# Plauder.Party

> Plauder.Party is a free, open community chat platform on Matrix, with Cinny as the client and LiveKit for voice and video, hosted in the EU.

Plauder.Party is a private non-commercial community project (not a company). It provides group and direct messaging via the Matrix protocol, a Cinny-based web/desktop client at app.plauder.party, and LiveKit-powered voice/video in rooms. Servers are hosted in Germany / the EU. Design goals: open-source components, end-to-end encryption where possible, no ads, no selling of user data. Content languages: English and German. Primary entry points: home, about, help guides, and blog.

Open community chat built on Matrix — hosted in the EU, with end-to-end encryption, the Cinny web client, and LiveKit for voice and video.

## Main sections
- [Help](https://plauder.party/en/help/index.md): Help center for Plauder.Party: registration, Matrix clients (Cinny), rooms, voice/video via LiveKit, and troubleshooting — in English and German.
- [Blog](https://plauder.party/en/blog/index.md): Updates from the Plauder.Party team

## Pages
- [About us](https://plauder.party/en/about.md): Plauder.Party is a private community project (not a company) building an open, EU-hosted Matrix chat platform with Cinny and LiveKit.
- [Getting Started](https://plauder.party/en/help/getting-started.md): How to create a Plauder.Party account, open Cinny, and send your first Matrix message; optional voice/video via LiveKit.
- [Imprint](https://plauder.party/en/imprint.md): Legal notice (Impressum)
- [Matrix Account & Clients](https://plauder.party/en/help/matrix-account.md): Matrix IDs on Plauder.Party, recommended Cinny client, other Matrix clients, and device/session management.
- [Open source](https://plauder.party/en/open-source.md): Open-source software and licenses used by Plauder.Party
- [Our open-source stack](https://plauder.party/en/blog/open-source-stack.md): Plauder.Party stack explained: Matrix for interoperable chat, Cinny as the client, LiveKit for voice and video — all inspectable and self-hostable.
- [Privacy policy](https://plauder.party/en/privacy.md): How we handle personal data
- [Rooms & Chat](https://plauder.party/en/help/rooms-and-chat.md): Find rooms, send messages, and manage notifications
- [Terms of use](https://plauder.party/en/terms.md): Rules for using Plauder.Party
- [Troubleshooting](https://plauder.party/en/help/troubleshooting.md): Common issues with login, encryption, connectivity, and clients
- [Voice & Video](https://plauder.party/en/help/voice-and-video.md): Voice channels and video calls with LiveKit on Plauder.Party
- [Welcome to Plauder.Party](https://plauder.party/en/blog/welcome.md): Launch announcement: Plauder.Party is an open community chat on Matrix with Cinny and LiveKit, hosted in Germany / the EU.