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https://github.com/gnowoel/talktive

A simple anonymous group chat app
https://github.com/gnowoel/talktive

anonymous-chat chat-app firebase flutter group-chat web-app

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# Talktive



A simple anonymous group chat app for comfortably talking to strangers.







[![button_open-the-app](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/13c64934-2123-4829-bc8f-6a729b4dfd3d)](https://open.talktive.app/)



## Screenshots



![screenshots](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/855c3de8-6c62-4d83-bfd9-122a684cd14b)



## Main features



**:see_no_evil: Anonymous**



There is no login button. You do not need to enter any personal information to participate in a chat. Just open the app and join the room.



**:cyclone: Random**



You don't know who you're going to meet, and you don't know where they're coming from. All you know is that people here are willing to listen.



**:droplet: Ephemeral**



You can open your heart and share your happiness or sadness. In an hour, everyone goes their separate ways, like strangers you met on a train.



**:lock: Private**



No one but the participants can see your conversations. Expired rooms are not publicly accessible, and all records will eventually be deleted.



## Implementation



The technical details can be found in the blog post:



* [The Challenges of Building a Simple Chat App with Flutter and Firebase](https://medium.com/@gnowoel/the-challenges-of-building-a-simple-chat-app-with-flutter-and-firebase-b9f0a2f0f889)



## Firebase setup



Create a new Firebase project, and enable the following services:



* Authentication (Anonymous)

* Realtime Database

* Functions



In order to use Cloud Functions, we need to upgrade the project to the Blaze plan (pay-as-you-go).



## Local setup



Clone the repo:



```

$ git clone https://github.com/gnowoel/talktive.git

$ cd talktive

```



Configure FlutterFire:



```

$ firebase login

$ dart pub global activate flutterfire_cli

$ flutterfire configure

```



Configure Firebase:



```

$ firebase init

```



Select the following services:



* Realtime Database

* Functions

* Emulators



For "Functions", select:



* TypeScript



For "Emulators", select:



* Authentication Emulator

* Functions Emulator

* Database Emulator

* Pub/Sub Emulator



## Running



Watch and compile Cloud Functions code (from the `functions` directory):



```

$ npm run build:watch

```



Start Emulators Suite, and take a note of the URL for the HTTP request:



```

$ firebase emulators:start

```



Trigger the scheduler once with an HTTP request, using the URL from the previous step:



```

$ curl http://127.0.0.1:5001/talktive-12345/us-central1/requestedCleanup

```



Optionally start a device simulator or emulator, for example:



```

$ flutter emulators --launch apple_ios_simulator

```



Optionally run the unit and integration tests:



```

$ flutter test

$ flutter test integration_test

```



Start the app:



```

$ flutter run

```



## Deployment



Deploy Realtime Database Securty Rules:



```

$ firebase deploy --only database

```



Deploy Cloud Functions (from the `functions` directory):



```

$ npm run deploy

```



Build the `web` release of the Flutter app:



```

$ flutter build web

```



Upload the `build/web` directory to your hosting service of choice.