💬 Chit Chat - Real-time Chat Application

Chit Chat is a real-time chat application built with the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express.js, React, Node.js) and Socket.IO. It supports one-to-one chats, group conversations, typing indicators, notifications, and more.

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🚀 Features

• 🔐 JWT-based Authentication (Register/Login)
• 💬 One-to-one and Group Chats
• ✏️ Typing indicators
• 🔔 Real-time Notifications
• 🔍 User search and chat initiation
• 👥 Group admin controls (e.g., remove users)
• 👤 User profile view and update
• 📱 Responsive UI

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend:

• React.js
• Axios
• Socket.IO-client
• Context API for state management
• Tailwind CSS / CSS Modules (edit based on your styling method)

Backend:

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB + Mongoose
• Socket.IO
• JSON Web Token (JWT)
• Bcrypt.js

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📸 Screenshots

LOGIN AND SIGNUP

SERACH USER

CHAT SCREEN

GROUP CHAT SCREEN

REAL-TIME CHATTING

NOTIFICATION

And many more features...

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🧑‍💻 Getting Started

🖥️ Frontend

cd frontend npm install npm start

🌐 Backend

cd backend npm install npm run dev