Get Hushpiper

Free. Use it on your phone, your computer and in a browser, all at once (up to 10 devices).

Windows

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.

Download for Windows

How to install

If Chrome says it blocked a dangerous file, it hasn't gone: press Ctrl+J to open your downloads, find Hushpiper-1.0.53-build476-windows-setup.exe, open its menu (⋮) and choose Download dangerous file (older versions say Keep, then Keep anyway). In Edge: ... next to the file, Keep, Keep anyway.
Run Hushpiper-1.0.53-build476-windows-setup.exe. No administrator rights needed.
If Windows warns about an unknown app, choose More info, then Run anyway.
Hushpiper is in the Start menu. Uninstall it from Settings, Apps.

Why the warnings? Our installer isn't code-signed yet, so Chrome, Edge and Windows can't see who made it and treat it as unknown. Code signing is coming. Each release's size and fingerprint are shown here so you can check the file yourself.

Android

Needs Android 7 or newer. To see yours: Settings > About phone > Android version (on Samsung: Software information).

Download for Android

Version 1.0.53 · 179 MB

Short of space? The smaller download (65 MB) works on 64-bit phones, which is almost every phone from 2017 on. If it says "App not installed", use the button above.

Older 32-bit phone? The file for 32-bit phones (52 MB).

How to install

Open the downloaded file.
If asked, allow your browser to install apps.
Tap Install, then Open.

Step by step, and what to do if it won't install

On a computer? Scan this with your phone's camera to open this page on the phone.

If it says "App not installed"

Uninstall an old copy first. An older or test copy of Hushpiper (or "Messaging") stops the new one installing: Settings > Apps > Hushpiper > Uninstall, then open the file again. If you used it on this phone, have your 12 recovery words ready to sign back in.
Allow installs from this browser. Settings > Apps > your browser (Chrome or Samsung Internet) > Install unknown apps > Allow from this source. On Android 7 and older: Settings > Security > Unknown sources.
Free up space. Installing needs about three times the file's size free (about 195 MB for the 65 MB file). Settings > Storage shows what's free.
Use the smaller file. 64-bit phones (65 MB) or 32-bit phones (52 MB). If one says "App not installed", try the other, or the file for every phone.
Try Chrome. If you downloaded it in another browser (Samsung Internet, for example), download it again in Chrome and open it from Files > Downloads. Delete older copies of the file first (names ending in (1) or (2)).
Play Protect. If it says it blocked the app, tap More details, then Install anyway.
Android version. Hushpiper needs Android 7 or newer.

Web browser

Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari. Nothing to install.

Open Hushpiper in your browser

How to start

iPhone Coming soon

Hushpiper for iPhone is on its way. Until then, the web app works on any phone, iPhone included.

Use Hushpiper in Safari

Hushpiper in Google Play and the Microsoft Store is on its way too.

Until then

Open Hushpiper in Safari with the button: nothing to install.
Sign in with your phone, or create a new account.
To keep it handy, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

Installing on Android, step by step

Hushpiper isn't in Google Play yet, so Android asks a couple of extra questions the first time. Four steps, about a minute.

Download. Tap "Download for Android" on your phone. If Chrome says "File might be harmful", tap Download anyway: it says that about every app that doesn't come from Google Play.
Open the file. Tap Open when the download finishes. If you missed it, open the Files app, then Downloads, and tap Hushpiper-1.0.53-build476-android.apk.
Allow the install. Android asks once, and the words depend on your version:

Android 10 or newerWhen it says "your phone is not allowed to install unknown apps from this source", tap Settings, turn on Allow from this source, then go back and tap Install.

Android 7, 8 and 9 (older phones)Go to Settings > Apps > Chrome > Install unknown apps and turn on Allow from this source (Android 7: Settings > Security > Unknown sources). Then open the file again from Chrome's Downloads and tap Install.
Let Play Protect through. If Google Play Protect says it doesn't recognise the app, or has blocked it, tap More details, then Install anyway. If it offers to scan the app, let it. A big app on an older phone can take a minute or two to copy, with only a spinner: that's normal.

That's it. Tap Open: your first minute in the app is in Help, Getting started. Updates work the same way: tap Update when the app offers one, and it installs over the old version with your chats and settings kept.

If it doesn't install

"App not installed" with the 64-bit file (Hushpiper-1.0.53-build476-android-arm64.apk): your phone needs the file for 32-bit phones or the file for every phone. Get it here and install that one.
"App not installed": an older test copy of Hushpiper (or of "Messaging") may be on the phone. Uninstall it (Settings, Apps), then install again.
Nothing happens when you tap the file: open it from the Files app instead of the browser's list of downloads.
"There was a problem parsing the package": the download stopped part way. Delete it and download again, on Wi-Fi if you can.
Still stuck? Email support@hushpiper.com and tell us your phone's make and Android version.

Checking the download (optional). Hushpiper-1.0.53-build476-android.apk, version 1.0.53, is 187,493,814 bytes. Its SHA-256 fingerprint is 5c98c259854b8c166eaee0c6f74092bf635ffd5f571b8868c3e7798922fbdd82. The smaller one, Hushpiper-1.0.53-build476-android-arm64.apk, is 68,009,052 bytes: 8d4b99d0edee1285bd83d01df2ebfdb4e957963ad2708204eb97943cea128845. The one for 32-bit phones, Hushpiper-1.0.53-build476-android-armv7.apk, is 55,045,784 bytes: baa4c0662a7f396a3bacc62b14a8b42aea358837a1cc59277fb1e766256ee1f7. Every version is signed with the same Hushpiper key, which is why updates install over the old app.