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In this article, explore the many open source options for connecting to IRC and find the one that works best for you.
Source: The top four Internet Relay Chat clients | Opensource.com
Of particular interest is Kiwi IRC, web based client that is powered by node.js and provides embeddable widgets so you can add chat to your website.
4 open source chat applications for team collaboration | Opensource.com http://opensource.com/business/15/9/alternatives-slack-team-chat?sc_cid=70160000000x3w9AAA
Socket.IO P2P provides an easy and reliable way to setup a WebRTC connection between peers and communicate using the socket.io-protocol.
Socket.IO is used to transport signaling data and as a fallback for clients where the WebRTC
PeerConnectionis not supported. Adding a simple piece of middleware to your socket.io setup enables this – no need to hand roll your own signaling exchange or set up, deploy and scale new servers.
Source: Socket.IO — Socket.IO P2P
There is potential here to create a secure, non-archived chat system that would be useful for education. Add chat to a CALI eLangdell Lawbook for example, or enable law student study groups.
Hack.chat is a minimal, distraction free chat app that runs in your browser https://github.com/AndrewBelt/hack.chat
Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security, it’s super fast, simple and free. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time — your messages sync seamlessly across any of your phones, tablets or computers.With Telegram, you can send messages, photos, videos and files of any type (doc, zip, mp3, etc), as well as create groups for up to 200 people. You can write to your phone contacts and find people by their usernames. As a result, Telegram is like SMS and email combined — an
Source: Telegram
I guess I’ll need to load this up and take it for a whirl. Maybe an alternative to Slack?