Atoms_Connections

Atom’s Connections

A private social space for your family and friends that runs in your own web browser.

Share photos, videos, links, and thoughts in a feed. Chat one-to-one or in small groups. Like, comment, and repost. It looks and feels like the social apps you know, with one big difference: there is no company in the middle. Everything you post stays on your own computer, encrypted, and travels directly to the people you’ve connected with. Nobody else can see it, collect it, or sell it.

No account, no password, no sign-up. You type your name and you’re in.
You connect with someone by sending them a one-time invite code.
Only the people you have personally connected with can see your posts.
Works on Windows with Chrome or Edge (Firefox works too).

Download and use

Download Atoms-Connections.zip.
Unzip it anywhere you like, for example in your Documents folder. Keep the files together.
Double-click Start Atom's Connections. The app opens in your normal web browser.

The first time, Windows may show a blue “Windows protected your PC” box. That appears for any program downloaded from the internet. Click More info, then Run anyway. It only happens once.
Type your name, pick a photo if you like, and tap Create my space.

Connecting with someone

Go to Family/Friends → Invite. You get a code for one person. Copy it and send it to them by text or email. Tap Invite again for the next person; each person needs their own code.
Received a code? Go to Family/Friends → Have an invite code?, paste it, and tap Connect. You’re connected automatically as soon as you’re both online.

Good to know

Always open the app with Start Atom’s Connections, not by opening index.html or a browser bookmark.
Posts and messages travel while you both have the app open. If someone is away, things wait and arrive the next time you’re both online.
Settings → Back up now saves your photos, posts, and chats into your Pictures and Documents folders, plus a password-locked restore file for moving to a new computer. Do this now and then.
The Online / Offline switch at the top disconnects you completely.

Send them the same zip file, or this page. Everyone needs the same version to connect.

Privacy, in one paragraph

Your identity is a cryptographic key made on your device. Everything stored on your computer is encrypted and locked to your Windows account. Every message between you and a friend is end-to-end encrypted, and media is checked for tampering on arrival. A small public “introduction” service helps two browsers find each other on the internet; it only ever sees two anonymous addresses, never names or content.

License

You’re welcome to use it for free and to share complete, unchanged copies with your family and friends at no cost. Please don’t modify it, and please don’t sell it or use it commercially without a written license from the author. The full agreement is in LICENSE.txt and inside the zip.

Questions or commercial inquiries: open an issue on this repository.

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