Rust Real-Time Chat Room

The Rust Real-Time Chat Room is a terminal-based chat application built using Tokio (Rust's asynchronous runtime) and Ratatui (a Rust TUI library). It allows real-time messaging through a terminal, which is available on every computer. The application uses TCP streams to transmit chat messages and system events efficiently.

Try it out

You can test the application with your friends by downloading the newest release version here: click here. Or, you can just git clone the source code and compile it on your own.

Linux

Remember to grant the access to execute the program with the following script

chmod +x chat_client_v1.1.1_x86_64_Linux

And then lauch the application in the terminal with the following command

./chat_client_v1.1.1_x86_64_Linux 

Mac

Remember to grant the access to execute the program with the following script

chmod +x chat_client_v1.1.1_aarch64_MacOS

And then lauch the application in the terminal with the following command

./chat_client_v1.1.1_aarch64_MacOS

Windows

Simply double click the exe file should successfully lauch the application