Welcome to BroChat

BroChat is a privacy-respecting, minimalist real-time chat application built from scratch for niche businesses that need simple, secure, and effective communication. Just like Slack, but stripped to the essentials — public chat, DMs, no distractions.

Built with:

• Rust + Axum backend (fast, safe, async-ready)
• Tauri + Vue.js frontend (native desktop feel with web flexibility)
• PostgreSQL database (reliable, relational, robust)

🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Stack
Backend	Rust + Axum
Frontend	Tauri + Vue.js 3
Database	PostgreSQL
Auth	JWT
Protocol	WebSockets (for real-time chat)

🧠 Why BroChat?

Most chat platforms are bloated, full of unnecessary features and data mining. BroChat focuses on core communication:

• Public Chat — where every registered user can participate.
• Direct Messages (DMs) — for one-on-one convos with end-to-end routing.
• Built from scratch, not on any third-party chat API.
• Designed for cross-platform deployment via Tauri.
• Uses JWT-based authentication for secure login and user sessions.

Perfect for:

• Small teams
• Niche internal networks
• Companies wanting chat ownership (no third-party dependencies)

🚀 Features

• ✅ Auth system with login & registration
• ✅ Real-time Public Chat
• ✅ Real-time Direct Messaging (DMs)
• ✅ Avatar upload support (optional)
• ✅ Native app for all platforms (Tauri-powered)
• 🔒 Token-based auth (no cookie mess)
• 🔧 Fully customizable & open source

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Run Locally

⚠️ Requirements: Rust, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Tauri CLI

Commands in backend folder

export DATABASE_URL=postgres://name:port@localhost/database_name

cargo sqlx prepare

Command for android (in UI/frontend)

export ANDROID_HOME="$HOME/Library/Android/sdk"
export NDK_HOME="$ANDROID_HOME/ndk/$(ls -1 $ANDROID_HOME/ndk)"

export JAVA_HOME="/Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jbr/Contents/Home"

Database commands

Open Database

psql -U name -d database_name

CREATE

psql -U name -d postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE database_name;"

DELETE

psql -U name -d postgres -c "DROP DATABASE database_name;"

Migrate

sqlx migrate run

1. Backend (Rust + Axum)

cd brochat/backend
cargo run

2. Frontend (Rust + VueJs)

cd brochat/UI/frontend/

For Web

npm run dev

For android

cargo tauri android dev

For ios

cargo tauri ios dev

For Desktop

cargo tauri dev