A self-hosted chat app for small teams built by Security Compass.

Features and Stuff

• BYOS (bring your own server)
• Persistent messages
• Multiple rooms
• New message alerts / notifications
• Mentions (hey @you)
• Image embeds
• Code pasting
• File uploads (Local / Amazon S3)
• Transcripts / chat history
• XMPP Multi-user chat (MUC)
• Local / Kerberos / LDAP authentication
• Hubot Adapter
• REST-like API
• MIT Licensed

Deployment

See the wiki for instructions on deploying locally, or to Docker, Vagrant and Heroku.

Upgrading from 0.2.x

Release 0.3.0+ uses a new settings file called settings.yml, just move over your old settings.js options and run npm run migrate.

FAQs regarding common issues

What version of Node.JS is required?

Let's Chat requires Node.JS version 0.10.x. You will have a bad time if you try to use a different version.

Do I need MongoDB running?

Yes. Please refer to MongoDB's documentation.