Overview

Secure peer-to-peer chat that is serverless, decentralized, and ephemeral Secure peer-to-peer chat that is serverless, decentralized, and ephemeral - jeremyckahn/chitchatter The project has 2K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under GPL-2.0.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

Multiple peers per room (limited only by the number of peer connections your browser supports).
Public and private rooms.
Video and audio chatting.
Screen sharing.
Direct messaging.
File sharing:
Unlimited file size transfers.
Files are encrypted prior to sending and decrypted by the receiver (the key is the room name).
Embedding into other web apps via iframe.
Markdown support via react-markdown.

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

encryption, file attachments, markdown support, mobile app, npm, rest api, themes.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Integrations & APIs

REST API

Media & Files

File Attachments
Markdown Support

Customization & Branding

Themes / Skins

Security & Privacy

Encryption

Mobile & Desktop

Mobile App

Replaces

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