A real-time chat application built using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) with Socket.IO for instant messaging. Includes features like online status, unread message notifications, authentication, and user profiles.
- 🧑🤝🧑 Real-time messaging with Socket.IO
- 🔒 JWT Authentication (Login/Signup)
- 👁️ Online/offline status tracking
- 🔔 Unread message notifications
- 📝 Update profile & settings
- 🌙 switch into different theme
- 📱 Responsive UI
Frontend:
- React.js
- React Router
- Zustand / Redux (state management)
- Axios
- Tailwind
Backend:
- Node.js
- Express.js
- MongoDB
- Socket.IO
- JSON Web Tokens (JWT)
- Bcrypt.js
git clone https://github.com/Divyanshi2408/Chat-App
cd chat-app- Install dependencies for frontend & backend
# In root directory
cd client
npm install
cd ../server
npm install
- Set up .env in /server directory
PORT=5000
MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
- Run the app ➤ Start Backend Server
cd server
node src/index.js
➤ Start Frontend
cd client
npm start