Does SPChat run on shared hosting?

Yes, that's exactly what it was built for. No VPS, no root access required. SPChat uses Server-Sent Events (SSE) instead of WebSockets, which works on any standard Apache hosting without special port configuration. On low-performance hosting environments, a proven HTTP polling fallback is also available.

Requirements: PHP 8.2+, MySQL, Apache with .htaccess enabled. That's it.