🟢 [ V E C T O R ] Open Beta v0.3.0 The first release of 2026 and it's going to be a difficult one to match. This is by far the biggest Vector release to date and we couldn't be more excited to share it with you all. 🔰

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Vector is a free and open-source private messenger app that allows users full end-to-end encryption and transfers encrypted data via a secure, glob...

Important: Group Chats have undergone several breaking-changes, due to the lack of stability in our previous Alpha Group Chats implementation, and thereby their lack of usage; Group Chats will be reset when you download v0.3.0, please re-create any Groups you previously owned. New: 🧩 Mini Apps Platform: WebXDC-based games & apps within Vector with P2P Multiplayer (Yes, it plays DOOM!) 🏪 The Nexus: discover and install Mini Apps from a secure, decentralized App Store, built for Vector 🌐 Custom Relays: configure your own preferred relays for personalized connectivity 🎨 New Themes: three additional themes, each with their own exotic takes, Keep it Purple, people 🔔 Notification Sounds: audio notifications, with our homemade Prélude sound, custom sounds, and smart caching 🖼️ GIF Picker & Inline Images: search and send GIFs directly from the chatbox, powered by GIFverse 👋 Leave Group: ability to leave groups, with proper system event notifications for everyone else ✏️ Message Editing: edit sent messages with full history tracking ⌨️ Popup Shortcuts: Enter to confirm, Escape to close popups; ESC to cancel Reply/Edit Improved: 🔐 MLS Overhaul: major messaging protocol improvements for reliability and security, based on the latest MDK 📂 MIP-04 File Sharing: imeta attachment handling for MLS groups, built for compatibility with White Noise ⚡ Memory Optimizations: reduced memory usage during image uploads (around 4x less!) 🗄️ Database Performance: migration system overhaul with improved stability, safety and performance 💬 Message Bubbles: refined corner rounding, grouping and a new "Sending/Sent" status 🖼️ SVG Optimization: optimized vector graphics across the app (reduced app size!) Fixed: 🖼️ Profile Sync: avatars and banners now update correctly ⏱️ Chat Timestamps: fixed timestamps disrupting avatar/message streaking 💬 Typing Indicators: deduplicated indicators and optimized performance 🔄 Reply Context: replies now display the latest edited content 🔍 Search Box: fixed styling and typing indicator expiries

The Ancient Art of Optimization™ After doing some research and comparison with other messenger apps, both private and not, we wanted to share with you all our findings. On average as it varies across different operating systems, Vector's app size is ~25 MB. To compare it with the other apps out there, we have used one "Vector Floppy Disk" for you to visualize how many "Vectors per x app". For starters, you can see there are about 17 Vectors per Signal (Signal is 17x the size of Vector). Let the numbers speak for themselves. This is reasonable and likely to change and grow with time, but many apps get stuck in this data drain and fail to optimize their codebase, which negatively affects the end user. Vector is intended and designed for every OS and platform out there, to reach the hands of everyone on the planet. If we can't get it working how we want the first time, keep optimizing...

Vector Privacy — Privacy Policy Updated (January 21, 2026) As of January 21, 2026, we have officially published the Vector Privacy Policy, which is available on the official website as well as the Vector Privacy Gitbook. For those that are interested, we recommend checking out and reading the latest Privacy Policy to clearly understand about Vector Privacy and how we operate. We have done our best to be as transparent as possible and will always update the community as frequently as possible. If you all have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to comment. Privacy Policy (Website):

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Vector Node Setup (Nostr) | Guides | Vector Privacy

A Guide to Setup & Run a Full Node on Nostr for Vector (Linux)

Full Nostr Relay Node Guide (Linux - Ubuntu 22 + Strfry) Adding to the last announcement, we wanted to share a bit more about what it means and extend the opportunity to all those who are interested in supporting data decentralization by self-hosting a Full Vector Node on the relay network Nostr. We have just published a full guide on GitBook for Linux (Ubuntu 22) that gives you a step-by-step process on how to host your own node. The spec requirements are listed in the GitBook documentation. If anyone is interested or has any questions, just ask in ⁠the Vector Discord and the community will help you get set up! Vector Node Setup Guide:

Vector Node Setup (Nostr) | Guides | Vector Privacy

A Guide to Setup & Run a Full Node on Nostr for Vector (Linux)

