# Sharkord/sharkord

Lightweight, self-hosted, open-source chat server with voice, video, text, and screen sharing. Built for small groups who want privacy, simplicity, and full control over their data.

Repository: https://github.com/Sharkord/sharkord
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sharkord
Homepage: https://sharkord.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bun, chat, data-ownership, mediasoup, messaging, privacy, realtime, screen-sharing, self-hosted, webrtc
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:34:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 92, longevity 23
- inputs: {"age_days": 323, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 54, "gap_med": 2.5, "n_releases_24m": 23}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1463, forks 131 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:47.812537+00:00)

## What it is
Sharkord is a lightweight, self-hosted real-time communication platform offering voice, video, text chat, and screen sharing, built with TypeScript and Bun on top of mediasoup/WebRTC. It ships as a single binary bundling server and web client, with a plugin SDK for extending commands, UI, and voice features.

## Use cases
- self-host a private Discord alternative for a small friend group
- run a voice and video chat server on my own VPS
- host a chat server where I own all the data
- screen share with sound while watching movies with friends
- set up a lightweight chat server with Docker and HTTPS
- extend a chat server with custom bots and plugins
- replace Discord without ads, tracking, or premium tiers

## When to choose
- you want a privacy-focused, self-hosted chat with voice/video for a small or medium private group
- you want a single-binary or Docker deployment that runs in about a minute with no external database
- you want a plugin system to add bots, soundboards, or custom features
- you want full data ownership on your own infrastructure

## When to avoid
- you need a full Discord replacement or a platform for large public communities
- you need S3/object storage for uploads or multi-server federation in one instance
- you need production stability - Sharkord is alpha with breaking changes and an unstable plugin SDK
- you need end-to-end encrypted message storage (messages are stored unencrypted on disk)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: chatbot, websocket, http-server, plugin-system, webhook
- domain: messaging-platforms, self-hosted, privacy, web-development
- platform: windows, self-hosted, browser
- tags: discord-alternative, webrtc, mediasoup, voice-chat, video-chat, screen-sharing, bun, typescript, chat-server, data-ownership, real-time, linux, macos, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- Sharkord/sharkord (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.812537+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 2026-08-30T04:35:11.595393+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Sharkord/sharkord (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.812537+00:00, sha 210d525445d9)
  - homepage: https://sharkord.com (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:09.045104+00:00, sha 4453f1af192f)
  - site_page: https://sharkord.com/docs/introduction/quick-start (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:09.062835+00:00, sha 412d56f22f13)
  - site_page: https://sharkord.com/docs/plugins/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:09.059397+00:00, sha 97ddb298dec2)
  - site_page: https://sharkord.com/docs/common-questions (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:09.060924+00:00, sha 9aa6397619db)
  - site_page: https://sharkord.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:09.054324+00:00, sha e240df6a4222)
  - site_page: https://sharkord.com/docs/introduction/installation/docker-compose (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:09.056323+00:00, sha 8d31c656bdf5)
  - site_page: https://sharkord.com/docs/domains (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:09.057930+00:00, sha 5944eba33efa)
  - site_page: https://sharkord.com/docs/introduction/installation/docker (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:09.064645+00:00, sha a9913cbd6250)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.