5July Chat

The 5th of July Foundation runs an XMPP (Jabber) server for secure chats via encryption (OTR or OMEMO). It is free for everyone to use and supports cross-server communication.

There are many XMPP clients for various platforms – it is important that you choose one that supports encryption via either OMEMO (list of OMEMO clients) or OTR (list of OTR clients).

Do not transfer files over XMPP if you use OTR, since file attachments are not encrypted. In general, we recommend OMEMO over OTR.

Instructions

Register an account here, then log in with your account details in the XMPP client of your choice. (If you don’t see the form below, you can go to this page instead.)

Data security policy

There are many free XMPP (Jabber) servers around, but it’s hard to know who runs them and whether they log any data. Therefore, here is what we offer:

• We are the non-profit 5th of July Foundation in Sweden, founded and run by Swedish internet pioneers with a credible track record in internet security, privacy and liberty. You can check us out here.
• We run this XMPP instance on our own physical server, which is hosted on Swedish ground by Bahnhof, Sweden’s most resilient free-speech network operator, which also hosted Wikileaks.
• We don’t log anything.

Questions or tips are welcome at info AT 5july.org (PGP fingerprint: F6E3 61DC FB70 6E0D 3768 5A23 AEE1 E2FE A282 6DAA).

Happy chatting!