💬 Real-Time Chat App

A real-time chat application built using Django and WebSockets for instant communication between users.

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🚀 Features

• Real-time messaging using WebSockets
• User authentication system
• Multiple chat rooms
• Message history support
• Responsive UI

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Python
• Django
• Django Channels
• WebSockets
• SQLite / PostgreSQL
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript

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📂 Project Structure

chat-app/
│── backend/
│── frontend/
│── manage.py
│── requirements.txt

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⚡ Installation & Setup

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/vijay2023V/chat-app.git
cd chat-app

Create virtual environment:

python -m venv venv

Activate virtual environment:

Windows

venv\Scripts\activate

Linux / Mac

source venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the server:

python manage.py runserver

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🎯 Current Status

🚧 Currently building advanced real-time chat features.

Planned features:

• Private messaging
• Online user status
• File sharing
• Notifications

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👨‍💻 Author

Vijay Raghav Reddy

GitHub: https://github.com/vijay2023V