Link: https://github.com/openconstruct/umbrachat

Originally Umbrachat was a web app named Peersuite ( that I also developed) that was distributed as a docker image, web site, or electron app. Umbrachat has chat with channels, file sharing, threaded replies, and image preview in chat. Also, audio/video conferencing and screenshare.

I pulled out the non-social business type features ( document editing, whiteboard, and kanban ) and simplified the CSS and the code. I got everything down to under 200k in size and packaged it as a browser extension, which IMO is a way simpler method to use it.

All datastreams ( chat, audio, video) are encrypted end to end. After the initial connection to the server you are connected directly to your friends in a mesh network with superpeer capability.

github: https://github.com/openconstruct/umbrachat
peersuite github: https://github.com/openconstruct/Peersuite

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umbrachat/

Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/umbrachat/jdgneoijldkiffdnhkibcdnajchecaip?hl=en-US

Happy to answer any questions!

I am sad I can only upvote this once

that's cool as hell

License?

agpl

thanks!

Thank you for your community service

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?

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

Someone created a room earlier, it is a pwa. I'm working on getting it in android store.

Doesn't seem to be anyone or any channels? Is this thing on? taps mic

I am there now, the channel is called #test

This is really cool. Especially as a browser extension.

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

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?

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.

You have a heavy one with the whiteboard, kanban and docs as well?

Do users have to open ports for it to work?

nope

I do not, that was the predecessor, peers suite, It stopped working because it relies on public torrent tracker to set up connection

Required permissions for core functionality:

Access your data for all websites
Get data from the clipboard
Input data to the clipboard

Required data collection:

The developer says this extension collects: personal communications

Collecting personal communications? doesn't sound that private...

It's a chat program. I answered a questionaire on it and they auto-populated the fields. The extension is open source. After discovery you are connected directly to your friends, there is no capture of any text or data sent, it's all encrypted p2p.

How does that work if it's peer to peer? Doesn't at least one person need to open ports?