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Your own WhatsApp bridge — now with WhatsApp calls

The local bridges that ran inside the tjena!chat app are retired. They only worked on one device and the app had to keep running. The Signal bridge inside the app is gone too.

What replaces it: your own WhatsApp bridge

The new tjena Bridge app runs the WhatsApp bridge on a spare Android phone that stays at home. It works like the tjena server bridge — your chats show up on all your tjena devices — but your WhatsApp messages are only decrypted on that phone and on your own devices. The tjena server just passes encrypted data along.

tjena!chat enters closed beta

We’re excited to share a big milestone: tjena!chat is now in closed beta.

After months of building, we’re opening tjena!chat to a first wave of testers. This is your chance to try the app early, shape its direction, and help us polish it before a wider release.

How to join

Access during the closed beta is invite-only. To take part, simply get in touch and we’ll send you a personal invite key:

tjena!chat goes live

We are excited to announce the official launch of tjena!chat — our messaging service built on the open Matrix protocol.

What is tjena!chat?

tjena!chat is a privacy-first messenger built on the Matrix protocol. That means your messages are end-to-end encrypted, your account belongs to you — and you can connect with users on any other Matrix server worldwide.

Why we built this

We believe that private and open communication is a fundamental right. Commercial messaging services are funded by data analysis or advertising models. We want to offer an alternative that remains permanently free and operated without hidden interests.