🚀 QuickChat — Real-Time Chat App (MERN + Socket.IO)

QuickChat is a modern real-time chat application built using the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) with Socket.IO for live, bi-directional messaging.

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📸 Features

• ✅ Real-time messaging with Socket.IO
• 👤 User authentication (login/register)
• 🧾 Persistent chat history (MongoDB)
• 📱 Responsive UI with React
• 🔒 JWT-based authentication
• 👥 One-to-one
• 🟢 Online user tracking

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🛠 Tech Stack

Backend:

• Node.js + Express
• MongoDB (via Mongoose)
• Socket.IO (WebSockets for real-time communication)
• JWT (for auth)
• bcrypt (for password hashing)

Frontend:

• React.js
• Socket.IO Client
• Axios
• Tailwind CSS / Styled Components

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📂 Project Structure

quickchat/ ├── server/ │ ├── controllers/ │ ├── models/ │ ├── routes/ │ ├── socket.js │ └── server.js ├── client/ │ ├── src/ │ │ ├── components/ │ │ ├── pages/ │ │ ├── contexts/ │ │ └── App.jsx └── README.md