cloudTalk

Distributed real-time chat backend written in Go.

Quick Start

cp .env.example .env
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up --build

API: http://localhost:8080 — WebSocket: ws://localhost:8080/ws?token=<jwt>

Documentation

Doc	Description
Architecture	System design & data flow
API Reference	REST endpoints & request/response shapes
WebSocket Protocol	WS message format for clients
Auth	JWT & refresh token details
Kafka	Topics, events, consumer group strategy
Database	Schema & migration guide
Deployment	Docker Compose & Kubernetes
Configuration	All environment variables
Tracing	OpenTelemetry tracing setup

Tech Stack

Go · PostgreSQL · Apache Kafka · WebSocket · JWT · Docker · Kubernetes