Installation

Stable version (recommended)

This plugin is published on the official QGIS plugins repository: https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/qchat/.

Dependencies

Some features of the plugin rely on third-party software dependencies, that are not included in the QGIS packaging on certain platforms:

• (Py)QtWebSockets: websocket communications with gischat backends.

• (Py)QtMultimedia: sounds and notifications.

Windows

The required third-party dependencies should be packaged with QGIS on Windows. So no additional installations to perform.

Linux

Open a terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt install python3-pyqt5.qtmultimedia python3-pyqt5.qtwebsockets

Then restart QGIS, you should be able to use QChat.

The above example is for Ubuntu 22.04. Adapt to your distribution.

Beta versions released

Enable experimental extensions in the QGIS plugins manager settings panel.