Open source chat projects

Every project in the registry tagged chat, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 42 combined stars ★ 259K refresh nightly
01 Rocket.Chat ★ 46K

Self-hosted team messaging with voice, video, and AI

last push19 hours ago languageTypeScript license—
02 Khoj ★ 38K

AI second brain for research, automation, and personal agents

last push3 months ago languagePython licenseAGPL-3.0
03 AionUi ★ 34K

Open-source 24/7 Cowork app for OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and 20+ more CLI Agent | Customize your assistants | Team them up|Star if you lik

last push10 days ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
04 Zulip ★ 26K

Organized team chat for distributed teams

last push28 hours ago languagePython licenseApache-2.0
05 Lemmy ★ 15K

Build your own federated discussion community

last push26 hours ago languageRust licenseAGPL-3.0
06 chat ★ 14K

Instant messaging platform. Backend in Go. Clients: Swift iOS, Java Android, JS webapp, scriptable command line; chatbots

last push8 days ago languageGo licenseGPL-3.0
07 owncast ★ 12K

Take control over your live stream video by running it yourself. Streaming + chat out of the box.

last push7 days ago languageGo licenseMIT
08 venom ★ 6.6K

Venom is a high-performance system developed with JavaScript to create a bot for WhatsApp, support for creating any interaction, such as customer service, media

last push2 months ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
09 Colanode ★ 5.2K

Self-hosted team workspace with chat, docs, and databases

last push7 months ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
10 ChatUI ★ 4.5K

The UI design language and React library for Conversational UI

last push22 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
11 chatgpt-android ★ 3.9K

📲 ChatGPT Android demonstrates a Chatbot application using OpenAI's chat API on Android with Stream Chat SDK for Compose.

last push10 months ago languageKotlin licenseApache-2.0
12 react-native-keyboard-controller ★ 3.8K

⌨️ Keyboard manager which works in identical way on both iOS and Android

last push19 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
13 Chaskiq ★ 3.6K

Open-source customer communication platform

last push4 months ago languageTypeScript license—
14 errbot ★ 3.3K

Errbot is a chatbot, a daemon that connects to your favorite chat service and bring your tools and some fun into the conversation.

last push7 days ago languagePython licenseGPL-3.0
15 Quiet ★ 2.7K

Serverless team chat over Tor, no phone number needed

last push5 days ago languageTypeScript licenseGPL-3.0
16 goflylivechat ★ 2.6K

开源在线客服系统GO语言开发GO-FLY,免费在线客服系统/GOFLY LIVE CHAT: open source self-hosted private cloud customer support live chat software by golang

last push14 months ago languageHTML licenseApache-2.0
17 WebChat ★ 2.6K

💬 Chat with anyone on any website.

last push2 months ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
18 dino ★ 2.5K

Modern XMPP ("Jabber") Chat Client using GTK/Vala

last push2 days ago languageVala licenseGPL-3.0
19 chitchatter ★ 2.3K

Secure peer-to-peer chat that is serverless, decentralized, and ephemeral

last push15 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseGPL-2.0
20 xmpp.js ★ 2.3K

XMPP for JavaScript

last push2 months ago languageJavaScript licenseISC
21 openvidu ★ 2.1K

OpenVidu Platform: self-hosted real-time video and audio for your apps, built on LiveKit and mediasoup

last push3 days ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
22 movim ★ 2.1K

Movim - Decentralized social platform

last push20 hours ago languagePHP licenseAGPL-3.0
23 Mezon ★ 2.0K

Create custom spaces to chat, game, and connect globally

last push15 hours ago languageTypeScript license—
24 twake-legacy ★ 1.9K

Twake is a secure open source collaboration platform to improve organizational productivity.

last push9 months ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
25 talkyard ★ 1.8K

A community discussion platform: Brings together the main features from StackOverflow, Slack, Discourse, Reddit, and Disqus blog comments.

last push4 months ago languageTypeScript licenseAGPL-3.0
26 BotFramework-WebChat ★ 1.8K

A highly-customizable web-based client for Azure Bot Services.

last push16 hours ago languageHTML licenseMIT
27 Risuai ★ 1.8K

Make your own story. User-friendly software for LLM roleplaying

last pushyesterday languageTypeScript licenseGPL-3.0
28 UnInbox ★ 1.8K

Transform team email into efficient collaborative workflows

last push9 months ago languageTypeScript license—
29 xiaozhi-android-client ★ 1.7K

一个基于小智、xiaozhi-server的Android、IOS语音对话应用,支持实时语音交互和文字对话。现在是flutter版本,打通IOS、Android端。请同志们动动小手,点点小星星,予以鼓励。

last push2 months ago languageDart licenseApache-2.0
30 deltachat-desktop ★ 1.6K

Decentralized private messenger with chat-shared tools and games for Desktop

last push21 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseGPL-3.0
31 tmi.js ★ 1.6K

💬 Javascript library for the Twitch Messaging Interface. (Twitch.tv)

last push12 months ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
32 sharkord ★ 1.6K

Lightweight, self-hosted, open-source chat server with voice, video, text, and screen sharing. Built for small groups who want privacy, simplicity, and full con

last push18 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
33 Zola ★ 1.5K

AI chat companion with versatile model support

last push11 months ago languageTypeScript licenseApache-2.0
34 Edgechat ★ 1.4K

A modern, self-hosted team chat built on Cloudflare — realtime messaging, Telegram bridge, encrypted messages & files, and WebMCP. | 基于 Cloudflare 的现代自部署团队聊天系统:

last push2 days ago languageJavaScript licenseGPL-3.0
35 octo-server ★ 1.1K

🐙 The Go backend powering OCTO — an open workplace built for humans × AI agents. REST & WebSocket APIs, Lobster (AI agent) orchestration, and WuKongIM real-tim

last push7 days ago languageGo licenseApache-2.0
36 macai ★ 936

All-in-one native macOS AI chat application for virtually any AI provider

last push3 months ago languageSwift licenseApache-2.0
37 claude-chat-exporter ★ 740

One-click, privacy-first exporter for Claude.ai chats — clean Markdown with artifacts and attachments, ready for Obsidian and RAG.

last push10 days ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
38 Ethora ★ 552

Messaging SDK with AI agents for web, iOS, and Android

last push27 hours ago languageJavaScript licenseApache-2.0
39 whirl ★ 512

The AI chat app that sweats the details. Every top model, real memory, living documents, and your own tools.

last push19 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
40 Valour ★ 399

Community-driven platform built for transparency

last push26 hours ago languageC# licenseAGPL-3.0
41 SAMA ★ 161

Secure, scalable chat server for modern applications

last push28 days ago languageJavaScript licenseGPL-3.0
42 Tiledesk ★ 15

No-code platform to build AI agents and automate support

last push3 days ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source chat projects are there?

This registry tracks 42 projects tagged chat, with 259,039 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Rocket.Chat at 46,358 stars.

Are these chat projects free to use?

Yes — 38 of the 42 carry an explicit open-source licence across 6 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which chat project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these chat projects still maintained?

32 of the 42 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.