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Chat App MERN Stack


# 📗 Table of Contents

- [📖 About the Project](#about-project)
- [🛠 Built With](#built-with)
- [Tech Stack](#tech-stack)
- [Key Features](#key-features)
- [🚀 Live Demo](#live-demo)
- [💻 Getting Started](#getting-started)
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- [Setup](#setup)
- [Install](#install)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Run tests](#run-tests)
- [Deployment](#deployment)
- [👥 Authors](#authors)
- [🔭 Future Features](#future-features)
- [🤝 Contributing](#contributing)
- [⭐️ Show your support](#support)
- [🙏 Acknowledgements](#acknowledgements)
- [📝 License](#license)

# 📖 Chat App MERN Stack

**Chat App MERN Stack** is a real-time chat application that allows users to send messages, view online statuses of other users, and authenticate using a secure signup and login system. Built with the MERN stack, the app uses Socket.IO for real-time communication, Tailwind CSS with DaisyUI for styling, and Zustand with Context API for state management.

## 🛠 Built With

### Tech Stack

Client

Server

Database

### Key Features

- **Real-time messaging** using Socket.IO
- **User authentication** for secure login and signup
- **Online status visibility** to see active users

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## 🚀 Live Demo

- [Live Demo Link](https://et-chat.onrender.com/)

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## 💻 Getting Started

To get a local copy up and running, follow these steps.

### Prerequisites

In order to run this project you need:
- Node.js installed
- MongoDB set up locally or remotely
- A code editor like VS Code

### Setup

Clone this repository to your desired folder:

```sh
git clone https://github.com/getssh/chatApp.git
cd chatApp
```

### Install

Install the dependencies with:

```sh
npm install
```

### Usage

To run the project, execute the following command:

```sh
npm start
```

### Run tests

To run tests, use:

```sh
npm test
```

### Deployment

You can deploy this project using platforms like Render, Vercel, or Heroku.

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## 👥 Authors

👤 **Getayawkal Tamrat**

- GitHub: [@getssh](https://github.com/getssh/)
- LinkedIn: [Getayawkal Tamrat](https://www.linkedin.com/in/getayawkal-tamrat/)

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## 🔭 Future Features

- [ ] Group chat functionality
- [ ] Message reactions
- [ ] Typing indicators

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## 🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome!

Feel free to check the [issues page](../../issues/).

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## ⭐️ Show your support

If you like this project, please give it a star on [GitHub](https://github.com/getssh/chatApp)!

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## 🙏 Acknowledgments

I would like to thank the open-source community for the libraries and tools used in this project.

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## 📝 License

This project is [MIT](./LICENSE) licensed.

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