Use our server
app.runparley.comFree, with nothing to install or configure. Make an account, start a server for your group, and send the invite link.
- Create a free account
- Start a server, or join one from an invite
- Talk, call, share your screen
Talk it out.On your server.
Parley is an open-source chat app for communities: servers, channels, DMs, voice, video, stages and a recording studio. Start free right now on app.runparley.com, or run it on your own server and keep every byte.
48 kHzstereo Opus in hi-fi channels
510 kbpstop bitrate for music
10 msframes in low-latency mode
1 commandto run it:
docker compose up -d
Channel 00 · Get started
Two ways to Parley.
Jump in on our server today. If your community wants its own, move to a server you run whenever you're ready.
Run your own
chat.your-domain.comTwo Docker images and Postgres on your PC, Raspberry Pi, NAS or VPS. Your data stays on your hardware, and you decide who gets in.
- Get the compose file
- Set two secrets
- docker compose up -d
Channel 01 · Everything in one place
The whole hangout, not just the chat.
Text when you want to read, voice when you want to talk, a stage when you want an audience. All of it lives on one server you control.
Conversations that stay organized
Threads, forum channels, polls, pins, bookmarks, replies and full markdown. Mentions badge the server they happened in, and unread DMs line up under Home until you read them.
T
Theo9:41 PM
@Mara the bridge on take 3 is the one. Bouncing stems now.
🔥 4🎛️ 2+
Settle it in a minute
Two to ten answers, single or multiple choice, and a timer from an hour to a week. Results update live for everyone.
Next listening party?
Friday 9 PM62%
Saturday 8 PM27%
Sunday afternoon11%
Drop in, talk, share your screen
Peer-to-peer calls that suit rooms of about six to eight. For bigger rooms, point Parley at a LiveKit server. Push-to-talk, noise suppression and per-device settings apply live.
- Screen share
- Camera
- Push-to-talk
- Soundboard
Give someone the mic
Speakers on stage, everyone else listening. Raise a hand to ask to speak; moderators invite you up. Schedule events with RSVPs and a reminder ten minutes before.
J✋Jonah
RRae
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Say it, don't type it
Record a clip from the message box. With transcription switched on, a local Whisper server writes out what was said.
0:14
"Okay, I re-amped the guitar, check the stems channel."
Roles, permissions and the tools to run the place
Coloured and gradient roles with a real hierarchy, per-channel overrides, private channels, timeouts, bans, member screening and an audit log. Custom emoji and stickers per server. List your server in Discover when you want new people to find it.
EngineerArtistRegularMod@everyone
Locked down by default
Sign in with a passkey or a password plus two-factor codes. A device list you can log out remotely, rate limits, reports, and optional ClamAV scanning of every upload before it is stored.
- Passkeys
- 2FA
- Device list
Same Parley on every screen
A full web app plus Windows, macOS, Linux and Android apps that connect to any Parley server. Phones get a one-pane layout, and the interface speaks English, Español and Deutsch.
WebWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid
Ops that don't need babysitting
Nightly backups with a restore script, Prometheus metrics, JSON logs, Sentry errors, a mail log in the admin console, and more than one backend behind a load balancer when you grow.
- Backups
- /metrics
- Mail log
- Let's Encrypt
- Cluster mode
Channel 02 · Recording Studio
Jam live. Leave with the multitrack.
A studio is a voice channel built for music. Everyone in the band records their own track in full quality, so a bad connection never ruins a take.
Engineers & band
Roles made for sessions
Engineers start and stop takes. Artists are heard and recorded. Everyone else listens from the audience until an engineer brings them in.
Hi-fi audio
Music doesn't get treated like speech
High-fidelity channels switch off noise suppression and echo cancellation, send stereo Opus at up to 510 kbps, and can drop to 10 ms frames for tighter timing.
Mix in the browser
Play back, solo, export
Every take opens in a multitrack player with per-track gain, mute and solo, lined up automatically. Export renders a 48 kHz, 16-bit WAV of the mix.
Channel 03 · Self-host
Your server. Five minutes.
Parley ships as two Docker images and a Postgres database. If your machine runs Docker, it runs Parley: a spare PC, a Raspberry Pi, a NAS or a VPS.
~/parley
# grab the compose file and settings $ curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ParleyDev/parley/main/docs/self-hosting/compose.yaml $ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ParleyDev/parley/main/docs/self-hosting/example.env -o .env # set two secrets, then your address and admin email in .env $ sed -i "s/^POSTGRES_PASSWORD=.*/POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -hex 32)/" .env $ sed -i "s/^JWT_SECRET=.*/JWT_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)/" .env $ docker compose up -d ✔ Container parley-db-1 Healthy ✔ Container parley-backend-1 Started ✔ Container parley-frontend-1 Started
- HTTPS your way: built-in Let's Encrypt, Caddy, Traefik or Nginx Proxy Manager
- No open ports: Cloudflare Tunnel or Tailscale
- Backups: one command, or nightly, with a restore script
- Upgrades: pull, restart, migrations run themselves
Channel 04 · Apps
Bring Parley with you.
The apps work with app.runparley.com or any Parley server. Type the address once and you're in.
Downloads come straight from the latest GitHub release. The Mac build is for Apple Silicon. iOS builds from source for now.