# What is Komms

One secure app for teams and communities. Chat, share files and make decisions, end-to-end encrypted, on a network no single company controls.

Komms is a messaging app for teams and communities. It does the everyday jobs of a chat tool (channels, direct messages, replies, reactions and file sharing) with two big differences:

- **Private conversations are end-to-end encrypted.** Only the people in a conversation can read it. Komms and the operators who run the network can't.
- **Your account and your history belong to you.** Your identity lives on the Kaspa network, not in a Komms database, and you can export a copy of your history that anyone can check.

## Two products, one app

| | Komms Business | Komms Community |
| --- | --- | --- |
| For | Companies and teams | Clubs, projects and online communities |
| You create | A **workspace** | A **server** |
| Priced | Per workspace, never per seat | Per server, never per member |
| Typical use | Private team channels, client channels, files | Public and invite-only channels, members who come and go |

Both use the same app and the same account. Read [Komms Business or Komms Community?](business-or-community) to pick the right one.

## What makes it different

- **Sign in with a passkey.** No password to leak or phish. See [Create your account](create-your-account).
- **Flat pricing.** One price per workspace or server, with no per-seat fees and no member limits. See [Plans and pricing](plans-and-pricing).
- **A network, not a data centre.** Messages are relayed and files stored by independent operators, who are paid through Bittensor subnet 27. Kaspa keeps the order of events. See [How Komms works](how-komms-works).
- **Proof you can keep.** Every person's messages are anchored on Kaspa, so a conversation's history can be checked without trusting Komms. See [Message delivery and anchoring](delivery-and-anchoring).

> [!NOTE]
> Komms is preparing for its public beta. These docs describe how Komms works at launch. Anything still on the way is marked **Coming soon**. For where things stand today, see [Network status](network-status).

## Where to go next

- New here? Start with [Create your account](create-your-account).
- Setting up for a company? Read [Set up your first workspace](first-workspace).
- Running a community? Read [Start your first community server](first-community).
- Curious about the technology? Read [How Komms works](how-komms-works).