P2PChat

P2PChat is a peer-to-peer chat application built using Node.js, leveraging UDP for message transmission. It utilizes TypeScript for type safety and Zod for schema validation, ensuring robust and error-free message handling.

Features

• Peer-to-Peer Communication: Directly send and receive messages without the need for a central server.
• Group Chat: Broadcast messages to all connected peers or send direct messages.
• Causal and Orderly Message Delivery: Ensures messages are delivered in a causally consistent order and handles direct messages with expected sequence numbers.
• Dynamic Peer Discovery: Automatically discover and connect with peers using the "meet" protocol.
• Vector Clocks: Utilize vector clocks for maintaining a partial ordering of events in the distributed system.

Installation

To run P2PChat, ensure you have Node.js and npm/yarn installed on your system.

1. Clone the repository:

git clone  

2. Install dependencies:

yarn install

Usage

To start the application, run the following command:

yarn start

Follow the on-screen prompts to connect with peers and start messaging.

Commands

• meet : Connect to a new peer.
• dm: Send a direct message to a specific peer.
• broadcast: Send a message to all connected peers.
• quit: Disconnect from the network.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.