aiman-al-masoud / highflyer_chat

An opensource chat service that cares about your privacy (no javascript).

An opensource chat service that cares about your privacy.

Instructions to set up a local testing environment:

1) Clone this repository and navigate to its root directory

2) Create a python virtual environment called 'my_env'

$ python3 -m venv my_env

3) Activate the virtual environment:

$ source ./my_env/bin/activate

(You should notice that the console starts displaying the virtual environment's name before your own name and the dollar-sign).

4) Install this app's dependencies on the virtual environment you just created:

(my_env)$ pip install -r requirements.txt

5) Run the app on localhost:

(my_env)$ python3 -m flask run

Example output:

 * Environment: production
   WARNING: This is a development server. Do not use it in a production deployment.
   Use a production WSGI server instead.
 * Debug mode: off
 * Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/ (Press CTRL+C to quit)

Click on the link, and the homepage will be launched on your default browser. Yay!