Elixer does seem tailor made for this sort of thing, but I’ve never used it so I can only recommend you try [feathersjs](https://feathersjs.com/ https://feather

Elixer does seem tailor made for this sort of thing, but I’ve never used it so I can only recommend you try [feathersjs](https://feathersjs.com/ https://feathersjs.com/). Setting up a chat backend with it was fairly straightforward, but your mileage may vary as it does force some abstractions that you may not want.