Chat with people who share the same Internet connection (= IP address)
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I built a simple, ephemeral chat service that connects you only with users who share the exact same public IP address as you.It's essentially a temporary, isolated chat room defined by your NAT gateway.It's not super useful nowadays, but let's see where this takes us. :)
HN · launched Jan 1, 2026 · 17 upvotes (top 37%) · 1 view
Niche: anonymous messaging and social apps · 121 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -29% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 121 launches in anonymous messaging and social apps →
Could you build this?
Yes A real-time chat app that scopes WebSocket rooms based on incoming client public IP addresses (NAT detection) is a weekend project easily built with Node.js/Socket.io or Go.
Discussion
17 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: gnokestation
Concerns raised: IPv6 complexity and edge cases (EUI-64, TEREDO, ORCHID2, 6to4, NAT64), Source code not published/on-premises capability, Privacy and tracking implications of GUA IPv6 addresses, Legal/regulatory concerns
Feature requests: File sharing capabilities, Private messaging, /64 IPv6 subnet support
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 467 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #156 of 468 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 62 days after the earliest competitor.
- Blue Chat - Chat Nearby No Net · ph · 2026-11-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- ChatSpot · ph · 2026-11-08 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Pinghug · ph · 2026-09-17 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- connect-chat · ph · 2026-10-23 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Talk Together : Secure Chat · ph · 2026-11-06 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- One to One Secret Chat · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Stranger Chat · ph · 2026-10-02 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- Bored People Chat · hn · 2026-06-30 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.49
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