peerchan

SYNOPSIS

A terminal based client for the peerlinks protocol.

• Fully peer to peer
• Multiline input editing
• Command autocomplete
• Customizable color scheme
• Buffer scrollback
• Create channels
• Request and accept invites

INSTALL

npm install peerchan -g

GETTING STARTED

• Launch the app by typing peerchan from your terminal.
• Create an identity by typing /id <your-user-name>.
• Make a request to join someone's channel by typing /r or create your own channel by typing /create <channel-name>.

CONFIG

Optional example config stored in ~/.peerchan.json.

{
  "bg": 255,
  "fg": 234,
  "comment": { // system comments
    "fg": 246,
    "bg": 255
  },
  "prompt": { // the text message input
    "bg": 4,
    "fg": 15
  },
  "timestamp": { // message timestamp
    "fg": 244,
    "bg": 255
  },
  "status": { // the status bar at the top
    "fg": 4,
    "bg": 15
  },
  "prefix": "▌", // prefix system comments
  "scrollback": 3, // scrollback rate
  "id": "heapwolf" // your default id
}

DEBUGGING

This has been tested on node 12.16.3 LTS, but latest, 14.1.0 seems to have some issues.

In terminal window A...

DEBUG_COLORS=false DEBUG='peerlinks:*' INST=0 node ./bin/peerchan.js

In terminal widow B...

DEBUG_COLORS=false DEBUG='peerlinks:*' INST=1 node ./bin/peerchan.js

In terminal window C...

tail -f ./peerchan.log