✨ Chatty — Real-Time Chat App

🚀 Live Demo: chatty-real-time-chat-app

Chatty is a full-stack real-time chat application built using the MERN stack and Socket.io. It features real-time messaging, secure authentication with JWT and HttpOnly cookies, online status indicators, image sharing, and a sleek, responsive UI with 30+ themes.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend: React, TailwindCSS, DaisyUI
Backend: Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB
Realtime: Socket.io
Auth: JWT + HttpOnly Cookies
Image Uploads: Cloudinary
State Management: Zustand

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🔥 Features

• 🔐 Secure user authentication (JWT + HttpOnly cookies)
• 💬 Real-time chat with Socket.io
• 🟢 Online/offline user status indicators
• 🌈 32+ UI themes (DaisyUI)
• 🖼️ Image uploads via Cloudinary
• 🧠 Global state management using Zustand
• ⚠️ Full error handling (frontend & backend)
• 🧼 Clean, responsive, mobile-friendly UI

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📸 Screenshots

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🧑‍💻 Created By

• Mehtaab Aalam – LinkedIn
• @TheMehtaab – Twitter/X

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