A basic Websocket chat server in Go

Requirements

For compiling you need:

• Go 1.5+
• Node 5+ (with npm)

Once you have installed both just cd to directory and run ./get_dependencies.sh && ./build_dist.sh (creates a dist folder). Project can run on almost any machine that go can cross compile to.

Demo

Basic demo is available Here.

Features:

• Basic GIF support
• Basic nick support
• Channel support
• Markdown support
• Message history support
• File upload support
• GCM push notification support (incomplete)

Coming soon:

• Improve build and deploy script
• Introduce admin panel with:
  • Reserved alias authorization
  • IP limiting/banning
  • Channel management and permissions
• Scheduled chat log exports (TBD)