Burn Room – ephemeral SSH chat, messages burn after 1 hour
Burn Room is a simple, disposable chat built on SSH. There are no accounts to create and nothing to install. There’s no database behind it, no logs, no cookies, and no tracking. Messages exist only in memory, encrypted end-to-end, and disappear on their own. When a room’s timer runs out, everything in it is gone for good. You can jump in right away: ssh [email protected] -p 2323 password: burnroom Or just open https://burnroom.chat in your browser. It runs in a web terminal and works on mobile too. How it handles encryption Private, password-protected rooms are fully end-to-end…
Burn Room – ephemeral SSH chat, messages burn after 1 hour launched on March 23, 2026 with 7 votes, #1,458 of 23,380 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Burn Room is a self-hosted, BBS-style chat server that runs entirely over SSH. No browser, no app, no account. Rooms are temporary, messages expire on a rolling 1-hour window, and non-English messages auto-translate to English. Connect from any terminal or from a browser — no SSH client needed. Key points: - Messages burn after 1 hour (rolling window) - Rooms auto-destruct after 24 hours - Zero database — nothing written to disk - Auto-translation built in
Ephemeral SSH chat + multiplayer RPG. Messages burn after 1 hour. E2E encryption, 11 games, auto-translation. No accounts, no tracking.
Messages burn after 1 hour. Rooms self-destruct. End-to-end encrypted. No accounts, no logs, no archives. SSH: ssh [email protected] -p 2323 (password:from burnroom.chat
In the maker’s words, at launch
I built Burn Room — a self-hosted SSH chat server where messages burn after 1 hour and rooms auto-destruct after 24 hours. Nothing is written to disk. No account, no email, no browser required. ssh [email protected] -p 2323 password: burnroom Or connect from a browser (xterm.js web terminal)…
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