# candy-chat/candy

JavaScript-based multi-user chat client for XMPP.

Repository: https://github.com/candy-chat/candy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/candy
Homepage: http://candy-chat.github.io/candy
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: xmpp, javascript, chat
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-03-19T09:10:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5508, "days_push": 1263, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1314, forks 361 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:20.497266+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: chat-interface, websocket, plugin-system
- domain: messaging-platforms, web-development, chatbots
- platform: browser
- tags: xmpp, jabber, multi-user-chat, web-chat-client, real-time-chat, discontinued, web-server, javascript

## Member repositories
- candy-chat/candy (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.497266+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:48:45.646421+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/candy-chat/candy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.497266+00:00, sha a831872a2dbc)
  - homepage: http://candy-chat.github.io/candy (fetched 2026-08-29T12:07:34.039516+00:00, sha f3aa5b2dbae0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.