No Glitr account and no central chat server. Encryption runs on your device; you choose who you talk to.
Try a piece below
Try a piece
Each experience is the real product path — messaging, storage, encryption — opened so you can press the buttons.
Two people, two repositories, a real conversation — including delivery ticks.
Open →See a direct connection form when both sides are present.
Open →See a direct connection form when both sides are present.
Open →Watch files move through git the same way Glitr persists a conversation.
Open →Straight answers
They host encrypted blobs and a few plaintext coordination files (for example read receipts and the live handshake envelope). They cannot read your message bodies if encryption is in place. They can see that the repository is active. Use a host you trust for availability — not for privacy of content.
Glitr writes to your repository from the app. Hosts require a personal access token with permission to read and write contents. The token stays on your device. We do not operate a login server that stores it.
When the other person is offline, git is the mailbox: write, push, they fetch later. That is seconds, not milliseconds. When you are both online, Glitr opens a live link and messages travel directly. If that link drops, send falls back to git.
What is encrypted vs what a host can see · Terms and privacy
Downloads
Native builds for desktop, mobile, and the terminal. The web app is still under Get started.
For details, see Install the app.
| Platform | File | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Web | glitr-web.zip | PWA — unzip and serve |
| Linux | glitr-linux.AppImage | amd64 |
| Linux | glitr-linux.deb | amd64 |
| macOS | glitr-macos.dmg | Apple silicon |
| Windows | glitr-windows.exe | installer |
| Android | glitr-android.apk | sideload APK, debug-signed nightly |
| iOS | glitr-ios.zip | unsigned — simulator / local signing |
| Terminal | glitr-tui-linux | x86_64 musl |
| Terminal | glitr-tui-macos | macOS binary |
| Terminal | glitr-tui-windows.exe | Windows binary |
* This is an unaudited project. The downloads may not work yet.
By using any version of the app, you agree to the terms.
Terminal
Same messenger in a real terminal. One command installs glitr on Linux and macOS.
curl -fsSL https://glitr.io/install.sh | bashThen run glitr. Windows: download glitr-tui-windows.exe.
Open Glitr, connect a repo you already control, and send.