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Life & fun · May 6, 2025

I built a P2P, anonymous, E2EE encrypted messaging app

Recent news about Trump admin officials accidentally leaking war plans via Signal (The Atlantic, March 24, 2025) has renewed concerns over secure messaging. But for me, those concerns aren’t new. While visiting family and friends in Ukraine, I sat down with a friend for coffee at a café in Kyiv and that’s where it all started - the first sketch of a messenger built for privacy, not profit. We knew most messaging platforms were vulnerable to leaking data, tracking users, and exposing private conversations. We believed we could build something better. Then the war in Ukraine began, and…

I built a P2P, anonymous, E2EE encrypted messaging app launched on May 6, 2025 with 5 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

Experience seamless messaging with GOSPL-CHAT, your ultimate Telegram chat application alternative for secure and easy communication.

There are no ads, no affiliate marketers, and no creepy tracking. Requires no personal information; simply create a random username and password to access the federated messaging network. Gospl Chat does not use fingerprinting or metadata in any way. Share your username or public key, and others can message you securely. Encrypts your data using the most secure algorithms and transfers it via peer-to-peer connections. Gospl.Chat not only avoids storing your data, it doesn’t use it in any way! In the enterprise version, you can choose to store your data securely on your own site or device Generates encryption keys based on your input and authentication method, but only you will ever know…from gospl.chat

In the maker’s words, at launch

Recent news about Trump admin officials accidentally leaking war plans via Signal (The Atlantic, March 24, 2025) has renewed concerns over secure messaging. But for me, those concerns aren’t new. While visiting family and friends in Ukraine, I sat down with a friend for coffee at a café in Kyiv and that’s where it…

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