Echo

Privacy

Echo is being developed with privacy-respecting defaults in mind: your data should stay yours. This alpha exists so we can harden the stack, fix edge cases, and document exactly what leaves your machine versus what the server stores. As features mature, we will publish a clear privacy policy aligned with how chat, voice, and optional relay features behave.

Chat control for channel owners

Server and channel owners need real control over how long conversations live. Echo is moving toward temporary or permanent retention policies you can configure per channel — for example message expiration dates, auto-prune after a duration, or keeping a room archival until you say otherwise.

Alpha builds may not expose every knob yet; feedback from this release directly shapes priority for moderation, retention, and audit-friendly tools.

Today & roadmap

• Now: Windows portable client, guilds, channels, DMs, voice, themes, stickers groundwork, and iterative server features.
• Linux: native builds are planned. Today many users run Echo under Steam Proton successfully — we do not treat that as the long-term story, but it is a workable path while we ship proper packages.
• Next: stability from your bug reports, richer channel policies, polish, and platform expansion.