echx

A tiny WebSocket chat app I built to learn Gleam. It’s intentionally small and simple—more of a toy project than a production system.

Screenshot

What’s inside

• Gleam backend using mist and a small message pipeline
• React + Vite frontend (Tailwind + DaisyUI)
• WebSocket-only transport (/ws)

Quick start

Backend

cd backend
gleam run

The backend listens on http://localhost:8080.

Frontend

cd frontend
pnpm install
pnpm dev

The frontend will point at the local backend (via WebSocket).

Notes

• This repo is a learning project, so expect rough edges.
• There’s a compose.yml for the deployed images, but it’s not required for local dev.

Why this exists

I wanted a small, real-world-ish project to understand Gleam’s syntax, tooling, and OTP-style processes. That’s it—no grand ambitions.