A CLI based chat client using xmpp as it's protocol written in Go

To read my experience when developing this project, check out the conclusions readme

You need to have go installed

Once you have golang installed, run the following commands

git clone https://github.com/Byronamh/xmppchat
cd xmppchat
go mod download

After dependencies have been installed, run the follow command to compile and run the program

go run src/main.go

At first, you will be asked to input your credentials, the following are required:

• username (jid)
• password
• server host

After you input the parameters mentioned above, a connection attempt will be made on the server you provided. You will be asked to crete a user in the server in case it doesnt exist on the server.

Following regiostration/login the user will be shown the following menu. Incoming messages will be shown on screen. you can type in -help to show the menu again.