Open Source · Decentralized · v1.0.0

Your identity. Your data.
Your rules.

Nodes is an open-source, decentralized communication platform. No email. No phone number. No corporate servers.
Just a cryptographic keypair.

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Built different

Every design decision was made to minimize trust requirements.

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Self-Sovereign Identity

Keypair-based authentication. No PII required. Your identity belongs to you, not a corporation.

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E2E Encrypted DMs

ECDH key exchange ensures messages are encrypted before they ever touch the network.

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Peer-to-Peer

No central servers. Gun.js mesh network distributes data across peers.

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Voice Channels

WebRTC P2P voice for 1-on-1. LiveKit SFU scales for group calls.

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IPFS File Sharing

Decentralized file storage means no single point of failure or censorship.

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Native Desktop App

Built with Tauri. Ships at ~15MB, idles at ~80MB RAM. Runs everywhere.

Why Nodes?

Discord now requires government ID verification. Their 2025 data breach exposed tens of thousands of IDs. We built something different.

There's nothing to breach because there's nothing to store.

How we compare

DiscordMatrixNodes
IdentityEmail + gov IDEmail + homeserverCryptographic keypair
Data ownershipDiscord owns itHomeserver adminYou own it
EncryptionPartialOptionalE2E by default (DMs)
InfrastructureCentralizedFederatedPeer-to-peer

Download Nodes

Free. Open source. No telemetry.

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