This is a real-time chat application developed using the MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) stack with socket.io for WebSocket communication.

• 🌟 Tech stack: MERN + Socket.io + TailwindCSS + Daisy UI
• 🎃 Authentication && Authorization with JWT
• 👾 Real-time messaging with Socket.io
• 🚀 Online user status (Socket.io and React Context)
• 👌 Global state management with Zustand
• 🐞 Error handling both on the server and on the client

• Frontend: React.js, HTML/CSS, Tailwind, daisyUI
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js
• Database: MongoDB (using Mongoose for ODM)
• Real-time Communication: socket.io

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests.

git clone https://github.com/srijan-lamichhane/chatapp.git

PORT=...
MONGO_DB_URI=...
JWT_SECRET=...
NODE_ENV=...

npm run build

cd frontend

npm run dev

npm run server