sidewalkBrowse together.
Chat along the way.
Sidewalk adds live chat beside the websites you visit. Meet people in a website room, or drop into Global to say hello.
Free Chrome extension · No email or password needed · Ages 13+
Web chat works without installing the extension.
Same rabbit hole.
New company.
Watching, building, discovering. Chat with people on the same website, without leaving the page.
A ROOM FOR EACH PUBLIC WEBSITETurn a corner.
Find a conversation.
Global is the shared sidewalk. No topic to stick to. No reason needed. Just people crossing paths.
A little hello.
On your terms.
A color. An emoji. A little anonymity. Choose your palette, settle into the sidebar, or take a movable window with you.
Pick a place.
Say hello.
Start in Global
Open web chat, read the welcome agreement, and join the shared room. No installation needed.
Open Global chat ↗Find your website
With the extension, switch to the website tab to chat about the site you’re viewing. Page rooms appear where supported. Top sites shows where people are online now. Some rooms may be quiet—your hello can start the conversation.
Take chat with you
Install Sidewalk from the Chrome Web Store to keep Sidewalk beside the page you’re browsing. Website sharing is optional and off by default.
See installation steps ↓
Sidewalk uses an anonymous profile, your selected website or page room, messages and presence to provide chat. Optional page sharing attaches the displayed page details. Analytics summarize chat activity. Optional extension measurements count opens by day, mode and version, with no browsing details or profile identifiers in events. Supabase processes chat data; Vercel hosts the site. Cloudflare Turnstile protects new connections against bots. Read the Privacy Policy and Terms & Community Rules before installing.
Less imagining.
More saying hello.
A website room for a shared interest. Global for a happy accident. Try a conversation below, then take Sidewalk with you.
Open full-page chat ↗Accept the welcome agreement to read and send messages. Live rooms: Global and public websites, with adult-site rooms unavailable. Live messages are shared and saved.
Go somewhere.
Meet someone.
Add Sidewalk to Chrome on your computer.
Your next conversation is a click away.
Prefer to try it first? Open web chat.
Found a problem? Use Report a bug in chat, or contact support.
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Add to Chrome
Open Sidewalk on the Chrome Web Store, choose Add to Chrome, and confirm Add extension.
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Pin Sidewalk
Open Chrome’s Extensions menu and pin Sidewalk to keep it within reach.
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Browse. Say hello.
Click Sidewalk, read the welcome agreement, and start in Global. Switch to the website tab to meet people on the same site.
Used the manual beta? Read the transition notes before removing your old installation.
A few things to know.
What can I do with Sidewalk?+
Chat live with other people. Join Global or the current public website’s room to share messages with other people. Replies, profile blocking, and private reports are available. Adult-site rooms are unavailable. Adult websites are excluded from discovery and page sharing. The website and extension both use real rooms; there are no sample conversations.
How do streaks and points work?+
Earn 5 points per eligible message, up to 100 each day. Consecutive days with earned points build your streak. Duplicate and rapid-fire posts don’t add points. Progress stays with your local profile when you change your emoji. Scores do not sync across devices.
Who can use sidewalk?+
You must confirm you are at least 13 before using chat. Adult-site rooms are unavailable. Adult websites are excluded from discovery and page sharing. This is self-confirmation, not age verification. Domain lists can miss adult pages, particularly on mixed-use websites. Strong-profanity censoring is on by default and can be changed in settings; mild words stay visible.
Do I need an account?+
No email or password is needed. Sidewalk creates a pseudonymous chat account automatically. Your identity combines a background color and an emoji, like Red Car or Yellow Smiley. Choose your color and emoji, or tap Surprise me for a fresh alias. Your unique profile number stays visible when you change aliases. It stays on your device and is shared across the sidebar, detached window, and dropdown.
Can it match my device’s dark mode?+
Yes. Follow device appearance switches automatically between Cloud and Night walk. Or choose a fixed palette: eight palettes, including Ocean, Sunset, Rose garden and Slate. Settings also lets you choose the sidebar, dropdown, or movable window.
What can the extension access?+
It uses Chrome’s storage, side panel, and tabs permissions to identify the active website while Sidewalk is open. After the welcome agreement, chat connects automatically while open and it connects to our chat backend and sends the selected room, your alias, and messages you post. Live page sharing is off by default. If you enable it, messages can include page titles and sanitized clickable paths from public websites classified as non-adult, as shown in your sharing preview. Adult and disabled websites cannot be shared. Filters can make mistakes; check the preview before sending. Analytics use aggregate chat counts. Optional opening measurements are off until enabled in Settings and include only day, mode and version. Individual browsing histories are not collected for analytics. It does not request access to every website in the background.
Is it on the Chrome Web Store?+
Yes. Install Sidewalk from the Chrome Web Store. Chrome delivers published updates automatically. The extension is for desktop Chrome; you can also try web chat without installing it.