CLI Chat Tool

CLI Chat Tool is a command-line based chat application that allows users to communicate with each other in real-time using the client-server architecture. It provides a simple and secure way to exchange messages within a specific room.

Features

• Join a specific room by providing a room ID and username.
• Exchange messages with other users in the room.
• Encrypt messages using RSA encryption algorithm.
• Send and receive public keys for secure communication.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.x
• Additional Python libraries: colorama, cryptography,curses

Usage

1. Start the server by running server.py script:
2. Connect to the server and join a room by running client.py script:
3. Replace <room_id> with the desired room ID and <username> with your desired username.
4. python3 client.py <room_id>
5. Start exchanging messages with other users in the room.
6. To send message Press Ctrl+G (Not Enter)
7. To exit the chat room, a client can simply type exit() as a message.

Note: Make sure to run the client script on different machines or use different terminal windows with different log_file to simulate multiple clients.

Default

• host = 'localhost'
• port = 1234
• Replace the host ip address in client.py and server.py file.

Architecture

The CLI Chat Tool consists of two main components:

• Server: The server component (server.py) is responsible for accepting incoming connections from clients, managing rooms, and broadcasting messages to all clients in a room.

• Client: The client component (client.py) allows users to connect to the server, join a specific room, and exchange messages with other users in the same room.

Contributing

Contributions to this project are welcome! Feel free to open issues and submit pull requests to improve the application.