ChatUp

ChatUp is a desktop messager available for Linux and Windows. In ChatUp you can:

• Сreate groups and add users to them
• Send text messages to group chats
• Make group video/audio calls
  

Screenshots

Dependencies

Qt version >= 6.8.0

• FFmpeg for opus/h264 encoding/decoding (vcpkg port)
• nlohmann-json for commnunication with server (vcpkg port)
• libdatachannel for P2P media transfering (submodule)
• OpenSSL libdatachannel dependency (vcpkg port)
• QWindowKit for frameless widnow (submodule)
• QuickFuture (submodule)

Server setup

Communication with the server is performed using the webscoket protocol,address and port of the server can be set via the command line:

$ chatup -h "host" -p "port"

Default address is wss://5.35.124.43:8000

Building

The build requires vcpkg, I tested on MSVC 19.41.34123 and CMake 3.27.0

git clone https://github.com/bubochka14/ChatUp.git && cd ChatUp
git submodule update --init --recursive
mkdir build && cd build
cmake build .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/path/to/vcpkg
cmake --build .

To do

• Group and user icons
• Personal chats
• Sending files to the chat
• Screen sharing