DissentOpen app

Chat thatnobodyowns.

Hang out with your friends on a network that no company runs and nobody can switch off.

Open DissentSee what it does

Hang out

Drop into voice. Stay for the stream.

Voice channels are rooms, not phone calls. See who's in, click, and you're there. Someone shares their screen and everyone watches without leaving the room.

  • Voice, video and screen share in any server
  • Group DMs for up to 10 friends, always end-to-end encrypted
  • Soundboard, GIFs and emoji, because it's game night

Game night

Built for playing together.

Keep the chat on top of your game, save the moment you'll be talking about all week, and run the bracket in the same place.

  • In-game overlay: see who's talking and reply without alt-tabbing (Windows app)
  • Clips: capture, trim and share to a server gallery your friends rate
  • Tournaments: brackets and leagues with results, ratings and disputes
  • Game servers: start, stop and manage them from your panel inside Dissent

Privacy

Private by design.

One-to-one messages, group DMs and encrypted channels are locked on your device before they leave it. The server in the middle only ever holds scrambled text.

  • No email or phone number to sign up. Your account is a key from a recovery phrase.
  • You choose who can message you. Strangers land in Message Requests.
Exactly what is and isn't encrypted →

The network

A network, not a company.

  1. 1

    Every server lives on a node.

    A node is a computer running Dissent. Anyone can run one: a community, a friend, you.

  2. 2

    Nodes talk to each other.

    Join a server on another node with an ordinary invite link. Your account stays where it is.

  3. 3

    No node is in charge.

    If one goes offline, the rest of the network keeps working. There's no central switch to flip.

How the network works →
Your nodeA friend's PCA communityA club · offlineA gaming group

Run your own node

curl -fsSL https://docs.dissent.chat/install/fetch.sh -o fetch.sh

✓ node online
✓ joined the network

Self-hosting guide →

And the rest

Everything else you'd expect.

See every feature →
  • Group DMsUp to 10 people, always encrypted
  • EventsOne-off or repeating, with RSVPs
  • Server home pagesA front page for your community
  • Roles & AutoModPermissions, audit log, reports
  • Discord bridgeBring a Discord server along
  • PluginsPanels in channels, sidebars and the overlay
  • Game storePrices and deals; opens on Steam
  • Soundboard, GIFs, emojiFor when words aren’t enough
  • Blocking that sticksStops DMs, calls and requests, across nodes
  • Message requestsYou choose who can DM you
  • Take your dataExport it, or delete your account
  • No email, no phoneSign up with a recovery phrase
  • Server browserFind public communities
  • Run your own nodeHardware you control
  • Clips & galleriesTrim, share, rate

No ads. No tracking.No selling your data.No money. Ever.

Dissent takes no money from anyone: no subscriptions, no premium tier. There's nothing to sell, including you. Our principles →

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