Over the last decade, in the era of various mobile devices, almost every popular messenger deals with cloud servers, data collection, and analysis of user activity. A common feature of all these messengers is that they require your phone number. Developer companies want to know what is happening inside their communications and make a profit from it. Users, on the other hand, want to keep their personal conversations safe and avoid sharing their personal data, documents, contacts, and communication history with third parties. Especially when it involves business.
After numerous scandals about hacks, leaks, or blocks, and risks of wiretapping, more and more people are switching from cloud-based messengers to self-hosting. MyChat is a corporate messenger that runs on a company’s own server, which allows avoiding a lot of privacy risks, including wiretapping.
Imagine that you have a chat where messages are protected by an Enigma cipher machine. But it’s impossible to break it because there are no entry points. All work happens inside your company, and data never “leave the house”. Even if you work remotely over the internet to connect external departments, all data circulates within your network and remains stored on your server.
This is a fundamental thing. If a product is free (any public messenger), then the payment for it is your personal data and message history. That’s how it works.
What makes MyChat truly secure?
MyChat is not just a regular communication app. It is a local ecosystem fully under your control:
- All data is stored on your server — no messages, files, or calls leave the corporate network.
- No external servers or clouds — which means no one from outside can access the conversations. Not even the program developers.
- Work without the internet — MyChat can function in a completely isolated environment, making it perfect for enterprises with high security requirements. LAN, VPN networks, a closed complex corporate network — it doesn’t matter because the program works on the classic client–server model and routes perfectly.
- Flexible access rights — the administrator manages users, chats, logs, and all kinds of permissions, preventing any unauthorized actions.
Overall, the data stays on your internal server. This is a completely different level of protection — not from the outside, but through complete autonomy. Your account cannot be blocked, your access to data cannot be restricted, and your history cannot be disabled because you didn’t pay for hosting, for example.
Why is MyChat better than cloud-based messengers?
Let’s take a look at a simple table: let’s compare the self-hosted MyChat (this is fair for other messengers with their own server) and several so-called public messengers — those whose servers you do not control and simply believe that your data isn’t used, or leaked.
| Parameter | MyChat | Signal | Telegram | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Encryption | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | 🚫 Not for all chats | ✅ Yes |
| Local server | ✅ Yes | 🚫 No | 🚫 No | 🚫 No |
| Work without internet | ✅ Yes | 🚫 No | 🚫 No | 🚫 No |
| User anonymity | ✅ Full | ⚠️ Partial | 🚫 No | 🚫 No |
| Corporate integration | ✅ Active Directory, LDAP | 🚫 No | 🚫 No | 🚫 No |
| Access control | ✅ Yes | 🚫 No | 🚫 No | 🚫 No |
| Suitable for business | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Limited | ⚠️ Limited | ⚠️ Limited |
Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp are the best of their kind. The key problem is that this is an external service that you do not control. Trusting your business with it is not the right approach.
Who can use MyChat
- 🏢 Corporations and IT companies where the confidentiality of internal communication is crucial.
- 🏛️ Government institutions and educational organizations that need a closed communication channel.
- 👨💼 Small and medium-sized businesses that want to avoid leaks and keep control over communication.
- 👨👩👧👦 Private users who want their own messenger without ads, external control, or unwanted access.
FAQ
🔹 Can MyChat be used without the internet?
Yes, it’s fully autonomous inside a local network. But you can open access through the internet, if necessary. Technically, it’s the same as Telegram or WhatsApp, but the server is yours.
🔹 Who has access to the conversations?
Only the server owner. Data physically never leaves your network.
🔹 Are there mobile apps?
Yes, MyChat works on Android and iOS, in addition to Windows, macOS and Linux.
🔹 Is MyChat suitable for personal use?
Yes, you can install your own server even at home. It’s free.
MyChat is a modern messenger without wiretapping. It provides security without promises like “we never read or leak your messages”, but through local control and complete independence from external services.
You manage the data, the users, and the privacy policies yourself.
That is why MyChat is a reliable solution for those who value real privacy, not marketing promises.