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Online Web Chat Software?

Posted by Cliff on from the spider-talk-over-the-grapevine dept.

frooyo asks: "I have been looking for sometime now to add the functionality of web chat to my website. I have been having difficulty in finding free (open source) software that allows for a moderator and N number of registered users to chat on my website. These projects look promising, but we'd like to know what others are out there. What do you use on your website for web chatting?"

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  1. How do I put chat rooms on my web pages? by vasqzr · · Score: 5, Funny


    Welcome to 1996!

    Next up:

    MIDI music
    Flash
    Annoying Cursors
    VBScript
    Useless Java Applets!

  2. CGIIRC by FinestLittleSpace · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://cgiirc.sourceforge.net/ is a brilliant IRC > web client, and is massivley customisable, as well as having a very very helpful creator/developer who'll respond to your needs. Try it.

  3. chat systems by Eric'sGoddess · · Score: 4, Informative

    Personally, I use Aerial Chat(configured on my site: http://www.cataromance.com/chat/xindex.php -- the project: http://freshmeat.net/projects/aerialchat/). It's the one I settled on after trying out at least a dozen others. The problem that I've found is either they're difficult to set up or they don't work on everyone's computer. This one has a safe mode for older browsers. What I'd really like to see in a chat is the ability to moderate the chat when we have a guest speaker. Still waiting for that option. If anyone knows of a good one, let me know! :)