KaspaTalk frontend

You can run the frontend on a different machine than the one you are running the backend on.

Activate the frontend from source code (on Linux Ubuntu/Mint)

• Get KaspaTalk up and running, following KaspaTalk backend repository instructions
• If you don't already have a private key and a testnet-11 address, download the genkeypair app from here https://github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/releases and run the following command:
  • ./genkeypair --testnet
• Save both information locally, for later
• Fund your address with a lot of small UTXOs (1 KAS each); every UTXO will be used to send a single message
• Open your terminal
• Git clone this repository
• Copy userSettings-example.js in the same folder and rename it to userSettings.js
• Open userSettings.js and modify USER_PRIVATE_KEY, BACKEND_NODE and KASPA_NODE_WRPC by adding your private key and the IP address of your machine running KaspaTalk backend and the IP address of your WRPC connection to Kaspa node
• Open the main folder and run the following commands to install all required dependecies:
  • npm install vite
  • npm install
• Activate the development server with the following command:
  • npm run dev
• On your Chrome/Chromium browser open http://localhost:5173/
• Starts the first conversation by cliking the "pen" button on the top of the sidepanel

IMPORTANT: Always keep your browser "Developer mode" activated when using KaspaTalk frontend, in order to collect useful logs from the console