Documentation & guides

It’s hard to write an introduction page for your documentation, so I’ll just explain what Liphium is here. If you already know that, go somewhere else or something. You can go talk to the support too if you have any problems, but please only do that if you didn’t find your problem here. On the other hand, the people who just open random tickets wouldn’t read this anyway.

Liphium is still in it’s alpha phase link

If you are looking for a download button anywhere on the page, I’m sorry. Liphium is not available yet and that’s why there is almost no documentation on how to set up a server. Key components are still missing for a full release and we would rather have you waiting than using the app right now. You can still check out what’s on this page, if you are interested in what Liphium will be (once released).

Okay, so what is Liphium? link

Man, we’re already starting with one of the hardest questions. Fine. Liphium itself is the decentralized chat app, the one you just heard about when clicking on the main page. It can send messages, images, files and all kinds of other stuff. All in an end-to-end encrypted fashion. You can also do calls and all kinds of other stuff you would expect from a modern messenger. Since you probably want to know what the app can do in specific down to at least some detail, I made a list of all the features we currently have (more to come in the future):

Friends or contacts link

Liphium is all about you and your friends. Similar to other platforms that don’t require a phone number, all Liphium accounts have usernames. Those usernames can be used to add people as friends on your local instance (the server you signed up for). To add people on other instances, you can generate a friend code. When the other user than types in your server together with your friends code, they can add you even across instances. This is what makes Liphium decentralized.

Messaging (the most obvious one) link

When you have friends added, you can start a conversation with them and start chatting away. One thing to know is that your messages are end-to-end encrypted. Sadly, there is currently no way to react to messages with emojis (but that’s on the roadmap). Everything else most likely exists. We have replies, formatting directives, emojis, file uploads and so much other stuff (I probably even forgot things here).

File streaming (knows as Zap) link

Send files of any size to anyone on your instance. Yes you heard that right. With Zap, you can easily send files of any size to one of your friends. It is currently only available in one-to-one conversations, only one transaction is allowed at a time and it’s also currently not as fast as your internet connection would allow it to be. But I’m on the other hand always working to improve Zap, in fact, in the last update it just got 2x faster. I’m also looking to expand the support for Zap to group conversations as well, but how we will implement that is still in the stars. The feature is available by clicking the lightning bolt in any direct message on Liphium.

Video and audio calls (we called them Spaces) link

When you want to chill with your buddies online, you will need video and audio calling, which we call Spaces. So, the immediate question might be why we renamed such a standard feature. And that question has a good answer. Spaces in Liphium aren’t calls, because they are not limited to the group you are calling. You can invite anyone on the platform using Space Sharing through our status system. In Spaces, you can talk, turn on your camera and share your screen (currently limited to a couple of platforms) just like normal. For audio, we have additional settings like microphone sensitivity to make sure you don’t hear everyone’s background noise.

Tabletop & decks link

As we mention on our landing page, Liphium has really good support for your card game playing needs. In every Space you can click the table icon to switch into Tabletop mode. In there, you can place decks you have created in the settings onto the table. These act like card decks from which you can draw cards into your inventory or just onto the table itself. The table is also rotatable meaning you can play as if you were sitting around an actual table. This feature is still not perfect and there are many rough edges, but it’ll get there in the future. If you have any suggestions, please let us know!