ChatCord is a real-time chat application where users can create or join discussion rooms based on technology topics and chat with others live.

• 🔹 Create a new room or join existing ones
• 🔹 Real-time messaging with Socket.IO
• 🔹 Redis-based scalable WebSocket connections
• 🔹 User list displayed per room
• 🔹 Simple UI with mobile responsiveness

• Node.js
• Express.js
• Socket.IO
• Redis
• HTML + CSS + JavaScript (Frontend)

git clone https://github.com/your-username/chatcord.git cd chatcord

npm install

Make sure Redis is installed and running:

redis-server

npm run dev

Then open your browser and visit: http://localhost:3000

chatcord/ ├── controllers/ │ └── chatController.js ├── models/ │ ├── userModel.js │ └── messageModel.js ├── public/ │ ├── css/ │ │ └── style.css │ ├── js/ │ │ └── main.js │ ├── index.html │ └── chat.html ├── routes/ │ └── topicRoutes.js ├── utils/ │ └── redisClient.js ├── app.js ├── server.js ├── socket.js ├── .gitignore └── README.md

These features are planned for future updates:

• 🎙️ Voice & Video Calling using WebRTC
• 🤖 Dynamic topic suggestions via Gemini AI
• 📈 Admin dashboard with analytics
• 💾 Chat history and export options

Have ideas or found a bug?
Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request!

MIT License © 2025 Harsh Verdhan Singh