Andromede: Online Chat Rooms

Andromede is a free chat app with no sign-up: pick a nickname and join a chat room. No account to create, no email address to give. Talk in public rooms with whoever is there, meet new people, then carry on in private messages with anyone you like.

Andromede started in 2002 and has been open to everyone since 2004. Most conversations are in French, so it is also a good place to practise your French. There are rooms in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Bulgarian, Serbian, Albanian and Greek too, and the app's menus are in English. A small astronaut robot, the mascot, greets you when you open it.

Chat rooms
• Public rooms by topic (music, films, sport, manga, cooking…), by region and by language.
• The Discover tab shows how many people are in each room, rooms near you, and topics.

Private messages and friends
• Start a private chat with someone you met in a room. The Chats list keeps your rooms and private conversations together.
• Add friends so you find them again on every visit, and invite a friend by email.
• Send photos, GIFs and voice notes, and react to messages with an emoji.

Notifications
• Andromede tells you about private messages and mentions of your nickname while the app is in the background.
• Choose whether to stay connected in the background. Mute a room or a person whenever you want some quiet.

An account only if you want one
• The chat works with just a nickname, no sign-up needed. An optional account, created in the app, keeps your nickname, avatar, friends and settings across devices.
• The app is available in 12 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Portuguese, Dutch, Bulgarian, Serbian, Albanian and Greek.

Respect and safety
• Report a message, a person or a room to the moderation team. Block or ignore anyone who bothers you, and choose who can message you privately.
• The connection to the chat is encrypted (TLS). Protect your privacy: don't post your real name, address or phone number.

Ads
Andromede is free: an ad may show when you start the app, never while you are chatting.

Andromede is for people aged 18 and over.
Website: andromede.net