Social networks, messaging and dating
Private encrypted messaging apps
Chat apps and messaging tools, mostly end-to-end encrypted messengers that need no phone number, plus some couples messengers, Telegram/Slack bots and messaging integrations, for people who want private, secure communication.
Built for: Privacy-conscious individuals and small teams
Projects since May 04
209
Different builders
201
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
-14%
AI is the core
16%
Projects per week
Mostly mobile app (33%), web app (29%), developer tool or library (8.6%) · from r/SideProject, r/vibecoding, r/IMadeThis, r/SaaS
Latest
- TDrive — Stores files in a private Telegram channel and presents them as a cloud drive with folders, search, backup, streaming and a mountable disk.“I made an app that turns your Telegram account into a cloud drive (open source)”
- humanreply — Routes website visitor chat messages into a Telegram group, with one topic per visitor, so replies sent from Telegram appear on the site.“Looking for first users: website chat you answer from Telegram”
- Weft — Sorts macOS Messages conversations into topic threads using an AI model of the user's choice.“I made a MacOS app that threads your single chat conversation into topics”
- redvaultmessages — Provides end-to-end encrypted messaging with username-only sign-up and an included password manager.“No phone number. No email. Just a username”
- WAFST — Sends SMS, WhatsApp and email messages through a REST API, routing SMS via an Android phone's own SIM.“WAFST - REST API that sends SMS through your own Android phone SIM, plus WhatsApp and email”
- SkyPost — Lets users send hand-drawn photo postcards with voice notes to chosen locations on a 3D globe, and comment only when physically near a post.“I built SkyPost: An iOS app to send hand-drawn voice postcards to target locations on a 3D Earth — where anyone can explore globally, but commenting requires being there physically!”
- Duo — Lets friends send quick voice nudges and join live voice rooms in a private group on Android.“We built Duo — a walkie-talkie app for talking to your friends instantly”
- ZenSMS — Provides an Android SMS/MMS messaging app with spam silencing, custom folders, keyword rules and scheduled messages, without ads or trackers.“I built a Google Messages alternative for people who still just want SMS/MMS”
- Veil — Provides an end-to-end encrypted messaging portal where an AI twin replies to other people in the user's voice when the user is away.“I built an encrypted messaging app for people who never fit in — your AI twin speaks as you when you can't”
- autodm — Automates sending direct messages, based on the product's domain name; the post does not describe features.“My side project just reached 50 users in 15 days with zero marketing”
- Penpal Apps — Lets users send physical-style letters to strangers around the world and wait for replies instead of instant messaging.“2 weeks ago I launched my penpal app. Now I have ~200 users, zero revenue, and people are asking for iOS.”
- NeonGram — Manages multiple Telegram accounts and runs outreach campaigns, including channel parsing, target validation, AI-written comments and replies, and scheduled automation.“I made a control center for Telegram outreach”
- Entergram — Puts multiple personal Telegram accounts into one shared workspace for assigning chats, tagging leads, tracking follow-ups and sending broadcasts.“We built a CRM for teams using several Telegram accounts. Is this 78-second demo clear?”
- Vory — Gives an iPhone chat and remote-control client for self-hosted Hermes agent gateways, with bot avatars, approval prompts and group chats.“Vory: an iPhone app for your self-hosted Hermes agents (public beta, open source)”
- Chime — Sorts Android SMS messages into categories like personal, OTP, banking, promos, and spam using on-device learning.“Chime: SMS Organizer with On-Device ML”
- Sealr — Sends end-to-end encrypted messages and media that senders can control after delivery with expiry dates, view limits, and screenshot blocking.“What's the 'baked-in' limitation of existing tech you've tried to overcome with a side project?”
- telegram-parser-choosen-words — Monitors Telegram chats for user-defined keywords and sends matching messages to the user via a Telegram bot.“I got tired of scraping chats manually, so I wrote a lightweight Python script to automate it.”
- MePersona AI — Consolidates messages from multiple social and chat platforms into one inbox and drafts replies in the creator's voice for approval before sending.“An interesting creator tool just got listed on AGMAN.APP: MePersona AI”
- fwrd — Forwards matching incoming text messages from iPhone Shortcuts automations to Discord, Slack, or Telegram.“I made an app that forwards my Netflix login codes to my family automatically”
- NeonGram — Manages multiple Telegram accounts and runs automated outreach and lead-generation workflows from a cloud web dashboard.“I built NeonGram — a cloud platform for Telegram automation and outreach”
Most discussed
- BlackBox Vault — Stores voice, video and text messages and automatically delivers them to chosen contacts after the user dies, based on a check-in system.“Leave Messages After You Die”
- fluffy-thoughts — Lets users post short messages on clouds that drift into other visitors' views as anonymous messages from strangers.“I made fluffy-thoughts: clouds float by with messages written by others, what message do you deliver to the next person?”
- Everlasting Email — Schedules messages, letters, photos and videos to be emailed to a recipient on a set date, after a trusted-contact code check, or after the sender stops checking in.“Built an app that delivers messages to your family on a date, or after you're gone. Solo, about a year, went up on Product Hunt today.”
- AirConnect — Lets travelers on the same flight find and message each other over Bluetooth without internet or accounts.“Built an app that lets you chat with other passengers on your flight — no wifi, no server, fully offline (Bluetooth)”
- ChatX — Provides end-to-end encrypted private chat with device-bound keys, no phone number, and messages auto-deleted after 24 hours.“I built an encrypted chat with no phone number, no permanent history and no recovery”
- MeetVap — Provides an open-source messenger with real-time messaging, offline delivery, voice and video calls, encryption and push notifications.“Building an Open-Source Messenger with AI Changed My Mind About Software Engineering”
- Novagram — Provides an open-source Android Telegram client built on TDLib with a Material 3 interface, custom themes, and a per-chat media gallery.“I made a free, open-source Telegram client for Android, built from scratch (not another reskin)”
- Hey Postcard — Lets users send digital postcards that arrive the next morning at a random time instead of instantly.“We built a messaging app where messages intentionally don’t arrive instantly”
- Ping — Lets nearby Android phones exchange chat messages, GPS locations, photos, and SOS alerts directly over Bluetooth mesh without any internet or servers.“Building an app that lets phones message each other with zero internet — Bluetooth mesh, open source, still early”
- Thoughtful Mornings — Generates a personalized AI morning message for a partner and sends it via WhatsApp or SMS at 8:00 AM their time.“I built a tool that texts my partner a unique, AI-generated "good morning" message every day so I don't forget when I'm deep in code. Opening 10 slots to test it.”