Polo

Polo is a python-based chat application made by TheSecretGunner(aka Trisn0w) for people who want to chat to others, without having to go through alot of setup.

Demo - Replit - Heroku

Installation

I am working on the installer, and the app itself. Stay tuned!

Making a 1-1 chat or Group DM

As you may see, Polo does not have a Direct Messaging feature. But, there is an alternative, named...

Instances

Instances are a way to make your own Polo chats, AND you can even change things about polo, like it's stylesheets, and functionality. Note, in order to make an instance, you will need to know about some of the things below.

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Ways

Replit (online instance)

1. Fork the source code on Replit
2. Press run
3. Where it shows a url on top of the preview is the link to your private Polo instance.

Heroku (online instance)

Coming soon.... (if anybody can achieve this, send me a link to the online instance on heroku and pictures to prove it can work on my Discord. TheSecretGunner#0001)

Self-hosted (local instance, UNTESTED)

1. Download the source code
2. unzip it and run the main.py file
3. enter 0.0.0.0:8081 in your browser. Also make sure that other users are connected to the same wifi as you for it to work

Support

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