# Default Chat Channel

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-chat-channel/387112
**Category:** Theme component
**Created:** [October 29, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-chat-channel/387112 "2025-10-29T19:57:48Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-chat-channel/387112/1 "2025-10-29T19:57:48Z")

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| ℹ | **Summary** | Opens a chat channel by default |
| 🛠 | **Repository** | [https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-tc-default-chat-channel](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-tc-default-chat-channel) |
| ❓ | **Install Guide** | [How to install a theme or theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-install-a-theme-or-theme-component/63682) |
| 📖 | **New to Discourse Themes?** | [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) |

Install this theme component

This theme component automatically opens a specific public chat when Discourse is loaded, aiming to stimulate more engagement.

There is one setting: the name of the public channel you want to open.

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