Nothing rings
A waiting request makes no sound and no alert.
KolChatNow available
Messages from strangers wait for your answer.
When someone who is not in your contacts starts a chat, or adds you to a group, it waits in Requests until you accept it, reply, or save the person as a contact.
Free for macOS, Windows, Linux and the web. Start demo
They cannot see you read it
No read receipt or typing signal leaves your device.
Safe to look
Link previews stay hidden and media waits for your tap.
Decided on your device
The relay never learns who your contacts are.
What you can use today, and what is coming
Available now
- KolHive for macOS, Windows, and Linux, free, and in the browser at web.kolhive.com.
- Message requests in KolChat, free.
Coming
- KolHive for iPhone and iPad: in App Store review.
- KolHive for Android: coming to Google Play.
Questions and answers
How do I get a chat out of Requests?
Accept it, reply in it, or save the person as a contact.
What about groups?
A group that a stranger adds you to waits in Requests too.
Can I turn it off?
It is on by default, and there is a switch for it.
Keep exploring KolHive
- Encrypted chatKolChat: chats, calls and meetings encrypted end to end.
- Chat statusText, photo, video or voice, for the people you choose.
- SecurityWhere data lives, how it is encrypted and backed up.
Get KolHive.
Download it for your computer or open it in the browser. One free account for KolHive, KolChat and KolWrite.