Twilio Phone Client

• Installation
• Changelog

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Roadmap
• Screenshots
  • SMS
  • Call

Introduction

This is a web client providing easy access to SMS and call capabilities of a Twilio phone number.

The SMS part is built on top of Twilio's Programmable Chat API.

This repository consists of two parts:

/src/               # the frontend React app
/deploy/functions/  # supporting backend scripts, to be deployed as Twilio Functions

The npm deploy command utilizes Twilio CLI to deploy both the frontend and backend to Twilio Runtime.

Features

• SMS: Infitinty scolling (older messages get loaded automatically as one scrolls up in a thread)
• SMS: Hovering over message timestamp displays tooltip with additional details of each message including its SID
• SMS: Unread message count tracking
• Call: Support for both inbound and outbound calls
• Configurable accent color (see REACT_APP_ACCENT_COLOR in /.env)

Roadmap

• Add basic form of authentication
• Add one-click installation option (using Heroku) to eliminate the need for local env and numerous manual installation steps
• Add support for inbound calls
• Add unread badges to individual messaging threads and SMS channel overall
• Add ability to delete SMS threads from within the client
• Add support for Multimedia Messages (MMS) for both inbound and outbound
• Add call history and allow quick redials

Screenshots

SMS

Call