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Built an Open-Source Live Chat Starter Kit with Nextjs & SocketIO – Feedback Welcome!

Hey Indie Hackers! 👋

I recently launched an open-source Live Chat Support Starter Kit — it’s a real-time, full-stack chat app built with:
• 🧠 Next.js (App Router)
• ⚡ Socket.IO for real-time messaging
• 🧩 Zustand for lightweight state management
• 🎨 TailwindCSS for styling

It includes both admin and visitor UIs, message persistence with sessionStorage / localStorage, and is fully deployable using Vercel (frontend) and Railway (backend).

I created this because I needed a simple but customizable real-time chat feature, and wanted to avoid third-party platforms or SaaS. Thought it could be helpful to others too — especially indie devs who want to add chat support to their apps quickly.

🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/unjica/live-chat-support-demo

Would love your thoughts:
• What would you improve or change?
• Is it something you’d use or contribute to?
• Any ideas for next features?

Thanks for checking it out! 🙌

posted to Icon for group Ideas and Validation
Ideas and Validation
on May 6, 2025
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    i assume this tool is simply not for me since it uses github and i don't know how to build/compile projects. Best of luck

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