Social networks, messaging and dating
Anonymous and community chat apps
Real-time chat platforms ranging from no-signup anonymous stranger chat and random video matching to lightweight Discord-style community and self-hosted chat servers, for people wanting casual or private online conversation.
Built for: Casual chatters and online communities
Projects since May 04
191
Different builders
185
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+16%
AI is the core
9.4%
Projects per week
Mostly web app (56%), mobile app (13%), developer tool or library (7.3%) · from r/SideProject, r/IMadeThis, r/vibecoding, r/chrome_extensions
Latest
- Backend Social — Offers an ad-free social chat app with private messages, language-based public chat rooms, communities, and random person matching.“I built a free, ad-free social app on my own – looking for honest feedback”
- moshr — Lets visitors type anonymous text-only messages that animate and blend together on a shared page.“i made an anonymous text only site where the text moshes with you”
- YOMO — Matches two strangers at random for a 24-hour chat that locks afterward and never reconnects them.“YOMO - You only meet once”
- Discord Customizer — Restyles the Discord web app in Chrome or Edge with themes, wallpapers, fonts, layout tweaks and custom CSS.“Discord-customizer-v1.2 Available In GitHub /notgamermx”
- Seama.app — Provides a private couples space with end-to-end encrypted chat, video and voice calls, shared playlists, memories, albums, and mood sharing.“I made a chat app for partners”
- Recommends Discord bots and servers based on a user's interests and current servers, mixing in newer bots for exposure.“I made a Discord bot & server list that recommends based on what you like, not just what's popular”
- mingle tv — Matches visitors at random for live one-on-one video or text chat.“I spent 2 months coding/vibecoding this school project”
- Matches anonymous users for chats based on mood, interests, and discussion topics, including peer support conversations for people feeling sad or lonely.“Need name suggestions for an anonymous chatting app!”
- sugabots — Hosts shared group chats where team members and AI agents work together, with agents running on schedules, webhooks, and MCP tools.“Built a group chat where you and your AI agents work together, now open source”
- Lets people chat anonymously with a conversation partner without creating an account or logging in.“We built a no-login chat app for those “I just want someone to talk to” moments”
- Talk To Somebody — Connects strangers for live one-on-one or small group text, voice, and video conversations without feeds.“After all the bugs, rejections and waiting… my app is finally live now on the App Store”
- SocketChat — Lets terminal users chat with other devices on the same local network, with auto-discovery and end-to-end encryption.“I built SocketChat, a tool allows you to chat with other devices in you LAN.”
- DiscordPlace — Lists Discord servers with live counts of members in voice and chatting, so users can find active servers.“I built a Discord server list that shows who's actually in voice and chatting right now, so you stop joining dead servers”
- MingleHub — Matches anonymous users by category for one-on-one voice or text chats without signup.“Built an app to talk to new people by voice or text, would love your feedback”
- Glint — Lets friends meet in a shared browser room where they build and decorate a room with stickers, seen live by everyone present.“I turned my here.fm alternative into cozy sticker rooms you decorate with friends”
- Roomrail — Creates temporary shared rooms where joined participants exchange text, links, code, files and images in real time, and the room expires later.“I’m building a temporary shared room for groups, is this actually useful?”
- HearMe — Matches strangers in random one-on-one voice or text chats without requiring an account or camera.“I built an anonymous voice + text chat with strangers — no sign-up, no camera. Looking for honest feedback”
- Anonymous Chat — Lets people chat anonymously with strangers grouped by shared interests and topics.“I’m building an anonymous chat website and looking for early testers”
- ObsdnHost — Runs Discord bots in always-on containers with a web control panel for console, files, and package installs.“Built a lightweight Discord bot host to avoid Heroku/Render idle limits — looking for beta testers/feedback”
- Limoni Voice — Runs end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer voice chat and screen sharing inside a terminal, joined via invite link.“Limoni Voice: terminal-native Discord alternative with E2EE voice & screen share, built on my own zero-allocation Go TUI engine”
Most discussed
- notbrb — Recreates MSN Messenger in the browser with real-time chat, nudges, sounds and winks between friends.“I rebuilt MSN Messenger in the browser, real-time chat, nudges, sounds and winks actually work”
- Jev — Moderates live chat in real time using an AI assistant.“Using Jev for real-time live chat moderation”
- Distopia — Provides a chat app with text messaging and server creation, built as a lightweight alternative to Discord.“I vibecoded Discord in an evening because I was bored”
- ChatJon — Lets users chat with nearby online people chosen from a live map, plus location-based communities and a global chat.“I kept thinking, Why isn't there a chat app built around a map?”
- Heeyyo — Lets anonymous visitors with only a nickname join group chat and video rooms to meet strangers.“How do you beat the cold-start problem? We built a chat and cam website but it's a ghost town (no users because no users :)”
- BanterBird — Matches strangers for anonymous one-on-one text chat with instant rematching.“I Built an Anonymous Chat Site for 2026. What Do You Think?”
- Relays each server member's chat messages to other members through webhooks so they appear anonymous.“I created a discord bot that makes your server chat anonymous”
- Pairme — Connects two strangers for one-on-one anonymous chat.“Review my side project”
- boredpeoplechat — Provides a single global anonymous text chat room where strangers can talk without signup.“I wanted somewhere I could chat with strangers worldwide whenever I am bored, like the old internet. I built an anonymous chat with one room globally.”
- RealtimeChat — Provides open-source team chat with channels, DMs, threads, reactions, file sharing and search, plus bots and optional AI catch-up summaries.“I'm building an open-source Slack alternative because per-seat pricing gets ridiculous. Would you switch?”