Secure Communication
AEGIS is an end-to-end encrypted communication platform built for people who take privacy seriously — without compromising on capability.
The Problem
Most messaging apps are free because you are the product. Your conversations are scanned, stored, and sold.
Your messages pass through servers controlled by corporations, governments, and advertisers — none of whom you invited.
Even when content is “encrypted”, who you talked to, when, and for how long is logged and sold.
Many platforms hold the keys. They can read everything. So can anyone who compels them to.
You cannot audit the code, run your own server, or verify that messages are not being intercepted.
What is AEGIS
AEGIS is a self-hostable, end-to-end encrypted communication platform for text, voice, video, and file transfer. It runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android — connecting through a server you control.
There are no accounts. No phone numbers. No tracking. When you close a session, ephemeral keys are discarded. Even if someone recorded every packet you ever sent, they cannot decrypt past sessions.
Run the server on a VPS, a home machine, or over Tailscale without exposing anything to the public internet at all.
Features
All messages, files, voice, and video are encrypted with ChaCha20-Poly1305. Every single message uses a unique derived key — the server relays ciphertext it cannot read, and no two messages share a key.
The Double Ratchet protocol generates a fresh key for every message and rotates the root key on every DH exchange. Compromising a key exposes nothing about past messages, and the session self-heals automatically after the next ratchet step.
Encrypted real-time voice using Opus. Private webcam sharing between specific peers — not broadcast to the group unless you choose.
Share your screen with the group or with a single peer. AEGIS blurs your screen automatically when you step away.
Send files of any type to the group or privately. Files are chunked, encrypted individually, and reassembled on the receiving end.
Step away and AEGIS blurs your screen, disables your camera, and sets your status to away. Mouse movement or a password restores it.
Run the server on any Linux VPS or home machine. No subscription, no third party in the loop. Your server, your rules.
A local HTML dashboard gives a live view of peers, auth events, and server health — without ever exposing message content.
Technology
Why it matters
Privacy is not a luxury for people with something to hide. It is the baseline condition for free thought, honest conversation, and genuine human connection.
Journalists protect sources. Lawyers protect clients. Doctors protect patients. Activists protect movements. Families protect each other. Everyone has a legitimate reason to communicate privately.
AEGIS does not ask you to justify your privacy. It simply provides it — with open, auditable technology, no central authority, and no business model built on your data.
The server is yours. The keys are yours. The conversation is yours.
Platforms
Full-featured client for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Voice, video, screen share, and file transfer.
Native Android client with background notifications and encrypted file sharing from your gallery.
Lightweight VPS server with no GUI. Runs as a systemd service with a local admin dashboard.