Chat UI Kit React

Build your own chat UI with React components in a few minutes.
The Chat UI Kit from chatscope is an open source UI toolkit for developing web chat applications.

Tired of struggling with sticky scrollbars, contenteditable, responsiveness, css hacks?
This kit is for you! See all features.

Chat UI Kit brings you chat UI development at warp speed 🚀

Demo

Full featured chat application: https://demo.chatscope.io
Zoe, Akane, Eliot and Joe: https://chatscope.io/demo/chat-friends
Chat with the Martian (he is available sometimes): https://mars.chatscope.io

Demos index: https://chatscope.io/demo.

Install

Component library

Using yarn:

yarn add @chatscope/chat-ui-kit-react

Using npm:

npm install @chatscope/chat-ui-kit-react

Styles

Using yarn:

yarn add @chatscope/chat-ui-kit-styles

Using npm:

npm install @chatscope/chat-ui-kit-styles

Usage

ESM

import styles from "@chatscope/chat-ui-kit-styles/dist/default/styles.min.css";
import {
  MainContainer,
  ChatContainer,
  MessageList,
  Message,
  MessageInput,
} from "@chatscope/chat-ui-kit-react";

<div style={{ position: "relative", height: "500px" }}>
  <MainContainer>
    <ChatContainer>
      <MessageList>
        <Message
          model={{
            message: "Hello my friend",
            sentTime: "just now",
            sender: "Joe",
          }}
        />
      </MessageList>
      <MessageInput placeholder="Type message here" />
    </ChatContainer>
  </MainContainer>
</div>;

Yeah! Your first chat GUI is ready!

UMD

UMD usage is documented in our Storybook.

Documentation

Check our friendly Storybook.

Typescript

The library is written in Javascript, but Typescript typings are available in the package since version 1.9.3.

Show your support

If you've made an awesome chat UI and you love this library, please ⭐ this repository!

Community and support

Twitting via @chatscope
Chatting at Discord
Facebooking at Facebook
Articles on the chatscope blog

Website

https://chatscope.io

License

MIT

chatscope/chat-ui-kit-react