TBDChat

Simple NCurses Chat Client/Server Using BSD Sockets

Client Features

• Clean NCurses Interface
• Extensive local help system
• Orderless interaction
• Configuration file
• Auto-reconnect

Server Features

• Allows a single registration for any given unique username
• Stores a SHA256 hashed password associated with each username
• Saves username/realname/passhash to a file so registration persists after server is shutdown
• Reacts accordingly to all client commands dependent on client state
• Chat with n clients at a time
• Rooms containing unique chat sessions simultaneously
• Create or join rooms
• Invite others to join your room
• Each room supports n clients
• Sanitizes input fields which require so accordingly
• SHA256 hashing for password storage

Dependencies

Debian

$ apt-get install build-essential libncurses5-dev libssl-dev

Getting Started

Docker-Compose

$ docker-compose build
$ docker-compose run --rm tbdc

connect to the container server via /connect tbdc_server 9001

Local Compilation

$ make all

Contributing

View the section on how to contribute