Xide in plain sight.

Messages, photos and group chats that only the people in them can read. Not us. Not anyone in between.

Free during the beta. No phone number, no email.

Maya Encrypted

Malibu on Saturday? Leaving 7am from mine.

I'm in. Bringing the speaker.

Can someone grab me in Silver Lake?

Same message. Only one of these is readable.

Private by default. Not a setting.

Encrypted from the first message: Every chat and every group. There's no switch to forget.
Photos and files too: Sealed on your device before upload, then deleted from our server after 30 days. Your phone or browser keeps its own copy.
Group chats: Everyone in the group gets the same protection.
No phone number: A username and a password. That's the whole account.
Nothing to install: Runs in your browser on any computer or phone.
Built on an open standard: Your address also works in other XMPP apps, like Conversations and Monal.

Every messenger's server knows some things. Here's exactly what ours does and doesn't, so you don't have to dig through a policy.

Your username and who's in your contacts
Which groups you're in
When you're online
When messages are sent, and roughly how big they are
Whether a file is a photo, video or document, but not what's in it or what it's called

Open the app

Works in any modern browser. Add it to your home screen if you like.
Pick a username

No phone number, no email address.
Share your address

Friends add you as you@this-domain.