ChatYou

ChatYou is an open source chat application.

Prerequisites:

• GIT (latest)
• Python ≥ 3.8
• Docker Desktop or (Docker Engine and Docker Compose) if run using docker
• Any code editor or IDE (PyCharm recommended for Python and Django)
• Any database client (optional)
• Redis (if run locally)

Installation

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/abdoohossamm/ChatYou.git

Change directory to the cloned project

cd ChatYou

Make a copy of the example environment variables file and call it .env

cp .env.example .env

Run the project

There are two ways to use docker compose depends on the docker version:

• Docker:

docker compose up

• Locally:

create a virtual environment

cd backend
python -m venv venv

activating the virtual environment depends on the OS please serach for it

Install requirements packages after activating the virtual environment

pip install -r requirements.txt

migrate the model

python manage.py migrate

create a user to test with

python manage.py createsuperuser

run django server

python manage.py runserver

Add new chat room:

• go to this url: http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/
• enter the admin user
• go to chat section click on room and click add room
• then you can go to this url: http://127.0.0.1:8000/chat/
• now you can use the room to chat with friends