Chitchatter
Peer-to-peer chat app that is serverless, decentralized, and ephemeral.
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Still maintained? Yes: 26 commits in the last 90 days.
Comparisons in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: Slack alternatives, WhatsApp alternatives, Microsoft Teams alternatives, Discord alternatives.
At a glance
Chitchatter quick facts
- Health score
- 54/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 2,343
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "Chitchatter uses Vite. The secure networking and streaming magic would not be possible without Trystero. File transfer functionality is powered by secure-file-transfer."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Chitchatter scores 54/100, #33 of 44 in Communication - Custom Communication Systems: 26 commits in the last 90 days earn 30.3 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 2,343 stars add 13.5 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is release recency, worth 25.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 30.3 / 35
26 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency biggest shortfall 0.0 / 25
No tagged release found
- Stars 13.5 / 20
2.3k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 26
- Last 90 days
- 86
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #33 of 44 tools in Communication - Custom Communication Systems by health , between Spectrum 2 (#32) and Shhh (#34) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-2.0 |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 2,343 |
| Open issues | 55 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | jeremyckahn/chitchatter ↗ |
Chitchatter vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Chitchatter (Communication - Custom Communication Systems), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket.Chat | 99 | 46k | MIT | today |
| Chatwoot | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Mattermost | 98 | 39k | ⊘ Proprietary | today |
| Synapse | 85 | 4.7k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| RetroShare | 58 | 2k | GPL-2.0 | 22 days ago |
| Chitchatter (this tool) | 54 | 2.3k | GPL-2.0 | yesterday |
Chitchatter: common questions
Is Chitchatter still maintained?
Chitchatter had 26 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday. Repoly recomputes this nightly.