Chat21-web-widget

Judgement

What it is

Building block

What it does

An Angular live chat widget built on Firebase or MQTT, used as the chat front end for Tiledesk.

Adopt it when

You run Tiledesk or Chat21 and need to embed its widget.

Watch out

Tied to the Tiledesk ecosystem; little sense outside it.

Ready for

Usable

Runs as

Library

Built with

TypeScript, Angular, Firebase and MQTT

How established

Established: started 9 years ago, latest release 4.0.4.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: Chat21-web-widget → TypeScript → Go → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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