koneb71 / chat-app-mern-stack

Chat App using MERN Stack

Full Stack Chatting App. Uses Socket.io for real time communication and stores user details in encrypted format in Mongo DB Database.

Features:

• User Authentication
• Search User
• Real Time Chatting with Typing indicators
• One to One chat
• Create Group Chat
• Add/Remove User to the Group
• Notifications
• View Other user Profile

Tech Stack

Client: React JS

Server: Node JS, Express JS

Database: Mongo DB

Run Locally

Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/koneb71/chat-app-mern-stack

Go to the project directory

cd chat-app-mern-stack

Install dependencies

npm install
cd frontend/
npm install

Start the server

npm run start

Start the Client

// open now terminal
cd frontend
npm start