Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Serverless WebSocket chat launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Flows▲135

   Chat Without Internet

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2SC
   Serverless Cloud Platform for Building Chat Apps with Node.js▲5

   2020 · chatkitty.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Node.js Messenger▲140

   A small alternative to Slack

   2017 · totaljs.com · its alternatives →

4. 4AD
   A Decentralized Chat Using JavaScript and Rust (WebAssembly)▲6

   2019 · perlin-network.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Total.js Messenger▲181

   A small, open-source alternative to Slack

   2017 · totaljs.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   WebsocketD▲82

   WebSockets are easy now

   2015 · websocketd.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Darkwire.io▲70

   Instant encrypted web chat

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Deskcord.chat▲74

   A widget to chat with customers from your Discord server

   Jul 2026 · deskcord.chat · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Converse.js▲126

   A free and open-source chat client for your website

   2014 · conversejs.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    tea orbit▲99

    Instant anonymous chat. No signup required.

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    FireChat▲115

    Hyperlocal anonymous chat network (no Internet required)

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

12. 12IW
    Instant web chat inside your LAN▲9

    2020 · localchat.bigsun.xyz · its alternatives →

13. 13QH
    Quick hack to get a chatbox on Last.fm using websockets▲7

    2012 · rosario.github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14SS
    Suprsede – Social news and discussion with realtime websockets chat▲5

    2014 · suprsede.com · its alternatives →

15. 15LC
    Live Chat from a Simple Link▲6

    2022 · contactlink.com · its alternatives →

16. 16AB
    A basic websocket chat server on RaspberryPi at my home▲22

    2015 · raspchat.ngrok.io · its alternatives →

17. 17SS
    Super simple chat app▲7

    2018 · boredchat.mustak.im · its alternatives →

18. 18SR
    Serverless realtime chat with Fanout and Fly▲13

    2018 · flychat.fanoutapp.com · its alternatives →

19. 19AW
    A web-browser to web-browser file sharing app (uses WebSockets, no DB)▲9

    2020 · easy-file-share.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20CS
    Chatlet – Simple Video Chat▲7

    2018 · chatlet.com · its alternatives →

21. 21RR
    Real Real-Time Chat▲7

    2013 · chox.co · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Open source hyper-live chatroom using WebSockets, Node.js, and Vue.js▲22

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    AIMless – a 10 KB single file P2P chat app with zero dependencies▲13

    I built AIMless, a ridiculously minimalistic, browser native chat app that fits entirely into one HTML file (10 KB). It’s decentralized, P2P, and has no build tools, no server, and no frameworks. Just you, your browser, and a copy/pasted blob or two.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24LT
    Low – totally silent video chat▲7

    2015 · getonlow.com · its alternatives →

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