Chatstead
Team chat that runs entirely on your own server
Chatstead launched on August 3, 2026 with 3 votes, #2,940 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.
What it does
Chatstead is a real-time team chat you run entirely on your own server — no Firebase, no Agora, no third-party services. Messaging, group chats, files, voice messages, WebRTC calls, reactions, search, push notifications and a white-label admin panel. One command installs it on a small Ubuntu VPS; add a domain and it gets a free Let's Encrypt certificate automatically. Docker too. Storage is the SQLite engine built into Node.js — no separate database. One-time licence, no subscription.
Chatstead is a real-time team chat you run entirely on your own server. One-command install, automatic HTTPS, no third-party services. Messaging, calls, files, admin panel — your data stays yours.
Install it on one server in minutes and your team gets messaging, voice and video calls, files and an Android app — with nothing routed through anyone else. Runs on a small VPS, on-premise, or even an offline internal network. No DevOps team required. If you can copy and paste one command, you can run Chatstead. Upload the package to a fresh Ubuntu server and run a single line. It sets up everything — the app, the service, the firewall. Open the address it gives you and a friendly setup wizard creates your admin account and workspace name. No default passwords. Add people or let them sign up themselves. Start messaging, sharing files and calling — instantly. A complete messenger — the…from chatstead.com
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