FAQ

Elektrine is a personal internet space for messages, identity, search, storage, and everyday tools.

No. Deployments can compile in different modules and apply different local policies.

No. One account works across the modules enabled on the same deployment.

Yes. Registration policy depends on the deployment.

Elektrine is meant to give people one connected place for the parts of online life they want to keep close, without making it feel like a stack of unrelated products.

Federation means an Elektrine deployment can exchange activity with other servers instead of acting as a closed silo. The exact behavior depends on which modules are enabled.

ActivityPub powers the federated social web surface. Chat federation uses Arblarg between domains. Optional Bluesky integration can connect public social posting to ATProto services.

Portal is the dashboard for your account. It brings together activity from the modules enabled on the deployment.

Chat is the messaging area for direct conversations and group conversations.

Timeline is the social feed for posts and updates.

Communities are topic-based spaces for longer discussion and shared moderation.

Gallery is the media-focused view of the social side of Elektrine.

Friends is the area for managing person-to-person connections on the platform.

Nerve stores encrypted entries tied to your account when the nerve module is enabled.

When the relevant modules are enabled, Elektrine supports IMAP, POP3, SMTP, JMAP, CardDAV, CalDAV, and API tokens for integrations.

If email is enabled, local mailboxes use the domains configured for this deployment: username@elektrine.com, username@elektrine.net, username@elektrine.org.

Support: support@elektrine.com. Security: security@elektrine.com. Privacy: privacy@elektrine.com.