Announcing:Hush v0.7 alpha

Yap.

Privately

Servers, channels, voice and video. End-to-end encrypted. Self-hostable.

Hush — Raccoons server, sharks channel

Encrypted at every layer

Voice, video, screen and chat. Encrypted client-side before reaching the network. The cryptographic guarantees are structural, not configurable.

End-to-end encrypted chat

Frame-level media encryption

Forward secrecy by epoch

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The shape of comms you already know

Servers and channels. Voice rooms. Threads, reactions, mentions. Custom slash commands. Familiar surface, different guarantees underneath.

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Servers & channels

Organised around servers with text and voice channels. Invite-based membership and moderation controls.

Voice, video & screen

Drop into a voice room, share a screen, turn on the camera. Same encryption guarantees as chat.

Built for keyboards

Command palette over every action. Slash commands, custom shortcuts, easy navigation.

root@hush-server:~/hush-server — bash

Deploy the backend. Use the Hush client of your choice.

Run your own API, media relay, database and TLS proxy. Then point the Hush client at your instance, ez.

Or skip the hustle and connect to app.gethush.live. Either way, we have your back.

Twelve words. That's your account.

No email. No password. Identity in Hush is a BIP39 phrase. Your keypair is derived from it deterministically, and never leaves your device.

Derived locally, keys never leave the device

Per-device keypairs, certified via QR

No central authority. No reset email.

identity.phrase — example only
01amber
02river
03silent
04mirror
05vault
06candle
07frost
08cipher
09hollow
10dusk
11echo
12stone
What is BIP39?bip39 / ed25519
Downloads

Install Hush, or just open it.

One command on the platform you already use. Or skip installation entirely with the hosted web app.

install.hush — choose client

Zero installation. Full end-to-end encryption in your browser.

Launch Web App

Same client. Same MLS group. The hosted instance never sees plaintext.

Frequently asked questions

The things people ask before they self-host or sign up.

Open source · AGPL-3.0

Start yapping.

Open source. Self-hostable. End-to-end encrypted. The cryptography is auditable. The server is yours to run.

No email required · No telemetry · No credit card.