viniexplorer/pychat

A real-time Python chatroom application with Tkinter GUI

pychat

A fork from the Python chatroom application with Tkinter GUI by Zhang Zeyu

Create Your Own Chatroom Application

Check out Zhang Zeyu's tutorial here.

How to Run?

Run the server.py script from the command line.

Usage: python3 server.py <host> [-p PORT]

Arguments:

• host: Interface the server listens at. Can be a hostname, or an IP address.
• -p PORT: TCP port the server listens at (default 1060)

For example:

$ python3 server.py 127.0.0.1
Listening at ('127.0.0.1', 1060)

$ python3 server.py localhost
Listening at ('127.0.0.1', 1060)

Run the client.py script from the command line (in a separate terminal window).

Usage: python3 client.py <host> [-p PORT]

Arguments:

• host: Interface the server listens at. Can be a hostname, or an IP address.
• -p PORT: TCP port the server listens at (default 1060)

For example:

$ python3 client.py localhost
Trying to connect to localhost:1060...
Successfully connected to localhost:1060

Your name:

$ python3 client.py 127.0.0.1
Trying to connect to 127.0.0.1:1060...
Successfully connected to 127.0.0.1:1060

Your name:

Run multiple clients to chat in real-time!

Note: If connecting from a different subnet, your firewall may block the connection.

Preview

GUI Interface

Command Line Interface