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Spokes
Self-hosted chat platform with complete data ownership for friends, families, and small teams
A self-hosted alternative to Discord and Slack with built-in voice, video, and photo albums, running entirely on your own server with no external database
Overview
Spokes is a self-hosted chat platform designed for families, friend groups, and small teams who want complete control over their data. It provides text channels and direct messages, high-quality voice and video calls with noise cancellation, shared photo albums, and event calendar features. The platform includes native iOS and Android apps with end-to-end encrypted push notifications that Apple and Google cannot read.
The platform runs from a single Docker container with no external database required, making deployment and backups simple. Spokes is free to self-host forever and includes web notifications. Optional per-server licenses unlock native mobile push notifications via the Spokes Relay and support ongoing development. The entire server codebase is publicly available under the BSL 1.1 license.
Designed around three core principles: absolute privacy with all data staying on your server, frictionless experience with reliable notifications and native apps, and easy self-hosting with single-container deployment. The platform uses per-server licensing with no per-user fees, and there are no per-user scaling costs regardless of group size.
Pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Free: Unlimited users and channels, free mobile apps, PWA web push notifications, 2 months of free mobile push notifications. Spokes Pass (1-Year): $45 per instance for native mobile push notifications. Spokes Pass (2-Year): $70 per instance for native mobile push notifications.
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Spokes specifications
| Section | Communication & Collaboration |
|---|---|
| Website | spokes.sh |
| Votes2 | 0 |
Spokes metrics
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Domain Rating | 31 +1 (up) since last check |
| Trust Flow | 9 no change since last check |
| Citation Flow | 16 no change since last check |
| Referring domains | 4 no change since last check |
| External backlinks | 13 no change since last check |
Fact: Ahrefs Domain Rating checked 12 Nov 2026, fact changed 10 Nov 2026. Fact: top topic Computers/Internet/Cloud Computing (9). Fact: Majestic checked 26 Oct 2026, fact changed 26 Oct 2026. Link facts from Majestic. Trust Flow, Citation Flow and Topical Trust Flow are trademarks of Majestic-12 Ltd.
Spokes domain fact sheet
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| Domain age | 6 months |
|---|---|
| Registered | |
| Expires | |
| Registrar | Tucows Domains Inc. |
| DNSSEC | Not signed |
Spokes launch receipt sheet
What we have measured for Spokes since it went live on SaaS Directory Info on 26 October 2026.
- 31 Domain Rating (Ahrefs) +1 (up) since launch
at launch: 30 (26 Oct 2026); latest: 11 Nov 2026 - 9 Trust Flow (Majestic)
first measured 26 Oct 2026 - 4 Referring domains (Majestic)
first measured 26 Oct 2026
Day 16 since launch. Next receipt: day 30, 25 Nov 2026. The figures report a change; they do not say what caused it, and many things can. No figure here is a guess.
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- Q1Is Spokes an alternative to Discord or Slack?
- Yes. Spokes is a simple, private self-hosted alternative to Discord and Slack designed specifically for friend groups, families, and small teams who want complete data ownership without running complex enterprise infrastructure.
- Q2Do I need a separate database like PostgreSQL to run Spokes?
- No. Spokes bundles the chat platform, voice server, and flat-file persistence into a single lightweight Docker container. There is no external database like PostgreSQL or MySQL required, making deployments and backups effortless.
- Q3Does Spokes support mobile apps and push notifications?
- Yes. Spokes offers native iOS and Android apps. Push notifications are end-to-end encrypted so third parties, Apple, and Google cannot read notification contents.
- Q4Is Spokes free to self-host?
- Yes. You can run Spokes on your own server for free forever. Optional per-server licenses are available to unlock native mobile push notification relay support and support ongoing development.
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