Vue Beautiful Chat vs Papercups

Simple and beautiful Vue chat component — backend agnostic

A drop-in chat widget for Vue.js applications. Add live chat, support chat, or messaging to your app with a single component. Fully customizable, works with any backend, and looks great out of the box. Supports text, images, emojis, and typing indicators. No vendor lock-in — bring your own WebSocket server, Firebase, or whatever you prefer.

Open-source live customer chat widget

Papercups is an open-source live chat widget built in Elixir. Embed a lightweight chat widget on your site, manage conversations in a shared inbox, and integrate with Slack. Self-host or use the cloud version.