Real-time single-room chat with file sharing, built in Opa.

Requirements

Opa build > 4051

Build and run

make ./opa_chat.js

or

make run

Open http://localhost:8080

Bugs (or missing features that can be perceived as bugs)

• Files are not kept in history

Roadmap

• Update running time in real-time
• Scan attachments for vulnerabilities (AV proxy?)
• Multiple chat rooms
• Multiple servers, possibly P2P?
• Ban users who publish messages contained banned keywords
• Ban users who publish too many messages in a row
• Admin users who have banning rights
• File size limit: Detect both client side (to prevent legitimate users to upload the file for nothing) and server side (to prevent forged clients)
• Upload progress bar