relay.frothly.org
We carry what we cannot read
Glossia’s end-to-end encrypted messages travel through 1,124 relays in 93 countries, run by Frothly and 622 vetted partners. Every relay is listed here, with who runs it and how it has behaved.
Try Chiba, relays run by libraries, relays on probation or nrt-01, the first relay of all.
99.97%
Delivered within a minute, last 90 days
1,103
Relays online
93
Countries
1.1 s
Median delivery time
0
Keys we hold
Where the relays are
All 93 countries →Relays run in 237 cities. There are none in places where running one would put its operator at risk; people there reach the network through bridges, which are never listed.
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Every city on the map
| Region | Relays online | Delivered within a minute | Median delivery |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 236 | 99.98% | 1.0 s |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 106 | 99.96% | 1.6 s |
| Europe | 466 | 99.98% | 0.9 s |
| Africa | 79 | 99.95% | 2.1 s |
| Middle East and Central Asia | 24 | 99.96% | 1.8 s |
| South and Southeast Asia | 64 | 99.96% | 1.5 s |
| East Asia | 83 | 99.93% | 0.8 s |
| Oceania | 45 | 99.98% | 1.3 s |
| Worldwide | 1,103 | 99.97% | 1.1 s |
Released Oct 14, 2026
Glossia 4.0
The latest version of the protocol adds a hybrid post-quantum key exchange, delivers messages up to 40 percent faster on slow and intermittent connections and exposes less about who is talking to whom. It passed its fourth independent audit with no critical findings.
Relays running 4.0991 relays of 1,124 · 88%
The latest relay software is 4.0.1. Relays on 3.9.4 are supported until Apr 14, 2027.
Newly listed
New relays spend sixty days on probation, carrying a small share of traffic, before they are trusted with more.
Every relay on probation →Recent incidents
Every incident since 2011 is on the record, with what happened and what we changed.
Incident history →Nothing to hand over
In the first half of 2026, Frothly received 22 legal requests about Glossia. We disclosed user data in response to none of them, because we hold none. Relays keep no logs of who connects, and nobody but the people in a conversation holds its keys. Our warrant canary was last renewed on Oct 1, 2026.
22
Requests, 2026 H1
0
Times user data was disclosed
54
Quarterly warrant canaries
Who runs the relays
How operators are vetted →Every relay is run by an organization Frothly has vetted: universities, libraries, newsrooms, community networks, digital rights groups and hosting providers. No relay is run by an individual or a government.
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Frothly
31 relays
Core relays in Chiba and in data centers on six continents.
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University
312 relays
150 organizations running relays.
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Library
122 relays
80 organizations running relays.
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Newsroom
116 relays
78 organizations running relays.
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Community network
209 relays
125 organizations running relays.
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Digital rights
146 relays
90 organizations running relays.
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Hosting provider
188 relays
99 organizations running relays.