This chat app was developed for the proto version of holochain and is kept for archival purposes only

*Multi-room P2P chat on holochain

Code Status: Pre-alpha. Not for production use. This application has not been audited for any security validation.

  TARGETDIR=$(pwd) docker-compose up

Now you can open browsers to

  https://localhost:3142 - Bootstrap
  https://localhost:3141 - Holochat
  https://localhost:4141 - Holochat
  https://localhost:5141 - Holochat

Prerequiste: Install holochain on your machine. You can install holochat very simply with this:

hcdev init -cloneExample=holochat

To do a test run of holochat simply type

cd holochat
hcdev web

you should see something like:

Copying chain to: /home/bootstrap/.holochaindev
...
Serving holochain with DNA hash:QmdFv5XcG6YZgMYQ9hPJfn6xkhMhDK99rjiHJHH9zorUad on port:4141

Then simply point your browser to https://localhost:4141 access the holochat UI.

To run all the stand alone tests:

hcdev test

Currently there is one scenario test:

hcdev -mdns=true scenario backnforth

This test spins up two nodes person1 and person and tests that they can send messages back and forth

hcdev -mdns=true -debug scenario backnforth

  cd ui-automation
  yarn test

We welcome pull requests and issue tickets. Find us on gitter to chat.

Contributors to this project are expected to follow our development protocols & practices.

Copyright (C) 2017, The MetaCurrency Project (Eric Harris-Braun, Arthur Brock, et. al.)

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the license provided in the LICENSE file (GPLv3). This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Note: We are considering other 'looser' licensing options (like MIT license) but at this stage are using GPL while we're getting the matter sorted out.