Chat Application

A full-stack chat application with authentication, multi-chat threads, and clean UI.

🧩 Tech Stack & Structure

• Frontend (frontend/) — React (likely with hooks), UI components, chat interface
• Backend (backend/) — Auth APIs, message endpoints, database integration
• .gitignore — common files to be excluded

Feel free to add your versions/frameworks (TypeScript, Express, FastAPI, etc.).

🚀 Features

• User registration & login
• Multiple chat sessions (threads)
• Real-time / near-real-time messaging
• Sidebar view for list of chats
• Chat UI & message history

🛠️ Setup & Running Locally

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/khanhtuanvo/chat_application.git
cd chat_application

2 ⚙️ Create a .env file in the backend directory:

SECRET_KEY=your_new_secret_key DATABASE_URL=your_new_database_url OPENAI_API_KEY=your_new_openai_key

3. Install frontend dependencies and run locally

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev  

4. Install backend dependencies and run locally

cd ../backend
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn app.main:app --reload

🧩 Tech Stack

Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS

Backend: Fastapi

Database: FastAPI

Authentication: JWT

🖼️ UI Previews

🔑 Login Page 💬 Chat Interface 🏠 Dashboard 👥 User Management 👤 Profile