mmm,
         /::* > -Chit Chat!
\        |::/
 Aaa..../:::\\
 \:::::::::::|
  \:::::::::/
   \:::::::/
     \:/\:/
      |_  \__

• Users authenticate themselves with a unique name before being able to write messages

• Users can signal their status ("Online", "Away" and "DND") to other users

• Messages can be sent to unique users, or to all connected users in the chat

• All connected users can be listed with their current states

• All users get a notification when a user connects or disconnects

brew install libevent

pip install cython

hg clone https://bitbucket.org/denis/gevent

cd gevent

python setup.py build

python setup.py install

To start the server (default port is 6000):

python server.py [port]

To connect to the server:

telnet hostname 6000

Registered users:

• magnus:qwerty

• svea:frog

• bobby:12345