Private conversations, no strings attached.

Germ is an end-to-end encrypted messenger for people who care about boundaries, consent, and control. Chat with your Bluesky and ATProtocol friends—or use a burner card when you want to stay reachable, not exposed. No phone number, no email, no pressure.

Everything in Germ is completely private and end-to-end encrypted on the open source standard Messaging Layer Security. We don’t track or trap you, because it’s your world, not ours. Germ DM lets you:

• Have 1:1 text messages with best-in-class privacy
• Skip the App Store when launching chats with friends
• Connect to your ATProto account and receive DMs from friends from Bluesky, Blacksky, Skylight, and more
• Authenticate who your messages are coming from
• Build burner cards for friends you’re just getting to know
• Mute groups of conversations at once by managing notifications by which card you shared

Germ is carefully designed to put you in charge of your data and connections, and will never share your information outside your control.

More features are dropping every month, and we want to hear from you! Find us on Bluesky at @germnetwork.com, or visit our website germnetwork.com for more ways to get in touch.

Germ Network, Inc. is a proud Public Benefit Corporation.