SimpleChat

Features

• Username selection
  • Randomized usernames are available, with cute animal names
• Real-time messaging with WebSockets
• Message timestamps
• Message history, dynamically loaded when scrolling up or down
• Receipts for sent messages, showing your message as gray until the server confirms receipt
• Online user list, showing who is currently connected
• Containerized with Docker for easy deployment
• Automatic deployment on pushes to main
• Hosted on AWS ECS Fargate, with an Application Load Balancer and RDS backend

Next Steps

I have a current framework for different rooms, easily used by going to /<room>, however I have not implemented it yet for simplifying development and moderation while the app is still in alpha.

I would like to add customizable profile pictures, possibly through Gravatar at first. Easy moderation tools are a priority as well, as currently it requires direct database access to remove messages or ban users.

Links

Open-source on GitHub here

Publicly accessible here

Blog post tutorial for deploying to AWS here