to a single user that not block you.
    # <username>            : block or unblock the messages from certain user

example

    exit                    : disconnect to the server and leave.
    clear                   : clear the screen, just like the clear in bash.
    hello, guys!            : send 'hello, guys!' to all online users that not block you.
    $ show users            : show informations of all currently online users
    $ show blocked          : show the users that you blocked
    > Bob how are you?      : send 'how are you?' only to Bob if bob not block you.
    # Bob                   : block messages from Bob.
    # !Bob                  : unblock messages from Bob.
    # Mike !Amy ...         : block Mick and unblock Amy.

install

Qiaqia is made up of two components, the qiaqia_server and the qiaqia_client.

install by source

git clone https://github.com/Andrewpqc/qiaqia.git && cd qiaqia && mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make

install by binary

go to the release page to download the qiaqia binary package

start

Before you start qiaqia_client, you must make sure that qiaqia_server is already started on your local machine or anywhere network can reach.

You can start qiaqia_server like the following command:

qiaqia_server -p <port to be listen> -w <number of worker threads>

I already deployed a qiaqia_server on my machine at 120.77.220.239:8765, so you can a quick start like the following:

qiaqia_client -h 120.77.220.239 -p 8585

then,choose a pretty nickname for yourself and start. Enjory!

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Qiaqia

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