Apps / versions

Get Shum

Shum is still in development. Here you can see what you can try today and what is coming next.

Mobile

Shum in your pocket: chat nearby over Bluetooth and over the internet.

iOS

In App Store review

Shum for iPhone

Chats, people nearby and contacts by QR code. The app has been submitted and is being reviewed by Apple.

Coming soon to the App Store

Android

In development

Shum for Android

Coming after the iPhone version.

Planned

Desktop

Shum on your computer: the same chats as on your phone, plus Bluetooth nearby.

macOS

App for Mac.

In development

Windows

App for Windows.

In development

Linux

App for Linux.

In development

Browser

Open a tab and start writing. No install, but no nearby mode either: the browser only speaks internet.

Shum in the browser

The web version is in development.

In developmentOpen web version

CLI

Shum for people who live in the terminal: commands and a full-screen interface. Preview 0.1.8 for macOS 15 or later and preview 0.1.0 for Windows 10 and 11.

macOS

Homebrew

brew install hitechteam/shum/shum

macOS 15 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel. Update with brew upgrade.

macOS

curl

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hiTechTeam/Shum-CLI/main/install.sh | sh

No Homebrew, no sudo. Downloads the release from GitHub Releases and checks its SHA-256. View script

Windows

PowerShell

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hiTechTeam/Shum-CLI/main/install.ps1 | iex

Preview 0.1.0 for Windows 10 and 11, Intel, AMD and ARM. Shum detects Bluetooth on its own: without it, chats go over the internet. Run the same command to update. View script

Debian / Ubuntu

apt

Package in progress

Coming with the package.

Fedora

dnf

Package in progress

Coming with the package.

Before you install

First launchPick a name and an avatar. No phone number, no password.Bluetooth accessTo see people nearby, allow Shum to use Bluetooth.Data and keysKeys live only on your device. Learn what happens if you delete a profile.