Simple Slack lite clone for users to create teams and channels to collaborate via chat in real time.

• Node.js
• Express
• TypeScript
• Redis
• Postgres
• TypeOrm
• Type-Graphql
• Apollo-Server
• Docker
• Next.js
• Styled-Components
• Apollo-Client

Dependencies needs to be installed from both directories. Run both of these commands from root directory. yarn can be replaced with npm i if using npm is preferred.

$ cd client && yarn

$ cd server && yarn

Install PostgreSQL and create a new database instance for this project. If psql isn't installed, follow installation guide.

$ psql
$ CREATE DATABASE 'database name';

Install Redis and make sure redis server is running. Redis installation.

Start redis server:

$ redis-server

Check if Redis is working by sending a PING command using redis-cli:

$ redis-cli ping

Redis will send a response if its working correct with:

PONG

Both client and server directories require a .env file. Rename .env.example to .env and fill out the remaining required environment variables to run this project.

In server directory, rename ormconfig-example.json to ormconfig.json to match the database config to your psql configurations for this project.

To run this project create a seperate terminal window and run both of these commands from root:

• Replace yarn dev with npm run dev if using npm.

$ cd client && yarn dev

$ cd server && yarn dev

• Responsive design for mobile
• Batching sequel queries for more optimization
• Private teams and channels
• Document (PDF, DOC, etc) uploads (currently only supports images)
• User status