BareChat CLI

Anonymous chat anywhere with commandline

|project |version |
|--------|--------|
| terminal (this) | !NPM Version |
| web | !NPM Version |

Features

- IRC like anonymous chat, fully p2p, no server required
- Minimalist, single command to start
- Can public a topic with hashcode, anyone with that hashcode can join the chat, even when the origin hoster left
- With commandline UI, flexible to extend with other UI

Prerequisite

Need bare runtime installed through npm. Could install globally using:

npm i -g bare

Normal Usage with commandline

Could install with command npm i -g barechat or run directly with npx barechat.

To test this chat app, in one terminal run:

``sh
> npx barechat soccer
[info] Created new chat room: 8f27f432fcbaa4b5180a1cc7a8fa166a93cda3c1bce6f19922dd519d02f4bb39
`

You can send soccer, p2p or any string you like to discover the room.

In another terminal use the same command, or the hashcode received from the first terminal's output:

`sh
> npx barechat 8f27f432fcbaa4b5180a1cc7a8fa166a93cda3c1bce6f19922dd519d02f4bb39
[info] Joined chat room 8f27f432fcbaa4b5180a1cc7a8fa166a93cda3c1bce6f19922dd519d02f4bb39
`

> And its fully compatible to chat with barechat-web


Or you can simply call

> npx barechat

Which will randomly generate a room with hashcode. By anouncing the hashcode somewhere you can chat anonymously.

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If you want to record the log of this chat, can add --store argument to save chat into a text file.

`sh


Store logs in default file (./barechat.txt)

npx barechat --store

Store logs in specific file

npx barechat --store /tmp/chatlog.txt
`

If you want to disable the RPC server, can add --no-rpc argument:

`sh


Start chat without RPC server

npx barechat --no-rpc soccer

Combine with store option

npx barechat --no-rpc --store chatlog.txt
`

Development

This package is part of the BareChat monorepo. See the root README for development setup instructions.

$3

`bash


From the packages/cli directory

npm run dev

Or from the root directory

bun run cli:start
`

$3

`bash
npm run doc
``

Reference

- Built on barechat-core - the reusable P2P networking logic
- Basically followed Making a Pear Terminal Application

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.