A real-time chat application built with the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js). This app allows users to send and receive messages instantly, with support for user authentication, chat rooms, and responsive design.

• 🔐 User Authentication (Login/Register)
• 📩 Real-time Messaging with Socket.io
• 💬 Private Chats
• 📱 Responsive UI (Mobile & Desktop Friendly)
• 🗃️ MongoDB for User Storage
• 🧾 Clean and minimal design

Frontend

• ⚛️ React
• 🎨 CSS & Tailwind CSS
• 🔗 Axios

Backend

• 🟢 Node.js
• 🚀 Express.js
• 📡 Socket.io

Database

• 🍃 MongoDB
• 🧬 Mongoose

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/saeedhalabi/Whisperly.git
2. Install dependencies:

Client: cd client npm install

Server: cd server npm install

3. Environment variables

Create a .env file in the root of the server folder

PORT=8080 MONGO_URI=<your-mongo-db-uri> JWT_SECRET=<your-jwt-secret-key> PEPPER=<your-pepper-string>

4. Start the app

Server: npm run dev Client: npm run dev

Designed and developed by Saeed Halabi