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Ghostly

Ghostly is an end-to-end encrypted, peer-to-peer messaging app with an integrated wallet and verifiable identities. It supports chat, voice and video calls, file sharing, groups, mini-apps and a CLI client.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Ghostly when you want messaging, calls or file exchange paired with wallet and identity functions, or when you need a CLI engine for bots and scripts.

Who it is for

  • People who want direct, encrypted messaging with calls and file sharing.
  • Users who want wallet functions or identity proofs alongside chat.
  • Developers building bots, scripts or agents that use the Ghostly CLI.

Documented uses

  • Start a chat by sharing an invite code, link or QR.
  • Make peer-to-peer voice or video calls and exchange resumable files.
  • Create private groups or link-joined communities.
  • Pay in a chat using a supported wallet option.
  • Present identity claims for contacts to check in the app.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The project offers browser access, desktop releases for macOS, Windows and Linux, browser extensions for Chrome, Brave and Edge, and a CLI. The CLI requires Node 22.12 or newer. The project says no account is required.

  • Discovery uses the Mainline DHT; communication uses WebRTC, Iroh or HyperDHT, with the DHT as fallback.
  • Private groups support up to 32 people; communities support up to 256.
  • The wallet lists Cashu, Lightning, Ark, Spark, Fedimint, on-chain and USDT; mainnet is marked experimental.
  • The code is TypeScript and licensed under MIT.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install the Ghostly CLI

Install Ghostly’s command-line client for bots and scripts.

Before you start

  • Node.js 22.12 or newer.

Steps

  1. Install the CLI with the command below.

    Documented command
    npm install -g @ghostlytools/cli

  2. Use the ghostly command name for the installed client.

Expected outcome

The Ghostly CLI is installed and available as `ghostly`.

Guide limitations

  • The CLI is for bots and scripts and runs without a screen.
  • The older Rust ghostly-cli for v0.4 chats was removed after 1.0; bots using it should move to the current ghostly CLI.
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Source-based practical guide

Start a Ghostly CLI profile and create an invite

Bring a CLI profile online and create an invite that opens in the Ghostly app.

Before you start

  • Ghostly CLI installed; Node.js 22.12 or newer.

Steps

  1. Start the profile in the background with ghostly daemon --detach.

  2. Create an invite with ghostly invite create --label casper.

  3. Use the returned invite code or link to invite a contact.

Expected outcome

The profile is kept online and the invite command returns an invite code and link.

Guide limitations

  • The CLI documentation describes invites and chat over the app’s transports; direct DHT reading is listed as planned, with relays used for now.
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Sources & review

Official repository ↗Guide documentation ↗
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11 October 2026
Original website title
MiguelMedeiros/ghostly · Official homepage title · retained in its source language
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