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Welcome to Spokes! Read a message from the developer.

Spokes is developed as a one-person operation. Last year I became a father and, more generally, children have been appearing in my friend group at an alarming rate. We are all a bit uneasy about posting family pictures to Discord, Messenger, etc... We want to preserve our children's privacy as much as possible. I was frustrated with the existing options to replace Discord. So I decided to try and build my own. It sounded like a fun challenge. As I worked on the project, I started to realize that my approach was different enough to maybe be interesting to others. So here we are, as of August 2026, Spokes is officially fully released. If you find value in this software, consider buying a license to support its continuous development.

Spokes is guided by 3 design goals :

Absolute Privacy: All data stays on your server. Any data that must transit through external services (like mobile push notifications) is encrypted in transit.
Frictionless Experience: Spokes aims to be as easy to use as possible for your friends and family. With native mobile apps, reliable notifications, GIF support and more, Spokes goal is to "just work".
Easy to Self-Host: Deploying and maintaining Spokes should be as easy as possible for the server administrator, which is why everything runs from a single all-in-one container.

I also did my best to align the business model of Spokes with these design goals. Spokes uses a per-server licensing model. There are no per-user fees and never will be. Purchasing a license gives your server access to future software updates and directly funds the continued development of the platform.

Finally, community feedback is valued and absolutely essential. I invite you to join the Spokes Forum to report bugs, ask questions or share your suggestions!

Client Applications

Mobile Apps

Connect to your self-hosted server on the go with our native iOS and Android apps.

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Web & Desktop

Access Spokes from any modern web browser at your server's url, or install it as a native desktop application via PWA.

Learn About PWA

Server Deployment

Docker Container

Deploy the entire Spokes platform via Docker in a few minutes. Everything Spokes needs is contained within this single container. No external databases, and no external voice or video servers are required.

docker pull ghcr.io/pcbeeqc/spokes:latest

Other Platforms

Spokes can be installed on any system that supports Docker. Read our documentation for Docker Compose scripts and other deployment guides.

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Cloud Hosting

If you want your Spokes instance hosted in the cloud without managing hardware, you can easily do so using the options below.

Deploy on DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean is a simple and scalable cloud computing platform perfect for hosting Spokes.

Coming soon!

Self-hosted App

Find the Spokes server app directly on your OS's App Marketplace.

Install on Unraid

Unraid is a powerful, easy-to-use operating system for home and small business servers.

Install on Unraid