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Jul 11, 2024

WhatsApp clone on Supabase: a complete chat solution (overview)

Introduction

We made a chat application designed to integrate seamlessly with your existing apps, built on Supabase. Our WhatsApp Clone offers a robust and complete chat solution, ensuring real-time communication and efficient group management.Perfect for developers looking to add sophisticated chat functionalities to their applications, this clone is now available on the FlutterFlow marketplace.

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  • Demo of the WhatsApp chat.


Key features

1.   Real-time messaging

Built using Supabase, our chat application provides real-time messaging capabilities, making sure users can communicate instantly without delays.

2.   Complete group chat management

Create and manage group chats with ease. Users can create groups, add and remove members, and enjoy admin privileges for managing member settings.

3.   Seamless integration

Most importantly, our chat is really simple to integrate into your existing app, whatever the app may be. Full documentation on how to do this is provided with the marketplace feature.

4.   Full media visibility

All shared media is easily accessible within the chat. Users can view all shared content, ensuring nothing gets lost in the conversation. 


Documentation

With the purchase, you get full documentation on the following:

1.   Table structure

Our chat solution is built with a well-defined table structure in Supabase.

2.   Views

We use several views to streamline data retrieval and presentation.

3.   RPC functions

Two critical RPC functions are used to actually have real-time communication.


Real-world use case

Imagine implementing this in a large enterprise environment. A company wants to integrate a chat solution within their employee management system. With our WhatsApp Clone, they can enable real-time communication between employees, create specific project-based group chats, and make sure all media shared in the conversation is easily accessible.

We have used this exact chat in multiple production projects already with thousands of users.


Why choose our WhatsApp clone?

We believe that there are two key reasons why our WhatsApp clone is worth it: ease of integration and scalability. With step-by-step documentation, full table structures, and ready-to-use views, integrating this chat solution into your app is straightforward. Also, being built on Supabase, this solution is designed to handle large volumes of data and users, making it suitable for both small and large applications.


Conclusion

The WhatsApp Clone (on Supabase) offers a powerful, feature-rich chat solution for any application. Whether you need basic messaging capabilities or advanced group management features, this clone has you covered. Available on the FlutterFlow marketplace, it's ready to integrate and improve your app's communication capabilities.