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candy-chat/candy

JavaScript-based multi-user chat client for XMPP. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/candy-chat/candy · homepage · JavaScript · MIT (permissive) · archived observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

10/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: archived

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5508
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1263
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1314 stars · 361 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Candy is a JavaScript-based web chat client for XMPP (Jabber) focused on real-time multi-user chat rooms. It is highly customizable via plugins and event hooks, and works in all major browsers.

Use cases

  • add a web-based group chat to an XMPP server
  • embed multi-user chat rooms in a website
  • let users join MUC rooms and private conversations from a browser
  • moderate chat rooms with kick and ban from the web
  • self-host a lightweight community chat client

When to choose

  • you already run an XMPP server with HTTP binding and need a browser client
  • you want a simple, plugin-extensible multi-user chat frontend
  • you need to support very old browsers like IE7-IE9

When to avoid

  • you need a maintained project - the README states it is dead and unmaintained
  • you want modern chat features like end-to-end encryption or video
  • you are not using XMPP as your chat backend

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

chat-interface websocket plugin-system messaging-platforms web-development chatbots browser xmpp jabber multi-user-chat web-chat-client real-time-chat discontinued web-server javascript

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
candy-chat/candymain10

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="candy-chat/candy")

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