converse.js

Converse

Converse is a web based XMPP/Jabber chat client.

You can either use it as a webchat app, or you can integrate it into your own website.

It's 100% client-side JavaScript, HTML and CSS and the only backend required is a modern XMPP server.

Please support this project via Patreon or Liberapay

Demo

Converse is hosted and can be used at https://conversejs.org.

A demo showing anonymous login is available at https://conversejs.org/demo/anonymous.html and a demo which shows how you can embed a single chat room into a page is avialable at https://conversejs.org/demo/embedded.html.

Documentation

The developer/integrator documentation can be found at https://conversejs.org/docs/html.

You'll probably want to begin with the quickstart guide, which shows you how to use the CDN (content delivery network) to quickly get a demo up and running.

Converse modes

Overlay

In overlay mode, Converse appears overlayed chats on top of the website.

Fullpage

In fullpage mode, Converse behaves like a single-page app that covers the whole browser viewport.

Embedded

In embedded mode, Converse can be embedded into an element in the DOM.

Features

• Available as overlayed chat boxes or as a fullscreen application. See inverse.chat for the fullscreen version.
• Custom status messages
• Desktop notifications
• A plugin architecture based on pluggable.js
• Multi-user chat rooms XEP 45
• Chatroom bookmarks XEP 48
• Direct invitations to chat rooms XEP 249
• vCard support XEP 54
• Service discovery XEP 30
• In-band registration XEP 77
• Roster item exchange XEP 144
• Chat statuses (online, busy, away, offline)
• Typing and state notifications XEP 85
• File sharing / HTTP File Upload XEP 363
• Messages appear in all connnected chat clients / Message Carbons XEP 280
• Third person "/me" messages XEP 245
• XMPP Ping XEP 199
• Server-side archiving of messages XEP 313
• Hidden Messages (aka Spoilers) XEP 382
• Client state indication XEP 352
• Last Message Correction XEP 308
• OMEMO encrypted messaging XEP 384
• Anonymous logins, see the anonymous login demo
• Message Retractions XEP-424
• Message Moderation XEP-425
• Translated into over 30 languages

Integration into other servers and frameworks

• Prosody: mod_conversejs
• Openfire: inverse.jar
• Ruby on Rails: conversejs-rails
• Django: django-conversejs or django-xmpp
• Patternslib: patterns.converse
• Roundcube: roundcube-converse.js-xmpp-plugin
• Wordpress: ConverseJS
• Pàdé: Pàdé
• Plone: collective.converse
• Alfresco: alfresco-js-chat-share
• Friendica: converse
• Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware: built-in optional feature

Tests

We use behavior-driven tests written with jasmine.js.

Open tests.html in your browser, and the tests will run automatically.

Licence

Converse.js is released under the Mozilla Public License (MPL).

Attribution

Emoji images are courtesy of Twemoji.

Support

Issues can be logged on the Github issue tracker.

Donations

A heartfelt thanks for everyone who has supported this project over the years. Many people have contributed testing, bugfixes, features and corrections.

We accept donations via Patreon and Liberapay.