alinategh-js / secure-console-chat

A secure end-to-end encrypted console chat written in Python.

Secure Console Chat App

About

This is a simple application written in python made for university work. It uses python socket, threads and a encryption package. It uses client-server architecture.

Features

• Private messages
  • Send private messages to your friends.
• Friends list
  • Add friends.
• Encryption
  • End to end encrypted messaging with fernet.

Usage

To run this program you will need git, python, cryptography. On your console:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/alinategh-js/secure-console-chat.git
# Go inside the folder
cd secure-console-chat
# Install dependencies
pip install cryptography
# run the server
py server.py

Now that you have an instance of the server running, you can open another terminal and run multiple clients:

# run a client
py client.py