Minchat for YunoHost

This package allows you to install Minchat quickly and simply on a YunoHost server. If you don't have YunoHost, please consult the guide to learn how to install it.

Overview

Minchat is a free minimalist chat application. It is based on wojtek77/chat, itself based on Gabriel Nava's tutorial.

Features

Simple web chat: only requires a browser ; no XMPP application.
No need for users to register. Just need the web address. But optional authorisation control.
On connection, the page is fed with the messages of the day
Args are in the URL as get arguments, so that you can share the URL or make it a favorite to avoid filling a form.
Example : https://yourdomain.org/minchat/?room=Living&name=John
Optionaly multi room

Shipped version: 1.0~ynh3

Screenshots

Disclaimers / important information

Setup

The setup is optional. If you leave it as is, there is a single unnamed room, opened to all users. If you want to customize the access control, edit the file conf/setup.ini (if missing, copy it from conf/sample/setup.ini). The interesting parameter is auth that indicates which user is authorized to which room.

In this example auth = John:Game,John:Family,Mary:Game,Tim:Family,admin:*,*:Public,*:,

John:Game,John:Family = John can access the Game room, the Family room
Mary:Game = Mary can access the Game room
Tim:Family = Tim can access the Family room
admin:* = admin can access all rooms
*:Public = everybody can acccess the Public room
*: = everybody can access the unnamed room

Hints for users

The URLs you send are linked or transformed to images when preceeded by a !
If multiple rooms are allowed by the administrator in the setup.ini, you can have several tabs opened to different rooms in the same browser.

Documentation and resources

Official app website: https://github.com/wojtek77/chat
Upstream app code repository: https://github.com/wojtek77/chat
YunoHost documentation for this app: https://yunohost.org/app_minchat
Report a bug: https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/minchat_ynh/issues

Developer info

Please send your pull request to the testing branch.

To try the testing branch, please proceed like that.

sudo yunohost app install https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/minchat_ynh/tree/testing --debug
or
sudo yunohost app upgrade minchat -u https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/minchat_ynh/tree/testing --debug

More info regarding app packaging: https://yunohost.org/packaging_apps

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