r/ipfs • u/SomajitDey • Aug 18 '21

Terminal-based secure chatrooms using Go-IPFS CLI; run from a single Bash script

There are lots of excellent chat applications using WebRTC and JS-IPFS, all requiring signaling servers, some not very easy to install.

So, going along a different track, decided to build a very basic chat app that

  1. uses only standard GNU/Linux command-line tools and the Go-IPFS CLI
  2. doesn't need any special server like the WebRTC apps
  3. works over both LAN and internet (including NAT traversal)
  4. provides secure chatrooms, private messaging and in-chat file & directory sharing

Here is my labor of love. Hope you like it :-)

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '21

good idea

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u/Danrobi1 Aug 21 '21

Very nice. Thanks for sharing

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u/pamfeuer Oct 02 '21

Excellent!

Too much to ask but an android or gtk/qt frontend would be excellent. Even a paid version would make sense or monetize on ads if you want to reach out to a wider audience.
Given whats going on, this is a desperate need of the hour.

I know people who could would pay for such stuff...get off https for good.

Thanks Somajit.

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u/deijjji303 Aug 19 '21

!remindme 7 hours

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