nChat

What it is

nChat is an open-source messaging app that runs on your own server. Text chat, voice and video calls, call recording, bots, moderation, and real-time presence — all yours, none of it on someone else's cloud.

What you get

• 1-to-1 and group messaging with real-time presence
• Voice and video calls via LiveKit (self-hosted)
• Call and session recording stored on your own storage
• AI moderation to filter spam and abuse automatically
• Bot framework for automating tasks inside channels
• Full authentication with role-based access control

Plugins included

7 plugins — all installed with one command.

Install

Activate your license, then install the plugins:

nself license set nself_pro_xxxxx...
nself plugin install chat livekit recording moderation bots realtime auth
nself build