Single-page web chat application for Tinode. The app is built on React. The Tinode javascript SDK has no external dependencies. Overall, it's a lot like open source WhatsApp or Telegram web apps.
Although the app is generally usable, keep in mind that this is work in progress. Some bugs probably exist, some features are missing. The app was tested in the latest Chrome & Firefox only. NPM package is available.
Try possibly newer or older version live at https://web.tinode.co/.
For demo access and other instructions see here.
This is NOT a standalone app, this is just a frontend, a client. It requires a backend. See installation instructions.
The app is fully internationalized using React-Intl. The UI language is selected automatically from the language specified by the browser. A specific language can be forced by adding #?hl=XX
parameter to the URL when starting the app, e.g. https://web.tinode.co/#?hl=ru.
As of the time of this writing the following translations exist:
More translations are welcome. Send a pull request with a json file with translated strings. Take a look at English, Russian, or Simplified Chinese translations for guidance.
If you want to use the app with your own server and want web push notification to work you have to set them up:
firebase-init.js
in the root folder of your copy of TinodeWeb app. Copy-paste the following keys from the configuration object to firebase-init.js
: apiKey
, messagingSenderId
, projectId
, appId
(you may copy all keys).Web Push certificate
(Project Settings -> Cloud Messaging -> Web configuration -> Web Push certificates) to messagingVapidKey
field in firebase-init.js
.firebase-init.js
contains the following keys: apiKey
, messagingSenderId
, projectId
, appId
, messagingVapidKey
. The file may contain other optional keys.tinode.conf
, see details here.