kink.town

Private · Encrypted · Invite only

A home for kink groups

kink.town is a private chat service for kink communities. Each group gets its own Space full of rooms, with encrypted chats and encrypted voice and video calls. Everything runs on a server we look after, for people we know. This is the beta, so expect rough edges and the occasional reset.

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What is kink.town?

kink.town is built on Matrix, an open chat standard, with our own private server. You use it through chat.kink.town in any browser, or through the Element X app on your phone. If you have used Discord or Slack, it will feel familiar: a Space for each group, rooms inside it, and direct messages with anyone on the server.

Unlike most chat services, kink.town is closed: it does not connect to the wider Matrix network, and nobody can sign up without an invitation. Everyone you meet here was invited by someone in the community.

Encrypted chats

Every direct message and every room is end-to-end encrypted from the moment it is created. Encryption cannot be switched off, so nothing slips through by accident.

Spaces

A Space gathers a group's rooms in one place, like a Discord server. Group leaders create them, set roles, and invite members.

Calls

Voice, video and screen sharing, one-to-one or with a whole room, all end-to-end encrypted. Large group calls work too.

Announcements and lounges

Announcement rooms where only moderators post, voice lounges that are always open, and a shared Town Hall for everyone on the server.

Groups

Everyone has one account on the same server, for example @yourname:kink.town. Your group lives in its own Space, and groups can have a home page of their own, such as ipex.kink.town.

Being in one group does not wall you off from the others. You can message, call and share rooms with anyone on kink.town, and belong to several Spaces at once. Only your group's leaders decide who joins their Space. The FAQ explains exactly what you can share.

What's private, and what isn't

Your messages, the pictures and files you send, and your voice and video calls are end-to-end encrypted: only the people in the conversation can read or hear them, and only on devices they have verified.

Some things cannot be encrypted that way: your display name and picture, the names and topics of Spaces and rooms, and who is a member of what. The server also knows when messages are sent and between whom. The people running the server could see those things, even though they can never read a message.

The encryption section of the FAQ lists exactly what is encrypted, what is not and why, and what the server knows about you.

Joining

kink.town is invite only. If you know someone in a group, ask them or their group leader for an invitation link. Opening it lets you choose a username and password, nothing else, and puts you straight into your group's Space. Then sign in at chat.kink.town with that username.

Questions about the service itself? Message @mayor:kink.town once you are signed in, or ask your group leader.