# TryQuiet/quiet

A private, p2p alternative to Slack and Discord built on Tor & IPFS

Repository: https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/tryquiet-quiet
Homepage: https://www.tryquiet.org
Language: C
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: chat, collaboration, decentralized, discord-alternatives, ipfs, local-first, p2p, privacy, slack-alternative
Last push: 2026-08-25T10:47:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 80, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1723, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 56, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 80}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2641, forks 147 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:06.507588+00:00)

## What it is
Quiet is an encrypted peer-to-peer team chat application that serves as a private alternative to Slack and Discord, syncing messages directly between devices over Tor with no central server. It uses OrbitDB for message syncing and is built with Electron and React Native frontends.

## Use cases
- replace Slack with a serverless private team chat
- chat with a team without trusting a central server
- run a Discord alternative with no infrastructure to maintain
- send messages that don't leak IP addresses or metadata
- keep community chat data stored only on members' devices
- set up a private group chat for friends or an organization
- collaborate offline-first with messages syncing when back online

## When to choose
- you want a Slack/Discord-like chat with channels but no central server
- metadata privacy (IP, who-talks-to-whom) matters and Tor is acceptable
- you prefer local-first data ownership on your own devices
- you're experimenting with p2p and decentralized communication tools

## When to avoid
- you need an audited, security-critical messaging app (it is unaudited beta)
- you need full Slack/Discord feature parity like DMs and avatars (still incomplete)
- you need reliable large-team performance or enterprise support
- you need a web client or voice/video calls

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: experimental
- function: chat-interface, cryptography, p2p, privacy, self-hosted
- domain: privacy, messaging-platforms, censorship-circumvention, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: slack-alternative, discord-alternative, tor, ipfs, orbitdb, local-first, decentralized, electron, react-native, team-chat, macos, linux, desktop, mobile

## Member repositories
- TryQuiet/quiet (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.507588+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:19:03.893944+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TryQuiet/quiet (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.507588+00:00, sha fcf2369f2ad5)
  - homepage: https://www.tryquiet.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:01:56.913667+00:00, sha c0a509f087c1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.