Chat with your gpg contacts without leaving the terminal

chatty

GPG encrypted, ephemeral, real time chatting in the terminal

Features

• End to end encrypted
• Passwordless
• Real time
• vim like keybindings

Requirements

• node.js >= 10
• npm
• GPG

Installation

npm i -g chatty-cli

Usage

Make sure you've imported your contact's gpg keys properly :)

chatty <flags> arg

Example

chatty --with <[email protected]>

and

chatty --connect <[email protected]>

Note: No email address is transmitted to the server

Flags

-w, --with <key-id>

Creates a live chat session with

-c, --connect <key-id>

Joins an existing session

-k, --default-key

specify a default gpg personal key if you have more than one

-h, --help

Print the help information

Keybindings

Once in the chat window, press Esc twice to exit the session

Screenshot

TODO

• Help box
• Vim keybindings expansion
• add logs
• Participant selection screen
• --debug flag

Planned Features

• persisted chat

Copyright © Navdeep Saini