Orbeo
Orbeo messenger · free and ad-free

Chat with no phone number

No number, no e-mail — just a short Orbeo ID. Only the people you give it to can find you.

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0phone numbers and email addresses asked for
7interface languages
12words in the recovery phrase
5places it runs: browser, Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone
01How it works

Three steps. Not a single SMS.

Sign up with no number and no e-mail: a short Orbeo ID, your own passcode and twelve words for a rainy day.

1

Choose an Orbeo ID

A short name people find you by. That is what you hand out — it says nothing else about you.

2

Set a passcode

You sign in with it on a new device. No e-mail password, no SMS code.

3

Write down 12 words

The app shows them once. Forget your passcode — these words bring the account back.

02Features

Everything you need for a conversation

Private chats, groups and channels. Calls, voice messages, photos — and a translator right in the chat.

Chats, groups, channels

Private messages, group conversations and channels where only the author posts.

Calls

Voice and video — with your own camera in the corner of the screen.

Voice and photos

Hold, release — the voice message is sent. Photos open full screen.

Chat translator

Tap “Translate” and a message in another language is translated right in the chat.

Replies and reactions

Quoted replies, reactions, editing and deleting — on both sides.

Forwarding

One message — to several chats at once.

Stickers

Fifteen packs, 226 stickers — already inside the app.

Seven languages

English, Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek and Arabic.

Your own bots

Create a bot in Settings → My bots and add it to a group or channel. The Bot API is the same as Telegram’s: aiogram, python-telegram-bot and Telegraf work — just change the server address.

  • Buttons under messages and instead of the keyboard
  • Command menu, groups and channels
  • Inline mode: “@bot query” in any chat
aiogram — this is the only change
from aiogram import Bot
from aiogram.client.session.aiohttp import AiohttpSession
from aiogram.client.telegram import TelegramAPIServer

api = TelegramAPIServer.from_base("https://orbeo.me/botapi")
bot = Bot(TOKEN, session=AiohttpSession(api=api))
03Where to open

One account — on every device

The chats are the same everywhere. In the browser it works right away, nothing to install; calls are app-only for now.

For this device
Open in browserRight away, nothing to install ·
iPhoneApp Store AndroidGoogle Play AndroidAPK file · MacApple M1–M5 · MacIntel · WindowsInstaller ·

Which Mac you have: Apple menu → About This Mac. Windows may warn about an unknown publisher — press More info, then Run anyway.

04What the server knows

What Orbeo stores — and what it never takes

Short and without soft wording — because soft wording is exactly what usually goes here.

Your address in the Orbeo universe @kirill

That is what you give people. Your number and e-mail stay with you — Orbeo never asks for them.

Stored

  • Your Orbeo ID, name, bio and photo — the ones you chose yourself
  • Messages and attachments, so they reach your second device
  • Last sign-in time, for the “recently online” mark
  • A fingerprint of the recovery phrase, never the phrase

Never asked for, never collected

  • Phone number and email address
  • The contact list from your phone
  • Location and advertising identifiers
  • Call recordings — a call leaves only the fact that it happened and how long it lasted
05Questions

The short version

Why a messenger with no phone number?

A number gives you away: it leads to your profiles, ties accounts together and lets strangers call. In Orbeo you hand out only your Orbeo ID — a short name that says nothing else about you.

How do I sign in with no number and no e-mail?

You choose an Orbeo ID and a passcode, and the app shows twelve recovery words once. Forget the passcode — those words bring the account back. The server keeps only their fingerprint.

What if I lose the 12 words?

While you remember your passcode, you sign in as usual. If both the passcode and the words are lost, the account cannot be recovered — not even through support: the server keeps only a fingerprint of the words, and nothing else ties the account to you. Write them down as soon as the app shows them and keep them apart from your phone.

How much does it cost?

Nothing. Orbeo is free and has no ads.

Where does it work?

iPhone and iPad, Android, Mac, Windows and any browser at web.orbeo.me. The chats are the same everywhere; calls are app-only for now.

Which languages?

Interface, dates and plurals in English, Russian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Uzbek and Arabic.

06Evening on Orbeo

Claim your Orbeo ID

Free and ad-free. In the browser — right away, nothing to install.

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Need help? Write to @orbeo_help right in the app or to support@orbeo.me.

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