Show HN: Hush – A self-hostable, OpenMLS Discord alternative written in Go
Hush is a self-hostable communication platform that emphasizes end-to-end encryption for messaging, voice, and video. Built on the Messaging Layer Security protocol, it allows users to control their own infrastructure while ensuring that servers do not read user data. The platform is open source and aims to provide a secure alternative to traditional chat applications.
- ▪Hush uses end-to-end encryption for all forms of communication, ensuring that only the intended recipients can read messages.
- ▪The platform is designed for self-hosting, allowing users to manage their own servers and verify the security of their communications.
- ▪Hush is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license, promoting transparency and community involvement in its development.
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| Original publisher | GitHub |
| Canonical URL | https://github.com/hushhq/hush |
| Publication time | Tue, 26 May 2026 09:52:52 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-26T10:07:47.871Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-26T10:07:47.871Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | EKA0_JPPtX6C |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
Rights status (four layers)
WeSearch handling by dimension
| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
Basis: Derived from the published RSS/Atom feed. Contact: [email protected]. Reviewed: 2026-07-24.
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Hush End-to-end encrypted messaging, voice, and video. Website · Report a bug · Discussions Hush is a self-hostable communication platform built around the Messaging Layer Security protocol (RFC 9420). Every message, voice frame, and video frame is encrypted end-to-end on the client. Servers move bytes; they do not read them. This repository is the public entry point for the Hush project: User-facing bug reports and feature requests are filed here: https://github.com/hushhq/hush/issues/new/choose. Self-hosting entry points and architecture documentation live here and link out to the component repos for implementation details. Community discussion happens in Discussions.
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