<p><tt>Converse.js</tt> implements an <ahref="http://xmpp.org">XMPP</a> based instant messaging client in the browser.</p>
<p>It's used by <ahref="http://github.com/collective/collective.xmpp.chat">collective.xmpp.chat</a>, which is a <ahref="http://plone.org">Plone</a> instant messaging add-on.</p>
<p>The ultimate goal is to enable anyone to add chat functionality to their websites, regardless of the server backend.</p>
<p>Currently this is not yet 100% the case, as the code makes ajax calls to the (Plone) backend to fetch user info.</p>
<h2>Features</h2>
<ul>
<li>Manually or automically subscribe to other users.</li>
<li>Accept or decline contact requests</li>
<li>Chat status (online, busy, away, offline)</li>
<li>Custom status messages</li>
<li>Typing notifications</li>
<li>Third person messages (/me )</li>
<li>Multi-user chat in chatrooms</li>
<li>Chatroom Topics</li>
<li>vCard support</li>
</ul>
<p>A screencast of (a very old version of) <tt>Converse.js</tt> in action via <tt>collective.xmpp.chat</tt>
can be seen <ahref="http://opkode.com/media/blog/instant-messaging-for-plone-with-javascript-and-xmpp">here</a>.</p>
<h2>Dependencies</h2>
<p>It depends on quite a few third party libraries, including <ahref="http://strophe.im/strophejs">strophe.js</a>,
<ahref="http:/backbonejs.org">backbone.js</a> and <ahref="http:/requirejs.org">require.js</a>.</p>
<h2>Licence</h2>
<p><tt>Converse.js</tt> is released under both the <ahref="http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php">MIT</a>
and <ahref="http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php">GPL</a> licenses.</p>
<h2>Download</h2>
Head on down to our <ahref="https://github.com/jcbrand/converse.js">Github repo</a>.
