Quiet: Open Source Alternative to Slack and Discord

Quiet is an open-source, peer-to-peer team chat that takes a fundamentally different architecture from server-based tools: messages sync directly between members' devices over Tor and IPFS, with no central server, no phone number required, and no metadata leaks. It's GPL-3.0 licensed.

What is Quiet?

Quiet is built for small teams and communities that want maximum privacy and no infrastructure to run at all — there's literally no server to host, because the network is peer-to-peer. That's a very different tradeoff from a self-hosted server like Rocket.Chat: you gain metadata privacy and zero hosting, but give up server-based features and always-on availability.

At a glance

Attribute	Details
License	GPL-3.0
Category	Community
Stack	TypeScript
Self-hosted	N/A — peer-to-peer, no server
Alternatives	Slack, Discord, Rocket.Chat

FAQ

Is Quiet a free, open-source alternative to Slack?

Yes. Quiet is GPL-3.0 licensed and free. Unlike server-based tools, there's no server to host — it runs peer-to-peer over Tor.

How is Quiet different from Rocket.Chat?

Rocket.Chat is a self-hosted server you run and maintain. Quiet has no server at all — messages sync directly between devices over Tor, prioritizing metadata privacy at the cost of server-based features and constant availability.

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