Dialog

A fast, secure messenger — chat, group voice & video calls, and screen sharing. In your browser, on your desktop, and on Android.

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Features

• Instant messaging — direct & group chats with reactions, edits, replies, voice notes, GIFs and file sharing.
• Group voice & video calls — low-latency, powered by a LiveKit media server.
• Screen sharing — share your screen in any call.
• Native desktop apps — Windows, macOS & Linux, with a system tray, auto-update, and a frameless boot screen.
• Android app — native WebView wrapper with native notifications.
• Presence & privacy — online / do-not-disturb / invisible status, friend & block lists.
• Self-hostable — bring your own server; you control the data.

Download

Get the app for your platform at dialogmsg.xyz/download, or grab them from GitHub Releases. No install? Just use it in your browser at dialogmsg.xyz.

Platform	Format
Windows	.exe installer
macOS	.dmg / .zip (universal)
Linux	AppImage · .deb · .pacman · Flatpak
Android	.apk

Tech stack

Node.js · Express · Socket.IO · MySQL · Redis · LiveKit (calls) · Web Push · Electron (desktop) · Android WebView (Kotlin). No build step for the frontend — it's plain ES modules.

Run it yourself

Requirements: Docker (or Node 20+, MySQL 8, optional Redis).

git clone https://github.com/VanylixCODER/Dialog.git
cd Dialog
docker compose up -d     # starts the app + MySQL + Redis
# → http://localhost:3000

Or without Docker: npm install && npm start (point DB_* at your MySQL).

Key environment variables

Var	Purpose
DB_HOST / DB_PORT / DB_USER / DB_PASS / DB_NAME	MySQL connection (set DB_PORT=3306 explicitly)
REDIS_URL	Optional Redis cache (e.g. redis://localhost:6379)
LIVEKIT_URL / LIVEKIT_API_KEY / LIVEKIT_API_SECRET	Group calls (LiveKit)
TURN_URL / TURN_USER / TURN_PASS or METERED_API_KEY	TURN relay for calls
VAPID_PUBLIC / VAPID_PRIVATE / VAPID_SUBJECT	Web Push notifications
GIPHY_KEY	GIF search
PORT	Server port (default 3000)

Apps & releases

• Desktop & Android shells live in desktop/ and android/.
• Cutting a release is documented in RELEASE.md.

License

Dialog is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0-or-later). You're free to use, study, modify and self-host it — but if you run a modified version as a network service, you must offer your modified source to its users under the same license.