Gryt is a self-hosted, open-source platform for voice, text, and video chat. Own your data. Host your server. Build your client.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Crystal-clear voice chat powered by WebRTC with Opus codec.
- Screen sharing with audio capture.
- Text chat with Markdown, mentions, and file sharing.
- Self-hostable with Docker Compose.
- LAN server discovery via mDNS.
- Global push-to-talk with configurable keybinds.
- RNNoise-based noise suppression.
- Auto-updates.
Website: github.com/Gryt-chat/gryt
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Developer: Gryt Chat
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0

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