Free · No ads · Made in the Netherlands
Your people.Your places.
Chat, call and hang out in servers with your friends, or find new people who play the same games or study the same thing. Voice, video and screen sharing included.
Made in the Netherlands. Your data stays here.
We built ChatLink because we believe your conversations don't belong with big international tech companies. Everything runs on our servers in the Netherlands, and your data doesn't go to other countries.
Stored in the Netherlands
Accounts, messages, files and calls: everything is on servers in the Netherlands that we rent from the Dutch hosting company DualHosting.
No big tech in between
No Google Analytics, no ad trackers, no American cloud. Voice and video go through our own call server, in the Netherlands too.
Not for sale
No ads, no profiles, no selling or sharing. We only use your data to make ChatLink work.
Dutch and European law
ChatLink and our hosting company DualHosting are Dutch, so your data is protected by the GDPR and Dutch law.
One honest exception: if you turn on push notifications on your phone, Apple or Google deliver them, because that's how phones work. They're end-to-end encrypted, so those companies can't read them.
How we handle your dataNew
Calls only you two can hear
Calls in private messages are end-to-end encrypted. Your voice and video are locked on your own device and only unlocked on the other person's, so nobody in between can listen in. Not even us.
🔐Locked on your device
Every call gets new keys, made on your own devices. They never leave them, and they're gone when you hang up.
🙂Check it yourself
You both see the same 8 emoji. Say them out loud: if they match, nobody sits in between.
✨Always on
Nothing to set up. Every call in a DM is encrypted: voice, video and screen sharing.
🖥️Through our own server
Calls go through our own server in the Netherlands, which passes them on without being able to open them.
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Find your people
Looking for someone to play with, or a study buddy for your CCNA? Find people who play the same games or do the same thing, and send them a friend request.
🎮By game
Search players by game, platform and rank, and whether they want to play casual, competitive or as a team.
🎓By study or work
Find people with the same study, certificate or skills: for studying together, an internship or your network.
🟢See who's playing
See which game your friends are playing right now, and join them with one tap. The Windows app recognizes games by itself.
🔒You decide
Your profiles are off, for friends only, or for everyone. Only confirmed accounts show up for everyone.
Everything to hang out together
Servers & channels
Make a place for your group with text and voice channels, sorted into categories.
Voice, video & screen share
Drop into a voice channel, turn on your camera or share your screen with sound, in 1080p at up to 60 fps. Strong noise suppression keeps keyboards and fans out.
Friends & DMs
Add friends with their name#tag, chat privately and call each other, end-to-end encrypted.
Roles & permissions
Give your moderators the right powers and keep channels private to the right people.
Discover communities
Browse servers about gaming, music, tech, study and more in Discover — and join in one click.
Files & pictures
Share photos, videos and files right in the chat, with previews. Even big files, up to 15 GB.
Find people
Find players for your game, or people who study or work in the same field, and see how you found each other.
Playing now
See which game your friends are playing and for how long. You choose who sees yours: everyone, friends or nobody.
Game mode
While you play, the Windows app keeps only your call going, so your game gets all the power. It can switch on by itself.
Voice messages
No time to type? Record a voice message with one tap and send it, or listen back first.
Your own emoji & stickers
Give your server its own emoji and stickers, to use in messages and as reactions.
Search & link previews
Find any message back by word, person, channel or date. Shared links get a preview.
Even better on your PC
The Windows app keeps you reachable without a browser tab.
- ✓Game mode: only your call keeps going while you play, and it can switch on by itself when a game starts
- ✓Shows your friends what you're playing, recognized on your PC (only the name of the game is shared)
- ✓Push to talk that works in games and other programs
- ✓An in-game overlay that shows who's talking, on top of games in (borderless) windowed mode
- ✓Clips: save the last 15, 30 or 60 seconds of your screen with one key, only on your own PC
- ✓Sits next to the clock, with a badge for new messages
- ✓Starts with Windows, updates itself
🛡️ Built with safety in mind
ChatLink is for people aged 16 and up. Our community guidelines are clear, and anyone can report content that breaks the law — we look at every report. Protect your account with two-factor authentication, using a code from an authenticator app.
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