Chatroom

A simple chatroom application with SQLite backend and WebSocket support.

Features

• Real-time messaging using WebSockets
• Persistent message history using SQLite
• Simple and clean UI
• Easy to install and run

Installation

npm install -g chatroom

Usage

Navigate to the directory where you want to store the chatroom database, then run:

npx chatroom

This will:

1. Create a SQLite database in the current directory if it doesn't exist
2. Start a web server on port 3000 (default)
3. Open a WebSocket server for real-time communication

Then open your browser to http://localhost:3000 to use the chatroom.

Custom Port

You can specify a custom port using the PORT environment variable:

PORT=8080 npx chatroom

License

MIT