https://github.com/landiluigi746/chatwin

A simple client-server chat application for Windows
https://github.com/landiluigi746/chatwin

c c-programming-language chatapp client-server fun networking-basic pdcurses windows winsock2

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A simple client-server chat application for Windows

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/landiluigi746/chatwin
• Owner: landiluigi746
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-08-04T23:10:35.000Z (3 months ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-07T18:42:51.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-30T01:05:24.982Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: c, c-programming-language, chatapp, client-server, fun, networking-basic, pdcurses, windows, winsock2
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 617 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# ChatWin

[![Build status](https://github.com/landiluigi746/ChatWin/workflows/Windows/badge.svg)](https://github.com/landiluigi746/ChatWin/actions/workflows/windows.yml)

[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green.svg)](https://github.com/landiluigi746/llib/LICENSE)

[![Language: C](https://img.shields.io/badge/Language-C-blue)](https://github.com/topics/c)

ChatWin is a simple client-server chat application for Windows, written in C using WinSock2 for the network part and PDCurses for the user interface.

Clients can connect to a server, enter their username and exchange messages with other clients connected to the same server.

## Usage

#### 1. Clone the repository

First, clone the repository: `git clone --recursive https://github.com/landiluigi746/ChatWin.git .\`.

#### 2. Build

Run `build.bat` to run premake5 to build solution and project files for Visual Studio 2022, or change action if you need to.

Open `ChatWin.sln` in Visual Studio 2022 and build the projects `Client` and `Server`.

#### 3. Run

Navigate to the folder where you compiled the projects, open a command prompt and run:

- `.\Server.exe [address] [port]` to start the server

- `.\Client.exe [address] [port]` to start the client