This is a Next.js project bootstrapped with create-next-app.

Chatify! A tool to communicate with family, friends, and communities online. Paired with great features like End-To-End encryption, customizability, a privacy-focused platform, and more.

That aside, we aren't expecting people to use Chatify over any other application like Discord and WhatsApp. We made this project test our skills.

Meet our team! Abdifatah-Abdi, Omar, and Advay-c.

Abdifatah-Abdi is in charge of the backend of Chatify. This includes monitoring & using the DataBase, sockets, & the backend.

Omar is in charge of the little things, contributing to a mix of both frontend UI fixes & improvements, & added some backend functionality.

Advay-c is in charge of code optimization, bringing ui designs to life, bug fixes, and prioritizing Git, GitHub & tunnel utilization.

Chatify is unique because, unlike other platforms, we don't collect and sell user data (albeit, we don't know how to do that), We offer tons of customizability for our platform, including modifications, and a dedicated API (coming soon). Not to mention, Chatify is open source.

Chatify, unlike other chatting applications, uses plain HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Messages, Users, and Groups are stored in a database (for the time being, Airtable), Socket.io, used to send, and update messages in real-time, and Tunnel.dev, a free site to bring localhost to the world wide web (check it out, it's incredible).

• For Chatting

  • Media Uploading
  • Pictures
  • GIFS and Videos
  • Embeds
  • Voice Recordings
  • Calls
  • Video Calls
  • Sharing Screens
  • Different DMs
  • Adding friends
  • Account Control Panels
  • Username updating
  • Password updating
  • Profile pictures
  • UI optimization
  • Increased responsiveness
  • Mobile support
  • UI design changes
  • End-to-end encryptions

• For logging in

  • Creating new accounts
  • Storing accounts in a DataBase
  • Hashing and salting passwords in the database
  • Logging into accounts
  • Store IDs in cookies

• For Chatify itself

  • Move away from Airtable and have a custom DataBase
  • (Optional) Make a Mobile App

Chatify falls under the MIT Licence, meaning users can:

• Distribute Chatify
• Modify Chatify
• Own Chatify for private use

What users, however, can't do:

• Hold the original authors liable
• Misrepresent the original software in any way
  • This includes falsely claiming the authors endorse your modifications or use of the software