About This Software

Your conversations are YOURS.

VantGrid is voice and text chat between friends, with no central server snooping in the middle. Unlike most chat apps —where every word you say passes through someone else's cloud— here your voice, your files, and your screen travel directly from your device to your friends'. Peer-to-peer, encrypted, and nobody's but yours.

No servers. Seriously.

VantGrid has no servers storing your conversations. It uses the open Nostr protocol only for the initial handshake — the moment two people find each other and connect. It's like swapping phone numbers: once you both have the contact, the call goes straight between you.

• P2P voice via WebRTC — audio flows directly, no middlemen.

• The free, public Nostr relays are just the meeting point for that first handshake.

• Those relays NEVER see your conversations, your files, or your voice. That always goes straight between you and your friend.

Privacy by default, not as an add-on

Your identity is a cryptographic keypair (secp256k1). Your address never reveals your IP. Your private key is encrypted locally (AES-256-GCM) and never leaves your machine. No phone number. No email. No forms. Just you and the people you choose.

Everything you'd expect — and more

• Voice calls for up to 7 people, group chats, and screen sharing with system audio.

• Direct file transfer, soundboard, voice memos, and ephemeral reactions.

• Collaborative whiteboard, watch party (synced YouTube), pomodoro timers, and quick notes.

• Inline message translation (12 languages) and live voice transcription with Whisper.

• 8 themes + full customization: color palette, wallpapers, and importable .vgtheme files.

• Custom emojis, ~248 emojis, slash commands, and text-to-speech.

• Steam integration: rich presence (your friends see when you're "in a call"), friends list, and achievements.

• Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, and Linux. Localized in 12 languages.

Honest about bugs

When the code actually breaks —a crash, a failure— VantGrid can let us know via Sentry so we fix it fast. It's opt-in and OFF by default, and even when you turn it on, it strips any personal data before sending anything. We only "phone home" when the code literally fails — and even then your messages and your identity never leave your device. Trust over surveillance, always.

Yours forever — and honest about the future

VantGrid's core is a one-time purchase: pay once, yours forever. No subscription, no monthly fees, no servers to keep alive. How can we promise that? Because the P2P core needs none of our servers to work — your connection travels straight between you and your friends. There's nothing to charge you monthly for something that runs on your own network. It works in full from day one, and your purchase never expires or degrades.

And if you want to go further, there's an optional VantGrid Plus DLC — a one-time purchase too, never a subscription. Plus adds flair on top: an avatar glow, animated avatars and card backgrounds, exclusive titles, higher screen-share frame rates, larger file sharing between friends, and routing through a dedicated relay for faster, more reliable initial handshakes.

And most importantly: that dedicated relay, just like the public ones, only speeds up the initial handshake — it never sees, stores, or transfers your content. Your voice and your files still travel straight between you and your friends, always. Plus is 100% optional cosmetics + speed — your conversations are never the product.

Plus is 100% optional: VantGrid's base is already everything you need to talk privately with whoever you choose.

Real privacy, no fine print. Your voice, your rules.