whisp

Real time simple anonymous chat app where anyone can send messages without the need to sign up or log in

tech stack

• Backend: Go, Gin, Gorilla WebSockets
• Frontend: Templ, Alpine.js, TailwindCSS
• Database: NeonDB (PostgreSQL)
  • Goose (DB Migrations)
  • SQLc (DB interactions)
  • pgx (DB persistence)
• Hosting & Infrastructure: Docker, GitHub Container Registry (Switched from Google Artifact Registry), Render (Switched from Cloud Run)
• CI/CD Tools: Makefile, GitHub Actions, Air (Go Live Reload)

todo (in no particular order)

• add auth and login maybe (but still keep anonymity)
• add diff rooms instead of just one room and the ability to create rooms
• allow users to send images
• allow users to send gifs (using Tenor API)