CowChat is a simple chat working on terminal that uses a JavaScript version of Cowsay to bring messages to you.

Logged
message from user99
 ___________
< Hi there! >
 -----------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

message from tux123
 __________________________________
< CowChat is the best chat EVER!!! >
 ----------------------------------
   \
    \
        .--.
       |o_o |
       |:_/ |
      //   \ \
     (|     | )
    /'\_   _/`\
    \___)=(___/

message from squirrel
 _______________________________________________________
< You can use any "cow" that will bring your message... >
 -------------------------------------------------------
  \
     \
                  _ _
       | \__/|  .~    ~.
       /oo `./      .'
      {o__,   \    {
        / .  . )    \
        `-` '-' \    }
       .(   _(   )_.'
      '---.~_ _ _|

Server is running at https://cowchat.herokuapp.com/. You can get server's code here.

Install with npm:

npm install -g cowchat

Signup

cowchat signup

To start listening for messages:

cowchat start <username> <password>

Now you will receive on this terminal all messages from other users. To send messages just type:

<receiver username> <message>

CowChat still has a lot of bugs. Please feel free to contribute.