Real-Time Chat Preview for Etherpad

Etherpad plugin to send real time chat updates

Configuring

Add the below settings to settings.json or throught the settings UI

  "ep_real_time_chat":{
    "realTimeChatOnByDefault":true,
    "forceRealTimeChat": true
  }

It should be obvious what they do..

Installation

Install from the Etherpad admin UI (Admin → Manage Plugins, search for ep_real_time_chat and click Install), or from the Etherpad root directory:

pnpm run plugins install ep_real_time_chat

⚠️ Don't run npm i / npm install yourself from the Etherpad source tree — Etherpad tracks installed plugins through its own plugin-manager, and hand-editing package.json can leave the server unable to start.

After installing, restart Etherpad.