DittoChat

A suite of SDKs that provides UI components and data models to quickly build a peer-to-peer chat application using the Ditto Platform.

Features

• Real-time, peer-to-peer chat

• Group chat and private messaging

• User presence and typing indicators

• Easy-to-integrate SwiftUI views

• Built on the Ditto Sync Platform

Requirements:

iOS

• iOS 18.0+
• Xcode 15.6+
• Swift 5.7+
• A Ditto Account, AppId, and baseline knowledge of the DittoSwift SDK

Android

• TBD

Web

• Node.js 18.0+
• React 18.0+ or 19.0+
• TypeScript 4.5+
• A Ditto Account, AppId, and baseline knowledge of the Ditto JavaScript SDK

Packages

The JavaScript implementation consists of two packages:

@dittolive/ditto-chat-core - Core data models and React hooks for real-time chat functionalities

npm install @dittolive/ditto-chat-core
# or
yarn add @dittolive/ditto-chat-core

@dittolive/ditto-chat-ui - Ready-to-use React components for building chat UIs

npm install @dittolive/ditto-chat-ui
# or
yarn add @dittolive/ditto-chat-ui

Publishing

This monorepo uses Changesets for version management and publishing.

For Contributors

When making changes to the packages, please create a changeset to document your changes:

npm run changeset

This will prompt you to select which packages are affected and describe your changes.

Release Process

Releases are automated via GitHub Actions:

1. When changesets are merged to main, a "Version Packages" PR is automatically created
2. Merging the "Version Packages" PR publishes the packages to NPM