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Ionic Video Chat 1

market.ionic.io/starters/video-and-text-chat-app-backend
Ionic Video Chat 1

Ionic Video & Text Chat is a fully functional Ionic 1 starter project with Video and Text Messaging similar to WhatsApp.

The Video Chat portion features WebRTC using the cordova-plugin-iosrtc plugin, and socket.io signaling server.

The Text chat utilizes socket.io, Node.js and MongoDB for real-time messaging and user authentication.


  • Complete Ionic app, interface, and backend
  • WebRTC Video Chat using cordova-plugin-iosrtc and crosswalk
  • Real time text chat using socket.io
  • Text message history
  • Complete Node.js and MongoDB backend for users and data storage
  • User login and signup
  • Video previews when calling and answering
  • Contact List page with most recent message
  • Timestamp diffs using Moment.js
  • Native Audio with fallback for HTML5 audio
  • Chat sounds by Chase Kenway.
  • Contact Card popup for quick calls
  • CSS3 Animations
  • Frequent updates and support
  • Full support in desktop Chrome

Full documentation is available at https://github.com/devin-la/ionic-video-chat-v2-issues/wiki