A self-hosted chat app for small teams.

• BYOS (bring your own server)
• Persistent messages
• Multiple rooms
• New message alerts
• Mentions (hey @you)
• Image embeds
• Code pasting
• File uploads
• SSL/TLS
• MIT Licensed

• API
• Better transcripts with search
• Better error handling
• Emote autocomplete
• Access control
• Mobile client

Install nodejs and mongo

Clone le repo

git clone https://github.com/sdelements/lets-chat.git
cd lcb

Install node dependencies

npm install

Create a settings file (make sure to edit if you need to).

cp settings.js.sample settings.js

Run the app

nodejs app.js

Party time: http://localhost:5000