FreeConversation
FreeConversation is a free, community‑driven online platform that facilitates real‑time text chat between users. It is designed to provide an alternative to proprietary messaging services while prioritising user privacy and an open‑source ethos. The project was first released in 2016 by the FreeConversation Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates for digital free speech and the protection of open standards on the Internet. Development began as a fork of the open‑source chat engine “ChatterBox” and quickly expanded to support multi‑channel conversations, private messaging, and group discussions. The platform is written in Python and runs on a client‑server architecture, making it easy to host on personal servers or small commercial cloud instances.
Key features of FreeConversation include support for multiple transports such as WebSocket, XMPP, and HTTP long