#nostr #nostrdevs #grownostr #decentralization

We've Added a New Nostr Node for Asia! wss://asia.vectorapp.io/nostr To help support the resiliency of the decentralized relay network, we have added a new node in 🇭🇰 Hong Kong to support users in Asia with a better relay time and connectivity. In the near future, Vector will be adding support to allow users to add their own desired relays in the Settings. If you'd like to learn how to setup a Vector Node on the Nostr Network, please check out the guide below. Learn how to setup a Nostr Node:

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A Guide to Setup & Run a Full Node on Nostr for Vector (Linux)

Decentralized Quake III? Where nostalgia meets privacy tech. Decentralized gaming now being tested on Vector. No blockchain, no servers, no bullshit.... well lag, that's still bullshit. Local/Regional gameplay is perfect. Playing halfway around the world is not optimal, but still playable. Ping obviously offers massive advantages in fast-paced FPS games. If anyone is interested in testing the limits with us, download the Pre-Release (v0.3.0):

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Release Vector v0.3.0 · VectorPrivacy/Vector

The new era of communication begins. Important: Group Chats have undergone several breaking-changes, due to the lack of stability in our...

🟢 [ V E C T O R ] Open Beta v0.2.3 Behold, the latest release of Vector Beta in 2025! Additional overhaul of UX improvements, added features, and the first iteration of Vector Web Profiles that function like contact cards via the web. 🔰

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Vector - Private Messaging

Vector is a free and open-source private messenger app that allows users full end-to-end encryption and transfers encrypted data via a secure, glob...

🧵Updates Below New: - 🪪 Vector Web Profiles: you can now share your profile "Contact Card" over the web, with one‑click adding, try this!

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Open this profile in Vector - the free and open-source private messenger app.

- 🎤 Overhauled Voice Messaging: a completely new Voice Messaging experience, with intuitive gestures & sleek UI. - 📁 Upload Previews: files are now previewed prior to uploading, giving you a chance to review and confirm. - 🗂️ Image Compression: images are now intelligently compressed before uploading; full‑quality is just a switch! - 🖼️ Window Persistence: Vector now remembers how you size and position your app. Improved: - 🖌️ UI Revamp: a glassy, animated header, redesigned popups, mini‑avatars, group creator UI, and more. - 💬 Expanding Chatbox: the real OG of this update; your chatbox finally expands to the size of your yap. - ⚡️ On‑Demand Decryption: Vector no longer decrypts fully at boot, but on‑demand, vastly reducing RAM & CPU use. Fixed: - ⚡️ Flashbang: Vector had a brief "white flash" at startup, nicknamed “the flashbang”, this has been resolved. - 🪵 Fixed Logouts: on some systems, particularly Windows, logouts were failing; this is now fixed. - 📨 Several Unread‑System Bugs: more reliable read markers and better cross‑device compatibility. - 📥 Improved Download Stability: attachment downloads are more stable and less resource‑wasteful. - ⌨️ Removed Search OS Autocorrect: the Emoji Search was often interrupted by OS autocorrect, now disabled.

Vector Privacy is now on GitBook! The past couple of weeks, we have been working to populate the GitBook documentation where everyone can learn more about Vector, from novices to experts. GitBook is designed for your average person to be able to read and understand, along with more specific documentation for developers. We have begun to outline the entire Vector Privacy ecosystem, as well as breaking down specifics about Vector Messenger. Visit either link below and you can go from top to bottom with the pagination feature or you can click on specific pages that interest you. If privacy interests you, be sure to visit the Privacy page. Visit the GitBook:

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🟢 [ V E C T O R ] Open Beta v0.2.2 >>>

Vector

Vector - Private Messaging

Vector is a free and open-source private messenger app that allows users full end-to-end encryption and transfers encrypted data via a secure, glob...

