A simple, asynchronous TCP-based chat server built using Rust, Tokio, and SQLite for user account management.

A simple TCP stream forwarder for the cli. To communicate with the server

A web based client in yew.rs

• User registration and login 🔐
• Broadcasting messages to all connected users 📡
• List of all users with their online/offline status 👥
• Colorful terminal output with Colored and PrettyTable crates 🌈
• Asynchronous I/O with Tokio ⚡️

To start the server download FerrumServe from the release page

$ ~/ferrum-serve 127.0.0.1:6142

To connect to the chat server, you can download FerrumLinker from the release page

$ ~/ferrum-linker 127.0.0.1:6142

After connecting, you will be prompted to either register a new user or log in with an existing user account. Once logged in, you can start sending messages to all connected users. Commands

/listusers: List all registered users with their online/offline status 👥.
/whisper: Private Messenging to a specified user. Usage: /whisper [username] [message]

• Rust (stable) and Cargo 🦀
  
• SQLite 🗄️

$ git clone https://github.com/FerrumLink/FerrumServe.git
$ cd ferrum-serve

$ cargo build --release

By default, the server will listen on 127.0.0.1:6142. You can provide an optional IP address and port as a command-line argument.

$ ./target/release/ferrum-serve [IP:PORT]

Copyright © 2023 Simon Guglberger