Feature rich, privacy focused
Every last message, secured by design
Cloak Chat offers a range of familiar features with security and privacy built in from the start.
Secure messaging
Ordinary chat message bodies are end-to-end encrypted on your device. The service stores ciphertext and encrypted key backups; public sharing and integrations have separate privacy boundaries.
Servers & communities
Spin up servers with six channel types: text, voice, forums, calendars, whiteboards, and tickets. Threads keep side conversations beside the channel, and roles, fine-grained permissions, AutoMod, audit logs, and bot automation keep big communities manageable.
Encrypted file vault
Share files that are encrypted on your device before upload. Grant or revoke access per user or per server, with up to 100 GB of encrypted storage on Pro.
Make it yours
A full theme editor with gradient themes and share links, custom emoji, per-server nicknames, role icons, and achievements to show off on your profile.
Wait, you can do that?
No compromises, just features
VOICE · VIDEO · SCREEN
See and hear, privately.
High-quality voice channels, camera, and screen sharing on every plan. On desktop, share audio comes from just the app you are sharing, in clean stereo at music quality, no notification pings or mic bleed. Every frame is encrypted before it reaches the relay, the relay never holds a key, and your IP address stays private. Paid plans go up to 1080p60.
WHITEBOARDS
Draw together, live.
Whiteboard channels give every server a shared infinite canvas: live cursors, follow mode, and view-only access for members without edit permission. Every stroke leaves your device as ciphertext Cloak cannot render.
FORUMS
Long conversations, organized.
Forum channels hold long-form posts with threaded replies, so announcements, guides, and big discussions stay findable instead of scrolling away. Mentions and notifications work exactly like everywhere else.
CALENDAR
Shared calendars, sealed.
Plan inside your servers with recurring events, RSVPs, and reminders. My Calendar rolls every server’s schedule into a single view, and event details stay encrypted end to end.
Moderation & community tools
Run a real community.
Big communities need more than good intentions. Cloak ships the tools to keep yours healthy, and every one of them works without anyone reading your messages.
AUTOMOD
AutoMod that never reads a message.
Rules watch behavior, not content: message bursts, mention storms, attachment floods, embed spam, and poll spam. Set a threshold and a window, choose alert or block, exempt trusted roles, and review every incident in a queue. It works entirely on rate signals, so moderation never needs a peek inside your encryption.
TICKETS
A help desk built into your server.
Members open a private ticket from a menu of topics you define. Staff see every open ticket in one queue, answer in a dedicated channel, and close it out when resolved. Ticket messages ride the same encryption as everything else.
POLLS
Decide things, honestly.
Native polls with multiple choice, time windows, and hidden-until-close results. What a poll says is encrypted end to end; the server only sees the structure it needs to tally votes and genuinely enforce anonymous voting.
Encrypted file vault
Your files, your rules
Every private file you share lives in your encrypted vault. Browse, re-share, revoke future access, or delete, all from one place. Public CDN uploads follow a separate path outside the vault.
Private Upload
ENCRYPTEDFiles are encrypted on your device with AES-256-GCM before upload. Stored in a private bucket with per-file permission controls. Tier-based size and storage limits apply.
- AES-256-GCM encrypted client-side
- Stored in private bucket (ACL: private)
- File keys encrypted with your recovery secret
- Granular sharing: users or servers
- Managed from your encrypted vault
Public Upload
PUBLIC, NOT E2EEFiles are uploaded as-is to a public CDN and embedded as direct links. Intended for shareable media like memes and reels. Anyone with the link can access the file, even when the link is posted in an encrypted chat. 10 MB limit on Free, up to 100 MB on Pro.
- HTTPS delivery, without end-to-end encryption
- Embedded as direct links in chat
- Per-file limit: 10 MB Free, 20 MB Basic, 100 MB Pro
- Supports spoiler & NSFW tags
- Does not count against vault storage
How the vault protects your files
Private files are encrypted before they leave your device and stay encrypted at rest.
Client-Side Encryption
Private files are encrypted with AES-256-GCM on your device before HTTPS upload. The file service stores ciphertext and encrypted file keys.
Granular Permissions
Share encrypted file keys with specific users or entire servers. Revoke future access without re-uploading. This does not erase copies or keys recipients already saved.
Encrypted File Keys
File keys are encrypted using your separate recovery secret before server storage. Authorized recipients receive encrypted key material to open shared files locally.
Full lifecycle control
Upload a file once, share it anywhere: DMs, servers, or new conversations. Grant and revoke access on a per-user or per-server basis without re-uploading. Delete a file from the vault and it's gone from every conversation it was shared in.
AES-256-GCM · PER-FILE KEYS · PRIVATE BUCKET · PERMISSION GATED · PRIVATE FILES ENCRYPTED
The complete picture
Every capability Cloak ships today, grouped by what it does. See the Security page for encryption coverage and privacy boundaries.
Messaging
- Encrypted DMs & group DMs
- Replies, reactions & pins
- Polls with honest anonymous voting
- Disappearing messages
- On-device full-text search
- GIFs & custom emoji
- Voice memos & link previews
- Code blocks with syntax highlighting
Channel types
- Text & voice channels
- Threads, side by side with the channel
- Private, invite-only threads
- Forum channels with threaded posts
- Calendar channels & My Calendar
- Whiteboard channels, encrypted end to end
- Ticket channels with a staff queue
- Categories & per-channel permissions
Communities
- Roles & granular permissions
- AutoMod with an incident queue
- Moderation, timeouts & audit log
- Invites & server discovery
- Import from Discord with full message history
- Claim your imported Discord messages
- Server boosts & server folders
- Webhooks & flow automation
- Ownership transfer
Voice & video
- Encrypted voice channels
- Camera & screen sharing on every plan
- 1:1 and group calls
- 1080p60 screen share (paid)
- Per-app share audio in stereo (desktop)
- Your IP stays private on every plan
- Frame-level WebRTC encryption
Security
- X25519 key exchange, AES-256-GCM
- Two-factor authentication
- Device management & remote sign-out
- QR device linking
- Blocking & reporting
- Server key cycling & key recovery
Social
- Friends & friend requests
- Presence & status
- Achievements & profile badges
- Per-server nicknames & aliases
- Profile customization
- Notification feed & granular mutes
Personalization
- Full theme editor
- Gradient themes & presets
- Theme share links
- Synced theme library
- Role icons & gradient role colors
- Account switching
Platforms
- macOS, Windows & Linux apps
- Web app at app.cloak.chat
- Android app on Google Play
- iPhone & iPad app on the App Store
- Tablet multi-pane layout
- Push notifications
- One account, every device
Continue exploring
There's more to discover
Your server. Your keys. Your conversation.
Download Cloak, create your account in the app, and bring your community somewhere it can speak freely.
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