converse.js

Converse.js is a web based XMPP/Jabber instant messaging client.

It enables you to add chat functionality to your website, independent of any specific backend. You will however need an XMPP server to connect to, either your own, or a public one.

Demo

Converse.js 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.

Converse.js: As seen on the conversejs.org website

inVerse: a fullscreen version of converse.js

Converse.js is also available in a fullscreen version, called inVerse

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.

Features

Single-user chat
Contacts and groups
Multi-user chat rooms XEP 45
Direct invitations to chat rooms XEP 249
vCard support XEP 54
Service discovery XEP 30
In-band registration XEP 77
Chat room bookmarks XEP 48
Roster item exchange XEP 144
Chat statuses (online, busy, away, offline)
Custom status messages
Desktop notifications
Typing and state notifications XEP 85
Messages appear in all connnected 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
Translated into 16 languages

Integration into other frameworks

Ruby on Rails: conversejs-rails
Django: django-conversejs or django-xmpp
Plone: collective.xmpp.chat
Roundcube: roundcube-converse.js-xmpp-plugin
Wordpress: ConverseJS
Patternslib: patterns.converse
Alfresco: alfresco-js-chat-share
Friendica: converse

Screencasts

Note: These screencasts are already quite old! Converse.js has grown and evolved further since then.

In a static HTML page. Here we chat to external XMPP accounts on Jabber.org and Gmail.
Integrated into a Plone site via collective.xmpp.chat.
Off-the-record encryption in Converse 0.7.

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).

Support

For support queries and discussions, please join the mailing list: conversejs@librelist.com

Also take a look at the mailing list archives.

Issues can be logged on the Github issue tracker.

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