Chat, voice and organization on your own server.

Public text channels and direct messages share one interface. Messages stay findable in long conversations through search, replies and jump-to-message links. Direct messages -- and, optionally, entire text channels -- can be end-to-end encrypted, so even the server only ever sees ciphertext. Every channel can also keep a shared notes field for announcements or rules. A friend system with confirmation and a blocking feature round out who can message or call whom. You can also invite someone to a round of Tic-Tac-Toe or Connect 4 right from their profile.

• 🔒 End-to-end encrypted DMs and channels
• Direct messages and mentions
• Replies, editing and reactions
• Files, images, videos and voice clips
• Channel search with jump-to-result
• Pinned and saved messages
• Media gallery and unread messages
• Shared channel notes with history
• Friend system with request and confirmation
• Block users (no more DMs/calls)
• Mini-games: Tic-Tac-Toe and Connect 4
• "↓ New messages" jump when scrolled up
• Status notices as a short banner at the top of the chat
• Tidy bottom bar with a "⋯" menu for extras

Voice channels run on LiveKit and can be used directly in the browser. Input and output devices as well as other participants' volume can be set individually. Your own voice activity over the last 14 days is available as a chart -- visible only to you.

• Mic and output toggled independently
• Device selection saved per user
• Local volume per conversation partner
• Automatic AFK channel on inactivity
• Recording of an entire voice channel
• Private voice activity stats

Screen and camera sharing are tied to voice rooms. A viewer only gets counted once they actually open the stream.

• Delivered via MediaMTX
• Resolution, frame rate, codec and bitrate selectable
• Live display of FPS, bitrate and loss
• Viewer count shown right at the sender
• Connection test before sharing
• Fully operable in the browser

Personal appointments and shared server events show up in one calendar view. Push reminders can be set with minute-level precision -- from 15 minutes to 30 days in advance -- and snoozed for an hour right from the notification. For larger files there's a dedicated exchange area alongside chat attachments.

• Private appointments, own account only
• Server events invite all members
• Minute-precise push reminders with snooze
• @mention auto-invites the person
• Announcement in the linked event channel
• Dedicated file and media area

Issues can be reported as a local server ticket or a system-wide ticket. Moderators only get the tools they've been explicitly granted.

• Tickets: open, in progress, closed
• Assigned handler is shown
• Moderation reports jump straight to the message
• Timeout, voice kick, mute and unmute
• Separate permissions for moderators and support
• Audit log for administrative changes

The dashboard bundles technical and organizational administration. Operators see at a glance whether GatherCore and its required services are reachable.

• Role matrix with four fixed roles
• Health status for LiveKit and MediaMTX
• Backups, restore and updates
• Server rules, branding and invite links
• Storage, users, streams and open tickets
• Warnings and failed logins

A dedicated OBS plugin (stream relay) can send just a single source or scene to explicitly approved members, independent of recording and streaming. An overlay link shows the members of your voice channel, including who is speaking, right in your stream, and an "I'm live" button notifies friends and approved viewers the moment you're actually broadcasting.

• Stream relay plugin for a single source/scene
• Sharing only with selected members
• Voice-channel overlay for your streaming software
• "I'm live" notification to approved viewers
• Social profiles and live indicator in the member list

Thanks to game detection, GatherCore knows who plays what -- and turns that into something shared. "Who's playing?" finds teammates in one click: everyone who has played the game gets notified, the card in chat shows who's in, and it takes you straight into the right voice channel. When someone in a voice channel starts a game, the bot announces it in that channel's chat (can be turned off). Profiles automatically collect badges for voice time, playtime, loyalty and more, and a small server mascot grows with the community's activity.

• "Who's playing?" calls with notifications
• Teammate card with "I'm in" and voice join
• Game-start announcement in the voice chat
• Automatic badges on profiles
• Server mascot that grows with the community
• Per-game playtime statistics

A dedicated native Windows client overlays running games without needing a browser open. Its FPS display measures real frame rate purely passively via Windows' own event tracing (ETW) -- no injection into the game process, so no anti-cheat risk. If the client isn't connected but a Steam profile is linked, GatherCore automatically picks up whatever game you're currently playing.

• FPS display without process injection
• Freely configurable crosshair overlay
• Clock overlay while gaming
• Your own freely positioned HTML dock
• Voice chat member list as an overlay
• Android app also available
• Automatic game detection via Steam, no client needed

Many display and audio options belong to the user, not the server. That means the same instance can be set up differently on desktop and mobile.

• Custom background and accent intensity
• Font size, chat density and sidebars
• Start channel and dock position
• Notification sounds toggled individually
• Audio and stream profile per account
• Manage active devices and sessions
• Personal dock as a floating window with custom CSS

A few spots in day-to-day use where AI briefly helps out -- always only on an explicit click or a direct question, never automatically in the background. Missed a long conversation? Get a precise summary as proper prose on demand, not just a terse bullet list, optionally read aloud too. Recorded voice-channel clips (only with everyone present consenting) get automatically transcribed and feed into the summary as well, so what was actually said is captured too. Right-click an image in chat and the AI explains what's in it -- also readable aloud. The GatherCore Bot also has a server memory: ask it via direct message or an @mention in a channel something like "When did we last play ARC Raiders?" and it answers from the chat history, playtimes and events -- using only what the person asking, or that channel, is allowed to see anyway.

• AI summary for text and voice channels
• Summary as prose, not a bullet list
• Selectable time window (default: last hour)
• Spoken summary with a real audio player
• Automatic transcription of consented voice recordings
• Explain an image via right-click
• GatherCore Bot with server memory (DM and @mention)
• Encrypted and admin channels are always excluded