<<< We are happy to share with you all the latest release—weeks worth of polish, updates, and improvements. From a complete database rewrite, to new features, bug fixes, and a smoother user experience. It will be a significant and noticeable change, especially for Group Chats and visiting the Settings tab. 💡 Feature Spotlight: Android Support We have now released the public Android APK that has been officially published on GitHub. There is also mobile support via the website (listed above), where you’ll find a download button for your Android device. Development Updates: New: 📲 Android APK: the first public Android APK is now available for Vector! 📦 Storage Manager: a Settings section that gives a glance-able breakdown of Vector's storage usage. 👥 Primary Device Setting: a new setting that allows you to set a device to receive future Group Invites. 💽 New Database: Vector now uses SQLite (w/ encryption layer) for ultra-fast, reliable, compact persistence. Improved: 🛜 Faster Synchronization: parallel processing enables Vector's syncing to be noticeably faster. 📂 New File Attachment Design: a significant design overhaul when transferring non-media files. 👤 Profile Shortcuts: in the Group Overview, you can now click on anyone to visit their profile. 📨 Profile Message Shortcut: you can now hit "Message" on anyone's profile to jump straight in their DMs. ⚙️ Settings Dangerzone Redesign: a beautiful Settings polish, along with a redesign of The Dangerzone. 💌 New Invite Design: incoming invitations look significantly nicer. (and the 'Notif Dot' displays on Pending Invites!). 🖼️ Improved Popup UI Design: a well-needed polish to an old UI flow. 📝 Improved Selection Highlights: a Vector-esque Gray is now used for the Selection Highlight colour. Fixed: 📨 Fixed 'slow/stuck' Group Chat messages: a race condition, plus many inefficiencies, were resolved in Group Chat messaging, making it feel significantly smoother and snappier. 📪 Fixed automatic 'Mark as Read': on Windows particularly, 'auto-Mark-as-Read' now works consistently. 🐧 Fixed potential Linux Media crashes: on Linux, playable media is now displayed as regular File Attachments, preventing a crash when Videos or Audio cannot be loaded. 🐱 Fixed 'jitter' on first Emoji Panel open: the Emoji Panel rendering has been optimised, removing 'jitter' when first opened. 📺 Fixed intense "UI Flickering" in the Chatlist during sync: no more login seizures. 👍 Fixed Reactions in Group Chats: for spamming 🍆 on every post until you're inevitably banned. 👥 Fixed newly-joined Group Chat bugs: they no longer drop to the bottom of your chatlist on join, and the "Header" is now clickable even if no messages were sent in the group yet. 🎆 Fixed 'PNG-Pill' on tiny images: Emoji-sized images now hide the File Extension Tag, a.k.a, the "PNG Pill". 🟢 Removed 'Status Dot' from Group Chats: this is meant for people, not rooms. 🖥️ Fixed excessive Group Chat re-renders: shaves some CPU usage from Group Chat UI. 🖥️ Fixed excessive Typing Indicator events: shaves some CPU usage from Typing Indicators. 🖥️ Fixed excessive Chat Timestamp re-renders: shaves some CPU usage from 'last message' timestamp updates. 🖱️ Fixed "Double Scrollbar" at startup: rarely, a "double" scrollbar displayed while Vector was booting. Learn More:

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Release Vector v0.2.2 · VectorPrivacy/Vector

The new era of communication begins. New: 📲 Android APK: the first public Android APK is now available for Vector! 📦 Storage Manag...

Another good day to choose private, encrypted messaging. ✅ Nostr accounts are supported

Vector

Vector - Private Messaging

Vector is a free and open-source private messenger app that allows users full end-to-end encryption and transfers encrypted data via a secure, glob...

"My North Star on the topic remains that all humans flourish under the protection of privacy; it creates a space for reflection and action which invariably leads to stronger personal conviction and the development of true identity. That's what guides us, internally and alongside others, not the piece of plastic a government tosses at us." —nprofile1qqsv7xnxmvek9q98l86qckdrnal6jmpsj3t2xxnu2038j5lrgcqsm5gu2ge59

