Own your conversations. Own your space.
Fully yours. From the start.
Chat, voice, and video for you and your friends, on a server you own. No subscriptions, no data harvesting, no limits on making it yours.
- Free
- Source-available
- No account needed
- Self-hosted
Self-hosted
Your server runs on hardware your group controls. Messages, files, and voice data never touch our servers.
Learn about hosting →Identity on your device
No email. No phone number. No sign-up required. Your identity is an encrypted file only you can unlock. For convenience, an optional central account is also available.
How the security model works →Source available
The entire codebase is on GitHub. Audit every line and verify that nothing phones home.
Read the source & license →Your living identity
You're not number
173,445.
You're a one-of-a-kind world.
Create your own living cosmic avatar — your Orbiter. Or upload your own photo. Or both. The choice is yours, and it's animated, one of a kind, and unmistakably you.
- Design a one-of-a-kind animated Orbiter — or upload your own photo
- Show it off on collector-style profile cards
- Six card layouts, with flips, shimmer, and cursor parallax
The Orrery
See your whole crew in orbit.
Every server has a living solar-system view — the server icon is the star, each member a planet on its own ring over a parallax starfield. The same cosmic engine that powers your Orbiter, scaled to your whole community.
Bend it to your vibe.
Themes, colors, layout, and your avatar — change everything in a click.
Smart uploads
Share anything. Orbitr just handles it.
Photos, GIFs, audio, video — Orbitr quietly does the fiddly parts for you.
- Sideways photos straighten automatically (or rotate them yourself)
- Your location stays private by default
- GIFs stay animated; audio & video play right inline
- Blur spoilers, pick smaller-file or full-quality — your call
Chat, voice, and video, built in.
Everything you'd expect from a modern platform, running on hardware you control.
Rich messaging
Reactions, embeds, GIFs, file uploads, search, pins, and replies. Everything you'd expect from a modern chat.
Voice & screen sharing
Low-latency voice chat with on-device noise suppression. Share your screen for live streaming, gaming sessions, or working together with friends.
Easy self-hosting
Download Orbitr Server, run the setup wizard, and you're live. No command line required, no Docker knowledge needed.
Local-first identity
Your identity is a file on your device, not an account on someone else's server. For those who prefer simplicity, a traditional account option is available through Orbitr Pulsar.
Cross-platform
Native app for Windows today — macOS and Linux coming later. Self-host on Windows now; Mac and Linux support coming later.
See it in action.
Live captures from a real running server: chat, voice, customization, pins.
Why Orbitr?
A platform that respects your data, your wallet, and your time.
Self-hosted on hardware you control. Your data never leaves your network. No cloud dependency, no third-party access.
Every line of code is on GitHub under the Elastic License 2.0. Audit it, self-host it, or contribute back.
Grab Orbitr Server, follow the guided setup wizard, and share an invite link. You're online in minutes, not hours.
Your identity
Your account is a file. You hold the keys.
Most apps keep your account on their servers. Orbitr flips it: your identity is an encrypted file that lives on your device. It is your account — open it to sign in to any Orbitr server. No email, no phone number, no profile sitting in a database you don't control.
Create it
Pick a display name and a password. Orbitr generates an encrypted identity file, right on your device.
Keep it safe
It's a small file — back it up like any document that matters. It's the only key to your account.
That file is your account
Open it to sign in to any Orbitr server. No email, no phone, nothing about you living on hardware you don't own.
Your server, your rules
Your PC is the server. Host for your friends.
Like a Minecraft server, but for chat and voice — run as many Orbits as you want. Every message, image, file, and voice call lives on your hardware, not someone else's cloud. You decide who joins, and you can shut it down whenever you want.
Download Orbitr Server
A standalone app for Windows today (macOS and Linux coming later). Separate from the client — install it on whatever machine you want to host from.
Run the setup wizard
The wizard configures the database, voice relay, and connectivity automatically. No command line needed.
Share with friends
Send your friends an invite link. They download Orbitr, click the link, and they're in.
Server hosting available on Windows today. macOS and Linux coming later.
You run the server, so you're responsible for the content hosted on it. See our Terms and Privacy Policy.
Download Orbitr
Get the client to join any server, or run your own.
Orbitr Client
The everyday Orbitr app: chat, voice, video, and screen sharing on any server.
New here? See the install guide →
Orbitr Server
Host your own space and fully own your conversations. Runs on its own hardware.
First time hosting? See the install guide →
Database, voice relay, and admin panel included. The setup wizard handles the rest.
Source available. Audit the code.
Licensed under ELv2. Free to use and self-host. No hidden telemetry, no proprietary locks. Audit every line, contribute, or build from source.
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