Got tired of Discord. Built our own.

No ads. No tracking. No company selling what you say.

Voice, video, screen share, and chat on private hardware. Bring your crew.

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First 50 accounts get Premium free, for life. Free. No card.

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The real thing

A line, not a directory.

Your people, the room they’re in, and what was said — in one screen. This is a screenshot of the actual app, not a drawing of it.

The BWU Uplink app: a server called The Crew on the left with its text and voice channels, a conversation in #general in the middle, and the member list on the right.
The BWU Uplink voice channel: two people in the call, mute, camera, and screen share controls at the bottom.
Voice connected. Mute, camera, screen share.
Why this exists

Your messages stay on our hardware.

Yours, not rented

Every major chat app follows the same cycle: features degrade, basic utilities get locked behind monthly subs, and private conversations turn into ad-targeting models. Your messages stay on dedicated private hardware. No scraping, no selling, no tracking.

Built for real groups

Built for squads who actually play games and talk daily. Maintained by one person — which means when something breaks, it gets patched fast because I’m using it every night too. The 2 AM maintenance is mine.

Direct accountability

If something goes down, you can message the person running the infrastructure directly. Join this one, or bring your own crew.

What you get

I only built the stuff we really use — which turned out to be most of it.

Your own server

Every message, call, and file lives on our hardware. Make your own server free — your channels, your crew. You do not have to join mine.

Voice, video, share

Low-latency voice, camera, and screen share. Noise suppression so the squad hears you — not your fan.

Direct lines

Friends, DMs, presence, unread on the person. Channels, replies, reactions, pins, GIFs, search. The normal stuff, minus the clutter.

Windows, Android, browser

Native Windows app with game detection, Android APK, or any modern browser. iPhone: Add to Home Screen. Same account either way.

Plans

Free to join. Paid only if you want the extras.

The paid stuff exists because the server and bandwidth cost money, not because I’m trying to get rich off my friends. First 50 people in get everything free forever anyway.

Free
$0
Everything your group needs to hang out. Text, DMs, presence, voice and video, 50MB files, create a group and invite people.
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Premium is purchased inside the app after signing in. Secure checkout by Stripe · the free tier lets you try everything first. Want it on your own machine? Self-host, $49/year — license is in the app too.
Get the App

Get the app. Or don’t — the browser works too.

The Windows app adds game detection and auto-ducking, and is code-signed so Windows can verify who built it — you may still see an unrecognized-app notice on a fresh install, which is normal for a small app. Everything else runs in the browser — same account, nothing missing.

Browser
Same account. Works tonight.
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Windows
Installer · 10/11 x64, or portable.
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Android
APK · sideload. Play Store later.
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iPhone
Safari → Share → Add to Home Screen.
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Free, no card. First 50 get Premium for life.