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Show HN: Open-source, fully customizable voice and chat widgets for the web

Author: JanKoenig

Score: 73

Comments: 16

Date: 2020-10-29 16:59:59

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stevenicr wrote at 2020-10-31 00:32:45:

I poked around this a bit -

Is there moderation for the chat? Or maybe this is kind of a bare bones framework for others to build on maybe?

I tend to compare chat systems that run using sql or Mysql type of DB's for the backend, to ones that don't. Would this jovo framework be doing that or similar?

Problems I've had is that some chat systems using sql DBs start to fail when I get to about 20 - 25 simultaneous chatters. Is there any kind of benchmark showing the amount of users this kind of system can handle before it starts to stall - say using a VPS or basic dedicated server?

I've tried tons of chat systems over the years - sadly the two best (for my uses) depend on flash and so are dying soon - yet none since way back when I have found have the ability to handle 600 users at once and have good moderation tools, along with being tough to hack. So I am looking desperately.

JanKoenig wrote at 2020-10-29 17:12:37:

Seems like the site is down? The announcement can also be found here:

https://github.com/jovotech/learn-jovo/tree/master/news/2020...

JanKoenig wrote at 2020-10-29 20:40:35:

up again!

JanKoenig wrote at 2020-10-29 17:03:00:

Hey all!

The clients are built with Vue.js and styled with Tailwind CSS, and the backend is built with the Jovo Framework.

Here are all the starters:

https://github.com/jovotech/jovo-starter-web-standalone

https://github.com/jovotech/jovo-starter-web-overlay

https://github.com/jovotech/jovo-starter-web-chatwidget

https://github.com/jovotech/jovo-starter-web-embeddedchat

sandGorgon wrote at 2020-10-29 18:52:55:

will you be doing Vue.js strictly ? what about nextjs, etc

JanKoenig wrote at 2020-10-29 18:58:04:

we're most experienced with Vue.js, but want to add integrations with more frameworks, too!

it's also possible to use our vanilla JS client:

https://www.jovo.tech/marketplace/jovo-client-web

spankalee wrote at 2020-10-29 22:00:10:

Seems like a great use case for web components, which would just work in any framework.

JanKoenig wrote at 2020-10-29 22:19:36:

Great suggestion! Will do some research, thanks :)

RyanShook wrote at 2020-10-29 19:00:37:

Why does the site use Drift for chat?

JanKoenig wrote at 2020-10-29 19:05:45:

Great question! At this moment, Drift is convenient for us because I can reply directly from Slack. We have an internal demo where we can do this with our widget, too, it was a bit too early for this release though. Soon!

JanKoenig wrote at 2020-10-29 19:23:23:

You know what, you're right. I've been getting a bit annoyed by Drift anyways. So until we launch our own automated chat and search widget, I might as well just remove the current one. Done

areichert wrote at 2020-10-29 20:09:15:

What are some common use cases for the voice functionality? Is it mostly for speech-to-text features, or doing calls through the browser?

JanKoenig wrote at 2020-10-29 20:20:47:

Mostly speech to text, probably more on mobile then destop right now.

People are getting more used to interacting with technology using their voice (e.g. through Google Assistant) this is why we want to help developers offer "deep links" into their web functionality with fast speech input.

areichert wrote at 2020-10-29 21:07:51:

Nice! Makes sense.

janober wrote at 2020-10-29 17:30:52:

Here an archived version in case the page goes down again:

https://archive.is/9Enrw

JanKoenig wrote at 2020-10-29 17:33:15:

thanks!