Communication

MikroChat

Collaborative

A self-hosted team chat app you run and own.

Use
Collaborative
Storage
Embedded PikoDB with optional AES-256-GCM encryption at rest.
Runtime
Node API and static frontend in one release.
MikroChat interface screenshot

Your team chat, your server.

MikroChat packages a clean chat frontend and backend with channels, private channels, DMs, threaded replies, files, search, presence, encryption at rest, and flexible authentication.

Small teams that want chat without per-seat pricing or vendor lock-in.

What ships

Public and private channels with files, images, pins, quotes, and links

Threaded replies, direct messages, search, mentions, unread badges, and presence

Dev mode, magic links, passwords, OAuth 2.0, and admin operations

Server-Sent Events for realtime updates and PWA cached read access

Install

Run it

curl -sSL -o mikrochat_app.zip https://releases.mikrosuite.com/mikrochat_app_latest.zip curl -sSL -o mikrochat_api.zip https://releases.mikrosuite.com/mikrochat_api_latest.zip unzip mikrochat_app.zip -d mikrochat_app unzip mikrochat_api.zip -d mikrochat_api # Terminal 1 cd mikrochat_api/* node lib/mikrochat.mjs # Terminal 2 cd mikrochat_app/* npx http-server . -a 127.0.0.1 -p 8000 -c-1