✦ zinthos

Get Started

Join Zinthos

No invite codes, no phone number, no app-store lock-in. Create an account on zinthos.dev and talk to everyone on the federated XMPP network. Pick whichever door suits you — you can use all of them with the same account.

Open Web Chat → Create an account

Fastest path: the browser

  1. Open the web chat

    Go to zinthos.dev/webchat. It runs entirely in your browser — nothing to install.

  2. Create your account

    Click Register and pick a username. Your address will be you@zinthos.dev.

  3. Say hello

    You are auto-joined to the six public rooms. Head to #general and introduce yourself.

Tip: the web client is the quickest way in, but a native app gives you push notifications, offline history, and end-to-end encrypted DMs.

Bring your own client

Any XMPP client works. Point it at the server below and log in with the account you just made.

Mobile · Android

Conversations

The gold standard for Android: OMEMO, push, and reliable group chat.

conversations.im
Mobile · iOS

Siskin

A modern iOS client with OMEMO and push notifications.

siskin.im
Mobile · iOS

Monal

Long-running iOS/macOS client, also on the App Store.

monal.im
Desktop

Dino

Clean, modern GTK client for Linux. Great for rooms and OMEMO.

dino.im
Desktop

Gajim

Feature-rich cross-platform client for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

gajim.org
Any platform

More clients

Browse the full list maintained by the XMPP Standards Foundation.

xmpp.org/software

Or from a terminal

No client install? We run zinthoshell, a chat client served over SSH. Your SSH login is your XMPP account — there is no Linux account.

ssh yourname@zinthos.dev

First connection: verify the host key fingerprint is SHA256:nBk6oF+oj4djpV9Kd4fiJsdviUC62vEchCyThEApsPU. Use your XMPP password when prompted.

Server settings

Domain
zinthos.dev
Client port
5222 (STARTTLS, required)
WebSocket
wss://zinthos.dev:5281/xmpp-websocket
Group chat
muc.zinthos.dev
Registration
open — create your account in-app or on the web
QR code linking to zinthos.dev/join

Scan to open this page on your phone, then set up your client from there.

What to expect

Open rooms

Six public, persistent rooms. Jump into any of them.

Real people

Builders, hackers, and modders. Show your work, ask the "dumb" question.

Your data, portable

Open protocol, no lock-in. Leave with your contacts whenever you like.

Enter the chat → Browse rooms