Quiet

Quiet is a private, peer-to-peer messaging app that syncs messages directly between a group's devices over the Tor network — with no central servers and no accounts required. It's a privacy-focused alternative to Slack, Discord, and Element for teams and communities that want full control over their data.

Instead of a central server, each community in Quiet gets its own insular peer-to-peer network. Messages sync directly between members' devices over Tor onion services using IPFS and OrbitDB. The community owner grants access by handing out an invitation code, and all data is encrypted end-to-end between member devices.

Discord and Signal both rely on central servers that see your IP address, who you talk to, and when. Quiet uses Tor to hide that metadata, and because there are no servers, there's nothing to breach and no central operator collecting data. Unlike Signal, Quiet doesn't even require a phone number.

There is no server to host — that's the point. Quiet is serverless by design: each community's data lives only on its members' own phones and laptops. For privacy-critical needs, however, note that Quiet is not yet audited and should not be used where security is critical.

Yes. Quiet offers both desktop apps (via Electron) and mobile apps (via React Native), with downloads for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. Both versions share a common Node.js backend, and messages sync seamlessly across your devices.