Live on the open web

Real-time chat for
every article, everywhere

HackyChat turns any URL into a live discussion room. Embed it on your site, read it in the app, or catch the conversation right in your browser.

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Why HackyChat

Built for conversations about the web

Every article, post, or page can have a live room. Readers connect across sites around the same story.

Real-time, always

WebSocket-powered chat that's live the moment readers land on the page. No polling, no delay.

Story merging

AI groups articles covering the same story into one shared room. Readers from multiple sites talk together.

Reactions & replies

Emoji reactions and threaded replies make every conversation richer — without the noise of a full forum.

Anonymous & safe

Chat immediately without signing up. Register to unlock your full profile, follows, and developer access.

Pulse feed

A live stream of every public message across all rooms. See what the web is discussing right now.

One-line embed

Drop a single script tag into any article template. HackyChat handles rooms, auth, and theming automatically.

How it works

For readers, it just works

01

Land on any article

Visit any page with the HackyChat extension or embed — a chat room is found or created instantly.

02

Join the conversation

Chat anonymously, or register to follow rooms, react to messages, and reply to specific comments.

03

See the full picture

Related stories merge into one room — your discussion is connected across every site covering the same news.

Browser Extension

Chat about any page, anywhere

Install the extension and a live discussion panel appears on every article you visit.

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Chrome
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Brave
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Arc
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Edge
Beta
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Firefox
Coming soon
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Safari
Coming soon
Install the Chromium beta (Chrome, Brave, Arc, Edge)
  1. Download the beta ZIP: extension-beta.zip
  2. Unzip and locate the extension folder inside
  3. Open chrome://extensions and enable Developer mode (top-right toggle)
  4. Click Load unpacked and select the extension folder
  5. Visit any article and click the HackyChat icon — the chat panel opens on the right

For Publishers & Developers

Add live chat to any article in 2 minutes

One free API key. One script tag. That's it.

Self-serve · Free · No credit card

Get started in three steps

HackyChat creates and manages rooms for you — just point it at a URL. Your readers get live discussion; you get real engagement data.

  1. Get your free API key at the developer portal — no email required, instant access.
  2. Copy the script tag and paste it into your article template, replacing one placeholder with the page URL.
  3. That's it. HackyChat finds or creates the chat room, handles auth, and renders the widget.

Already have a key? See the full embed documentation.

Embed snippet
<script src="https://hacky.chat/embed.js" data-api-key="hk_your_key_here" data-url="PAGE_URL_HERE" async ></script>

Replace PAGE_URL_HERE with the canonical URL of each article. Optional: data-theme and data-height.

Available themes
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