commonware-chat

Send encrypted messages to a group of friends using commonware-cryptography and commonware-p2p.

Offline Friends

commonware-chat only sends messages to connected friends. If a friend is offline at the time a message is sent, commonware-p2p will drop the message. You can confirm you are connected to all your friends by checking the value of p2p_connections in the "Metrics Panel" in the right corner of the window. This metric should be equal to count(friends)- 1 (you don't connect to yourself).

Usage (4 Friends)

Friend 1 (Bootstrapper)

cargo run --release -- --me=1@3001 --friends=1,2,3,4

Friend 2

cargo run --release -- --me=2@3002 --friends=1,2,3,4 --bootstrappers=1@127.0.0.1:3001 

Friend 3

cargo run --release -- --me=3@3003 --friends=1,2,3,4 --bootstrappers=1@127.0.0.1:3001 

Friend 4 (Different Friend as Bootstrapper)

cargo run --release -- --me=4@3004 --friends=1,2,3,4 --bootstrappers=3@127.0.0.1:3003

Not Friend (Blocked)

cargo run --release -- --me=5@3005 --friends=1,2,3,4,5 --bootstrappers=1@127.0.0.1:3001