Features

Everything you need.
Nothing that watches you.

Wollem gives you the messaging you actually use — private chats, groups, calls and communities — built around a simple promise: your conversations belong to you, and we built the encryption to prove it.

The essentials

Private, but never bare-bones

Modern messaging with the watching parts taken out. Here's what you get on day one.

End-to-end private chats

One-to-one chats are end-to-end encrypted with the Signal Protocol — locked on your device, opened only on your friend's. Not even we can read them.

End-to-end group chats

Groups are end-to-end encrypted too, with a per-group key that rotates whenever someone joins or leaves — so new members can't read old messages.

Regular chats, when speed wins

Need something quick and cross-device? Regular chats are encrypted on our servers with AES — fast and convenient, but not end-to-end. We always tell you which mode you're in.

No phone number

Sign up with a username, a private account code and a recovery phrase. No SIM, no email, no real-world identity tied to your conversations.

Disappearing messages

Once everyone in a private chat has received a message, it's hard-deleted from our servers. We're a relay, not an archive — there's nothing left to leak.

Encrypted voice & video

Calls run over WebRTC and are protected with DTLS-SRTP. Media is encrypted end-to-end, so relays only ever carry ciphertext — never sound or picture.

Communities & servers

Build Discord-style servers with channels, threads, roles and anonymous posting — all wrapped in the same privacy-first design.

Minimal metadata

No IP logs, no device fingerprints, no ad IDs. Wollem keeps only what's needed to deliver a message — and even last-seen is blurred to the day.

Appearance & folders

Make it yours. Light and dark themes, custom accents, a screen lock, and folders to keep chats, groups and communities tidy.

Three ways to chat

Three ways to chat, one private home

Different conversations need different things. Wollem gives you three modes and is always honest about the protection behind each one — no blurring the line between "encrypted" and "end-to-end encrypted".

  • Private (E2EE). One-to-one chats secured with the Signal Protocol. Keys live only on your devices.
  • Groups (E2EE). Per-group keys that rotate with membership, so leaving a group ends your access to what comes next.
  • Regular (server-encrypted). A fast convenience mode encrypted with AES on our servers — useful, but not end-to-end. Reach for private when it matters.
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Private
End-to-end encrypted
Groups
E2EE, rotating keys
Regular
Server-encrypted (AES)
Voice & video

Calls that stay between you

Wollem calls run peer-to-peer over WebRTC and are encrypted end-to-end with DTLS-SRTP. When a relay is needed to connect you, it forwards only ciphertext — it can't listen in, and neither can we.

  • End-to-end media. Audio and video are encrypted on your device and decrypted only on theirs.
  • Relays see only ciphertext. Servers help connect the call but never see the contents.
  • No call history to mine. Metadata is kept to the minimum needed to ring your friend.
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Under the hood

Codebase & encryption

No hand-waving. Here's exactly how Wollem protects what you say — the protocol we use, what it guarantees, and where we draw the line honestly.

Built on the Signal Protocol

The only end-to-end encryption in Wollem is the Signal Protocol — the open, audited protocol developed by Signal. Private and group chats use X3DH to agree on keys and the Double Ratchet to roll a fresh key forward with every message.

That combination buys you two properties cryptographers care about:

  • Forward secrecy. Each message uses a new key, so a key captured today can't unlock the messages you sent yesterday.
  • Post-compromise security. If a key ever leaks, the ratchet heals itself, locking an attacker back out as the conversation continues.
  • Group forward secrecy. Each group has its own key that rotates when membership changes, so joining can't reveal the past.
No custom crypto. Ever.
The only end-to-end encryption in Wollem is the Signal Protocol. We don't roll our own ciphers, invent proprietary handshakes, or bolt a homemade layer on top. End-to-end security should rest on an open standard that experts can inspect — not on a black box you're asked to trust.
Wollem is independent and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Signal Messenger or the Signal Foundation. We use their open-source protocol; the Wollem app and service are our own.

Three honest layers of protection

Private — end-to-end

One-to-one chats secured with the Signal Protocol. Encrypted on your device, decrypted only on your friend's. We never hold the keys, so there's nothing for us to read or hand over.

Groups — end-to-end

Also end-to-end encrypted, with a per-group key that rotates whenever someone joins or leaves. New members start fresh and can't read the history that came before them.

Regular — server-encrypted

A fast convenience mode encrypted with AES on our servers. It is not end-to-end encrypted, and we say so plainly in the app. Choose private chats when secrecy matters.

Keys, storage & metadata

Your keys never leave your device

Encryption only matters if the keys are kept somewhere safe. On Wollem, that somewhere is your phone — never our servers.

  • Private keys on device only. Your secret keys are generated and stored on your device and never uploaded.
  • AES-256-GCM at rest. Local data is encrypted with AES-256-GCM, with the storage key derived from your password using Argon2id.
  • Messages deleted after delivery. Private messages are hard-deleted from our servers once every recipient has received them.
  • Metadata minimised. No IP, geo or user-agent logs. Last-seen is coarsened to roughly once a day.
  • Encrypted calls. Voice and video run over WebRTC with DTLS-SRTP; relays carry only ciphertext.

Don't take our word for it

Privacy you can't check isn't privacy — it's a promise. Wollem leans on open standards and gives you the tools to verify what's happening for yourself.

  • Open, audited protocol. The Signal Protocol is public and has been studied by cryptographers worldwide — no secret recipe.
  • Single active session. One device per account, so a stray login can't silently mirror your messages.
  • Screen lock. Lock the app behind your device biometrics or a passcode for one more layer at rest.
The short version: the only end-to-end encryption in Wollem is the Signal Protocol. Keys stay on your device, private messages are deleted after delivery, and "regular" chats are clearly labelled as server-encrypted — not end-to-end.
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Private by design, top to bottom.

Be first in line for Wollem — the messenger that protects your conversations with open, audited encryption and nothing it doesn't need.