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synchronize team chat over Tor without a central messaging server

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Stars
2,656
Primary language
TypeScript
License
GPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Sep 28, 2026
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Overview

Quiet creates a separate community network for each team and synchronizes messages and files directly between member devices. Tor provides the network path while OrbitDB handles message replication, including data sent while a peer was offline.

Features and best fit

Based on official documentation; not hands-on tested · Content checked:

Key features

Synchronize team data peer to peer instead of through a central server

Each community is an isolated network whose messages and files replicate directly among member devices over Tor.

Sources: [2]

Provide channels, file sharing, and desktop/mobile clients

Slack-style channels, images, large file transfers, desktop clients, Android, and iOS share the same community model.

Sources: [2]

Best fit

Fits experiments with team communication that minimizes central-service dependence

It is useful for evaluating local-first and peer-to-peer collaboration architectures and Tor-based privacy technology in smaller groups.

Sources: [2]

Before adoption

Do not use it for security-critical communication

The project explicitly warns that Quiet is unaudited and should not be used when privacy or security is critical.

Sources: [2]

Check missing features and current community-size limits

The README still lists direct messages, member removal, private channels, and other features as missing, and describes roughly 30–100 members as the present community-size range.

Sources: [2]

Official sources

  1. [1]TryQuiet/quiet repository(2026-09-30)
  2. [2]Quiet README(2026-09-30)
  3. [3]Quiet desktop developer setup(2026-09-30)
  4. [4]Quiet GPL-3.0 license(2026-09-30)
Supplemental curator note

Quiet is a local-first peer-to-peer team chat designed as an alternative to Slack and Discord, syncing messages and files directly between member devices over Tor rather than through a central messaging server. Its README explicitly says the project is unaudited and should not be used when privacy or security is critical. Desktop and mobile packages use independent versioning.

Try it in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Get the source

    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet.git
  2. 2

    Enter the repository

    cd quiet
  3. 3

    Check the official steps

    Continue with the commands in the README Installation, Quick Start, or Getting Started section.

    find . -maxdepth 1 -iname 'README*' -exec sed -n '1,220p' {} \; -quit
Check the official README

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GitHub Topics

  • chat
  • collaboration
  • decentralized
  • discord-alternatives
  • ipfs
  • local-first
  • p2p
  • privacy
  • slack-alternative
Stars
2,656
Forks
149
Watchers
21
Open issues
760
Owner type
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Primary language
TypeScript
License
GPL-3.0
Repository last updated
Sep 28, 2026
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