Deployed on Render (on free tier so it may take a few seconds to load initially)

Vchat is a chat application that allows users to communicate with each other in real-time.

• Real-time chat
• User Authentication
• User avatars
• Online/Offline status
• New message notifications
• User search

• React
• MongoDB
• DaisyUI
• Socket.io
• Express
• Node.js
• JWT

1. Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/Justtejas/Vchat.git
2. Install dependencies npm install
3. Create a .env file in the root directory and add the following environment variables:
   • MONGO_URI
   • JWT_SECRET
   • NODE_ENV
   • PORT
4. Start the server npm run server
5. Start the client cd frontend && npm run dev
6. Now you can access the application at https://localhost:3000
7. Enjoy!