Local-first chat

A local-first chat application built with different frameworks. It

• Has secure user logins
• Works offline
• Loads faster than server side rendering
• Can be deployed like any static website
• Does not need a server

Getting started

To get user logins, sign up for Feathers Cloud Auth at app.feathers.cloud and create a new organization and application. Make sure to copy the application id (did:key:) and customize the theme 🤩

Then run the following in a terminal:

git clone [email protected]:featherscloud/chat.git
cd chat
npm install
npm run init

When prompted, paste your application id and choose your framework. Make sure to visit the development server (default localhost:3000) that will be started to finalize initialization.

Developing

Once initialized, the development server for any framework can be started like this:

npm run dev:<framework>

npm run dev:react
npm run dev:svelte

Build and deploy

The chat application can be deployed like any static website. The build can be run with

npm run build:<framework>

npm run build:react
npm run build:svelte

Note that in a CI environment, the VITE_CLOUD_APP_ID and VITE_AUTOMERGE_URL from the .env files need to be set.

Then the <framework>-chat/dist/ folder can be deployed like any static website.