Always a good day to revisit A Cypherpunk's Manifesto

A Cypherpunk's Manifesto

"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world. If two parties have some sort of dealings, then each has a memory of their interaction. Each party can speak about their own memory of this; how could anyone prevent it? One could pass laws against it, but the freedom of speech, even more than privacy, is fundamental to an open society; we seek not to restrict any speech at all. If many parties speak together in the same forum, each can speak to all the others and aggregate together knowledge about individuals and other parties. The power of electronic communications has enabled such group speech, and it will not go away merely because we might want it to. Since we desire privacy, we must ensure that each party to a transaction have knowledge only of that which is directly necessary for that transaction. Since any information can be spoken of, we must ensure that we reveal as little as possible. In most cases personal identity is not salient. When I purchase a magazine at a store and hand cash to the clerk, there is no need to know who I am. When I ask my electronic mail provider to send and receive messages, my provider need not know to whom I am speaking or what I am saying or what others are saying to me; my provider only need know how to get the message there and how much I owe them in fees. When my identity is revealed by the underlying mechanism of the transaction, I have no privacy. I cannot here selectively reveal myself; I must always reveal myself. Therefore, privacy in an open society requires anonymous transaction systems. Until now, cash has been the primary such system. An anonymous transaction system is not a secret transaction system. An anonymous system empowers individuals to reveal their identity when desired and only when desired; this is the essence of privacy. Privacy in an open society also requires cryptography. If I say something, I want it heard only by those for whom I intend it. If the content of my speech is available to the world, I have no privacy. To encrypt is to indicate the desire for privacy, and to encrypt with weak cryptography is to indicate not too much desire for privacy. Furthermore, to reveal one's identity with assurance when the default is anonymity requires the cryptographic signature. We cannot expect governments, corporations, or other large, faceless organizations to grant us privacy out of their beneficence. It is to their advantage to speak of us, and we should expect that they will speak. To try to prevent their speech is to fight against the realities of information. Information does not just want to be free, it longs to be free. Information expands to fill the available storage space. Information is Rumor's younger, stronger cousin; Information is fleeter of foot, has more eyes, knows more, and understands less than Rumor. We must defend our own privacy if we expect to have any. We must come together and create systems which allow anonymous transactions to take place. People have been defending their own privacy for centuries with whispers, darkness, envelopes, closed doors, secret handshakes, and couriers. The technologies of the past did not allow for strong privacy, but electronic technologies do. We the Cypherpunks are dedicated to building anonymous systems. We are defending our privacy with cryptography, with anonymous mail forwarding systems, with digital signatures, and with electronic money. Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can't get privacy unless we all do, we're going to write it. We publish our code so that our fellow Cypherpunks may practice and play with it. Our code is free for all to use, worldwide. We don't much care if you don't approve of the software we write. We know that software can't be destroyed and that a widely dispersed system can't be shut down. Cypherpunks deplore regulations on cryptography, for encryption is fundamentally a private act. The act of encryption, in fact, removes information from the public realm. Even laws against cryptography reach only so far as a nation's border and the arm of its violence. Cryptography will ineluctably spread over the whole globe, and with it the anonymous transactions systems that it makes possible. For privacy to be widespread it must be part of a social contract. People must come and together deploy these systems for the common good. Privacy only extends so far as the cooperation of one's fellows in society. We the Cypherpunks seek your questions and your concerns and hope we may engage you so that we do not deceive ourselves. We will not, however, be moved out of our course because some may disagree with our goals. The Cypherpunks are actively engaged in making the networks safer for privacy. Let us proceed together apace. Onward." Eric Hughes March 9, 1993

Thank you for mentioning @V E C T O R in your writeup! 🙏 Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to follow @JSKitty & @YuurinBee for more in regards to Vector's development

Thank you for mentioning @V E C T O R in your writeup! 🙏 Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to follow @JSKitty & @YuurinBee for more in regards to Vector's development

Remember, remember the 5th of November... Vector Open Beta (v0.2.1) Release >> 1 Click Login with Nostr We are happy to announce our official release of Vector Open Beta that now supports fully end-to-end encrypted Group Chats. Nostr users can login with their `nsec` keys, as Vector is built on the decentralized relay network known as Nostr. Thanks to Nostr protocol and community for making this technology possible and publicly available. Vector is happy to share that it ascribes to the same open-source philosophy and aligning with like-minded people and communities. - Free, Open-Source - No KYC (No Email, Phone, oAuth, etc.) - No Data Collection - No Ads/Spam - Local Device Data Storage (P2P) - Decentralized Relay Network (Nostr) Official Website:

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Privacy is a basic human right. Contribute to VectorPrivacy/Vector development by creating an account on GitHub.

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👁‍🗨Privacy Messengers ⚠️Not all "Privacy" apps were created equally There are degrees of privacy, as there are degrees of decentralization. Let's explore what exactly privacy is when it comes to messenger apps. Vector is honored to be building on the Nostr protocol and along with the Nostr community. Check out our research below and comparison of different privacy messenger apps. Special thanks to @npub1zuua...c2uc with @White Noise for their development of Marmot protocol, which we have recently integrated as our Group Chat protocol for sleek, highly-secure, scalable groups and communities. If you want to show some love for Nostr-based apps, give us a share!

◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ Vector Beta available on GitHub! ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ ⚠️Privacy is a basic human right. ◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤◢ #Nostr community, enjoy a simple login with your Nostr Account (nsec) and treat yourself to the Vector experience. ◤◢ D O W N L O A D ◤◢ 【 v0.1.9 】

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Release Vector v0.1.9 · VectorPrivacy/Vector

The new era of communication begins. New: ⚙️ Account Exports: You can now export your account via Seed Phrase (for Vector-created ac...

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