PrivChat
The facts below are what the maker publishes about PrivChat, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From PrivChat's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Open Source | Free | complete realtime backbone · no feature gates · no seat counts · no usage meters · self-hosted · forever |
| Platform & Enterprise | Priced on request | licensed per deployment · self-hosted · source-available · SLA support · Custom per engagement |
The facts
Each one read from PrivChat's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Application modules
- The commercial Platform provides accounts, wallets, payments, red packets, game orchestration, administration, assistants, and bots.checked 30 Sep 2026
What it does
- Client surfaces
- The white-label app family includes native iOS, Android, and HarmonyOS apps, H5, a WeChat Mini Program, and PC web.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Encryption roadmap
- End-to-end encryption in the direction of the Signal protocol is on the public roadmap.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Hosting limitation
- PrivChat does not offer a hosted cloud yet; managed cloud is described as being on the roadmap and current deployments are self-hosted.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Infrastructure integrations
- Deployment supports Docker and Compose with PostgreSQL and Redis, while storage supports S3-compatible backends including OSS, COS, MinIO, and Garage.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Messaging
- The open-source messaging core includes rich media, mentions, replies, forwarding, reactions, message revocation, groups, privacy controls, and read state.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- PrivChat is a self-hosted, open-source realtime infrastructure and chat system for apps, games, and AI agents.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Push integrations
- The offline push pipeline supports APNS, FCM, Huawei HMS, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, and Honor.checked 30 Sep 2026
- SDKs
- PrivChat provides first-class Rust, TypeScript, and Kotlin SDKs implementing the same wire protocol.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security
- Server security includes TLS 1.3, QUIC and wss transport, RS256 signing with JWKS, token revocation, bcrypt password hashing, rate limits, privacy policies, and IP protection.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Community support is provided through GitHub issues and discussions, while commercial engagements add SLAs, dedicated channels, training, and engineering support.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Synchronization
- Multi-device support includes Telegram-style pts sync, idempotency, gap detection, offline queuing, reconnect catch-up, and cloud message history.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Target users
- The product is intended for developers integrating chat into existing products, launching branded messaging apps, or adding payments, bots, and business workflows.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Transports
- The server supports QUIC, TCP, and WebSocket through one wire protocol.checked 30 Sep 2026
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