heahy

heahy is a free, anonymous place to talk in real time. It takes its idea from old-school IRC chat rooms and rebuilds it as a modern web app. You can join public channels, follow threads, start a private chat or jump into a video call, all without installing anything. You don't need an account just to read.

Each channel is run by its owner and sets its own culture. Some welcome wide-open debate, others are quiet corners. The rules for the whole site cover how people behave, not what they believe. Lawful opinions are welcome, including unpopular ones.

Features:

• Public channels, each with a thread catalog and live chat
• Private one-to-one and group chats
• Live video and audio calls in the browser
• Share images, GIFs and videos directly in the conversation
• Chat Match: put up a poster saying what you want to talk about and browse other people's posters. When you both match, a private chat opens. Posters last 24 hours.
• A community library of reaction GIFs and images, plus custom emojis
• Search across posts, threads, channels and people
• Adult content is labelled, not banned. Channels declare a content policy (SFW, occasional NSFW or NSFW), and each reader decides whether to blur it, show an age warning or block it completely.
• Push notifications
• Desktop app for Windows and Linux

No cross-site tracking and no third-party tracking pixels. No algorithm deciding what you're allowed to think. Just people talking in real time.