tavrn docs

tavrn is an open-source community chat with end-to-end encryption, voice and video, and federation. These pages explain how to use it, how to run your own node and how to build clients and bots. Pick the part that fits you.

UsersStart chatting, keep your account safe, and find your way around rooms, voice, files and privacy.

Node adminsInstall a node with Docker Compose, configure it, put it behind your reverse proxy and keep it updated.

DevelopersThe architecture, the protocol, the SDK and the bot runtime, and how to contribute.

Finding something

Use the search in the header, or press / or Ctrl+K, to search every page, for example for “recovery key” or a variable such as TAVRN_DOMAIN. The search runs entirely in your browser.

Asking for help

tavrn is open source and still in development: the code and the release candidates are public, anyone can run their own node to try it, and the official node is invite only for now. Questions and ideas are welcome in the Discussions. The node admin and developer pages are copied from the repositories of the project every time this site is built, so they match the code.