# Discourse Chat vs Chat Integration plugins

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-vs-chat-integration-plugins/242169
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** chat-integration, chat
**Created:** [October 17, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-vs-chat-integration-plugins/242169 "2022-10-17T23:06:36Z")
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### Author: ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-vs-chat-integration-plugins/242169/4 "2022-10-18T01:53:33Z")

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Hi Mike. 👋

> [@P2W](#):
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> Do I also need to enable an 0auth with one of the various providers for it to work?

I think you might be thinking about [Discourse Chat Integrations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-integration/66522), which is a plugin that integrates with external chat services. They are named similarly, and even show up near each other on plugins list:

 ![Screenshot 2022-10-17 at 18-49-10 Admin - fnord](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/c/5/dc5c6c37cdabfa38e5c9091f389d3b0e2403a7d8.png)

When you enable Discourse Chat, which chat in your Discourse community, you’ll see the setting as such:

 ![Screenshot 2022-10-17 at 18-49-32 Admin - fnord](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/5/6/85621334f8f25def7eba335cf979781c9741e303.png)

Let us know if that clarifies; the Discourse Chat plugin should be very easy to configure, no 0Auth required. 🙂

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