A simple real-time chat server built using Python sockets and threading. This server allows multiple clients to connect simultaneously and exchange messages in real time.
- 🔗 Supports multiple client connections
- ⚡ Real-time message broadcasting
- 🧵 Multi-threaded handling of clients
- 🖥️ Lightweight and easy to run
- 📡 Uses TCP socket communication
- Python 3
socketmodulethreadingmodule
- The server listens on a specified host and port.
- Multiple clients can connect to the server.
- Each client connection runs on a separate thread.
- Messages sent by one client are broadcast to all other connected clients.
git clone <your-repo-link>
cd <repo-folder>python server.pyYou can connect using:
- Custom Python client
- Telnet (for testing)
- Any TCP-based client application
- Socket Initialization: Creates and binds the server
- Threading: Handles multiple clients concurrently
- Broadcast Function: Sends messages to all connected clients
- Client Handler: Manages communication for each client
- No username support
- No encryption (not secure for production)
- No GUI (console-based)
- No message history
- ✅ Add usernames for clients
- 🔐 Implement encryption (SSL/TLS)
- 💬 Private messaging support
- 🖥️ Build a frontend UI (web or app)
- 📁 Store chat history
Feel free to fork this project and improve it. Pull requests are welcome!
Developed as a simple backend chat server using Python sockets.