Tex is a small, private social app. You leave things in real places for whoever passes by to find, you keep a timeline that is yours, and you talk to people with end-to-end encryption.
Pin a photo, a story, a coupon or a secret to the exact spot you are standing on. Whoever walks by later can find it and open it.
Drop a photo, a written story, a coupon or a secret at your current location.
Limit how many people can claim it — a coupon for the first 10, a secret for one person.
See what other people left near you, and open it only when you are actually there.
Every drop gets a public web link with a real map, so it can be shared outside the app.
See who opened yours, and remove a drop whenever you want.
Radar — who and what is close
A live view of the people and the drops around you right now.
See who is nearby and what they left, on a map or as a list.
Turn it off whenever you want — being visible is a choice you make each time.
Discover people you have not met yet, near you or by what they are into.
Moments — what you are into right now
A short status with a shape: what you are listening to, watching, reading, where you are, or how you feel.
Post what you are listening to, watching or reading — with real titles, suggested as you type.
Say where you are or how you feel, without writing a post about it.
Choose who sees each one: everyone, only friends, or only your closest friends.
React to what your friends are into, and see their feed in one place.
Me — your own timeline
Your photos and your history, in your hands: not a feed someone else sorts for you.
Keep your photos in a personal gallery, organised the way you want.
Decide per photo whether it is public, private, or only for your closest friends.
See your own journey over time, and who looked at your profile.
Delete anything, whenever — and it is gone, not hidden.
Chats — private, and really private
One-to-one and group chats where the server cannot read what you write.
Messages are end-to-end encrypted: the key lives on your device, not on the server.
Ephemeral by choice — set how long a chat keeps what was said, and it deletes itself.
Save the one message you want to keep, even in an ephemeral chat.
React to a message, send GIFs, send animated emoji.
See when someone is typing, and when they read it.
Groups
The same private chat, with more people in it.
Create a group, name it, give it a photo.
Add people, remove them, hand someone else the admin role.
Invite by link, and reset that link when you want it to stop working.
See every photo and video the group shared, in one grid.
Leave a group, or delete it if it is yours.
Video calls and AR masks
Talk face to face, with a face you chose.
Video call the people you talk to, straight from the chat.
Put on an AR mask during the call.
Make your own mask from a picture — or describe one in words and have it generated.
Walkie-talkie: hold to talk, only with your closest friends.
Friends, closest friends, and the people you would rather not see
Two circles, because not everything is for everyone.
Ask to be someone's friend, accept or decline the ones who ask you.
Mark a few as closest friends — some things are only for them.
Find people by @username.
Block someone, and report what should not be there.
Coins
A small currency inside the app, that you can hand to another person.
Claim coins once a day.
Send coins to anyone, with just their @username.
See where every coin came from and where it went.
Storage nodes — lend space, hold the network up
Turn it on and your device keeps encrypted copies of other people's data, so the network does not depend on one server.
Donate storage from your own device, with a cap you decide.
What you hold is ciphertext: you keep it, you cannot read it.
Every object lives on more than one device, so one going offline loses nothing.
Turn it off and everything you were holding is reassigned and wiped from your device.
While it is on, your daily coin claim is doubled.
HAL, inside Tex
An assistant in a chat window like any other, that also knows Tex itself.
Ask anything, the way you would text a friend.
Ask how something in Tex works and get the real answer, not a guess.
Report a bug or ask for a feature right there — it gets written down, not lost.
Your account
An @username is enough. Everything else is optional.
Sign up with a username — no phone number, no email required.
Add a recovery email later if you want a way back in.
Pick the colors of your profile.
Notifications for what actually happened, that you can mark as read.
Questions people ask
Is Tex free?
Yes. There is nothing to pay for and no subscription. Coins live inside the app and you get some every day just for showing up.
Do I need a phone number or an email to sign up?
No. An @username and a password are enough. You can add a recovery email later if you want a way back into your account, but nothing forces you to.
Can Tex read my messages?
No. Chats are end-to-end encrypted: the key is generated on your device and never leaves it, so what reaches the server is ciphertext. That also means nobody can recover a chat for you if you lose your device.
What is a Gotex drop?
Something you leave pinned to a real place — a photo, a story, a coupon or a secret. Whoever passes by that spot later can find it and open it. You choose how many people are allowed to claim it, so a coupon can be for the first ten and a secret for one.
Does Tex track where I am?
Only when you ask it to. Radar and Gotex use your location at the moment you use them, and you can turn Radar off at any time. Being visible is a choice you make each time, not a setting you forget about.
What are storage nodes?
An option you turn on to lend space on your own device so the network holds encrypted copies of other people's data, instead of depending on one server. What you hold is ciphertext you cannot read, every object lives on more than one device, and turning it off wipes it from yours. While it is on, your daily coins are doubled.
Is there an app to install?
Tex runs in the browser and installs to your home screen from there — on Android and desktop with a real install button, on iOS with "Add to Home Screen".