DamageLabs/kandan

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2685 stars · 391 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Kandan is a self-hosted, open-source team chat application revived as a modern alternative to HipChat, built with Angular and an Express/TypeScript backend using Socket.io for real-time messaging. It is currently in early development with the backend scaffolded and the Angular client still to come.

Use cases

• self-host a team chat app instead of HipChat or Slack
• run an open-source real-time messaging server with channels
• host a private chat server with JWT-based user accounts
• deploy a lightweight team communication tool on my own server
• chat app with typing indicators and message history
• admin-controlled chat with user approval and channel management

When to choose

• you want a self-hosted, open-source team chat alternative you can fully control
• you prefer a lightweight SQLite-backed chat server over heavyweight platforms like Mattermost or Rocket.Chat
• you want a simple Angular + Express stack you can extend yourself

When to avoid

• you need a production-ready chat platform today - the project is in early development with the client still unbuilt
• you need enterprise features like SSO, integrations, or mobile apps
• you need a proven, battle-tested solution with an active release history

Facets

application · maturity experimental

websocket auth http-server orm chat-interface self-hosted web-development messaging-platforms self-hosted team-chat slack-alternative hipchat-alternative socketio angular express drizzle-orm sqlite real-time nodejs typescript web-server

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