2018-01-11, 04:57 PM
Hello everyone,
I am debating creating a chat server that MyBB can interface with to provide real time chat. The server side of things would be free standing (i.e. not require Apache) so as to avoid the overhead of a web server. The client side would be a Javascript / SockJS front end that would connect to the server and so forth. The server would authenticate with the MyBB database for controlled access.
The main issue here is in order to run the server you would essentially need a VPS or better. How many folks would be interested in such a plugin? I would of course release both client and server open source so I am not looking to make $$$ off of this. If there is little to no interest in this setup then I won't bother.
Thanks!
I am debating creating a chat server that MyBB can interface with to provide real time chat. The server side of things would be free standing (i.e. not require Apache) so as to avoid the overhead of a web server. The client side would be a Javascript / SockJS front end that would connect to the server and so forth. The server would authenticate with the MyBB database for controlled access.
The main issue here is in order to run the server you would essentially need a VPS or better. How many folks would be interested in such a plugin? I would of course release both client and server open source so I am not looking to make $$$ off of this. If there is little to no interest in this setup then I won't bother.
Thanks!