FirebaseExtended/firechat
Real-time Chat powered by Firebase 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 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4859
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2214
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2394 stars · 1017 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Firechat is an extensible, embeddable chat widget built on the Firebase Realtime Database, requiring no server-side code. It provides a ready-made UI and data layer for adding real-time chat rooms to any web application.
Use cases
- add a real-time chat widget to a web app
- build a chat product on Firebase without a backend
- embed multi-user chat rooms in a website
- learn how to structure a chat app with Firebase Realtime Database
- add social login (e.g. Twitter) to a chat interface
When to choose
- you already use Firebase Realtime Database and want a quick chat UI
- you need a serverless chat widget for a small web app
- you want a reference implementation for building chat on Firebase
When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the project is archived
- you use Firestore instead of the Realtime Database
- you need self-hosted chat without Firebase dependency
- you need modern frameworks like React or Vue integration
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
chat-interface auth ui-components web-development chatbots frontend messaging-platforms browser firebase realtime-chat chat-widget archived jquery web-server javascript
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/FirebaseExtended/firechat · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9d5dac5fc87d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| FirebaseExtended/firechat | main | 10 |
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