Open-source communication platform. Privacy-focused. Community-driven.

Sword is a modern, privacy-first chat application built with TypeScript that prioritizes end-to-end encryption, open source transparency, and community ownership. This project serves as an alternative to Discord with a focus on user privacy and data sovereignty.

https://discord.gg/sbCrBdv3py

• End-to-end Encryption - Your conversations stay private
• Open Source - Transparent, auditable codebase
• Community Owned - Built by and for the community
• Cross-platform - Web and desktop applications
• Self-hostable - Deploy your own instance

• TypeScript - For type safety and improved developer experience
• TanStack Router - File-based routing with full type safety
• TailwindCSS - Utility-first CSS for rapid UI development
• shadcn/ui - Beautiful, accessible UI components
• Hono - Lightweight, performant server framework
• tRPC - End-to-end type-safe APIs
• Drizzle - TypeScript-first ORM
• PostgreSQL - Reliable database engine
• Authentication - Secure email & password authentication
• Biome - Linting and formatting
• Tauri - Native desktop applications
• Turborepo - Optimized monorepo build system

First, install the dependencies:

bun install

Sword uses PostgreSQL with Drizzle ORM for data persistence.

1. Make sure you have a PostgreSQL database set up.
2. Update your apps/server/.env file with your PostgreSQL connection details.
3. Apply the schema to your database:

bun db:push

Run the development server:

bun dev

• Web application: http://localhost:3001
• API server: http://localhost:3000

sword/
├── apps/
│   ├── web/         # Frontend application (React + TanStack Router)
│   └── server/      # Backend API (Hono, TRPC)
└── packages/        # Shared packages and utilities

• bun dev: Start all applications in development mode
• bun build: Build all applications for production
• bun dev:web: Start only the web application
• bun dev:server: Start only the server
• bun check-types: Check TypeScript types across all apps
• bun db:push: Push schema changes to database
• bun db:studio: Open database studio UI
• bun check: Run Biome formatting and linting
• cd apps/web && bun desktop:dev: Start Tauri desktop app in development
• cd apps/web && bun desktop:build: Build Tauri desktop app for production

We welcome contributions from the community! Please read our contributing guidelines and join us in building the future of open-source communication.

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

Made with ❤️ by the community