Real-time chat
Persistent messages, replies, reactions, photos, files, emoji, and pins delivered instantly.
Now available for Windows 10/11 and Android
Your community.
Your server.
Your rules.
Haven brings real-time chat, private messages, private calls, member profiles, and live voice rooms with AI noise suppression and screen sharing into one calm, Discord-inspired desktop app. Download it, create your account, and start talking — no server setup required. Prefer to run your own? Self-host it any time.
Everything in one place
Built for the way communities actually talk.
No add-ons, no noise. Haven keeps the essentials close and makes them feel fast.
Voice rooms
Voice and camera video in channels or DMs, AI noise suppression, a live mic test, and screen sharing.
Direct messages
Friends, private calls, rich server invite cards, photos, files, emoji, pins, and roles in every chat.
Communities
Create a space, invite friends privately, assign colored roles, and moderate members from one menu.
Yours to own
Self-hosted by design. Your accounts, messages, and communities live in your PostgreSQL server.
A calmer interface
Dark first, light when you want it, five accent colors, and a layout built to stay out of the way.
Voice, without the ceremony
Say it out loud.
Join a voice channel and your microphone opens. Tune your input, test your mic, mute or deafen from anywhere, and share a screen without leaving the call.
- Peer-to-peer WebRTC audio
- AI noise suppression (GTCRN) running locally, plus echo cancellation and a live mic test
- Mute, deafen, and volume controls that follow you across channels
- Voice and camera video calls in voice channels and direct messages
- Private calls from any direct message, with call tiles and a live timer
- Editable profiles with uploaded avatars, banner images, bios, pronouns, links, roles, and shared communities
- Friends page with requests, message requests, and one-click calls
- Server invite cards in DMs with banner, online/member counts, tags, and Go to Server
- Message sounds, incoming-call ringtone, attachments, emoji, pins, and an in-app image viewer
- Custom server emojis and stickers, plus timeout cooldowns and server-mute toggles
- Server settings for name, description, banner colors, channels, members, and invites
- Screen sharing with a screen or window picker, visible remote video, and Watch/Hide controls
- Works with STUN out of the box; add TURN for restrictive networks
Windows 10 / 11 · x64
Download Haven
Install per-user, launch from the Start Menu, and sign in. The official Haven app connects to the Haven service automatically — no address to type.
The Windows installer is unsigned, so SmartScreen may ask you to confirm. On Android, allow installs from your browser and open the APK. Both apps connect to the Haven service automatically — no address to type.
Version0.35.22
PlatformWindows 10/11 x64 · Android 7+
InstallPer user
UpdatesAutomatic
RequiresNothing — connects automatically
SHA-256
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Free to use · open to self-host
Sign in and go.
The app connects to the official Haven service for free — create an account and start chatting right away. Haven is also fully self-hostable: the server keeps accounts, communities, channels, messages, and direct conversations in PostgreSQL, and can run on your own PC, a home machine, or a VPS.
The official service runs on a single host and is online while that host is up. For always-on availability and full control, run your own Haven server — the app's server settings let you point it anywhere.
- 1Download and install
The free Windows client.
- 2Create your account
Register inside the app — nothing else to set up.
- 3Build your space
Communities, channels, DMs, and voice rooms.
Questions
Before you download.
Do I need a server to use Haven?
No. The official Windows app connects to the free Haven service automatically — just create an account. If you prefer, you can self-host the server and point the app at it in the server settings.
How do the new updates work?
Haven shows a standalone update screen first, checks for a new version, downloads it with a percentage, installs it, and only then opens the app. You never need to uninstall or reinstall.
Can I customize my profile and my server?
Yes. Edit your profile from your avatar to add a banner, bio, pronouns, and website. Owners and admins can open Server Settings to change the server name, description, banner colors, and manage channels, members, and invites.
How do server invites look?
Inviting a friend sends a rich card in your DM with the server banner, icon, online and member counts, tags, and a Go to Server button that joins inside Haven. You can also copy the invite link, which offers an Open in Haven button.
Can I moderate my server?
Owners and admins can right-click a member to assign roles, kick, ban, time out, server-mute, or move them to another voice channel. Invite friends from the server menu with a private DM or a shareable invite link.
Can I call someone privately?
Yes. Open a direct message and press the call button, or open a profile and choose Call. The other person gets an incoming-call prompt and joins with one click.
Which Windows versions are supported?
Windows 10 and Windows 11, 64-bit. The installer creates a per-user installation with Start Menu and desktop shortcuts.
Why does Windows warn about the installer?
The build is unsigned, so SmartScreen may show a warning. Check the SHA-256 checksum above if you want to verify the file.
Is it free?
Yes. The app, accounts, messaging, and voice are free. The official service is a free community instance; self-hosting costs only your own machine, bandwidth, and any TURN server you run.
Does voice work across the internet?
Voice and screen sharing are peer-to-peer WebRTC. They work on most networks with STUN; restrictive NATs need a TURN server for reliable audio. Small rooms are the intended use.
Can I use it on macOS or Linux?
Not yet. The desktop client currently ships for Windows 10/11. The web client can run against a reachable server.