HTMLChat 💬

A retro-styled, browser-only chat client.
Version: v0.1.0-beta

What this is

HTMLChat is a super simple chat system I hacked together:

• Frontend is pure HTML/CSS/JS (retro style, scrollbars included).
• Backend is a tiny API (yes, it’s alive, and yes, it works).
• LocalStorage keeps your name + cached messages.
• No cookies. No nonsense. Just chat.

Features

• Multiple rooms (#general, #random, #offtopic, #computers)
• Nicknames + color-coding
• Connection status + heartbeat (so you look online)
• Export chat logs as JSON
• Mobile-friendly (user list hides on small screens)
• Retro scrollbars (obviously)

Roadmap

This is beta, so expect bugs and jank. Stuff I might add:

• Dark mode
• /commands (like /me or /shrug)
• Typing indicators
• WebSocket support (currently polling)
• Emojis, maybe (but only if they don’t ruin the retro feel)

Running it

• Frontend is just static HTML.
• Backend is currently deployed at:

https://htmlchat.neeljaiswal23.workers.dev

The source for it is at Worker/! You can swap baseURL in the JS if you want to host your own.

License

MIT, because why not.