netchatte/README.md

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copyleft, netchatte is a netcat based terminal 
chat program, inspired by 'unnamed project' 
and made during the first tangible clouds worksession 18th → 21st May 2022 in Brussels 
(https://tangible-cloud.be/)

## Demo

[![Netchatte demo](https://dennisdebel.nl/downloads/netchatte/netchatte-demo.png)](https://dennisdebel.nl/downloads/netchatte/netchatte-demo.mov)


## Usage 
chmod all .sh files, be on the same network and run ./netchatte.sh

Currently there are two options in the main menu: 
  1) Who is online? - Scans for other clients running Netchatte, option is here for historical reasons
  2) Chat - Scans for other clients running Netchatte, allows you to select one client to connect to and start chatting

### Chat
Each person running Netchatte has to explicitly select and connect to each others IP adress using the 2) Chat option. 

## Notes
Tested on OSX Catalina and OSX Monterey 12.3.1 (both ship with BSD version of Netcat from 2001 and Screen version 4.00.03 (FAU) 23-Oct-06 ). Not tested with more than two instances ;) YMMV.