Synapse-Talk

Synapse-Talk is a secure, real-time chat PWA with admin-gated signup, presence-aware friends and DMs, and a collaborative IdeaPad canvas — built as a lightweight, self-hosted alternative for internal team communication.

• Admin-approval signup flow — no public self-serve accounts
• Real-time presence, friends, and 1-to-1 DMs alongside rooms
• Persistent unread counts and live notification toasts
• Collaborative IdeaPad canvas — draw + sticky notes, realtime sync, PNG export
• Derogatory-word guardrail that privately notifies a sender their message was blocked

• Installable PWA with offline-tolerant, network-first service worker
• Single Node process — no external database to run
• Responsive 3-column desktop / stacked mobile layout

• Admin approval keeps the workspace closed to who it should be
• IdeaPad turns a chat thread into a live shared whiteboard when text isn't enough
• Zero-config deployment — no database server to stand up

Talk operates independently within Business Systems as the team's day-to-day communication layer, alongside Synapse-Plan and Synapse-Time.