Free Swift iOS Chat with Firebase

Accelerate Your Development with a Reliable Open-Source Foundation: A Lightweight Swift Chat Engine Powering Real-Time Firestore Synchronization and Secure Firebase Authentication.

Kickstart your messaging app with this free Swift iOS Chat template. Built with MessageKit and Firebase Firestore, it features real-time sync, photo sharing, and an MIT license. A lightweight, high-performance starter for modern chat apps.

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What's Included

Swift iOS Chat with Firebase, inspired by Messenger
You get the full Swift codebase, running in Xcode.
Integrated with Firebase Auth & Firestore
The iOS project is already integrated with Firebase, to save you a few days of work and headache.
UI Layout
The iOS source code contains the implementation for the entire UI.
Github Project
You get access to our open-source Github project.
Comprehensive Documentation
Step-by-step documentation that covers everything you need to get started.
MIT License
Use this project without license restrictions.

Features

User Lists and Chat Threads
Real-time synchronization with Firebase Firestore
Text messages
Photo messages
Inline Editor to send messages
Profile photos support
Layout
Firebase Auth, Firestore and Storage
Compatible with latest version of Xcode and SwiftUI

Learn how to build a chat app with Firebase and MessageKit! Download our free Swift iOS chat template, which has full integration with Firebase Cloud Firestore. Inspired by Facebook Messenger app, this Swift source code will help you integrate a chat into your iOS app extremely quickly, with only a few lines of code. Our extensive documentation will help you get started right away. Build a simple chat application in iOS in minutes, by leveraging our open-source iOS Chat app source code.

Running the app

Download the source code by cloning this repository
Download the GoogleService-Info.plist file from your Firebase Console and replace the existing file in ChatApp folder. This will connect the app to your own Firebase instance.
If you don’t have Cocoapods already, install it by following their instructions
Install the pods by running
```
pod update
```
Open the xcworkspace file with the latest version of Xcode

Download our free chat app template and make it your own, by skinning the user interface as you want. Follow our detailed Messenger Clone app tutorial on how to make further customizations.

Most iOS apps need a social chat feature built in their user interface. If you're building a social network or functionality that requires chatting (such as customer service, for instance), skip the overhead of implementing everything from scratch and just reuse our free Swift chat implementation. By using Google’s Firebase Cloud Firestore to store and retrieve all the messages, you’re also saving a lot of work that needs to be done on your own servers. An insane amount of work! Plus, it comes with bulletproof security, provided by Google itself. Huge shout out to MessageKit contributors, who made this easier for us!

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