# firebase/codelab-friendlychat-web

The source for the Firebase codelab for building a cross-platform chat app

Repository: https://github.com/firebase/codelab-friendlychat-web
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/codelab-friendlychat-web
Homepage: https://firebase.google.com
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: firebase, codelab
Last push: 2026-08-20T04:02:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3781, "days_push": 13, "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 1858, forks 1803 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:45.098089+00:00)

## What it is
Source code for the Firebase FriendlyChat codelab, containing start and end versions of a cross-platform chat app for Web, Cloud Functions, and Performance Monitoring. It accompanies step-by-step codelab instructions hosted on Google Codelabs.

## Use cases
- learn how to build a chat app with Firebase
- follow a Firebase web codelab step by step
- practice using Firebase Cloud Functions
- learn Firebase Performance Monitoring for web apps
- get starter code for a Firebase chat application
- teach Firebase basics in a workshop

## When to choose
- you are learning Firebase from scratch with guided tutorials
- you want hands-on example code for Firebase web development
- you need a reference implementation of a chat app using Firebase services

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready chat application
- you want a maintained library or SDK rather than tutorial code
- you do not use Firebase or Google's ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: chatbot, web-framework, developer-tools
- domain: tutorials, web-development, education, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: firebase, codelab, chat-app, cloud-functions, performance-monitoring, tutorial-code, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- firebase/codelab-friendlychat-web (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.098089+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 2026-08-30T03:16:02.490757+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/firebase/codelab-friendlychat-web (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.098089+00:00, sha d9f4bcff0bd8)
  - homepage: https://firebase.google.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:55:21.178774+00:00, sha 75cb35a969a0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.