Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites

Category: library

Tags: presence-layer, real-time, embed

Score: 5.8/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 5, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)

TownSquare is a lightweight, embeddable presence layer that adds real-time shared avatars, chat, and interactive props (benches, trees) to any website. Its own approach to a simple, self-hostable social widget with accountless registration and a potential future network of federated squares is notable, though it is early-stage and niche.

Target audience: web developers

Repository: https://townsquare.cauenapier.com/ · JavaScript · 90 stars

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