Hi there, how about keeping history of past messages? I mean if all participants leave the channel, can they all keep history using e.g. localStorage and when they come back, see what has been shared until now including when they were away thanks to history of that channel from others?
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2026
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that's cool as hell
thanks!
Do users have to open ports for it to work?
nope
You have a heavy one with the whiteboard, kanban and docs as well?
I do not, that was the predecessor, peers suite, It stopped working because it relies on public torrent tracker to set up connection
very nice! I just found https://umbrabrowser.online/chat/ do I need the add-on to use it? Any chance this could be an app or a PWA usable on a phone? Also, is there a general chat we can use as a test?
Someone created a room earlier, it is a pwa. I'm working on getting it in android store.
If you want to test this, please join my room. It's called "flat-easy-down-bird" and the password is 1234 :)
Edit: the channel is called #test
Doesn't seem to be anyone or any channels? Is this thing on? taps mic
I am there now, the channel is called #test
Nope. I still see nothing. I think p2p is not the way to do this.
It probably does not help that I am on a phone
Same
Thank you for this, it looks great!
I will have the time to check this out further on the weekend, but quick question before: will people be able to find channels aligned with their interests like they do on Discord? Let's say for certain games or other topics. Because that is why many of my friends are still there.
Not at all, you need a room code and a password.
License?
agpl
I am sad I can only upvote this once
Thank you for your community service
This is really cool. Especially as a browser extension.