martin-minarik / cli-chat

CLI chat server-client application. Multiple clients. Python, asyncio approach.

CLI chat

Simple CLI chat server-client application written in Python.

This approach uses asyncio built-in package instead of sockets.

Multiple clients can join server and can use some user commands.

Requirements

• Python 3.10 or higher
• Click, python package for arguments
• aioconsole, python package for asynchronous console

Server arguments

• --host, ip address
• --port, port

Client arguments

• --host, host ip address
• --port, port
• --user, username

Client commands

• /setname, set new username
• /history, last n chat messages
• /users, list of connected users