A decentralized, serverless anonymous chat browser extension

Sep 30, 2024#P2P #webrtc #browser #chat45

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This is a decentralized, serverless anonymous chat browser extension that uses WebRTC for end-to-end encrypted communication. All data is stored locally, ensuring privacy, and it aims to enhance chat functionality for every website. The concept has been around for a while but struggled to find a good P2P implementation until the discovery of a library that supports decentralized networks like BitTorrent, Nostr, MQTT, Supabase, Firebase, and IPFS as signaling services for WebRTC, enabling true serverless operation. Currently, a known issue is that Service Workers do not support WebRTC APIs, preventing persistent background operation, which causes reconnections when switching tabs or refreshing the page. Video: https://youtu.be/Rixj6zGZLUc GitHub: https://github.com/molvqingtai/WebChat

This is a decentralized, serverless anonymous chat browser extension that utilizes WebRTC for end-to-end encrypted communication. All data is stored locally, so you don't have to worry about privacy, and the goal is to extend the chatroom functionality for every website.

This idea has been around for a long time, but a good P2P implementation method was never found until recently when a magical library was discovered: https://github.com/dmotz/trystero

It supports using decentralized networks like BitTorrent, 🐦 Nostr, 📡 MQTT, ⚡️ Supabase, 🔥 Firebase, or 🪐 IPFS as the signaling service for WebRTC, truly achieving serverless operation.

Known issues:

Service Worker does not yet support wbrtc-related APIs, which prevents it from running in the background, meaning that switching tabs or refreshing the page will cause a reconnection.
Video: https://youtu.be/Rixj6zGZLUc

Github: https://github.com/molvqingtai/WebChat