# adrianhajdin/project_chat_application

This is a code repository for the corresponding YouTube video. In this tutorial we are going to build and deploy a real time chat application. Covered topics: React.js, Node.js, Express.js, and Socket.io.

Repository: https://github.com/adrianhajdin/project_chat_application
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/project_chat_application
Homepage: https://www.jsmastery.pro
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: react, reactjs, react-project, react-hooks
Last push: 2024-10-29T08:38:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2562, "days_push": 673, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4135, forks 1773 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:36.180487+00:00)

## What it is
A companion code repository for a YouTube tutorial that walks through building and deploying a real-time chat application using React, Node.js, Express, and Socket.io. It serves as educational reference code rather than a production-ready software product.

## Use cases
- learn how to build a real-time chat app with Socket.io
- tutorial project for React and Node.js websockets
- example code for sending and receiving messages over websockets
- follow along with a full-stack chat application video
- starter code for a real-time messaging app
- learn Express and Socket.io backend basics

## When to choose
- you are learning websockets and real-time messaging for the first time
- you want to follow a guided video tutorial with matching code
- you need a simple reference implementation of a React + Socket.io chat app

## When to avoid
- you need a production-grade chat system with auth, persistence, and scaling
- you want a maintained library or framework to depend on
- you need licensing clarity for commercial reuse

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: websocket, chat-interface, web-framework, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, tutorials, chatbots
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: socket-io, react, express, tutorial-code, realtime-chat, youtube-tutorial, real-time, nodejs, javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- adrianhajdin/project_chat_application (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:36.180487+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:23:01.454837+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/adrianhajdin/project_chat_application (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:36.180487+00:00, sha 72647634c433)
  - homepage: https://www.jsmastery.pro (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:27.447363+00:00, sha 6062d3a2cbdf)
  - site_page: https://jsmastery.com/course/tanstack-pro-course (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:27.451406+00:00, sha ae34cdd1ca05)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.