Private chats. No phone number.
End-to-end encrypted. No exceptions. Not even Murmur can read your messages.
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Weekend HikeYou: See you all at 5:45 
Gagnon FamilyAmélie: Photo3
Book ClubMarc-André: November pick is inGood morning!
Look at the lake 
Wow.
Is that from the cabin?
Right from the dock.
Come up Saturday?
Come up Saturday?
We’re in!
MI’ll bring croissants
Perfect.
Coffee’s on me
Come up Saturday?
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No phone number. No email.
Sign up with a username and a password. Share a link or QR code so friends can reach you.
Why no phone number -
Murmur can’t read your messages.
They’re sealed on your device, and Murmur never holds the keys.
How encryption works -
No ads. No trackers.
We’ll never show you ads, sell your data or put trackers in the app.
Things we will never build
Everything you’d expect.
It works like the chat apps you know, with privacy built in.
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Chats and groups
Talk one-on-one, or in groups of up to 1,000 members.
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Voice messages and photos
Send voice messages, photos and documents. Murmur removes a photo’s location before sending it.
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Phone and computer
Use one account on up to 5 devices. A computer works on its own, no phone needed.
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Replies and reactions
Reply, react with any emoji, fix a typo, or set messages to disappear.
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Location sharing
Send where you are, or share it live for as long as you choose. It stays off until you turn it on, and it’s sealed, so Murmur never sees where you are.
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Todo lists
Share a list in any chat, and check things off together.
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Scheduled messages
Write now, and it goes out at the time you pick, even if your phone is off.
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Vault
Your own chat for the notes, photos and files you keep.
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Backgrounds
Photos, patterns and colors, for the whole app or for each chat.
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App icon
Keep Murmur’s icon, or pick a discreet one that looks like another app.
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Profile pictures
A photo, your initials on a color, or one of 20 pictures made for Murmur.
Disappearing messages
From 1 minute to 4 weeks, in any chat or group.
View once
A photo that opens only once.
Pinned messages
Pin a message for you, or for both of you.
Polls
Ask your group a question, and see how everyone votes.
Silent messages
Sent without a notification.
Save for later
Keep a message ready, and send it when you want.
Online status
You choose who sees when you’re online, or nobody.
App Lock
A PIN or Face ID, even on an unlocked phone.
Screenshot protection
Screenshots of your one-on-one chats come out black.
Link previews
Made on your phone, and sealed with the message.
Approve members
Share a group link, and let in each person yourself.
Telegram import
Bring and encrypt your Telegram chats.
Questions, answered.
Is it free?
Yes. Messaging is free, and security, privacy and group size never cost extra. Optional extras are there for people who want more. No ads, ever.
Can I make calls?
No. Murmur is made for messages, whether text, voice messages, photos or files. There are no voice or video calls. To send a voice message, hold the microphone beside the message field. The recording is sealed end-to-end, like everything else.
How do my friends find me?
Share your link or QR code with them, or your username. Murmur adds two digits to the name you pick, like alibaba.46, and anyone who types the whole username can find you and send a request. You can turn that off in Settings › Privacy › Find Me by Username. You can also invite them from Contacts › Invite a Friend. The invitation goes from your own phone, and Murmur never sees their number. A stranger’s request waits in Message Requests, and they won’t know you’ve seen it until you accept.
Can people see when I’m online?
The people you chat with see “online” under your name, or when you were last seen. In Settings › Privacy › Last Seen & Online, you choose who sees it, whether that’s everyone you chat with, only your contacts, or nobody. With Nobody, your contacts see only “last seen recently” or “last seen a long time ago”. Strangers never see it, even after they send you a request, and Murmur’s servers don’t keep it.
What is Vault?
Your own chat, for the notes, photos and files you want to keep, and for copies of messages you save from other chats. Only you can read it, not even Murmur. It lives on your own devices, not in a cloud, and a copy you saved stays even if the sender deletes the original.
What if I lose my phone?
Save your Recovery Key from Settings › Security Center as soon as you can, and keep it somewhere safe. With your Recovery Key plus your password, you’re back in right away on a new phone. If you lose every device without your Recovery Key, your messages are gone, because Murmur never keeps a copy it could read.
What can Murmur see?
Not your messages, photos or files, and not who you talk to, because our servers don’t know who sent a message, or who is in a chat or a group. To deliver them, Murmur still sees a few things, like when a sealed message arrives. We publish the full list. Our Privacy Policy says what we keep, and why.
Is Murmur more private than Signal or Telegram?
Yes. Unlike Signal and Telegram, Murmur never asks for your phone number. Like Signal, it keeps its own servers from knowing who sent a message or who is in a group. Telegram’s regular chats and groups aren’t end-to-end encrypted.
Who checks Murmur’s security?
Independent security firms. They reviewed Murmur’s design, audited its code and tried to break in, and every report is published. The code that seals your messages is public too, so anyone can check it.
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