Terminal Phone – E2EE Walkie Talkie from the Command Line
TerminalPhone is a single, self-contained Bash script that provides anonymous, end-to-end encrypted voice and text communication between two parties over the Tor network. It operates as a walkie-talkie: you record a voice message, and it is compressed, encrypted, and transmitted to the remote party as a single unit. You can also send encrypted text messages during a call. No server infrastructure, no accounts, no phone numbers. Your Tor hidden service .onion address is your identity.
Terminal Phone – E2EE Walkie Talkie from the Command Line launched on February 26, 2026 with 322 votes, #67 of 16,628 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
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Terminal Phone is a Bash script that enables anonymous voice and text communication between two parties using end-to-end encryption over the Tor network. It operates as a walkie-talkie where voice messages are recorded, compressed, and encrypted before transmission. Text messages can be sent during calls. The tool requires no server infrastructure, accounts, or phone numbers—users are identified by their Tor hidden service .onion address. It is designed for developers and users seeking decentralized, encrypted communication from the command line.
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