Converse.js

Converse.js can be added on top of any existing website, regardless of its platform, and provide a way for webmasters to talk to their site visitors.

The entire chat system uses a  (public or private) XMPP/Jabber server underneath the hood, relaying messages between registered and logged in users.

Support is included for multiple chat rooms and private messaging, allowing users to get help from a support staff in the chat room or in private from their friends.

Chat related features like room invitations, contacts list, contact groups, user status, and real-time typing notifications are all included.

Some other features are also packed with Converse.js, features like support for translations, vCards, message encryption, in-band registrations, contact subscriptions, and service discovery.

As you'd find out yourself while using it, Converse.js is very similar to the Facebook chat, works in near real-time, and has community developed plugins for platforms like WordPress, Alfresco, Django, Plone, Roundcube, and Patternslib.

All in all a pretty solid product, something you don't usually get every day from open sourced projects.

What is new in this release:

• Add the ability to log in anonymously.
• Add the ability to log in automatically.
• Remove type=email from JID field in login form. Resulting validation error confuses people.
• Add Ukrainian translations.

What is new in version 0.9.4:

• Add the ability to log in anonymously.
• Add the ability to log in automatically.
• Remove type=email from JID field in login form. Resulting validation error confuses people.
• Add Ukrainian translations.

What is new in version 0.9.3:

• Add the ability to log in anonymously.
• Add the ability to log in automatically.
• Remove type=email from JID field in login form. Resulting validation error confuses people.
• Add Ukrainian translations.

What is new in version 0.9.2:

• Add new API method chats.open to open chat boxes.
• Add new API method to set and get configuration settings.
• Add responsiveness to CSS. We now use Sass preprocessor for generating CSS.
• Bugfix. Custom status message form doesn't submit/disappear.
• Calling the API method contacts.get() without parameters now returns all contacts.
• Don't send out the message carbons IQ stanza on each page load.
• New Makefile.win to build in Windows environments.
• Norwegian Bokmal translations.
• Removed deprecated API methods.
• Strophe.log and Strophe.error now uses converse.log to output messages.
• The API method chats.get now only returns already opened chat boxes.
• Updated Afrikaans translations.

What is new in version 0.8.6:

• Bugfixes:
• Login panel didn't appear under certain conditions.
• Error when trying to render chat room configuration form.
• Text on the registration form was not configurable or i18n aware.
• With prebind the jid, rid and sid settings were ignored.

Requirements:

• JavaScript enabled on client side