Retro Hex Chat — Welcome

Retro Hex Chat

Your server. Your conversations. Nobody in between.
Built with today’s technology.

Run your own server. Your data stays with you.
Voice and video calls go directly between users — no middleman.
No corporation. No algorithms. No permission needed.
Your data. Your rules. Your community.

Open source project • Built with Elixir & Phoenix

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The Problem

Your community isn’t yours.

  • Discord can ban your server tomorrow. No warning. No appeal. No backup.
  • Slack charges for messages you already sent. Your history, behind a paywall.
  • Telegram can be blocked in your entire country. One court order and your community is gone.
  • Your data trains another company’s AI. You never consented.
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The Solution

Take back control.

  • You own the server, the data, the rules. Install on your own hardware or a $5/month VPS.
  • P2P voice and video calls. Direct between users via WebRTC — no middleman.
  • No corporation can shut you down. Open source, MIT licensed, community-owned.
  • No “Pro” plan. No algorithms. Free software. Yours forever.
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Direct connection. No middleman.
Alice 👨 Bob 👩 WebRTC P2P voice / video / files Server (signaling) · only connects them · never sees data

The server only introduces users. Once connected, voice, video, and files flow directly between them — encrypted, private, and fast.

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Multiplayer Games

28 multiplayer games. Right from the chat.

1 Chat /game bob Send 2 P2P Lobby Alice (you) Bob (joined) 3 Choose Game Hex Pong Star Duel Pixel Tanks Light Trails 4 Hex Pong — Alice vs Bob 3 : 2 Alice 👨 Bob 👩 WebRTC DataChannel 28 games · Real-time sync · No server

Type /game @nick to challenge anyone. Games run on HTML5 Canvas with state synced via WebRTC DataChannel — no server involvement, just like voice calls.

28 games
Solo Arcade

18 classic games. Running in your browser.

1 #games !play Send 2 Arcade — Select a Game DOOM Quake Wolf3D BASS Quake II HacX Arcade — Select a Game 3 New Window Opens Loading DOOM: Knee-Deep in the Dead... 4 DOOM: Knee-Deep in the Dead WebAssembly Engine: Dwasm · Running in browser 18 classic games · Runs in your browser via WebAssembly

Join #games and type !play — the arcade bot sends you a link to the game lobby. Pick from DOOM, Quake, Wolfenstein 3D, Half-Life, and ScummVM adventures — all running as WebAssembly in your browser. No downloads.

18 games