# converse

A free and open-source XMPP chat client in your browser

Now also available in a fullscreen version. Check out inverse.chat Please support this project via Patreon or Liberapay

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## Converse.js is written in Javascript and runs in your browser.

You can start using it here immediately, or you can integrate it into your own website.

Take a look at the demo page for other examples of how Converse.js can be configured and used.

You can connect to any publically accessible XMPP/Jabber server, either from a public provider, or one you have set up yourself.

### Don't have an XMPP/Jabber account?

No problem! With converse.js you can register an account on any public XMPP server that allows registration.

## Integration

- Ruby on Rails
- Plone
- Django (option 1)
- Django (option 2)
- Roundcube
- Wordpress
- Patternslib
- Alfresco
- Friendica

## Features

- Available as overlayed chat boxes or as a fullscreen application. See inverse.chat for the fullscreen version.
- Plugin Architecture based on pluggable.js
- Presence information (online, busy, away)
- Single-user chat
- Contacts and groups
- Multi-user chatrooms (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)
- Custom status messages
- Typing and chat state notifications (XEP 85)
- Desktop notifications
- Messages appear in all connected chat clients (XEP 280)
- Third person "/me" messages (XEP 245)
- XMPP Ping (XEP 199)
- Server-side archiving of messages (XEP 313)
- Client state indication (XEP 352)
- Off-the-record encryption
- Supports anonymous logins, see the anonymous login demo.
- Translated into 16 languages

## Screencasts

- In a Plone site
- Chatting with buddies from Jabber.org and Gmail
- Off-the-record encryption

## Contact

- Follow me on Twitter or chat with me via XMPP at jc@opkode.com.
- For technical support, you can ask on Stack Overflow or if you have a more simple question you can ask in the Converse.js chat room: discuss@conference.conversejs.org.
- Please file bugs and feature requests on Github.

## Professional support and custom development

I'm available for paid-for features, custom development and consulting.
However, please don't contact me personally for free support, use the other channels mentioned above. Here's my contact form.

## Converse.js is supported by:

Converse.js is a software commons; available at no cost to you and every other person on earth. Sponsorships allow us to fund further development and improvements and are greatly appreciated. If you'd like to sponsor this project, please visit Patreon page or Liberapay