Plugins

chatwire ships with a small core — reading and sending messages. Everything else is a plugin you can install or ignore.

Available plugins

Plugin	What it does	Package
Stats	Message statistics and charts in the sidebar	built-in
Smart Notifications	Priority-based push filtering	built-in
Home Assistant	HA entity control and message-triggered automations	chatwire-ha
MQTT	Publish messages to an MQTT broker	chatwire-mqtt
XMPP	Bridge messages to XMPP/Jabber	chatwire-xmpp
MCP Server	Expose messages to AI agents via Model Context Protocol	built-in
Tinfoil	End-to-end encryption for message content	chatwire-tinfoil
Popout	Detachable chat windows	built-in
Favorites	Pin conversations to the top of your sidebar	built-in
Export	Export conversations as JSON, CSV, or PDF	built-in
Content Filter	Block or redact message content by pattern	chatwire-content-filter

Installing a plugin

# Built-in plugins are already available — just enable in Settings → Plugins.

# External plugins install via pipx inject:
pipx inject chatwire chatwire-ha

Then restart chatwire and enable the plugin in Settings → Plugins.

Building your own

See the Plugin SDK guide for the full development reference.