# Introducing Discourse Chat (BETA)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** chat, new-feature\
**Created:** [December 1, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734 "2021-12-01T18:18:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-discourse-chat-beta/210734/113 "2022-02-02T12:40:49Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> we have completely switched away from Mattermost to our own chat system

And I waited long enough to install mattermost that now I don’t have to!

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