hack-chat-main/README.md

hack.chat

hack.chat is a minimal, distraction-free, accountless, logless, disappearing chat service which is easily deployable as your own service. The client comes bundled with LaTeX rendering provided by KaTeX.

A list of software developed for the hack.chat framework can be found at the 3rd party software list repository. This includes bots, clients, docker containers, etc.

This is a backwards compatible continuation of the work by Andrew Belt. The server code has been updated to ES6 along with several new features including new commands and hot-reload of the commands/protocol. There is also documentation and a changelog.

Installation

Prerequisites

• node.js 8.10.0 or higher

Installing

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/hack-chat/main.git

2. Change the directory: cd main

3. Install the dependencies using a package manager of your choice:

   • npm: npm install
   • yarn: yarn install

4. Configure: node server/main.js

   If you change the websocketPort option during the config setup then these changes will need to be reflected on line 59 of client.js.

Usage

1. cd into the repository: cd main

2. Start the server with a process manager. For example, with PM2: pm2 start server/main.js --name HackChat

3. Launch: client/index.html

4. (OPTIONAL) If you want to deploy your hack.chat instance to a server, push everything except the node_modules directory and install the dependencies using a package manager of your choice:

   • npm: npm install
   • yarn: yarn install

   You can now run start the server software with a process manager. The client code will need to be copied into your http server directory. If you plan on using SSL to serve the client; you will need to use a reverse proxy, as TLS is not natively supported by the hack.chat server software (this may change in future releases).

Contributing

• If you are modifying commands, make sure it is backwards compatible with the legacy client and you update the documentation accordingly.
• Use the template to learn how to create new commands.
• Use two space indents.
• Name files in camelCase.
• Scripts that do not default to strict mode (such as modules) must use the 'use strict' directive.

Credits

• Marzavec - Initial work
• MinusGix - Base updates
• Andrew Belt, https://github.com/AndrewBelt/hack.chat, for original base work
• wwandrew, for finding server flaws (including attack vectors) and submitting incredibly detailed bug reports
• Everyone else who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the WTFPL License.