DeadSimpleChat Support Hub
Everything for running and building on Dead Simple Chat, in one place: guides for the dashboard, and the SDK, REST API and webhook reference.
Start here
Setting up a chat room. Quick Start walks through creating a room, configuring it, making it look like yours, and putting it on your page.
Adding chat to an app in code. JavaScript Chat SDK: Quick Start gets a room embedded and talking to your page. There are also quick starts for React Native and Flutter.
Running your chat rooms
| Chat Room Settings Reference | Every setting on a room, what it does and its REST field |
| Chat Room Permission Levels | Who can join: public, provisioned users, or members |
| Embedding Chat | The iframe and the chat bubble, plus WordPress and Wix |
| Appearance Reference | Every colour, font and size, and the matching SDK key |
| AI Configuration Assistant | Describe the room you want and let it configure it |
| Moderation | Moderators, the Moderation Dashboard, Q&A mode and the profanity filter |
| Plans and Quotas | Concurrent users, room counts, storage, and what happens at the limit |
Building on the API
| REST API | Create and manage rooms, users, channels, messages and bots |
| JavaScript Chat SDK | Drive an embedded room from your own page |
| Webhooks | Receive events in your own system, and what the delivery guarantees are |
| Single Sign-On | Sign your users straight into a room |
| Chat Bots | Answer in the room from your own service |
Common questions
- How do I stop anyone joining my room?
- How do I export my messages?
- How do I change the wording in the chat?
- How do I hide parts of the interface?
- Why can't a moderator sign in?
- How do I cancel or change my plan?
Still stuck? Contact support.