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Haven

Haven

Haven is an open-source, self-hosted Discord alternative for private chat that runs on your own machine. No cloud, no telemetry, no Big Tech: text and voice channels, screen sharing, and communities stay entirely on your server. AGPL-3.0, deployed with Docker.

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Active installs

License AGPL-3.0 Version Latest OS Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS Min RAM 1 GB IP IPV4,IPV6

Active installs is sample data (staging preview); real metric wires in before launch.

  • Self-hosted Discord alternative
  • Text and voice channels
  • Screen sharing with per-app audio
  • Import your Discord history
  • No telemetry, runs on your own server

Access

  • HTTPS: https://<SERVER_IP>:3000
  • HTTP Redirect: http://<SERVER_IP>:3001

Initial Setup

  1. Open Haven in browser.
  2. Your browser will show a certificate warning because Haven uses a self-signed TLS certificate.
  3. Accept the warning and continue to the site.
  4. Register an account using the username: admin
  5. The user registered with the username ‘admin‘ becomes the administrator.

Important Files and Directories

  • Install directory: /opt/haven
  • Environment file: /opt/haven/.env
  • Docker Compose file: /opt/haven/docker-compose.yml
  • Persistent Docker volume: /var/lib/docker/volumes/haven_haven_data/

Docker Management

Go to install directory:

cd /opt/haven

Start stack:

docker compose up -d

Stop stack:

docker compose down

Restart stack:

docker compose restart

View running containers:

docker compose ps

View logs:

docker compose logs -f

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