Uchat

Messaging application built with C

💡 About Uchat

Uchat is a GUI messaging application built with C, GTK, sqlite and CSS.

The project is divided into two executables: uchat and uchat_server.

On the frontend side, in order to build the GUI the project uses GTK. CSS is used for styling.

On the backend, the uchat_server is a daemonized process that runs in the background. The server uses sockets for data exchange between clients. To store users and their messaging history, uchat_server uses sqlite.

Uchat messenger is capable of:

• Registering/logging in users
• Searching for contacts
• Exchanging messages
• Emoji support
• Saving message history
• Automatically reconnecting if the connection was lost

🔧 Built with

• C
• sqlite
• GTK3
• CSS
• Make
• libmx (custom library)
• Valgrind

🚀 Getting started

These instructions will help you configure and compile this project to run it on your machine.

🧩 Prerequisites

Before trying to compile the application, make sure you have clang compiler, Make and GTK3 installed on your system:

• On Linux (Ubuntu):

sudo apt install build-essential clang libgtk-3-dev

• On macOS:

xcode-select --install

brew install gtk+3

⚙️ Installation

After cloning the repository, navigate to Uchat root directory and simply run 'make' command:

make

The application should now be ready to run.

✅ Usage

Before launching the client, start uchat_server and specify a port. For example:

./uchat_server 3000

Then, start the client. Specify the ip address and port. For example:

./uchat 127.0.0.1 3000

Preview: