ZrauxChatApp is a real-time messaging application built with Django, Redis, Celery, and WebSocket. It supports real-time communication, duo chats.

• Features
• Demo
• Installation

• Real-time messaging via WebSocket
• Duo chats
• Background tasks using Celery
• Emoji support
• Responsive design

Check out the live demo of ZrauxChatApp here: ZrauxChatApp Live Demo

To run ZrauxChatApp locally, follow these steps:

git clone https://github.com/zooooomiong/ZrauxChatApp.git

cd ZrauxChatApp

It's recommended to use a virtual environment. First, set up the virtual environment:

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Then, install the required dependencies from the requirements.txt file:

pip install -r requirements.txt

If you don't have Docker installed, follow this guide to install it. Once Docker is installed, run Redis on port 6379:

docker run -d -p 6379:6379 redis

Create a .env file in the project root and add the necessary environment variables like Redis URL, secret keys, etc.

touch .env

You can structure the .env file like this:

SECRET_KEY=your_django_secret_key
USERNAME_=you_email_or_email_service_username
PASSWORD=you_email_dev_key_or_service_password

Run the following command to apply database migrations:

python manage.py makemigrations

python manage.py migrate

Start the Celery worker with the gevent pool:

celery -A chat_proj worker -P gevent

This will enable background tasks.

Start the Django development server:

python manage.py runserver

The app should now be running at:

http://localhost:8000