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livechat
Open-source live chat for Rails with a drop-in support widget and team inbox stored in your own database, positioned as a self-hosted alternative to Crisp, Intercom and Chatwoot.
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3.0% fork ratio
License: MIT
Selection & positioning guide
Structured overview of delivery form, target scenarios, and licensing boundaries
Positioning & delivery
Categorized under Systems & Services and delivered as Self-hosted, covering Personal cloud & NAS, Databases workflows.
Stack & community signals
Built primarily with Ruby. Community scale is summarized in the metrics above; use the star history and commit activity below to judge the quality and durability of its growth.
License & maintenance check
Licensed under MIT with status "Recently maintained". Verify dependency requirements and the upstream LICENSE before production adoption.
Star history & growth
Based on collected snapshots
No trend in this date range
Inspect recent observations
| Date | Stars |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | 13 |
| 2026-10-18 | 13 |
| 2026-10-19 | 13 |
| 2026-10-20 | 13 |
| 2026-10-21 | 13 |
| 2026-10-22 | 13 |
| 2026-10-23 | 13 |
| 2026-10-24 | 13 |
| 2026-10-25 | 13 |
| 2026-10-26 | 14 |
| 2026-10-27 | 55 |
| 2026-10-28 | 59 |
| 2026-10-29 | 62 |
| 2026-10-30 | 64 |
| 2026-10-31 | 65 |
| 2026-11-01 | 65 |
| 2026-11-02 | 65 |
| 2026-11-03 | 65 |
| 2026-11-04 | 65 |
| 2026-11-05 | 66 |
| 2026-11-06 | 66 |
| 2026-11-07 | 66 |
| 2026-11-08 | 66 |
| 2026-11-09 | 66 |
| 2026-11-10 | 66 |
| 2026-11-11 | 66 |
| 2026-11-12 | 67 |
| 2026-11-13 | 67 |
| 2026-11-14 | 67 |
| 2026-11-15 | 67 |
Project profile
Repository metadata & lifecycle signals
- License
- MIT
- Delivery form
- Self-hosted
- Latest release
- 2026-10-17
- Last push
- 2026-11-14
- Created
- 2026-07-25 (4 mos)
- Fork / Star ratio
- 3.0%
Get the source & start here
Cloning downloads source; follow official setup and dependency instructions.
git clone https://github.com/yshmarov/livechat.gitAfter cloning, enter the project directory · cd livechat
GitRank Project Score
5-dimension model · 75% input coverage
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- MaintenanceRecent push & release cadence
- 30 / 30
- Delivery informationSetup docs, examples & prerequisites
- 13 / 25
- Community signalsStar scale & fork participation
- 8 / 20
- Recent growth7-day net gain & momentum
- 0 / 15
- Usage informationDescription, license & homepage
- 10 / 10
Computed automatically from repository activity, documentation structure, community signals, and recent growth.
Frequently Asked Questions about livechat
Is yshmarov/livechat still actively maintained in 2026?+
yshmarov/livechat is currently rated "Recently maintained" with a GitRank engineering score of 61/100. Its latest recorded code push was on 2026-11-14, with the latest tagged release on 2026-10-17.
Can I use yshmarov/livechat for commercial projects?+
Yes. yshmarov/livechat uses the permissive MIT open-source license, which generally permits commercial use, modification, private deployment, and distribution provided copyright notices are retained.
What are the best open-source alternatives to yshmarov/livechat?+
Top actively maintained open-source alternatives and comparable projects to yshmarov/livechat in Systems & Services include mealie-recipes/mealie (13,897 stars), louislam/uptime-kuma (94,305 stars), gogs/gogs (47,938 stars). Follow the internal links below to compare their architecture and licensing.
How fast is yshmarov/livechat growing on GitHub?+
Net Star change over the past 7 days: +1 Stars.