Does Axion require a phone number?

No. Axion accounts use a username + recovery secret; no MSISDN, SIM, or carrier metadata is ever collected. An anonymous quickstart with a 192-bit auto-generated password is also available.

Is Axion end-to-end encrypted?

Yes, by default on every direct chat, group chat, and call. The protocol stack is Matrix Megolm/Olm for messages and an end-to-end encrypted SFU (LiveKit) for calls.

Can Axion staff read my messages?

No. For end-to-end encrypted rooms (the default), the server holds only ciphertext. Even with full server compromise, no plaintext is recoverable. We have no decryption capability.

Is Axion open or federated?

Federated on the open Matrix protocol. Your account is @you:axionchat.chat by default, but you can talk to users on any federated Matrix homeserver — including one you run yourself.

Is Axion reachable over Tor?

Yes. A v3 Tor hidden service is advertised via the Onion-Location header to Tor Browser users automatically: ucywlekgn744zex3rvb4dlpypywjdsf5kfaic7iyzi7zvkhphlw4lgqd.onion.

Does Axion publish a transparency report?

Yes, every six months at https://axionchat.chat/transparency/. The current ledger shows zero government data demands, zero gag orders, and a standing warrant canary.

Encrypted messaging · No phone · Federated

Messaging built like infrastructure, not a product launch.

Axion is end-to-end encrypted by default, federated, and reachable through Tor. We don't ask for your phone number. We don't read your messages. We don't pretend the threat model is solved by a marketing page.

Open existing account Why it's different

ProtocolMatrix · Megolm

SignupUsername, no phone

ServerGermany · ISO 27001 DC

TorOnion v3 reachable

FederationOpen Matrix network

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Why Axion

Six things every messenger should have. Most have one.

End-to-end encrypted by default

Every direct message and every new group is encrypted with the Matrix Megolm protocol the moment it is created. The server holds ciphertext only — it cannot read what you write, and neither can we.

Matrix · Olm · Megolm

No phone required

Pick a username. That's the whole identity. Recovery email is optional and stored encrypted at rest.

Federated, not walled

Axion runs on the open Matrix network. Talk to anyone on any homeserver. Move your account, run your own, or stay with us — your contacts come with you. Lock-in is the opposite of trust.

Open · Portable · Yours

Tor onion service

Reach Axion from a hidden service when DNS is hostile. No exit nodes, no metadata leak.

Voice and video that respects you

Self-hosted Jitsi. Calls go peer-to-peer when possible, through our SFU when not. Nothing is recorded, transcribed, or sent off the server. End meeting → media is gone.

Jitsi · WebRTC · SRTP

Metadata minimization

No ads. No trackers. No analytics SDKs. Only the metadata required to deliver your message — and we publish exactly which fields that is.

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Compared

Honest answers, no marketing footnotes.

	Axion	Signal	Telegram	WhatsApp
E2EE by default	Yes	Yes	Secret chats only	Yes
Signup without phone	Yes	No (phone required)	No	No
Federated network	Yes (Matrix)	No	No	No
Self-hostable	Yes	Server only, with caveats	No	No
Tor onion service	Planned · v3	No	No	No
Owns your social graph	You	You	Telegram (cloud)	Meta
Server jurisdiction	Germany (EU GDPR)	USA	UAE / multiple	USA
Public source code	Server + clients	Yes	Clients only	No
Metadata sent to operator	Minimal · published	Minimal · sealed sender	Extensive (cloud)	Phone graph + status

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What we don't do

Privacy, by deletion.

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No phone number harvesting.You can sign up with just a username. No SS7-grabbable identifier.
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No advertising network.No SDKs from Meta, Google, or anyone else. The page you're reading loads zero third-party scripts.
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No content reading.Encrypted rooms (default for new) are unreadable to the server. We could only see ciphertext bytes if subpoenaed.
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No call recording.Jitsi calls leave no media on the server when the call ends.
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No "AI training" on your messages.If you opt into Aria assist, your prompt goes only where you asked it to go. We don't train on chat content. Period.
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No selling, sharing, or transferring your data.Subprocessors are listed, scoped, and contractually bound — and we publish the list.

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Get started

Three steps. No funnel.

Open the web app

Visit app.axionchat.chat. Works in any modern browser. Native iOS and Android clients are in private beta.

Pick a username

No phone, no real name needed. Recovery email is optional and encrypted. Cross-signing keys generated locally.

Start a room

New rooms are end-to-end encrypted by default. Invite by username, share an invite link, or federate to anyone on the Matrix network.

Stop renting your conversations.

If you've been waiting for an encrypted messenger that takes its own threat model seriously, you've been waiting for this one.

Open Axion