Quiet

Quiet is a private team chat app for groups that do not want a central server. It is an alternative to Slack, Discord, and Element, and it syncs data directly between team devices over Tor with no server required.

It uses communities to keep each group in its own network. Messages, files, and user data sync through IPFS and OrbitDB with eventual consistency, and access is granted by the community owner through invitation codes and signed certificates. It includes channels, image and file sharing, desktop notifications, keyboard controls, and mobile apps.

Quiet is written mostly in TypeScript with Electron and React Native frontends. It is not yet audited and suits users comfortable with early software that still lacks some features of mature chat apps. Desktop apps run on macOS, Windows, and Linux, with Android and iOS apps too.