Stable for daily use.
PHASE 01 · IN PROGRESS
A product you recommend without qualification.
Web, Windows, Linux, and mobile surfaces; reliable voice/video/screen sharing; passkeys and QR login; recovery; moderation; profiles; notifications; update safety; and daily-use polish.
Exit direction
- No unresolved critical public bugs.
- At least 99.5% crash-free operation over seven consecutive days.
- Sustained daily use and meaningful in-app review volume.
- Public Android testing and opt-in crash reporting.
Own your community server.
PHASE 02 · PLANNED
Run NOX on a PC, VPS, or Raspberry Pi.
The same NOX client connects to operator-hosted and self-hosted communities. LAN mode works locally; internet mode uses tunneling without requiring home-router expertise.
- One-click cross-platform installers.
- Admin dashboard, backups, moderation, and server migration.
- Signal Protocol for DMs and MLS planned for community messages.
- Central abuse reporting that local hosts cannot suppress.
Host for others.
PHASE 03 · PLANNED
Turn spare capacity into nearby infrastructure.
Optional rental of bandwidth, relay, and storage capacity, supported by public host reputation, NOX-level enforcement, and a clear payment split.
- Regional latency and local alternatives to central hosting.
- Target marketplace fee of 5–10%.
- Prepaid bandwidth and GB-month storage concepts.
- Requires Phase 2 encryption and enforcement first.
Commitments across every phase.
- No advertisements or sold user data.
- Normal personal use remains free.
- Any future paid offer sells capacity, not today’s features.
- No dark-pattern lock-in; shutdown must include export and migration time.
- No pivot away from the privacy and community values that started NOX.