# jeremyckahn/chitchatter

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

Repository: https://github.com/jeremyckahn/chitchatter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chitchatter
Homepage: https://chitchatter.im/
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: end-to-end-encryption, p2p, peer-to-peer, privacy, serverless, webrtc, chat, decentralized, react, ephemeral, video-conferencing, web-mesh, trystero, webtorrent
Last push: 2026-08-09T15:58:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1487, "days_push": 24, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2321, forks 430 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:37.123420+00:00)

## What it is
Chitchatter is a free, open-source communication tool offering secure peer-to-peer chat, video, audio, and file sharing directly between browsers. It requires no API server, is end-to-end encrypted via WebRTC, and messages are ephemeral and never persisted to disk.

## Use cases
- chat privately with someone without signing up for an account
- have ephemeral conversations that leave no message history on disk
- make quick video or audio calls in the browser
- share large files securely between peers
- screen share during a private conversation
- self-host a decentralized chat app without backend infrastructure
- create disposable chat rooms with random UUID URLs

## When to choose
- you need private, end-to-end encrypted communication without accounts or servers
- you want ephemeral chats where nothing is persisted
- you need peer-to-peer file sharing of unlimited-size files
- you want a self-hostable, embeddable chat tool
- you prefer decentralized tools with no API server dependency

## When to avoid
- you need message history or searchable archives
- you require large-scale group chats beyond browser peer-connection limits
- you need mobile native apps
- you need compliance features like audit logs or message retention

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: chat-interface, cryptography, p2p, websocket, file-upload, video-processing, audio-processing
- domain: privacy, messaging-platforms, web-development, security, self-hosted
- platform: browser, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: webrtc, peer-to-peer, end-to-end-encryption, ephemeral-messaging, decentralized, video-conferencing, screen-sharing, file-transfer, trystero, react, web-server

## Member repositories
- jeremyckahn/chitchatter (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:37.123420+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 2026-08-30T02:38:47.289790+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jeremyckahn/chitchatter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:37.123420+00:00, sha 4c901ca72f25)
  - homepage: https://chitchatter.im/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:19:09.935588+00:00, sha a4abd6c56204)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.