# Most Simple Ajax Chat Ever

DevFeed: [Most Simple Ajax Chat Ever](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/most-simple-ajax-chat-ever-31876.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.metachris.dev/projects/most-simple-ajax-chat-ever/>)

Author: Chris Hager

Published: 2026-09-17T02:48:44.791916Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chris Hager](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chris-hager.md>)

Topics: [Ajax](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ajax.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

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## AI overview

A project page describing a simple Ajax chat application created in January 2006. It explains the two-file implementation, pure JavaScript approach without libraries, text-based content storage, spam filtering, and two-step PHP setup.

## Source excerpt

Most Simple Ajax Chat Ever A fun little project from January 2006. Back then ajax just started becoming popular, but with very few tools around. jQuery came out later that year, Github just two years later, in 2008. Original code on Github Original site on web.archive.org Featured on Wired in February 2006 Features Super simple Efficient spam filter (thanks to some live 'hackers' at launch) Only 2 files needed (index.html, w.