Act on this, mostly facts

Hopchat is a free terminal LAN hub built with Claude Code

What to do

Install Hopchat with cargo from GitHub to try MLS-encrypted LAN chat with local Ollama features.

Why

The MIT-licensed project is built on the Offline Protocol SDK, and the claims check out against the repo.

What the research found

Hopchat is a free MIT-licensed terminal smart-home hub and LAN chat app built with Claude Code on the Offline Protocol SDK, installable via cargo from GitHub, using MLS encryption and local Ollama for AI features.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

Hopchat is free and open source under the MIT license 99%
Install with cargo install --git from github.com/bahdotsh/hopchat requires Rust 98%
Messages are end-to-end encrypted using MLS (RFC 9420) 98%
Local AI features require Ollama running locally 99%

Evidence

reddit.com https://reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1xciww5/i_built_an_offline_smart_hub_and_chat_app_for
github.com https://github.com/bahdotsh/hopchat
github.com https://github.com/Offline-Protocol/offline-protocol-sdk

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