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Fossil Chat: real-time messaging in the Django UI
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· opened 4 days, 8 hours ago
- Type
- Feature_Request
- Priority
- Critical
- Severity
- Important
- Resolution
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- Subsystem
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- Created
- April 7, 2026 4:13 a.m.
Fossil's built-in chat is a genuine differentiator — no other VCS has integrated real-time chat. Messages stored as artifacts in the repo. Build: HTMX-polled or SSE chat UI per project, read via FossilReader, write via fossil chat send CLI. Eliminates separate Slack/Discord need for small teams.