What is Quiet?
Encrypted group messaging that lives only on members' phones and laptops, for privacy-minded teams.
Who is Quiet best for?
Quiet is best for privacy-minded groups of up to about 100 people who want chat that never touches a company server.
Groups that cannot trust a server
Messages, files and member lists sit only on the community's own phones and laptops, synced directly between them.
Hiding who talks to whom
Every connection runs over Tor onion services, so members' IP addresses and locations are not exposed to a server.
Joining without a phone number
People join a community through an invite link, and no email address or phone number is asked for.
Sharing large files
Files go straight between members' devices, with no upload size limit set by a server.
How much does Quiet cost?
Quiet is free under the GPL-3.0 licence, with no paid plan or hosted service; it runs on members' own devices, so there is no server bill either.
- Desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux
- Android app; iPhone app in TestFlight
- No accounts, servers or hosting fees
Quiet has no paid tier, cloud or seat price. Communities work best at about 30 to 100 members, and the maker says the app is in beta and has not had a security audit. Full pricing on github.com. We checked these prices on .
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Is Quiet open source?
Yes. Quiet's code is public under the GPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
On GitHub
2,663stars
+6 (+0.2%) in the last 30 days
- Last commit
- 2 Nov
- Repository age
- 4 years
- Latest release
- 28 Oct
- Licence
- GPL 3.0
- Self-hosted
- Yes
- Repository
- TryQuiet/quiet
What are the best Quiet alternatives?
Quiet is an open source alternative to Zoho Cliq and Slack. Buzz, Rocket.Chat, Mattermost and Campfire do the same job and are open source too.
Zoho CliqFreeTeam chat, calls and integrations from Zoho.
SlackFreeTeam messaging with AI summaries, search and huddle notes.
BuzzOpen SourceBlock's open-source team chat where people and agents share channels.
Rocket.ChatOpen SourceTeam chat with channels, threads, calls and video that organisations run on their own servers.
MattermostOpen SourceChannels, calls, playbooks and AI agents for engineering, security and operations teams.
CampfireOpen SourceGroup chat for companies that you install on your own server, with rooms, DMs and @mentions.
Questions about Quiet
What is Quiet?
Encrypted group messaging that lives only on members' phones and laptops, for privacy-minded teams.
Who is Quiet for?
Quiet is best for privacy-minded groups of up to about 100 people who want chat that never touches a company server.
Is Quiet free?
Yes. Quiet has a free plan: desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Is Quiet open source?
Yes. Quiet's code is public under the GPL 3.0 licence, so you can run it on your own server.
What are the best Quiet alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Zoho Cliq, Slack, Buzz, Rocket.Chat, Mattermost and Campfire.
Where can I try Quiet?
On its official website, tryquiet.org.
Is Quiet safe to use for sensitive work?
Not yet. The maker says Quiet is in beta, has not been audited and should not be used when privacy and security are critical, although the team uses it every day as its own Slack replacement.
How many people can join a Quiet community?
Quiet's README puts the practical limit at about 30 to 100 members per community. Communities of 1,000 or more, moderation tools, search and threads are listed as post-1.0 features.
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