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Salty.im is an open, MIT-licensed specification and reference implementation for decentralized, end-to-end encrypted messaging. It provides Saltpack-based message encryption, domain-based identity discovery, self-hosted brokers, and CLI clients for privacy-focused users and developers.

Inferred · not functionally tested

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Overview

6 features

Purpose: Avoiding centralized control and protecting private messages with self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted communication.

Inferred · not functionally tested

Audience: privacy-conscious developers and self-hosting communities

Inferred · not functionally tested

Functions: collaboration

Inferred · not functionally tested

Interfaces: API: unknown · MCP: unknown · CLI: indicated (inferred, not tested) · Self-hosting: indicated (inferred, not tested)

Recorded constraints: pricing: open_source · license: Open Source · platforms: WEB · deployment: browser, cli, self_hosted

Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.

Record sources: salty.im. These links do not verify the individual claims.

salty.im sits in PulseGate's Secure & encrypted messaging category. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on avoiding centralized control and protecting private messages with self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted communication. Inferred · not functionally tested: salty.im is an open-source project aimed at privacy-conscious developers and self-hosting communities. Basis unknown · not verified: The project is open source (Open Source). Basis unknown · not verified: salty.im is available on the web and the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

Inferred · not functionally tested: Key capabilities include end-to-end encryption, self-hosted brokers, and domain-based identity.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested

  • End-to-end encryption
  • Self-hosted brokers
  • Domain-based identity
  • Decentralized discovery
  • CLI chat client
  • Public bootstrap server

Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested

Tags
self-hosted-messagingsaltpack-encryptiondecentralized-identitysecure-chat-protocol

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Indexing history

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What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

  1. Indexed11 Oct · 18:03 UTC
    Salty.im – A decentralised, self-hosted, secure, private messaging platform seen via Hacker News firehose (Algolia)
    Source: Hacker News firehose (Algolia) · Open

Frequently asked questions about salty.im

What is salty.im?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Salty.im focuses on avoiding centralized control and protecting private messages with self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted communication. It is catalogued under Secure & encrypted messaging on PulseGate.
Who should use salty.im?
Inferred · not functionally tested: salty.im is an open-source project built for privacy-conscious developers and self-hosting communities.
Is salty.im free?
Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — salty.im is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does salty.im run on?
Basis unknown · not verified: salty.im runs on the web and the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is salty.im still active?
Unverified. salty.im has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
Is salty.im open source?
Basis unknown · not verified: Yes — salty.im is open source under the Open Source license.

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