# OmarElgabry/chat.io

A Real Time Chat Application built using Node.js, Express, Mongoose, Socket.io, Passport, & Redis.

Repository: https://github.com/OmarElgabry/chat.io
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chatio
Homepage: https://chatio.herokuapp.com/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: real-time, chat, nodejs, express, mongoose, socket, passport, redis
Last push: 2019-07-02T22:55:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3654, "days_push": 2619, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1450, forks 473 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.864664+00:00)

## What it is
chat.io is a self-hosted real-time chat application built with Node.js, Express, Socket.io, MongoDB/Mongoose, Passport, and Redis. It provides username/password and social (Facebook/Twitter) authentication with real-time messaging over WebSockets.

## Use cases
- build a real-time chat app with nodejs and socket.io
- self-host a web chat application with user accounts
- learn how socket.io and redis adapter work together
- add social login to a chat application
- example of express session management with mongodb
- real-time messaging app with facebook and twitter login

## When to choose
- you want a complete reference implementation of a Node.js real-time chat app
- you need an example combining Socket.io, Passport, MongoDB, and Redis
- you want to self-host a simple chat server with social authentication

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, production-ready chat platform - the project hasn't been updated since 2019
- you need modern features like end-to-end encryption, video calls, or mobile apps
- you prefer not to manage MongoDB and Redis infrastructure yourself

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: websocket, auth, http-server, caching, logging
- domain: web-development, chatbots, messaging-platforms
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: socket-io, express, mongodb, passport, real-time-chat, redis-adapter, real-time, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- OmarElgabry/chat.io (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.864664+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 2026-08-30T04:35:53.927126+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/OmarElgabry/chat.io (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.864664+00:00, sha cf321605b4a4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.