whispr
how it works waitlist

Talk with your friends.
Nobody else can read it.

Servers, channels, and DMs like Discord, encrypted end to end like Signal. Sign up with just a username: no phone number, no email.

Pre-alpha

whispr isn't available to try yet, but it will be soon.

whispr in a terminal: five messages in the general channel of a server called book club, with its channels in two categories and three members online or away.

What you get

The chat you know, encrypted on your device.

DMs, group chats, and private servers are end-to-end encrypted. Only the people in them can read them: not us, not whoever runs the servers.

Messages and group chats
A key stolen tomorrow doesn't open what you said today.
Private servers
Channels, roles, and invites. The host can't read a word.
Community servers
Built to grow, not to keep secrets: anyone with the invite link can read them.
Quantum-safe encryption
Messages sent today stay locked against future quantum computers.

What it costs to start

The others start by asking who you are.

discord
  • an email address
  • a phone number, in many cases
  • a face scan, ID, or card for age-restricted servers, unless it already judges you an adult

all tied to your identity

signal
  • a phone number

a phone number is issued to a person

whispr
  • a username you pick
  • a key your device generates

neither of which is you

Nothing to verify

about70,000

Discord users' ID photos, sent in for age checks, were exposed when one of its vendors was breached in October 2025.

whispr couldn't check your age if it wanted to.

No name, number, or document on file. Only a key your device made.

Since September 2026, Discord sorts every account by age. Those it can't place as adults must prove it, with a face scan, an ID or a card for example, to enter age-restricted servers.

master key never leaves your devices unencrypted

signs these device certificates

desktop signs what you send
phone signs what you send
tablet signs what you send

Open by license

AGPL-3.0, and relays you can run yourself.

Run a modified relay and you owe its users the source. Self-host, and a breach stops with you.

Sign up to get notified.

Leave your email, and we'll let you know once whispr is available to try.