kenmrod / graphql-chat

MERN + GraphQL real-time chat app

Real-time Chat App

Built on MERN stack with GraphQL.

Installation

# Clone (or fork) the repo
git clone https://github.com/alex996/graphql-chat.git && cd graphql-chat

# Fill out .env file with secrets (development only)
cp .env.example .env

# Install the deps
yarn

# Run the server
yarn dev

Features

MVP

• Sign up / sign in / reset password

• Direct messaging (1 on 1)

• Private group chat (2+ users)

• File sharing (img, text, etc.)

• Responsive material design

Nice to Haves

• Notifications

• Themes and customization

• Status indicators (typing, offline)

• Emails (confirmation, forgot password)

• Other (?)

Topics

• Schema design

• Validation

• Authentication (session vs. token)

• Authorization (access control)

• Security (injections, XSS, CSRF, headers)

• State management

• File upload

• Real-time updates

• Performance optimizations

• Pagination

Technologies

Back-End

• Node + Express

• MongoDB + Mongoose ORM

• Apollo Server v2

• Web Sockets

• Redis

• Other (?)

Front-End

• React 16+

• Apollo Client v2

• Material-UI