SimpleX Chat

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Freedom of speech needs infrastructure that protects it by design - protocols, governance and funding.

v6.5 release brings SimpleX Channels: a new model for online publishing built for participation privacy:

- channel owners hold their own channel keys,
- each channel uses multiple relays for reliability,
- publishers can run their own chat relays,
- channels can be added to our SimpleX Directory: https://simplex.chat/directory.

Read more at https://simplex.chat/blog/20260430-simplex-channels-v6-5-consortium-crowdfunding-freedom-of-speech.html

We updated SimpleX Chat Privacy Policy and Conditions:
- Stronger privacy commitments from operators and apps.
- New one-time links and public addresses.
- Public channels released in v6.5 (beta).

We maintain it in GitHub, so you can track changes:
https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/commit/05f99634c470f8bddac20046947a0606938b22ad

The apps will show a notification with this change when you update.

The full text is here: https://simplex.chat/privacy/

Please let us know any questions or suggestions - many amendments were proposed by the users.

docs: update privacy policy (#6786) · simplex-chat/simplex-chat@05f9963

What changed: Stronger privacy commitments: - explicitly states that preset servers do not log IP addresses. - you can verify clients and servers via reproducible builds. - quantum-resistant end-t...

GitHub

Planning crowdfunding: https://simplexchat.typeform.com/crowdfunding

Disclaimer: SimpleX Chat, Inc. is "testing the waters" for a possible Reg CF securities offering.
We’re not asking for or accepting any money right now, and we won’t accept any if sent.
We can’t accept any offers to buy securities or take any payments until the until the offering statement is filed and only through a regulated intermediary platform.
Showing interest doesn’t create any obligation or commitment of any kind.

SimpleX Chat Crowdfunding

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SimpleX Chat on Citadel Dispatch podcast!

Matt Odell and Evgeny talk about:

- SimpleX Network unique design,
- sovereignty as a foundation for privacy,
- privacy as a requirement for freedom of speech.
- governance and sustainability - lessons from the Web,
- planning crowdfunding,
- and more.

Citadel Dispatch podcast: https://serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/CitadelDispatch/cd196-evgeny-poberezkin--simplex-private-chat

Matt Odell: https://primal.net/odell

Why we are building it: https://simplex.chat/why/

Consortium governance: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/master/rfcs/README.md

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The first release announcement: https://simplex.chat/blog/20220308-simplex-chat-mobile-apps.html

How SimpleX Network Consortium will work: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/tree/master/rfcs#readme

Why we are building SimpleX Network: https://simplex.chat/why/

SimpleX announces SimpleX Chat mobile apps for iOS and Android

SimpleX Chat apps are 4 years old today!

- 2M+ app downloads
- 300-500K active users (estimated from store statistics - no accounts or any user IDs)
- 1000+ network routers

Coming soon:
- channels
- new UX
- non-profit governance of SimpleX Network

Huge thank you to everybody who made this journey possible by using, promoting and supporting SimpleX Network.

And big thank you to @djb who made our work possible.

You can create a SimpleX Chat chat-bot with 17 lines of JS code using the new Node.js library.

Beta version: https://npmjs.com/package/simplex-chat/v/6.5.0-beta.4.4

Source code: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/tree/master/packages/simplex-chat-nodejs

To run this example with Node.js:

npm i [email protected]

node ./node_modules/simplex-chat/examples/squaring-bot-readme.js

Our experimental directory of groups: https://simplex.chat/directory/

Unofficial registry of SimpleX servers: https://simplex-directory.asriyan.me

SimpleX bots API and libraries: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/tree/master/bots#useful-bots

Our plan for Community Vouchers: https://simplex.chat/vouchers/ - you can get an access pass to test them once launched before the end of today.

SimpleX Chat: private and secure messenger without any user IDs (not even random)

SimpleX Chat - a private and encrypted messenger without any user IDs (not even random ones)! Make a private connection via link / QR code to send messages and make calls.

Happy New Year!

Thank you for your incredible support of SimpleX network in 2025:
- to users for over 2,000,000 app downloads and thousands of groups.
- to enthusiasts for hundreds of community servers.
- to businesses/projects using SimpleX Chat for customer/user support.
- to developers for SimpleX integrations and libraries.
- to all who donated, and especially to
Vitalik Buterin for his game-changing donation of 128ETH.

2026 will be great for privacy and for SimpleX network!