OpenChat is an Open Source messaging platform where people can send messages to anyone registered to this platform.

Setting up OpenChat on your local machine is really easy. Follow this guide to setup your development machine.

1. PHP > 5.6
2. MySQL
3. Composer
4. npm
5. git

1. Get the source code on your machine via git.

   git clone https://github.com/ankitjain28may/openchat.git

2. Install php and js dependencies

   cd openchat
   composer install
   npm install

3. Rename file .env.example to .env and change credentials.

4. Create an empty sql database and run import database.

   create database openchat;
   mysql -u[user] -p[password] [database name] < path\openchat\sql\openchat.sql

5. To start the websocket server type

   php cmd.php

6. Open a new terminal window and type

   gulp

That's it, now start development at http://localhost:8888 in your browser

If you are interested in contributing to OpenChat, Open Issues and send PR.

Feel free to code and contribute