Arcadia. The perfect open-source messaging platform.

Installing

# clone the repo
$ git clone https://github.com/divy-work/arcadia.git

$ cd arcadia

# install the node modules...
$ npm install

# start
$ npm start

Database

Arcadia uses MongoDB for storage of every bit of information. So, Make sure you start the MongoDB daemon.

$ mongod

You can try editing configurations as per your needs.

config.dbURL = process.env.DATABASEURL || "mongodb://localhost/arcadia";

Its look and feel

Special Thanks

This repo is actually a complete makeover of ThalKod's discord-clone which was archived long ago.

Built with

• Nodejs - Node.js JavaScript runtime.
• Socket io - Websocket library for Node.js.
• Mongoose - Mongoose ORM for commuication with MongoDB.
• Express - Express framework for handling HTTP requests.