SAMA
Next-Gen self-hosted chat server and clients.
Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.
Commit activity more than 28% of tracked projects; popularity more than 10%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 158 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 0.37.2 · 10 Sept 2026 |
| Repo updated | 10 Sept 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Nodejs, Docker |
Is SAMA actively maintained?
SAMA is under active development: 92 commits landed over the last 11 months, averaging roughly 4 commits a month in the most recent quarter.
Activity is accelerating: the last quarter carried 57% more commits than the one before it.
The most recent tagged release, 0.37.2, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.
SAMA ranks #26 of 46 in Communication - Custom Communication Systems, placing it mid-table for maintenance activity.
What SAMA actually does
SAMA is a self-hosted chat server packaged with corresponding client applications. It provides a private communication environment that you can run on your own infrastructure under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Best fit: It suits administrators who want to deploy a custom, self-hosted messaging setup using containerised infrastructure.
Worth knowing: With a low maintenance score and a modest community following, you may encounter unresolved bugs or lack rapid security patches for edge cases.
Deployment notes
As a Node.js application packaged for Docker, you will typically need to configure persistent volumes for data storage and place it behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination.
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