decentralized-chat-app

A decentralized chat app that uses peer-to-peer communication without a central server.

Setup

Install node.js and npm. Install bootstrap vor visual components.

npm install -g react-bootstrap bootstrap express gun @dicebear/avatars @dicebear/bottts@5.0.0-alpha.31

Afterwards run the following commands in two seperate terminals:

• start the relay-server

node relay-server/relay-server.js

• serve the frontend

cd frontend
npm start