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# TNT
**TNT's Not Tunnel** - A lightweight terminal chat server written in C
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![Language](https://img.shields.io/badge/language-C-blue.svg)
## Features
-**Vim-style operations** - INSERT/NORMAL/COMMAND modes
- 📜 **Message history** - Browse with j/k keys
- 🕐 **Full timestamps** - Year-month-day hour:minute with timezone
- 📖 **Bilingual help** - Press ? for Chinese/English help
- 🌏 **UTF-8 support** - Full support for Chinese, Japanese, Korean
- 📦 **Single binary** - Lightweight ~50KB executable
- 🚀 **Telnet access** - No client installation needed
- 💾 **Message persistence** - All messages saved to log file
-**Low resource usage** - Minimal memory and CPU
## Building
```bash
make
```
For debug build:
```bash
make debug
```
## Running
```bash
./tnt
```
Connect from another terminal:
```bash
telnet localhost 2222
```
## Usage
### Operating Modes
- **INSERT** - Type and send messages (default)
- **NORMAL** - Browse message history
- **COMMAND** - Execute commands
### Keyboard Shortcuts
#### INSERT Mode
- `ESC` - Enter NORMAL mode
- `Enter` - Send message
- `Backspace` - Delete character
- `Ctrl+C` - Exit
#### NORMAL Mode
- `i` - Return to INSERT mode
- `:` - Enter COMMAND mode
- `j` - Scroll down (older messages)
- `k` - Scroll up (newer messages)
- `g` - Jump to top
- `G` - Jump to bottom
- `?` - Show help
- `Ctrl+C` - Exit
#### COMMAND Mode
- `Enter` - Execute command
- `ESC` - Cancel, return to NORMAL
- `Backspace` - Delete character
### Available Commands
- `list`, `users`, `who` - Show online users
- `help`, `commands` - Show available commands
- `clear`, `cls` - Clear command output
## Architecture
- **Network**: Multi-threaded TCP server
- **TUI**: ANSI escape sequences
- **Storage**: Append-only log file
- **Concurrency**: pthread + rwlock
## Configuration
Set port via environment variable:
```bash
PORT=3333 ./tnt
```
## Technical Details
- Written in C11
- POSIX-compliant
- Thread-safe operations
- Proper UTF-8 handling for CJK characters
- Box-drawing characters for UI
## License
MIT License - see LICENSE file