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What is Pombo?

Pombo is an open-source gateway to decentralized communications — group chats, communities, and private direct messages. No central servers, no sign-ups, no one reading your data.

Your conversations belong to you:

  • No permissions needed. Your account is a cryptographic keypair generated locally in your browser. No email, no phone number, no sign-up form.
  • No central servers. Messages travel over the Streamr Network, a peer-to-peer pub/sub network. There is no Pombo backend that could go down or be seized.
  • You own your channels. Channel ownership and permissions live on Polygon PoS as on-chain records. If the Pombo interface disappeared tomorrow, your channels would still exist on the network.
  • No middlemen. Pombo is fully open source. Encryption happens on your device, before anything touches the network.
  • No hidden costs. Joining and participating in channels is always free. A small network fee (paid in POL) applies only to on-chain actions such as creating a channel.

Where to start​

I want to…Go to
Install Pombo and create an accountGetting Started → Install
Understand how it works under the hoodCore Concepts → Architecture
Understand exactly what is (and isn't) privateSecurity → Threat model
Run infrastructure for the networkNode Operators → Run a push relay

Platforms​

  • Web app (PWA) — app.pombo.cc. Works in any modern browser and can be installed as an app.
  • Android — a native Kotlin app, wire-compatible with the web app. See Install.