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local Luan = require "luan:Luan.luan"
local error = Luan.error
local Io = require "luan:Io.luan"
local Http = require "luan:http/Http.luan"
local Shared = require "site:/lib/Shared.luan"
local head = Shared.head or error()
local header = Shared.header or error()


return function()
	Io.stdout = Http.response.text_writer()
%>
<!doctype html>
<html>
	<head>
<%		head() %>
	</head>
	<body>
<%		header() %>
		<div content>
			<h1>About Luan Chat</h1>

			<p>This is a free web-based instant messaging service written for websites wanting to provide support through chat.  The other existing solutions are overcomplicated enterprise services that are often expensive.  All that is really needed is a simple general chat.  Each user gets a URL and other people can chat with the user through that URL.  A website can use this to link to chat support.</p>

			<p>Skype is being discontinued and Luan Chat was designed to be like Skype.  So Skype users can switch to Luan Chat as a replacement for Skype.</p>

			<p>As a simple service, this doesn't implement features that can be handled elsewhere.  In particular it doesn't provide:</p>
			<ul>
				<li>app notifications - If email notification is enough, just use a regular email address for notification.  But if you want app notification, use the email of a service like <a href="https://pushover.net/">Pushover</a>.</li>
				<li>voice, video, and screen share - Use a service like <a href="https://whereby.com/">Whereby</a> that you can link to.</li>
			</ul>
			<p>You can integrate these external services from the <a href="/account.html">account page</a>.</p>

			<p>For questions, <a href="https://chat.luan.software/chat?with=fschmidt@gmail.com">contact me</a>.  This is an open <a href="https://hg.reactionary.software/repo/chat/">source</a> project.</p>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>
<%
end
author	Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
date	Wed, 12 Mar 2025 12:26:19 -0600
parents	8270106644db
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