A real-time chat application for redis and fastapi starters
- Real-time messaging with WebSocket
- Room-based chat system
- User authentication
- Message history persistence
- Real-time notifications
- Responsive design
- Scalable architecture
- Next.js 14 - React framework with App Router
- TypeScript - Static type checking
- Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework
- Socket.IO Client - Real-time client-server communication
- Shadcn/UI - Re-usable components
- FastAPI - Modern Python web framework
- Socket.IO - Real-time bidirectional event-based communication
- Prisma - Next-generation ORM
- PostgreSQL - Primary database
- Redis - Caching and pub/sub messaging
- Python 3.11 - Latest Python features
- JWT - Authentication mechanism
- Docker - Containerization
- Docker Compose - Multi-container orchestration
graph LR
Client[Next.js Client] <--> WebSocket[Socket.IO]
WebSocket <--> Server[FastAPI Server]
Server <--> Redis[(Redis)]
Server <--> DB[(PostgreSQL)]
- Node.js 18+
- Python 3.11+
- Docker and Docker Compose
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/SachinPrasanth777/Minnal.git
cd minnal- Run the client
cd client && cd redis
npm install
npm run dev- Run the server
docker compose up --build- Format the code
black format .Create a .env file in the root directory:
# Database Configuration
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_PASSWORD=postgres
DB_NAME=cache_db
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://${DB_USERNAME}:${DB_PASSWORD}@postgres:5432/${DB_NAME}?schema=public
# Cache Configuration
REDIS_URL=redis_cache
# Security
SECRET=your_secret_here
API_KEY=your_api_key_here- Fork the repository
- Create a new branch
- Make your changes
- Submit a pull request
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.