# Discourse Chat is now available. Try it out today!
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/234824
**Category:** Blog
**Tags:** chat
**Created:** [August 2, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/234824 "2022-08-02T14:43:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/234824/1 "2022-08-02T14:43:54Z")
**[Discourse Chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881/3) is now available to everyone as an open beta and is [100% free and open source](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat), as always.**
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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2022/08/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/](https://blog.discourse.org/2022/08/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/)
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### Author:  [@tmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tmn)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/234824/2 "2022-08-02T16:00:00Z")
Thank so much. I installed it. :heart_eyes:
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### Author:  [@oshyan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oshyan)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/234824/3 "2022-08-09T16:16:28Z")
Exciting milestone! So glad you folks decided to embark on this project, I think it’s super important to the future of good communication spaces.
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### Author:  [@darkpixlz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darkpixlz)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/234824/4 "2022-08-09T16:51:58Z")
The plugin is great, I cant wait for it to be used on more sites :+1:
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### Author:  [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/234824/6 "2022-08-20T00:06:27Z")
Seems like an interesting plugin… I think it can allow easier communication on the forums.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-is-now-available-try-it-out-today/234824/7 "2023-02-09T16:33:55Z")