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1TB
Terminal-based group chat with end-to-end encryption▲60
2013 · github.com
2LS
Let's Chat, a self-hosted chat app for small teams▲350
2015 · sdelements.github.io
3GI
Gossipr.io – Ephemerial and Linkable Group Chats▲21
2019 · gossipr.io
4MA
MapChat – A simple location based chat in 300 lines of code▲205
2015 · idoco.github.io
5AC
A chat client built on git▲81
2016 · github.com
6CO
ChatStep - Online Group Chat▲19
2012 · chatstep.com
7IM
I made a command-line Slack chat client▲90
2015 · github.com
8DL
Distributed – Live social chat app to help remote teams stay in sync▲47
2021 · joindistributed.com
95S
53cr3t – self-destructing group chat▲6
2020 · 53cr3t.com
10HA
HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS▲61
2012 · hubchilla.com
11CW
Chat With Cluster – Debug k8s in natural language▲7
2025 · tryparity.com
12LC
Lambda Chat – A dynamic web app using AWS Lambda▲57
2015 · cloudnative.io
13WC
Water Cooler – Always-available chat for teams▲57
2020 · watercooler.work
14ST
SVYFT – Team collaboration built around group chat▲23
2014 · svyft.com
15KA
Kwak, a real-time discussion platform▲33
2015 · kwak.io
16OS
Open source Live Chat Engine for your own systems▲17
2015 · github.com
17AC
A command line Slack chat client▲11
2017 · github.com
18OS
Open-Source Fully Featured Scalable Chat App (FFS Chat)▲20
2021 · github.com
19LV
Liqo v0.3 – Build a K8s super-cluster▲14
2021 · github.com
20MA
Matterhorn, a terminal-based chat client for Mattermost▲7
2017 · github.com
21SD
Slack/Discord bot for running interactive REPLs and shells from a chat▲19
2021 · github.com
22AS
A serverless chat backend – built on Firebase Cloud Functions▲15
2018 · github.com
23YY
YAMQ – Yet Another (delayed) Message Queue▲14
2018 · yamq.io
24AD
A Decentralized Chat Using JavaScript and Rust (WebAssembly)▲6
2019 · perlin-network.github.io

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