In-game overlay
See who's talking and keep chatting on top of your game, without alt-tabbing. Windows app.
Dissent
Chat that nobody owns.
Servers, voice, streaming and an in-game overlay, on a network that no company owns and nobody can switch off.
Familiar on day one
The chat you already know.
Servers, channels, roles, DMs and voice. If you've used Discord, you already know your way around.
Night Owls
Text
# general
# clips
# lfg
# tournament
Voice
🔊 Lounge
MJO
Yyou
# general
mara bracket is up, we play at 8
jin posting my clip from last night 👀
oli hopping in voice
mara overlay shows who is talking btw
Message #general
For gaming groups
Built for playing together.
Clips & galleries
Capture the moment, trim it, and share it to a server gallery your friends can rate.
Tournaments
Run brackets and leagues inside your server, with results, ratings and disputes.
Game servers
Connect your game server panel and manage it from Dissent: console, files, backups.
Discord bridge
Bring a Discord server along while your community moves over.
Privacy
Private by design.
One-to-one messages and encrypted channels are locked on your device before they leave it. The server in the middle only ever holds scrambled text.
Exactly what is and isn't encrypted →The network
A network, not a company.
Every server lives on a node.
A node is a computer running Dissent. Anyone can run one: a community, a friend, you.
Nodes talk to each other.
Join a server on another node with an ordinary invite link. Your account stays where it is.
No node is in charge.
If one goes offline, the rest of the network keeps working. There's no central switch to flip.
For self-hosters
Run your own node.
Your community's messages, files and settings on hardware you control. A setup script does the heavy lifting, and your node can join the network as soon as it's online.
$ curl -fsSL https://docs.dissent.chat/install/fetch.sh -o fetch.sh✓ node online
✓ joined the network
No ads.No tracking.No selling your data.No money. Ever.
Dissent takes no money from anyone: no subscriptions, no premium tier. There's nothing to sell, including you. Our principles →
Bring your people.
Open Dissent in your browser. The Windows app, with the overlay and clips, arrives at launch.
Looking for a community? Browse public servers →