# Dedicated chat client?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [May 15, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021 "2024-05-15T05:06:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 5:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021/1 "2024-05-15T05:06:04Z")
My business is ramping up our usage of Discourse, now building “micro communities” within our community—that is, other business units want to do their user-facing operations through Discourse.
As a forcing function, I’m having my team move all of our operations to Discourse, eg:
> [@Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-you-should-use-discourse-internally-for-your-company-team-instead-of-slack-4-years-use-case/296983):
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> We have been using Discourse as the main tool for communication, record keeping, research documenting, lab journaling tool for over 4 years. I will argue that most companies would greatly benefit from having Discourse as their main communication tool rather than Slack & email chains & WhatsApp. It boils down to this: If you believe there is any value in the conversations between employees for future reflection then you need Discourse. The simple reason is that channel based instant messaging …
One thing we’re immediately noticing is the need for some improved experiences with chat, namely, a dedicated chat client.
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021/4 "2024-05-15T15:37:40Z")
Can you expand a bit on Chat Client?
Discourse has Chat implemented (see admin plugins Chat) you may need to enable it.
What are you looking for the Chat to have?
This is the Official integrated in Core
> [@Discourse Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/official-discourse-chat-plugin/230881):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse Chat adds chat functionality to your Discourse instance.open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately. Features As mentioned in our [initial announcement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734) and [most recent update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/234824), this plugin adds chat functionality to your Discourse so it can natively support both, long-form and short-form communication needs of your online community. Configuration Initial Setup [chat-…
This plugin maybe of use and is an official plugin.
> [@Discourse Chat Integrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-integration-plugin/66522):
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> information_source Chat Integration is for using an external chat system together with Discourse — you may be looking for [Discourse Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881) which adds Chat functionality directly to Discourse. discourse2Summaryopen_bookInstall Guide The Discourse Chat Integration plugin lets you send messages in your preferred chat platform when something happens in Discourse. Messages can be triggered by: New topics New replies Messages to a group Mentions of a group Functio…
Here is a 3rdparty plugin that currently supports Telegram with plans to add more later
> [@Discourse Chat Bridge (Telegram)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-bridge-currently-only-supports-telegram/284691):
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> information_sourceSummary Bridge your discourse chat to telegramhammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/Lhcfl/discourse-chat-bridge](https://github.com/Lhcfl/discourse-chat-bridge)open_bookInstall Guide [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157) I’m working on bridging Discourse to other platforms. Currently it only supports Telegram, but I plan to support Matrix, and maybe Discord or QQ in the future, depending on my energy and the support I receive. This plugin only supports the absolutely latest Discourse…
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### Author:  [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021/5 "2024-05-15T15:49:08Z")
Oh yes, we are using the chat client in-browser. We are looking for chat to have a dedicated client that can be installed on the OS, uses native OS notifications, is a separate, standalone application/UI without the forum, etc.
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021/6 "2024-05-15T17:18:17Z")
I don’t believe there is a direct chat ap for the Discourse chat plugin.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021/7 "2024-05-15T17:21:13Z")
Which would make this a #Contribute > Feature request. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-chat-client/308021/8 "2024-05-15T17:26:58Z")
Jam what about these 3 projects?
Would one of them possibly work towards that end?
> [@We built native iOS and Android apps for Discourse forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-built-native-ios-and-android-apps-for-discourse-forums/223571):
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> Hey there, [a while back](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forum-owners-are-you-interested-in-native-mobile-apps/127456), we’d scoped out interest in native mobile app experiences for Discourse forum owners/users. Well, over some grueling months of coding and deep dives into the excellent Rails codebase of Discourse, we built the ForumX iOS and Android apps that provide a native mobile experience with push notifications for one or more Discourse forums. Now, we’d love to sign up forum owners and forum users, and collect feedback so we can prioritize ForumX features before launch. Discours…
It also mentions Fig & Lexicon as well as the Op’s project