# Cwtch

> Tor-only multi-party chat. No accounts, no servers, every conversation an ephemeral .onion.

**Canonical URL:** https://www.xmr.club/tools/cwtch
**Category:** tools / Messaging
**Grade (xmr.club rubric):** A
**KYC posture:** anonymous_signup
**Features:** non_custodial, open_source, tor_supported
**Highlights:** TOR, P2P, EPHEMERAL
**Fees:** Free · Tor-only · multi-platform · ephemeral groups
**Website:** https://cwtch.im
**Last verified:** 2026-05-13
**Uptime probe:** up (HTTP 200, 1779ms) · checked 2026-05-13T23:04:43.181Z

## Editorial review

Built by Open Privacy Research Society. Each user is a .onion address; group chats live on ephemeral onion services. No central registry, no phone numbers, no email. Profiles persist locally only. Smaller community than Signal/SimpleX but the threat model is tighter: no leaks possible because no server holds anything.

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