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Dirextalk
Private communication app and AI workspace.
15 followers
Private communication app and AI workspace.
15 followers
Dirextalk is a self-hosted communication app for people and teams who want to own their messaging infrastructure, including chats, channels, calls, and Agent access.
Hey Product Hunt!
I'm the founder of Dirextalk — a self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted communication app where your data never leaves your own infrastructure.
I started Dirextalk because private communication still comes with an unnecessary tradeoff: give a platform control of your data, or self-host and become a server administrator. Dirextalk is private communication software for individuals and their Agents. One person, one node. Your node runs in your own cloud account. An Agent handles deployment, while you make the important decisions about provider, region, domain, cost, and billable resources.
Once your node is online, you have direct messages, group chats, calls, and channels. You can also connect your own Agent to find conversations, work with authorized messages, and help you respond. Dirextalk does not host your node or private messages. We want people to control their identity, relationships, and private context without giving up a simple, modern communication experience.
We're already live on Google Play — download and self-host in minutes.We believe data sovereignty is a fundamental right, not a premium feature.
I’d especially value feedback on the deployment flow, Agent access, and what would make you trust Dirextalk as your personal communication network. Ask me anything!
Setup was surprisingly painless for a self-hosted messaging app, and being able to bring my own storage is a nice touch. The calls feel solid too, no weird lag on my end.
@berilelyptz Thanks for trying Dirextalk! We designed it to give people control of their own communication node without the usual self-hosting friction, so it’s great to hear that setup felt painless. We’re also glad the storage flexibility and call quality worked well for you!
A self-hosted Rocket.Chat alternative is great, but I'd love to see built-in federation support so instances from different orgs can still chat with each other. That would really set Dirextalk apart for teams that want privacy without sacrificing collaboration.
@glseren330453 Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. Dirextalk currently follows a one-person, one-node model, with communication across independently owned nodes. A shared organizational server with federation would be a different model, and we’re seriously exploring it. It could unlock stronger team collaboration, but it also raises important privacy questions around administration, identity, metadata, permissions, and data boundaries. We want to work through those carefully before committing to a design. Your use case is very helpful as we shape the roadmap.
Self-hosting messaging without giving up calls and channels is a real headache, so this caught my eye. Glad to see agent access baked in too.
@emirhan255440 Thanks! That exact tradeoff is what we set out to remove: personal ownership without giving up calls, channels, and the communication features people expect. We’re glad the Agent access caught your attention. Today, Dirextalk lets users connect their own Agent. In our next release, we’ll also introduce a Dirextalk-provided Agent, so users can choose either option！
Love that you baked agent access right into the messaging layer instead of bolting it on later, gives the whole stack a much more cohesive feel.
@edasayakaldf Exactly. Agent access is part of Dirextalk’s communication layer, not an add-on.