tchux - the secure LAN chat app

Made to chat covertly over LANs like computer labs

What is tchux?

tchux (pronounced chuks) is a LAN chat app that aims to be secure and easy to set up.

Installation

tchux can be installed via cargo :- cargo install tchux

Alternatively, download a release of your choice from the various releases and run it without Installation

Usage

tchux instances operate in 2 modes, client mode and server mode.

Client mode is used to connect to tchux servers on the LAN whereas server mode initializes a tchux server on your machine and then pops a client too so you can join in :P

Server mode

tchux server

Note

the server command starts an instance of the client too

Client mode

tchux client

Note

exit the client with esc