HIT_ENTER

Group chat with channels, DMs, files, voice and zaps. No servers: every app is a relay.

Your identity is a key on your own computer. Your groups live on the computers of the people in them.

Download · beta

Linux · AppImage Linux · .deb macOS · Apple silicon

0.1.0-beta.3 · Linux x86-64 (Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12 and newer) · macOS Apple silicon (M1 and later) · Intel Macs and Windows are coming. It is a beta: expect rough edges.

New in beta.3: a native window instead of a web engine. On the same computer, the app went from 264 MB to 32 MB before you sign in, and from 620 MB to 62 MB with a channel of 1,000 messages open.

chmod +x HIT_ENTER_0.1.0-beta.3_x86_64.AppImage
./HIT_ENTER_0.1.0-beta.3_x86_64.AppImage

sha256 (AppImage)  76da6484d0b5dcbf11d2cd26d361804768f4c348275b5e57a4acc0b97c9dc58b
sha256 (.deb)      9ad706f4cebf0b3e26fb557272406e354974d17d56ec919443362f9ad3b739ea

macOS: the beta is not signed by Apple yet, so macOS will say it “is damaged and can't be opened”. Drag HIT_ENTER into Applications, then run this once in Terminal:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/HIT_ENTER.app

sha256 (.dmg)      db32f3dd4abfc551c580d0cfd5f482290ee9044d267e0ae523b98946baccfae4

Updating on macOS asks for your keychain password, because each unsigned build looks like a new app to macOS. Enter your Mac's login keychain password, or restore your identity from your backup file instead.

All files and checksums: releases.

What it does

Groups and channels. Text and voice channels, roles, moderation. Nobody runs the group but its members.
DMs, end to end. Encrypted so only the two of you can read them.
Files. Sent straight between members' computers, only to people allowed to see them.
Voice. Group calls of up to eight, and calls from a DM.
Zaps. Tip a message in bitcoin over Lightning, wallet to wallet. HIT_ENTER never holds your money.

Said plainly

Group messages are not encrypted at rest. Every member's app keeps a copy, and the app says who can read a group.
Members can see your IP address when you connect to them directly. The app shows a badge when they can.
Your key is yours. It stays in your system's keychain. Lose it without a backup and nobody can recover it, us included.
Zaps carry a 1% fee, paid as a separate payment on top and shown before you send. Zaps under 100 sats carry none.
No telemetry. The app reports nothing to us.