A lightweight, single-file web chat room built with PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — zero heavy dependencies, easy to deploy.
- Real-time chat updates (polling with AJAX)
- File uploads (images, audio, video, PDF, etc.)
- Uses SQLite — self-contained database
- Timestamps + usernames
- “Clear Chat” button
- Responsive dark UI (mobile & desktop)
- Auto “seen” marking for new messages
- Minimal footprint — just one PHP + frontend code
The repo contains:
QChat-web.PHP— main PHP file that handles routing (send, fetch, download, clear, seen)README.md— you’re looking at it- (If present)
uploads/folder for file storage - (If present)
chat.sqlite— the SQLite database
- Clone this repo:
git clone https://github.com/PSA-dgi/QChat-web.git