> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://fleet.aayu.sh/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Ephemeral, private chat rooms that vanish after 30 minutes.

# Fleet

Fleet is a real-time chat application built around one idea: conversations that disappear. Every room is ephemeral — it and all its messages are gone within 30 minutes of the last activity.

No accounts. No history. No traces.

## Why Fleet?

Most chat tools keep everything forever. Fleet does the opposite:

* **Ephemeral by design** — rooms self-destruct after 30 minutes of inactivity
* **No sign-up required** — pick a username and join a room, that's it
* **Real-time** — messages appear instantly via WebSockets (Socket.IO)
* **Private** — nothing is stored permanently on disk

## How it works

1. Enter a username and a room name on the home page
2. Share the room name with whoever you want to invite
3. Chat in real-time — everyone in the room sees messages as they're typed
4. When the room expires, everything is gone

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    Get Fleet running locally in under 2 minutes
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    Deploy with Docker or Docker Compose
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    Learn how rooms work and expire
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    Understand Fleet's privacy model
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