Chatterbox

A p2p messaging application built on IPFS and libp2p
What is Chatterbox?
Chatterbox is a p2p messaging Chrome extension that uses libp2p gossipsub for broadcasting messages between connected peers. It offers ephemeral conversations, resembling a combination of Twitter and Snapchat. Users can flag friends for system notifications.

Extension stats

By: Alan Shaw
Users: 22 ▲ 1
Version: 0.2.1 (Last updated: 2019-11-11)
Creation date: 2019-11-11
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • notifications
Size: 3.08M

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Extension summary

Uses libp2p gossipsub to broadcast messages between connected peers. Messages are ephemeral so you can think of it as a cross between Twitter and Snapchat!

You can flag peers as friends so that messages from them are displayed as system notifications.

Extension safety

Risk impact

Chatterbox requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Chatterbox has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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