Chitchatter
Serverless peer-to-peer ephemeral chat with no accounts required
Overview
Chitchatter is a fully serverless, decentralised chat application that runs entirely in the browser using WebRTC for peer-to-peer connections. There is no backend server to host; it can be deployed as a static site on any CDN or served from a simple file server. Messages are never stored anywhere and vanish when the session ends. No account registration is required — users join rooms by sharing a URL.
Where it falls short of Slack
- No message history; all chats are ephemeral and disappear on page close
- No file sharing, threads, reactions, or integrations
- WebRTC NAT traversal can fail on restrictive corporate networks
- No moderation, authentication, or access control features
We list the gaps honestly so you can decide if the trade-off is worth owning your data.
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