Simple Chat server is a single-threaded command line application.

Available command line options:

• -h, --help Displays this help.
• -v, --version Displays version information.
• -i, --ip-address IP address for server to listen on.
• -p, --port Port for server to listen on.
• -s, --secret, --password Secret used by users to authorize.

Simple Chat client is a single-threaded GUI application.

After starting the client you have to provide

• ip address of the server
• port of the server
• nickname

Client will attempt to join the server and display a chat dialog on success.

Command available in the chat dialog:

• /auth <secret> authorizes you on the server
• /mute <nickname> mutes a chat participant
• /unmute <nickname> unmutes a chat participant
• /kick <nicnname> kicks a chat participant
• /motd <motd> sets a new motd for chat
• /w <nickname> <message> send a private message

Users can change their status using the dropdown below the list of chat participants.

• green online
• yellow away
• red busy

toolchains tested:

• gcc >= 4.9
• msvc 14

dependencies:

• cmake >= 3.2
• Qt >= 5.5
• google protocol buffers >= 2.6.1
• gtest & gmock
• doxygen (only if you want to use make doc)