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joostjager / whatsat

whatsat

End-to-end encrypted, onion-routed, censorship-resistant, peer-to-peer instant messaging over Lightning

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421GitHub stars
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What to know before exploring

What it is

End-to-end encrypted, onion-routed, censorship-resistant, peer-to-peer instant messaging over Lightning

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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Also in these discussions

No other repository is repeatedly linked in the same discussions.

This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2019-11-03 02:48:45 UTC to 2020-05-21 17:25:20 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

012019-10-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-11-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsOct 282019-11-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-11-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-11-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-11-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-11-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-11-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-11-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-12-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-12-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-12-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-12-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-12-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-12-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-12-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-12-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-12-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-12-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-02-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-02-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-02-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsFeb 32020-02-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-02-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-02-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-02-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-02-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-04-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-04-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-04-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-04-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-04-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-04-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-04-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-04-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-05-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-05-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-05-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-05-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-05-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-05-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-05-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 18

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

View mention counts and date ranges
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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Oct 282019-10-28 00:00:00 UTC2019-11-04 00:00:00 UTC110
Nov 42019-11-04 00:00:00 UTC2019-11-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 112019-11-11 00:00:00 UTC2019-11-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 182019-11-18 00:00:00 UTC2019-11-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 252019-11-25 00:00:00 UTC2019-12-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 22019-12-02 00:00:00 UTC2019-12-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 92019-12-09 00:00:00 UTC2019-12-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 162019-12-16 00:00:00 UTC2019-12-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 232019-12-23 00:00:00 UTC2019-12-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 302019-12-30 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 62020-01-06 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 132020-01-13 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 202020-01-20 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 272020-01-27 00:00:00 UTC2020-02-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 32020-02-03 00:00:00 UTC2020-02-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 102020-02-10 00:00:00 UTC2020-02-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 172020-02-17 00:00:00 UTC2020-02-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 242020-02-24 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-02 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 22020-03-02 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 92020-03-09 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 162020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-23 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 232020-03-23 00:00:00 UTC2020-03-30 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 302020-03-30 00:00:00 UTC2020-04-06 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 62020-04-06 00:00:00 UTC2020-04-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 132020-04-13 00:00:00 UTC2020-04-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 202020-04-20 00:00:00 UTC2020-04-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 272020-04-27 00:00:00 UTC2020-05-04 00:00:00 UTC000
May 42020-05-04 00:00:00 UTC2020-05-11 00:00:00 UTC000
May 112020-05-11 00:00:00 UTC2020-05-18 00:00:00 UTC000
May 182020-05-18 00:00:00 UTC2020-05-25 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

2 sources
tossAfterUsing·May 21, 2020
> Let's not act like the United States was a shining example of freedom and democracy before WWII, either. Maybe we don't bother mentioning these very obvious historical circumstances. Instead, we can talk about what technological solutions exist already, or could exist in the near term, which would obviate these institutions of oppression. I am very interested in tools like Whatsat[0] and Sphinx[1] which protect communications between participants... but what about my browsing. Do i just need to migrate all my "real" searches to Tor (already pwnt) or Beaker (insufficient, frankly)? How can we continue to define ourselves as free persons while we exist among these dark patterns? 0 - https://github.com/joostjager/whatsat 1 - https://sphinx.chat/
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